It's soooo good! Another branch of Sooo Vegi

The food at Sooo Vegi is healthy and affordable.

I am thrilled there is now a second branch on the corner of Merlin Road.

It is decorated with its signature green theme.

The menu is pretty much the same but they have all day breakfasts and laksa.



The best thing about this branch is the air conditioning and the comfortable environment which will make me return more often.
It's not that I don't like the other branch but the second hand smoke from people smoking nearby makes me sick.

Came here two days in a row, the first day I had the breakfast.

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Soup:
The breakfast comes with coffee or Roselle tea but as I don't these drink these I got the Monkey head mushroom soup instead.

Comparing it to the first time I tried it, the taste is much stronger with mushrooms and pulses.
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Breakfast:


I got this because I was curious what vegetarian bacon would look like and because I like scrambled eggs.
The bacon was soft and the texture of the imitation fat was quite realistic because it was springy.
It was a nice breakfast as a whole, especially the scrambled eggs because they were slightly runny and tasty.
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Pasta Bolognaise:

I loved the bolognaise sauce because it had a rich tomato taste with lovely pieces of onions in it.
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Sooo Vegi (North Point)

The King of Soy beans in San Po Kong

I rarely go to this stretch of Kowloon but discovered this place after dining at Antoshimo.
This place is surprisingly close to the Mikiki mall.

On the walls, there are product shots of the food which is extremely helpful.


The menu has English too!

Started off with my favourite Savoury soybean soup.


It was loaded with spring onions, fried dough stick slices and dried shrimps which gave it lots of flavour and you could also smell and taste the sesame oil.
Then I had the spicy minced meat with noodles.


Personally I found it too spicy for my tastebuds.
There is a choice of cellophane noodles (mungbean noodles) to go with the mince.
Cellophane noodles would definitely taste better.

To sooth my tastebuds, I had the grounded sweetcorn soup which was mildly sweet with lots of grounded sweetcorn in it.

Tried these glutinous rice balls which are clumps of glutinous rice shaped into balls, panfried and then sprinkled with meat floss.

They were nice and filling.
[Please note that they are not served during peak hours ie 12-2pm]

For desserts, there are quite a few to choose from.

I tried the ginger milk dessert which had a strong ginger taste without being too sweet.

The sweet dumplings in soymilk were also good.

Last but not least, the most delicious item in the restaurant which is not served from 12-2pm!!

These are super delicious fluffy and soft steamed Chinese buns with finely grounded meat and preserved vegetables in the middle which are similar to those Taiwanese Guo Baos but costing a mere $10 for 2!!!!!!

The grounded pork was panfried giving a crispy texture loaded with gentle spices and a cumin kick!!


Definitely an item that must be tried if you go at the right time.

If I come here again, I am going to try the steamed rice in lotus leaves with juicy spare ribs!

豆漿大王 (San Po Kong)

Chinese teas from Wing Wah

It is interesting to see Traditional Chinese bakeries sell their own teas as well as pastries.

Apart from Wing Wah, Kee Wah has teas too.

Tried the Iron Buddha which came packaged in a nice silver round tin.


The dried tea leaves inside were impressive because they were whole leaves and not brittle tea dust, hence the strong fragrant taste of Iron Buddha.


Wing Wah (Wan Chai)

Saint Honore Cake Shop's 2014 mooncakes

I was given this mooncake so decided to write about.

To be honest, I am not fond of the traditional ones but since I did not eat any this year, I decided to try it.

A nice firm pastry with sweet silky lotus paste contrasted by the salty egg yolk.

Quick dinner with hot tea at Bang Bang Modern Chinese Cuisine

I had to collect some mooncakes in TST so stopped by for dinner.

This restaurant is located at The ONE mall which is near the MTR exit but getting there was troublesome because of the escalators and the way the mall is designed.


The restaurant interior was really nice which attracted a lot of tourists.


Ordered the tofu in abalone sauce.
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Tofu in abalone sauce:

I loved this bubbling hot dish because it was soft and smooth pieces of tofu in rich abalone sauce that was great with rice.
I also found lots of abalone and Chinese Yunnan ham in it.
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The Jasmine tea was really good and fragrant because it was constantly kept hot by the candle.

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I was expecting a bit more at R&B

&B stands for Research and Bakery but foodwise, some of the dishes were creative but could have tasted better.

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Chicken nuggets:

Chicken nuggets seasoned with lemon, pepper and garlic.
They are different to the usual nuggets because they are pieces of chicken with the skin attached to it.
The chicken was surprisingly juicy with a light crispy coating with a fragrant cracked black pepper taste.
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Caramelized cauliflower:

Cauliflower with Shallots, cane sugar and smoked paprika.
I found them too sweet but the lemon was good for toning the sweetness.
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Tea Ball:
Apart from tea, the other drinks were also fun to order such as the chocolate where you are given a bar of chocolate with hot milk to mix together.

Although the tea was presented nicely, it did not steep well and the tea flavour did not diffuse through the ball which was made of thick paper.

By the time the tea did infuse properly the tea was cold!
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Potato brick:


Slices of potato with truffle cheese, cream and basil.
As soon as it arrived, the cream on top slid off.
It was thinly sliced potatoes stacked in a neat brick shape similar to potato dauphinoise.
Apart from the artsy fartsy presentation, it just tasted like ordinary potato slices with cream and a hint of truffle.
The basil was wasted because you could not taste it and it was just there as a garnishing.
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Fisherman's chips:

seafood, shoestring potatoes, lemon aioli.
It was rather creative that they fried the piece of lemon as well.
This dish actually tasted quite nice because the chips were freshly cut and thin while the seafood was crispy coated in delicate coating.
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Buttermilk fried chicken benedict:

egg, biscuit, buffalo hollandaise
The chicken was similar to the fried chicken nuggets ordered before but the biscuit was a bit too sweet and dry for my liking.
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R&B (Tsim Sha Tsui)

3/F, Pacific Mansion, 

172-174 Nathan Road,

Tsim Sha Tsui

Mock Chicken and potato curry

Sooo Vegi (North Point)

I was after the pasta with creamy sweetcorn and spinach sauce but it was sold out.
Everytime I go there it is always sold out, hopefully someone will review it because I am curious what it looks like.

I had the chicken curry instead.
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Chicken and potato curry:


The curry was surprisingly good because it tasted like the normal curry with the usual curry spices, however I wished there was more sauce and I would like it a bit thicker.
The potatoes and carrots were tasty soaked in curry sauce and the vegetarian chicken texture was strikingly similar to real chicken.
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