Luxurious Hairy Crab Roe Set Menu at Shanghai Lo

This is one of the best Hairy crab meals I have tasted this year and the price was affordable too!
It was Shanghainese food with crab roe without the fuss of eating the hairy crab itself.
It costs $498 per person which includes a starter, main course, dim sum, dessert and ginger soup.

After having this meal, you are definitely going to feel guilty because the photos will reveal why.
You will see that it is pure crab roe and crabmeat and generous amounts of it too with vibrant glistening crab oil surrounding it!

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Starters:

To begin with we had Crispy bean curd sheet rolled with mushrooms, tea leaf smoked egg, garlic cucumber.
All of them were delectable especially the bean curd sheet roll and the creamy thick molten yolk from the egg which I used to dip the bean curd sheet in.
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Sauteed bean sheets with hairy crab roe:
To begin with, there was my favourite bean sheets which tasted so nice with crab roe, they were hot and springy and the hot crab roe was fragrant with golden orange crab oil coming from it.

Crispy rice with hairy crab roe:

It was interesting to see rice crackers in an Oriental dish, but these crackers were light and crispy with a roasted rice taste which went well with the savoury crab roe.
The crackers were rather filling.

Braised beancurd with hairy crab roe:



More crab roe and this time it was paired with protein rich tofu which was silky and smooth.

Lasagne with hairy crab roe:

This was the final dish and my favourite because it was a fusion of Italian pasta sheets with crabmeat and crabroe.
I loved the texture of the pasta sheets which were firm and neatly layered.
When I used chopsticks to break it into smaller pieces the lasagne did not collapse.
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Steamed pork dumpling with hairy crab roe:

The set finished with a plump pork dumpling oozing with pork and crab roe broth in the middle.
It was a satisfying meal because there were lots of carbohydrates and proteins to satisfy your hunger.
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Dessert was black sesame dumpling in ginger soup which I didn't try.

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Ginger tea:

Ginger tea is always paired with hairy crab meal.
The ginger tea had a nice fiery kick to it and it was sweet which made it less spicy.
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The environment at this place is really classy and modern.



At the entrance on the ground floor, there is a really cheerful guy who I used to see working at the Causeway Bay branch of SASA cosmetics.
That guy has so much energy and charisma that he should be offered roles in movies or MTVs.
If it was not for him, I would have walked past Shanghai Lo without knowing it!!
Anyway, I will be back for the dim sum soon.
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Restaurant: Shanghai Lo
1/F, 5 Tonnochy Road, Wan Chai
3125 3232

Softserve with a *sparkle*

Honey Sparkling Desserts House (Mong Kok)

As I was in the area, stopped by for some softserve.
This place was opened a while ago but I wasn't motivated in trying because I don't like honeycomb.

Since softserve and honeycomb have become really popular, I decided to try it because this place and Honey Granny were the earlier trendsetters before the later ones such as Softree, Honey Creme and all that!



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Lazy holiday:
I did take a photo but it must have got deleted!!!
It was basically softserve with their homemade lemon sauce and a small piece of honeycomb.
I chose this one because of the homemade lemon sauce and I was glad I chose this because the lemon sauce was decent, it had lemon peel in it which made it taste bitter so at least it was memorable and stands out from other lemons sauces.
It was also quite sour so the pairing of softserve and lemon was refreshing while the honey added some sweetness to it.
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Green tea waffle:

The waffle was free because they are now giving away waffles when you get a softserve.
There are four flavours: original, rose, chocolate and green tea.
I chose the green tea which had a light green tea flavour without being tooo sweet, the waffle was mildly dense and crispy on the outside.
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The secret menu at The Butchers Club Burger (Wan Chai)

On the first visit, I only got the duck fat fries because I did not know about the secret menu.

After I found out about the secret menu, I discovered a vegetarian burger called What food eats.

This veggie burger has a delicious breaded and fried patty made with Chickpeas, white beans, kidney beans, zucchini, peppers, carrots, onion, garlic and crushed, puréed potato.
It then has oyster mushrooms, tomato slices, lettuce and pan-fried halloumi slapped on.

