New look and new dishes at Yue Mic Ka

Yue Mic Ka used to be a few doors away, but the new branch is bigger and better with more dishes to choose from.

It used to be boring rice noodles but now they have RISOTTO!!!!
They have Squid ink risotto too which I shall try next time.


After a tiring day, celebrity chef suggested to dine here because the fish broth is MSG free and the rice in broth was healthy and filling.

Here was the food we had:
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Red rice and vegetables in tomato soup:

This is vegetarian which makes it a brilliant choice for green Mondays.
It was red rice in delicious tomato broth and lots of vegetables.
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Rice noodles with fishcurd and vegetables:

This is their signiature noodles with their famous fishcurd in fish soup which does not contain MSG.
The broth was creamy with a strong fish taste.
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Fishcurd and soft pork bone risotto:

The soft pork bone risotto was amazing because the rice was really tasty and flavoured by the gelatinous pork bones.
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If you're dining alone and feel like having a feast, they have a royal banquet dinner for one so you can feast yourself!

Royal banquet dinner:

There are four main choices:
-Fishcurd, scallop and chicken in fish soup
-Meat and vegetable dumpling, mushrooms in fish soup
-Prawns, soft pork bones with rice noodles.
-Cod, vegetarian abalone with rice noodles.


After choosing the mains, you get to choose one of the following:

魚腐 Fried fish curd with clam sauce:

Shunde style deep fried milk 順德心軟鮮奶:


鎮江排骨 Zhenjiang spare ribs:

酒燒雞翼 chicken wings glazed with wine:

Personally I liked the fried milk because it was crispy with delicious milk curd in the middle and the chicken wings.
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For some people, dining alone is definitely not an option, so they also have the big bowl feast (poon choi) which you can order in advance to eat at home and it is available every day of the year!!!!

The highlight of the big bowl feast is that it comes with fish broth which you put in like a hotpot.

Poon choi:

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With all the new items, I can't wait to try the other items.

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Yue Mic Ka:

Shop 1015, Level 1, Metro City, Phase II, 8 Yan King Road, Tseung Kwan O
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Local chicken pot with fun

Eating Plus Company Limited (Shau Kei Wan)

Havent had chicken pot for ages so decided to have it again with local friends.

The restaurant was located in a food alley near the MTR station.

While I dined there, the environment was lively and it was interesting watching the locals and listening to their conversations.

We had some appetizers to begin with.
The golden eggs were divine with creamy molten yolk in the middle and the egg white was golden yellow jelly.

The spices were not too spicy which meant I could enjoy these preserved eggs.
I loved the molten yolk and it was hard to not eat them all.

The pork slices were better than anticipated because they were leaner than the usual ones.

Anyway, had the $148 chicken pot which had half a chicken in it.


After it was cooked, we started on the chicken which was tender and tasty.


I really liked their Chongqing chicken pot recipe because it had all the spices and flavours without being too salty.

During the meal, we had the home made prune drink which had a smoky taste and it was not too sweet.


After all the chicken was finished, we had the pot filled with chicken soup and it was hotpot time.
Here were the items we put in our hotpot.

Fried beancurd skin rolls

vegetables

potato noodles

bamboo piths

beef


tofu

Mixed meatballs


The potato noodles were great because they had a lovely elastic texture and absorbed the delicious flavourful broth.

Maxim's Chinese spaghetti bolognaise

As with most Chinese spaghetti bolognaise it comes with a fried egg on top.
Anyway, I really hated the bolognaise sauce because it was too sweet with a strong garlic taste when the onion taste should have been more prominent.

Marshmallow toast at Metropolitan Cafe

As usual the staff here are rude and carefree.

I came here for the S'mores which was crushed peanuts, chocolate chips and marshmallows in a toast.





The S'mores was a bit too sweet for my liking and there wasn't enough marshmallows in it.
The toast that they used was not fresh because the texture was dry, hard and chewy.

Singaporean tea time at Cedele

Previously tried Cedele in Sheung Wan which offers pastas, burgers, sandwiches and cakes.

The branch at Elements is slightly different because it is more casual and laid back.

They offer sandwiches:

Drinks:

Hot options:

Salads:

There is a self service bread corner with olive oil and basalmic vinegar.
(They have paper bags for people who are not dining there).

Here was what I had:
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Shroom flatbread:

Tried the shroom flatbread which was filled with cheese, mushrooms, lettuce and peppers.
It was nice and light for lunch.
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Pork belly and salad:



The pork belly was not crisp enough but the pickled cabbage that came with it was really nice.
You also get to choose two salads so I chose potato salad and the tofu beans salads.
For the tofu beans salad there was only one piece of tofu on the plate.
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Mushroom soup:

The mushroom soup was creamy and earthy.
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Apple and pumpkin soup:

The apple and pumpkin soup was really nice because the apple was quite strong and refreshing.
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Portobello mushroom quiche:

The quiche was delicious because there were lots of pieces of mushrooms in it.
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Chocolate berry cheesecake:

The berry cheesecake was balanced nicely with chocolate cake in the middle which made it less heavy.

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Pandan cake:
natural pandan sponge cake sandwiched between own made egg custard, pandan frosting finished with fragrant coconut shreds. Unrefined sugar and grapeseed oil used.


The pandan cake was really fancy which makes it different to the chiffon ones because it had a lovely strong taste and smell of pandan.
In the middle the kaya paste and the coconut shreds topping on top made it more coconutty.
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Pandan woopie:

The pandan woopie was also gorgeous, it was dense pandan cake sandwiched with kaya paste in the middle.
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Public scandal at Public

Public (Tai Koo)

The food looked good but in reality it was bad!

Public has pretentious decor and it is located in the East end of Hong Kong which is nothing compared to lovely central and the IFC building which I believe they are trying to pretend to be.

I was tempted by the churros but it does not come with sauce which is pathetic.
Churros are normally served with sauce.
The size is a bit weird too or maybe they are meant to be donuts and not churros!!

The salad was tasteless and it was weird they put pieces of baguettes in it to go soggy.





The curry which looked promising was disappointing because the stupid rice was bloody Pearl rice and not Indian Rice.

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As the curry was good I had Naan on another visit but that was crap too because it was dense and not risen properly.