King's Taste fit for a King

This restaurant is near the mid-level escalators just round the corner from Stanley Street.

I was really impressed by the food because it was different and very palatable for expats.
(The sort of food that you would get in Chinatown).

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Drunken Chicken in Huadiao Wine


The bone in the chicken was removed which made it easy to eat.
It was chilled and presented nicely with a strand of Japanese noodle with a knot.
The chicken was cooling and tasty with a strong wine taste.
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Hometown Mandarin Fish Salad

The fish was refreshing to eat because it was almost like a salad but it was savoury with a medley of coriander and vegetables.
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Green Vegetable with Sesame Paste

This was lettuce rolled into a neat little bunch with a cucumber and sesame sauce drizzled on top.
The lettuce was sweet and crunchy with a sweet fragrant sesame taste when you ate you.
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Braised Ham in Honey Sauce, served with Chinese Steamed Buns (4 pcs)



This was delicious, the Chinese steamed buns were white slices which you peel open and put the Chinese ham and crispy beancurd in the middle like a sandwich.
The ham was soft and sweet, while the crispy beancurd gave it an extra crunch while you ate it.
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Braised Spare Ribs in Black Vinegar

Perfect ribs in sticky sweet vinegar sauce which had a really distinct wine fragrance.
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Crispy Prawn in Salted Egg Yolk

I really enjoyed these because normally they are whole prawns but here they have made them into prawn balls which were evenly coated in rich salted egg yolk sauce.
They were crispy complemented by the pungent salted egg which had a lovely starchy texture.
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Lamb Hind Shank with Spicy Salt


The lamb was interesting, it was surrounded with crispy garlic and chilis which reminded me of Typhoon style shelter crab that is cooked in a similar way.
The lamb was soft and came of the bone easily infused with cumin and garlic. The texture was a bit like duck shredded into strands and it did not have a gamey taste.
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Signature Peking Roast Duck (Cooking time: 45mins)



This was my ideal Peking duck, the same as the ones in China Town where there is actually duck meat to eat!
Other places in Hong Kong just serve the skin which is so weird.
The pancakes were thicker compared to the ones I have tried before but here they serve it with melon sticks and pineapple sticks for the wraps as well as traditional cucumber and spring onion.
The taste of duck and pineapple were perfect together in the wrap because in Western cuisine duck is usually paired with pineapple or orange.
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Deep-fried Mandarin Fish with Sweet and Sour Sauce

The fish was lovely, it was crispy and silky with a lovely sweet and sour sauce that tasted just right.
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Signature Xiao Long Bao (1pc)


The Xiao Long Baos do not come in a basket which is good because if you are dining alone or a small group then you can order the number you please.
Inside it was filled with tasty pork broth that was not too oily.
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Steamed Sweet Cream Bun $26/pc (At least 2 pcs/order)

Cute fluffy and soft steamed buns filled with custard filling.
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Souffle Egg White Balls with Ice Cream (2pcs)
(Available in dinner period only, serving time: 20 mins)

I was really full but these souffle egg whites were dreamy filled with froth mango icecream in the middle.
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Dumpling in Soup with Sweet Wine Sauce
(off menu item, price not attainable)


The dumplings were chewy and sweet.
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I really enjoyed the food here especially the Peking duck and it is a great place for expats.

http://www.kings-taste.com/index.html

Creative sushi to take home!~

Every now and then I would pop into Sushi Take Out and see what they have.
Most of the times, there would be something interesting.

On this visit, I discovered Macarons but evidently they do sell because they are only $8 and you can see the Green Tea one is already sold out.


It seems that every branch stocks different items because some of the sushi I found here was not available at other branches.
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Raisin and cherry warship:

This was ok as a dessert because it was sweet and creamy with some cream cheese as well as raisins and cherries.
It reminded me of the blueberry sushi at Naked gurame.
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Yuzu pepper:

I was surprised that one of their warship flavours were made with yuzu pepper which was my favourite.
However the yuzu pepper could have been stronger.
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Octopus warship:

The pieces of octopus were springy with sweet soy sauce taste.
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Sushi Take Out (Tseung Kwan O)
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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