$120 is quite pricey for a Vegetarian burger but luckily it was the best Vegetarian burger I have ever had.

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What food eats:


The veggie burger was just awesome because it was filling as well as delicious especially with the Halloumi cheese and oyster mushrooms.
Basically it had the delicious key elements a burger should have which are cheese and mushrooms and a delicious patty.

The veggie patty was not oily and flavourful with beans and my favourite pureed potatoes.

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The bill: $120

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Butchers club:
Rialto Building 2 Landale Street Wan Chai

Cute BabyLu series

BabyLu is the latest cute meme at Lucullus!! It is a cute deer with big sparkling eyes who enjoys treats from Lucullus with a slight resemblance to Bambi.

At the store, there were so many items to choose from.


The story of BabyLu!!

BabyLu products.


BabyLu cookies tin.

Here was what I got.

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Buttery butter cookies:



These cookies were crumbly and buttery!

My favourite flavour was the chocolate almond and coffee which were great with tea.
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Crispy sooo
These are cookie balls and there are so many flavours with a choice of sweet or savoury.


I natrually went for the savoury flavours but there were quite a few that I wanted because they had spring onion, curry etc.
In the end I settled for cheese.



The cheese cookie balls were surprisingly delicious because they were quite cheesy and buttery.
Each one was moreish!
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Last but not least, the chocolates were just too cute not to try them.

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K-pop Korean grill hits Mong Kok

Restaurant: MeokBang Korean BBQ & BAR (Prince Edward)

Korean BBQ is getting popular and now there is one in Mong Kok on Nathan Road.

It is down the basement with hip décor, fume extraction fans and you can neatly store your bags in the seat by lifting the seat top off.

Usually with BBQ, you just get Wagyu beef and Iberian Pork but with Korean BBQ, there are so many rare cuts I have not seen before.
You can literally try any part of the pork or beef!

The menu was amazing and I deeply appreciate their menu because it has English, Chinese and Korean with photos which really helps when people are not familiar with the cuts.

There is a good selection of seafood too to cater for people who do not eat much red meat.

Started off with the ox tongues and ox belly which was thinly sliced and easy to cook.



The belly was served with lettuce to balance out the fattiness which made it delicious and appetizing.


Then we had the Prime spare ribs which was a huge piece of meat that was unrolled on the grill, then cut into pieces when it was nearly cooked.



The rib was juicy and soft with an even fat marbling.
It was followed by my favourite juicy rib eye which was fun grilling that.

After getting through a fair bit of beef, we were given some chilled pumpkin and wolfberry puree which was sweet and soothing.


It was time for seafood and vegetables.

I was surprised they had Ganjang Gejang (Raw Crab Marinated in Soy Sauce) as well as specializing in BBQ meats.


As a carb lover, it was comforting having delicious warm rice with yolk like crab roe that was flavoured by the soy sauce.

After that, we grilled the huge prawns which were neatly sliced in the middle to make it easier for grilling.


The egg on the edges were ready to eat.

We then took a break from grilling and had the pan fried zucchini pancakes and the panfried seafood pancake which were filling.



The noodles were also soothing because Korean noodles were iced and they have sweet crispy pear slices in it.


If you have been watching Korean soaps, you would have noticed them eating Pig's skin and they have it here too!~
The texture is really different to the Chinese ones which are springy with capillaries. The pig's skin was surprisingly chewy with a strong elasticity.


Last but not least, INTESTINES of pork and beef which I did not try.



After all that I was extremely full and I would recommend this place for gatherings where people can try different cuts of pork and beef.
On the menu, there are some interesting cuts like chuck flap tail and skirtmeat.

As well as good food, there are a wide range of drinks too including Korean alcohol such as chamisul-fresh, Chung ha, Backseju, Maehwasu, Sansachun, Maggeolli, bokboonjaju, Erdinger, Asahi and HITE Hite.

Jasmine tea at Pacific Coffee

Stopped by for some Jasmine tea and found a comfortable spot to sit because there were not many people at this mall.

The Jasmine tea had a balanced floral and grassy tone to it which was pleasant to drink.
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