Creative dishes at Fu Wah Cafe

I was on my way to visit the arts exhibition nearby so got the ferry from North point which landed me here.
There were not many eateries at Grand Waterfront Plaza.
I was supposed to dine at another place but the restaurant seemed weird so I walked out and then there was Tai Hing which is all over Hong Kong so I went here.

Initially I was going to order the noodles in ginger broth but it was sold out.

The female staff annoyed me as well which is why this place gets an OK and not a because she couldn't hear me so she was giving me the looks.
Anyway, I ended up having the braised e-fu noodles in red beancurd sauce with vegetables (213南乳粗mun齊伊麵)because I liked the creative combination.


When it came, I couldn't smell any red beancurd and the colour didn't have any hues of red or burgandy.

Good red beancurd is meant to have a lovely aroma.

As for the taste, it was really nice because each strand of noodle was flavoured by red beancurd but I would have liked it the noodle wasn't so soft.

On the next visit, I hope to try 738 fried red beancurd chicken.


I was also impressed by the XO noodles because you can choose different noodles such as flat noodles, udon, egg noodles or vermicelli to go with a choice of chicken, duck, beef, char siu and even prawns!

Back for more vegetable tea at 心夜來潮

Tried this place in April and decided to go again because I liked the vegetable tea.
http://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/%E6%97%BA%E8%A7%92-%E5%BF%83%E5%A4%9C%E4%BE%86%E6%BD%AE/2439633

The menu has changed and looks nicer.

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Vegetable tea:

Previously tried this and really liked it so this time I got the LARGE size.
I didn't realize it was that big! oops!


The vegetable tea here was really nice and wholesome with finely chopped snow peas, vegetables, Chinese sausages, puffed rice, peanuts, glass vermicelli and dried squid too.

I really enjoyed it because it reminded of me minestrone but in Chinese form but on this visit it was a little too salty.
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Salted crab, urchin, oysters with rice:



All of the delights are really salty so you only need a tiny bit to go with rice.
The urchin had a creamy bitter taste which was quite nice but the piece of crab was too tiny to get anything out of it.
The oyster is also nice and the saltiness makes the oyster taste even stronger.
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Beef balls:



I didn't try them but my friend said they were really springy.
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Noodles:



They were chewy and very filling and the broth tastes the same as the vegetable tea above.
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Tapas at Just-a-Restaurant

Went here to celebrate a friends birthday and it was nice that they arranged a big table.
It was a Saturday so there was free Sangria even if you just order one tapas dish.

We started with tapas followed by paella and roast suckling pig.
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Tomato, onion and white anchovies on toast:

The highlight of the toast was the white achovies because they were really soaked in vinegar.
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Serrano ham, tomato on toast:

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Spanish cold cuts platter:
(Serrano ham, chorizo, olive and Manchego cheese).

My favourites had to be the cheese and olives.
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Chili garlic prawns:

Springy prawns with aromatic crispy garlic.
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Chorizo with green apple:

I don't normally like chorizo but this was worth trying because they are thin slices with pickled apple slices that balance the salty chorizo nicely.
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Pacific manila clams with white wine cream sauce:

I was expecting a creamy sauce but it had a strong wine taste with lots of asparagus.
The clams were bursting with white wine sauce so it was really tasty.
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Spanish octopus in garlic olive oil:

The octopus was springy with lovely olive oil and garlic flavouring.
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Baked New Zealand oysters with onion and bacon:

didn't try this.
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Grilled king prawn seafood paella:


As a carbs lover, the rice was tasty because it has absorbed all the seafood flavours with a hint of tomato.
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Pan fried Chilean seabass:

The fish was silky and chunky and just tasted like cod.
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Roast suckling pig:

The skin was crispy and the meat beneath it was tender.
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Jar banoffee pie:

The banoffee was loaded with banana infused cream which tasted natrual.
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Le French GourMAY at O delice!

My favourite month of May again because restaurants will promote French food and special French dishes that are not normally served.
They should have a month for British food and other countries as well, but French is good because there is cheese.

I went to O delice! again because I love duck and good cheese so I had the special menu that was on for Le French GourMAY.
Too bad Charlies next door has packed up because I love their crispy duck and UK style comfort Chinese food.


All the items are from Midi Pyrenees in the South of France.

When you wait for the food, you can see the crepes being made with the slanted mirror by the kitchen.

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Earl grey tea by teapigs:


Started off with earl grey tea that had a strong leafy taste.
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Smoked duck galette:
This was served with carmelized onions, a dash of curry powder, cherry tomatoes and rocket.

It was absolutely delicious because the crepe was evenly filled with cheese that was savoury with delicious onions on top with a hint of curry.
The crepe was light and crispy.

The duck was wonderful because it is different, it was dark in colour and the texture and taste was like a duck version of parma ham and the rocket leaves help balance the heaviness with its bitterness.

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Cold cut and Cheese platter:
The cheese platter is served after 5pm.
Here are the items in the platter.


A salty and waxy saucisson which tastes a little bit like the snack called pepperami.

Bread for the pork terrine.

Cows cheese and Sheeps cheese.
The cows cheese was light and soft and the sheeps cheese was surprisingly mild.


Pork and mushroom terrine.
I really liked this one because it had an equal balance or pork, mushrooms and it was not that fat.

Bayonne ham which was waxy and not too salty.

Guerkins and fig jam which were really good condiments with the platter.

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