Katsute 100 Japanese tearoom

Located behind Angel station is this quaint Japanese tearoom with a serene secret garden.
I have been eyeing to try this place so finally went one afternoon.

However the tea I wanted was sold out.

The gyokuro tea would probably have been a good alternative but I decided to revisit on a quieter day because it was rather full that day.

Anyway, here are the photos for now.

Beef Brisket noodles at Ekachai

I am not really fan of Hong Kong style food because it usually disappoints but the noodles looked good at Ekachai so decided to pay it a visit.

Sadly it was money well wasted, it was bland yet the soup tasted nice on its own, so did the beef but put them together and it was tasteless.

The beef broth was sweet and hydrating with a beefy taste like a good quality pho soup then the beef had nice characteristics of proper Hong Kong brisket with hints of caraway seeds while the noodles were soft without an alkaline taste.

I didn't like the way the beef but cut into small cubes because it just ruined the meat structure even though the mooli was spot on with flavour.

The menu:

Spicy wings and burger at Spice Hut, Romford

As a spicy wing addict, I just cannot refrain myself from trying this shop.

I liked the way they had kids meal so you can try out their quality.

Spice Hut just stood out with its pretty pink floral backdrop which is rather odd for fast food as it is more of a cake shop/cafe thing.

Anyway, moving on the food, the range of the menu was amazing, there were curries, doners, burgers to fried chicken.

I had the burger first and it did not disappoint for 99p with decent cheese.

On the table were these spicy sauces and the chilli one was really comforting as it tasted the same as this regular I used to go to.

The spicy wings looked the part, however the colour is brighter than most shops I have visited.

The wings were not bad but they didn't come off the bone easily like other shops.

Overall, I would definitely come back.

Prawn and chive dumplings at Dim Sum duck 点都得

I have been planning to visit dim sum duck for a while because of the neat looking prawn and chive dumpling.

Finally went one late afternoon thinking I would avoid a queue but there was still a queue.

In a way it worked out well because I only wanted to try one thing so I got a takeaway instead.

It took a while to steam but when I got my order, I was blessed the staff gave me two sets of cutlery because I dropped one of the chopsticks on the floor halfway through.

The prawn and chives at this place is worth trying because it is presented differently, I liked the way the chives are separate on the top making it look nice.

Traditional chive dumplings use coarse garlic chives but at this place uses garden chives which are much thinner and visually nicer.

The dumpling and chives are steamed together but I think it would look and taste better if the chives were added on before they were served because the grassy taste and the chive structure would stand out more.

Other than that it was still good.

The size of these dumplings are about the size of golf balls.

Having a small mouth, I could not eat it all in one go because the dumplings were firm in a good way as it was filled with bouncy whole prawns.

Other restaurant dumplings are filled with finely chopped fillings to disguise the imperfect fillings so you are obviously getting good stuff here.

The prawn was fresh and bouncy with a healthy translucent coral blush colour and the prawns were so big that it took me three bites to finish it.

As for the taste, there was a nice garlic taste followed by the taste of the prawn and chives.

Strangely, you still had that piss smell of garlic chives so there could be some in there among the garden chives.

Overall, they were excellent but the salt could have been mixed evenly because every now and then I got some salt bursts coming from the few grains of salt that had not been mixed properly.