Finally had the chicken tortellini soup at Tallore

I have always wanted to try the chicken tortellini soup but the last time it was on the menu, it was sold out at 1:40pm and the guy forgot to save me some even though I ordered it on the phone~!!!!!!

This time they had it but it was a scorching hot day to have hot soup.
Not the ideal day for soup but tortellini is not always on the menu.

While I was sitting there, it was funny how these old local men would stop and look and me then the shop!
It seems that they have never noticed this shop before and its not the first time I have sat there eating and they just look at me dining there mesmerized! (what the hell is wrong with u guys).

Finally a local young lad came in after looking at the menu for a while.
I was expecting him to choose salad on a hot day but he chose soup!!!!






The smell of their chili con carne is so tempting but then the salads and soups are also tempting!!
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chicken tortellini soup:



As expected it was healthy and loaded with vegetables, it was a clear soup with delicious pieces of tortellini it.
I burnt my tongue again drinking soup as I always do because its hard to wait for it to cool down!
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Curry Veggie Quinoa & Chickpea Salad:

As well as soup, I tried the curry quinoa, which had a lovely bits of chickpeas in it, but I wish the curry flavouring was stronger.
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Kale & Cabbage Slaw with Caraway Ranch Dressing:


Then I had the colourful cabbage slaw which had a light but tasty dressing that was not too heavy.
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A non ramen surprise at Fujiyama 55

A good bowl of ramen in my opinion is a good broth with good ramen.

The broth here is worth trying because it is made of fish and sakura shrimps.

Normally I don’t choose tsukenmen (noodles dipped in broth) but here you can add $20 and they use that broth to put rice and cheese in it to make risotto after you have finished the noodles.

Depending on how much broth that is left over after you finish, the result is different ranging from risotto to soupy rice.

My tsukemen came with a lovely strong sakura shrimp broth.


I quickly finished it because I was more interested in the rice and cheese.
When your ready, they will add rice and cheese and cook it until the cheese has melted and then garnish it with a spoon of parmesan cheese.




As expected, I really liked it because the broth was strong and made the rice delicious, the cheese was nice and stringy but lacks a cheese taste so locals will probably like this dish.


Although the menu is pictorial simple, I found the tick sheet more comprehendible.



You choose broth noodles or tsukemen.

I didn’t try the beef offal ramen but it was quite Chinese with pieces of beef tripe and other goodies.

Lobsters and burgers are probably better Lbk

I had no expectations for this place because all the food in Quarry Bay and Tai Koo are sub par.
As it was a takeout, I couldn’t be bothered to complain and Thanks to Hong Kong’s stupid no plastic bag policy I barely managed to carry all that in the rain without the paper bag turning into wet tissue!

Anyway, lamb was pretty weird, it tasted like beef, the rice was nice but there was no turmeric flavour at all and it reminds me of rice mixed with chicken oil served with Hainan chicken.


All other places have sauces for kebabs and doners but there was no sauce given for the stuff I had.
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Arome Bakery's melon roll

Previously tried the melon tart and melon dessert cup.
This was the only one that I have not tried so got it for breakfast.
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Melon roll:


Out of the new melon series, I hate this the most because the cream in the middle has this really artificial melon taste.
The melon roll has this taste too but it is not so artificial.
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Thai night at Sun Thai Restaurant

There are lots of choices in Wan Chai but went here because a friend worked nearby.

Here was what we had:
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Pineapple smoothie:

A bit too sweet.
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Sambal okra:

Normally dishes cooked with sambal are very spicy but the sambal here was not very spicy so I liked it and the cherry tomatoes gave it a strong tomato taste in the sauce.
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Stir fried young pea shoots:

The pea shoots were crisp and tender in a light sweet garlic gravy.
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Fish gas bladder soup:

This was a warming thick soup loaded with fish gas bladder slices, chicken and shitaake mushrooms.
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Sweet dessert:

To be honest, it looked like sushi.

It was a piece of sweet egg on top of fragrant pandan flavoured glutinous rice that was not too sweet.

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Yuanshan delights from Taiwan

Grand Hill Taiwanese Restaurant was one of the early Taiwanese restaurants in Hong Kong before the Taiwanese trend hit HK.
The menu was quite interesting because it offers Taiwanese food as well as local fare.
It was my first time dining there so I let others order because I didn't know what to order.
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Keelong cuttlefish ball soup:

This was a thick soup with a nice appetizing vinegary flavour and springy cuttlefish patties in the soup.
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Spicy intestines:

I didn't try the intestines but the cubes of blood curd were silky and spicy.
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Taiwanese vermicelli:

The vermicelli was light and filling tossed with lots of dried shrimps and cuttlefish that made it tasty.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Changhua salted duck:

This was my favourite because the duck was evenly salted with a firm cured texture.
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Egg yolk rolls:

The slices of salted egg in squid look really nice and pretty complemented by the green beans in it.
The egg yolks are seriously delicious and not too salty.
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Chilled south African abalone:

The abalone was springy and sweet.
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Ping tung style squid, chives and silver fish:

This dish had a lot different flavours going on ranging from a garlicky aroma to a fishy flavour from the dried squids and fried silver fishes.
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Spare ribs in prune sauce:

The ribs had a sweet preserved prune taste but I found them a bit difficult to eat because they were bony.
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chinese sweet potato:

The sweet potatoes were mushy and indeed sweet with a honey glaze!
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bean curd dessert:


The bean curd dessert was amazingly silky with a mild bean flavour.
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Grand Hill Taiwanese Restaurant 圓山台灣料理
1/F & 2/F, Cheung Lee Commercial Building, 25 Kimberley Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

Iced Lychee matcha from Pacific Coffee

I don’t know why I tried it but it was obviously going to be matcha mixed with Monins syrup.

Basically, it was matcha with a grassy bitter taste balanced by the sweetness and fragrance of the lychee syrup.

 It is also smart how they have used the drinks sleeve to advertise.