Spooked by Lab Made yet?

If you're a regular at Lab Made, you should know that the icecreams are normally priced at $44 or $39.

For Halloween, the magic number is $31 to coincide with the date 31st!!

There are four flavours:
A - Muddy Graveyard (Evolution) (chocolate and peanut)
B - Bloody Tears (white chocolate with almond and shredded coconut)
C - Worm Grabber (mixed berries cheesecake)
D - Mummy Mocha (illy bean mocha)




I went for the Muddy Graveyard and Bloody Tears.
The presentation of the Bloody Tears was bloody creepy, just the thing for Halloween!

I liked the subtle sweetness of the white chocolate icecream with pieces of almond that gave it a crunch every now and then while the sauce was refreshing.
Next was the Muddy Graveyard which was a strong chocolate concoction mixed with delicious peanut butter that was velvety and nutty without being too sweet.

Green Light Zone in the orange district

I didn't feel like having meat so opted for one of the meals in the Green Light Zone.

There were two choices and the first one looked more attractive so I had that because of the potato cake.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
[b]eggplant, potato cake with tomato sauce and rice:[/b]

The tomato sauce had a strong oregano herb taste which was quite sweet while the tart tomatoes in it made it appetizing.

The potato cake was disappointing and tasteless but the fried lotus root slices were rather nice.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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[b]The bill:[/b] $39
[b]Service:[/b] OK
[b]Yummy factor:[/b] ok
[b]Napkins provided:[/b] yes
[b]Portion sizes:[/b] big
[b]English Menu:[/b] Yes
[b]Air Conditioning:[/b] Yes
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French black pudding - boudin noir

I have always wanted to try this place because of the boudin noir!!

Finally made it for lunch and ordered the boudin noir burger on top.
For lunch, the choice was pretty good with a choice of escargots as a starter.

The decor was lovely, it felt like being in a countryside barn.






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Tea:


There was tea included and it was IMPRESSIVE! They actually use tea leaves in a strainer and not teabags, hence the tea had a lovely leafy taste.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Quiche with broccoli, brie and walnuts:

I loved the quiche because there was a good generous balance of broccoli florets.

Snails bouchee:

These were a bit salty but the appearance reminded me of fried Haggis balls.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
boudin noir burger:



This was French black pudding which is meatier with some fat bits.
It was a bit like pulled meat in cooked blood sauce with a fragrant metallic taste.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
The bill:


★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

La Cabane Wine Bistro (Central)

62 Hollywood Road

Private vegetarian fine dining by Maya Cafe Mediterranean Lifestyle

There are not many places that offer private Western vegetarian fine dining so this is probably the first where you can experience gourmet raw food for up to 12 guests at Modus Vivendi.

The food served is organic, vegan and raw ingredients from France, Italy and local markets in Hong Kong which is brought to you by Maya Cafe.

Each private dinner will be different, usually evolving around a country or regional theme creating fusions of traditional dishes or reinventing dishes.

The theme that I had was Summer in Tuscany.

It cost's $880 with pink prosecco wine or $680 with non alcoholic drinks.

There is a cocktail reception with finger food and raw canapes of:
-Rosemary cups with vegan aioli and sundried tomatos
-mini peppers with carrot tagbouli and basil
-almond and black pepper cups with black olive tapenade and pesto
-sundried tomato dip with veggie sticks

mini peppers with carrot tagbouli and basil

-almond and black pepper cups with black olive tapenade and pesto

-sundried tomato dip with veggie sticks

After devouring the canapes, we were led into this beautiful dining setting located in Modus Viviendi`s boutique.



We started off with a refreshing ganzpacho which was tomato in three ways.
Fresh tomatoes, sundried tomatoes, olive oil and black pepper on a bed of crunchy yellow and black tomato surrounded by pool of rich red tomato soup with rosemary n basil.
I definitely enjoyed a cooling ganzpacho to start with thee strongest tomato taste you could ever taste

Then we has lasagne which was made of delicate layers of yellow zucchini filled with luscious tomato sauce and basil pesto with pecan, wilted baby spinach and cashew nut cheese.
The yellow zucchini was sweet and crisp with zesty tomato sauce in the middle

It was then followed by a cheese platter made with nuts.
Tree nuts cheese platter:
-macadamia truffle white cheese
-cashew goats cheese with rosemary
-smoked sunflower cheddar cheese
-fresh cashew cheese with black pepper



It was mind blowing how good these cheeses could taste, especially the cream cheese and cheddar.
All the cheeses were made with probiotics which helps to turn it into cheese when it is added to the grounded nuts.

For dessert, we had a colourful plate with forest berries, dark chocolate tart and lavender icecream.
The icecream was really interesting, it was light with an extremely viscous texture just like whipped egg white at a freezing temperature.

Maya Cafe Mediterranean Lifestyle:

5 Moon Street, Wan Chai, +852 2529 3319

All your favourite noodles under one roof

Noodle House (Central)

I have been here so many times because the broths are good and I like the noodles.

Went again and had the following.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Chinese herbal drink:

The sweetness was just right with a slight bitter taste.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Noodles in pickled cabbage soup with Kurobata pork:


The broth was really spicy but nice and there were lots of pickled cabbage.
Personally I did not like these noodles because the texture was too springy for my liking.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Somen noodles in tomato broth with scallops:

It was the first time trying out the tomato broth and it was surprisingly good because the tomato taste was natrual but I wanted the tomato broth to be more acidic.

The scallops were surprisingly good as well because they were springy and not the frozen tasteless types.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Squid ink noodles in lobster broth with angus beef:

The lobster broth was rich but not too salty and the squid ink noodles absorbed the soup nicely.

There was fresh spinach, sweetcorn and kelp in the soup.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Udon in lobster broth:

The udon noodles were silky and slippery.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Chilled tomatoes:

These were skinned and sweet drenched in prune juice.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Spicy pigs ears:

These were crunchy and spicy dressed in fragrant sesame oil.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Definitely coming back for the lobster broth or tomato broth!!

Halloween Tai Cheong jumpbo pandan egg tart cake

Previously tried the huge jumbo egg tart cake at Tai Cheong which got popular.
At first they began with the lemon flavour and then they launched the chocolate one.
For Halloween, they have the new pandan flavour as well as the other two flavours with Halloween images on it.


The lady at the till forgot to add the Halloween images on it.
When I started taking photos of the promotional poster she realized she forgot about the Halloween finishing on the cake and offered to add it for me but as it was just icing sugar that will make the cake sweeter I did not bother with it.

As well as forgetting that, she also forgot that there was a special box for it that says jumbo eggtarts.

Anyway, the egg tart cake tasted the best out of the three flavours.
Initially I was skeptical because I tried their Japanese Pandan cheesecake and didn't like it.



But the egg tart cake version is definitely good because it has triple pandan flavour, there is a layer of pandan cake, pandan cream and pandan pudding layer.


***Further reading***
Tai cheong pandan Japanese cheesecake
http://www.openrice.com/english/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2171801
Chocolate jumbo eggtart cake
http://www.openrice.com/english/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2362266
Lemon jumbo eggtart cake
http://www.openrice.com/english/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2368765