Not green tea but melon pudding at Arome Café

When I saw this, I thought it was green tea but it was melon so I decided to try it.
I liked the layer of melon mousse and chunks of melon but the melon jelly on top was too sweet.
The dessert cup design was quite nice because it had a irregular shape that confuses the eye.




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Surprisingly good scrambled eggs at‏ Yue Mic Ka

YMK is famous for rice noodles but my favourite dishes are the risottos.
I got bored of the risotto so had the all day set.

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All day meal:
This time I tried the all day meal which had scrambled egg and I loved it because the egg was fluffy and fragrant.

I wish it was sold separately because I don’t really want the noodles or the slice of Chinese ham!!!
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A new discovery in Kwai Hing at MX

Kwai Hing has finally got a decent eatery because there are not many good places to eat round here.

I used to curse my boss who ate the same dish in the same restaurant everyday that I went for another job elsewhere because there were more food options.

The style at MX is relaxed and you can take it easy while you eat, hence the slogan:
TAKE EAT EASY!


Octopus users have an advantage because you can order and pay on the self ordering machine which has English too!



After you have ordered, you are given a device which vibrates with red lights when the food is ready.



At some tables, they have USB chargers and there is also free wifi which you can use for a period of time.




There is self service hot and cold water.

After you finish the meal, they encourage you to return the trays and you are rewarded with sweets.



Anyway, here was the food I had.
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Beef with cheese, black pepper rice teppanyaki:

The highlight of this is the CHEESE!~ See the cheese on top!!

After mixing it, it was nice and cheesy with delicious slices of beef in it and the black pepper adds more dimension to it.
For extra flavour, there is a side of sauce that you can add.
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Curry beef in a pot with rice:

The curry comes in a cute metal pot and the curry was strong and spicy with big chunks of beef in it.


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boneless Hainanese chicken:

As well as delicious chicken and sauces, I loved the mountain of thinly sliced julienne cabbage in a refreshing yuzu sauce.


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chilled tomato with sesame sauce (add on option):

This is one of my favourite appetizers, tomato with sesame sauce that is not too sweet.
The tomato was sweet and juicy with thick sesame sauce.
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Salad (add on option):

A good balance of greens to the meal with a side of salad and dressing.
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green tea pudding with red beans (add on option):


The green tea pudding was creamy topped with starchy red beans on top.
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sweetcorn pudding (add on option):

As well as the green tea pudding, the sweetcorn was also fun to eat because it had an interesting mix of flavours with bits of sweetcorn in it.
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grape soda with aloe:

My friend tried this and said there were lots of aloe in it.
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orange and passion fruit soda:

I had the orange and passion fruit soda which was a refreshing drink on a hot day with summery passionfruit.
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Star's Taste cookies

Thanks to a foodie for getting me this.
There is a branch in Jordan which is poorly lit hence the reason I have not been there.

Had the black and white sesame cookies which are crispy and crumbly with a buttery taste.

Queen of the East for vegetarian dishes

This restaurant used to be in ShauKeiWan on the East side of Hong Kong so it was too far for me but now have moved to Causeway Bay which is good news for people in the city.



The restaurant is peaceful and relaxing.
Here was what I had and it was impressive they had a good variety of nutritious fungi in the dishes and not boring mushrooms such as shiitake.
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Sauteed Chinese yam, okra and fungus in black truffle:



I loved this dish because it had my favourite okra and Chinese yam as well as prized fungus which had a light and viscous texture tossed in a fragrant truffle sauce.
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Deep fried taro paste wrapped in seaweed and beancurd skin:


They tasted great without the sweet and sour sauce and personally I would have liked a spicy or savory sauce for dipping.
Interestingly, they tasted like oysters with a coconut aftertaste.

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Black tiger paw dish:


This was similar to the truffle dish above but it had tasty black tiger paw fungus which was earthy and meaty in taste tossed with spicy chilis that made this dish spicy.
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Fried rice with ginger and vegetables:


The fried rice was good because the finely diced courgettes and carrots gave it sweetness and the preserved vegetables added a salty kick but the ginger could not be tasted.
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Vegetarian mock sharks fin dumplings:

The dumplings had a light thin skin with juicy diced vegetables inside.
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Osmanthus pudding:

The pudding was really sweet loaded with wolfberries and longnan berries.
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Almond soup:

The almond soup was slightly bitter with lots of lotus seeds and white fungus in the soup.
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Queen of the East:
25/F Circle Tower, 28 Tang Lung Street, Causeway Bay

The difference between Macaroon and Macarons (Pret A Manger)

I have always wanted to write about macaroons but not many places have them.
Thanks to <<IVY>> for getting me these from Pret.

Macaroons are coconut based and mainly made up of desiccated coconut whereas macarons are made of egg whites and almond.

The macaroons tasted like a bounty bar and there was so much coconut in it.

The labelling is quite amusing!~

purple dream at Small Potato Ice Creamery

Went here because of the purple potato softserve.
Attempted to go before but there was a big crowd so I didn't bother wasting my time so went another day when there was less people.
As I was greedy I went for the mix which was salted caramel and sweet potato but unfortunately there was more salted caramel icecream than sweet potato which can only be seen on top so I couldn't really taste the sweet potato.

The doriyaki filled with sweet potato was nice though and not too sweet.
I will definitely come back again for the sweet potato icecream on its own