The best branch of Marks and Spencers in Hong Kong

A few years ago you would probably only find one or two lame branches of Marks and Sparks in Hong Kong because not many people appreciate British Food.

But over these years people are more adventurous and willing to spend more on food, and it is great that there is a surge of expats such as French and Belgians.

The location of this branch is in the heart of Central just by the escalators and it is annoyingly next to my favourite NOOD health bar because they serve amazing smoothies and salads as well.

This branch is huge and has all of my favourite foods.





On my first visit, I had the summer jelly which was colourful and refreshing which I ate at the bar table!!
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Summer Jelly cubes:


It had a layer of lime jelly, pineapple jelly and pomegranate jelly.



Definitely worth trying because it is cooling and not too sweet!
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Hand cooked purple and orange sweet potato crisps:





The sweet potato and purple potato crisps were a bit too crispy and hard but the orange potatoes tasted better.
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Lime salsa, chickpea, cumin tortilla scoops:


These were quite nice because they had a strong refreshing lime taste.★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Lemon cooked harissa potato crisp:

These were a bit salty and the lemon was not strong enough.
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Devon scones:

These were amazing and full of flavour even if you ate them plain because they are enriched with buttermilk and clotted cream.

I didn't have any fresh cream so I used yogurt instead which was also good.

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Marks & Spencer Food Store (Central)

Kinswick Centre

Extremely thirsty after having Kam's Roast

Kam's Roast Goose is the new talk in town so decided to check it out.

There was a huge queue outside already.





I know this place is famous for roast goose but I had the roast pork instead.
Additionally I got the soy roasted beans and the preserved egg.

Price list for takeaways:

I was surprised with the extra beans and egg that it was only $65.


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Roast pork:

Nice lean slices which were not too sweet or salty but there was a fair bit of MSG because I was thirsty all afternoon.
They were quite generous with the roast pork.
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Preserved egg:

Compared to other preserved eggs I have tried, this one was really bitter.

The yolk was thick and gooey with some parts of the yolk still yellow which made it perfect with rice.


There was pickled ginger with the egg but it was too sweet.
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Soy beans:


The beans were hard, sweet and chewy and went well with the rice and preserved egg.
I was quite surprised for $20 you get quite a fair amount of beans.

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Kam's Roast:

222 Hennessey Road

Hoping for better pasta on my next visit at Saizeriya

There are always new dishes at Saizeriya, but unfortunately, the food I had this time was not that good.

Here was what I had and it is always fun comparing the product shots to the real thing.
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Fried scallops:


These were ok, small scallops coated in breadcrumbs.
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Grilled mackerel:


The mackerel was too dry.
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Ravioli in minestrone soup:


The colour of the soup was rather different and it was too salty.
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Seafood pizza:


Tasteless!~
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Salmon and spinach pasta:


The pasta was ok but they have changed the brand of pasta because the strands were thicker and the texture was really chewy like Chinese Yunnan rice noodles.
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Stir fried ginger pork with spaghetti:


The pork was too sweet but the sauce was tasty.
Again, I don't like the new pasta that they serve because it was like eating plastic.
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Meringue cake:




The meringue cake was really nice, it was layers of cream with crispy meringue in the middle and chocolate chips.
A very nice dessert if it was not too sweet.
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Saizeriya Italian Restaurant (Tseung Kwan O)

Burgered at Burger Deli

On my first visit, I did not try their burgers so tried them this time.

I was able to dine there because they have extended their opening hours.
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Sweet potato fries:

Wow!! Sweet potato fries in Sai Kung!!
They were sweet and savoury with a crispy crunch.
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Prawn burger:


The prawn burger was quite nice because there was a fair bit of prawns in the patty mixture.
It was on a bed of juicy tomato slices and lush lettuce which complimented it nicely.
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Vegetarian burger:

As well as that I had their vegetarian burger which is rather unique compared to other places because it does not have a vegetarian patty but a huge portobello mushroom.
It has lettuce and tomato slices drizzled with hollandaise sauce.
The burger was simple and delicious with an earthy juicy mushroom that was filling and light.

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Burger Deli (Sai Kung)

A fiesta of cakes for summer at 2/3 Dolci

Summer is good because of vibrant colours and refreshing food.

On this visit, tried the new summer range.



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Passiflora :

This was beautifully layered with bright orange meringue contrasted with a ruby red jelly on top which is made from blood orange.

Dolci's cakes are all about layering, the bottom layer is blood orange meringue, then a layer of thin white chocolate, passionfruit cream with passionfruit cake in the middle, then blood orange meringue, a layer of white chocolate and orange bloody jelly on top.
The taste of this was really fresh because the passionfruit cream was acidic balanced by the sweet white chocolate layer and the citrus tones from the meringue.
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Millefogile :

This was layers of flakey pastry with dreamy vanilla cream in the middle that was not too sweet paired with fresh berries on top.
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Daisy:

At first, I thought it was going to be a coffee or chocolate cake by its appearance.
The name of the cake Daisy was nice and elegant and shaped like a flower.

It had bergamot jelly in the middle which gave it a touch of citrus.
Tea lovers will love this cake because of the bergamot and strong tasting Earl grey mousse with soft cake in the middle.
The Earl grey mousse was balanced perfectly because it was light and silky as well as having a natrual fragrant taste.
This is a definite must try because it is different to other Earl grey cakes and the Earl grey taste really comes through.
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