All You Can Eat Restaurant at Banmoto

I quite like this place because it is in the heart of ladies market.
At the moment, not many people know about this place so it is nice and quiet.


The prices are quite reasonable but the choices are limited because I couldn't find tuna or some milk broths that other places serve.

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grass jelly juice:

As well as grass jelly, there are other drinks available.
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White toro:

This was soft with a strong umami taste.
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deep fried sweet purple taro:


This was more like dessert because it was sweet.
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deep fried Japanese style tofu with cheese:

The texture was similar to fishcake and it was slightly rubbery with thick processed cheese in middle.

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Sichuan style spicy noodles:

Interesting option at a Japanese restaurant but it was too spicy.
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Kagoshima style black truffle poached egg:

This was delicious.
Truffle and eggs always go together.
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grilled chicken wings with sea salt:

The chicken wing was ok but I couldn't taste the seasalt.
Anyway, I dipped the chicken in the egg yolk from the dish above and it tasted really nice.

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ginseng chicken soup:


Tasted really bitter.
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fried banana with chocolate dressing:

Basically it was banana in delicate tempura coating.
I would have liked it without the chocolate sauce because it was good on its own.
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pan fried beansprouts

Simple but delicious with a hint of cracked black pepper but it was too salty.
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Interesting pairing of apricot and chocolate

I was at Pacific coffee and this cake caught my eye because I don't often see chocolate cakes paired with apricot.
However you do get dried apricot chocolate bars.

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Chocolate apricot mousse cake:

There are not much apricots in the cake because on the other side of the cake there are no apricots (forgot to take a picture) .
Anyway, the mousse tasted clumpy but luckily the juicy apricots saved the day because the chocolate mousse was dry and tasteless and the white mousse on top just tasted like clumpy cream.
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A taste of Australia at Yamm

I have always wanted to go to Yamm but it is always fully booked.
Managed to get a table while they were doing an Aussie themed buffet until the 28th of this month.
Normally restaurants will feature different themes like British, American, Italian, German, Indian, Thai, Japanese, Korean but Australian food is extremely rare.

Hopefully we will see other themes like Polish, Russian, African, Scottish, Nordic, Egyptian coming up.
For the Aussie themed buffet they had Aussie yabbies which are like Dublin prawns, balmain bugs, baked whole barramundi, whole rack of lamb and others dishes.

yabbies

balmain bugs

whole barramundi

whole rack of lamb
As I have a Western palate, all these were wonderful delights.
They had a nice range of cream cheeses.
-sundried tomato
-black pepper
-almond and apricot

For Asian palates, there was a good range of sushi and the much loved lobsters.


The tomato and lobster claw congee was divine. It tasted a like rich lobster bisque with a light tomato taste.


There was foie gras too.

If all that doesn't please you, there is a truffle pasta loaded with truffle.

Personally I liked the couscous, breads, the cream cheeses and the lobster claw congee.



Unfortunately I had a bit of a flu so I could only sample a few desserts.


The doughnut was my favourite because it was simple and delicious.

I can't wait to come again and hopefully they will have a different theme on the next visit.

Sushi Take Out's canned products

Sushi Take Out is a successful Taiwanese brand selling affordable sushi.

It is interesting that they have other products such as crab and tinned foods so I went for the tinned squids and salmon which are branded by Sushi Take Out.



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Braised squid:


The texture of the squid was surprisingly good because it was springy not like other tinned foods where they are mushy and hard.
I found the taste too sweet so I rinsed it with water and it tasted much better.
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Braised salmon bone:


The salmon was surprisingly good because it was labelled salmon bone so who the heck would want to eat bones.
Again, the salmon had a natrual soft texture which was not mushy or hard and the bone was soft and edible so it was my first experience being able to eat salmon bones!

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Romantic private dining at The Coterie

The Coterie took me by surprise because it was a wonderful secluded restaurant in TST and the food was fantastic paired with fine Christofle silverware.

We had the four course dinner.

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Steamed egg with truffle:

It was smooth steamed egg with truffle paste on top and it had some seasalt flakes to give it extra flavour.

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[b]Amuse bouche:[/b]The scallop
Seared scallop with tabbouleh salsa

Next we had seared scallop which was chunky and slightly springy served with my favourite tabbouleh salsa.
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[b]The foie gras:[/b]
Poached foie gras in port wine and pear reduction

The foie gras was flawless paired with a sweet pear infused with port wine.
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[b]The soup:[/b]
Calde verde with iberico chorizo and cep shavings

Next we had the soup which I really liked because it had lots of green vegetables and the Chorizo was mildly spicy.
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[b]The pork:[/b]
Roast iberico pork belly galantine, porcini mushroom and madeira jus

For the mains, we were served pork belly which had a very springy texture just like pork neck meat.
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[b]Tiramisu:[/b]

The tiramisu was light and velvety and the cake was heavily soaked in alcohol.
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To summarize, this is a great place to bring someone special and for celebrities to hang out.

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The Coterie:
50 Hillwood Road, 9/F Flat B Charmhill Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui