Seafood rice noodle delights at ciuzauese 潮州人

Finally tried ciuzauese which I have been longing to try.
Our original plan was a different restaurant but I spotted this on the way and changed the plan.
We dined at the Wan Chai branch which is conveniently located on Landale road, a delight for people on the Hong Kong side.
There are other branches located in Prince Edward and Quarry Bay.
The menu features rice vermicelli with a choice of toppings like oysters, fish maw, prawns or clams which can also be ordered separately.
The signature item is the fish maw rice noodles in oyster which I would have wanted but oyster sauce is on the sweet side for my palate so I got the rice noodles in soup with clams and fish maw.
We also got oysters as a side dish.
As one would expect these days, the rice noodles and broth are the same but topped with the items of your choice eg clams etc so it doesn't matter which item you order as it won't make the broth tastier.
Overall, I am glad I tried this place especially if you like oysters and fish maw.
Again for fish maw, I mean fish gas bladder because for this price range, do not expect the gummy, thick and gelatinous prized ones where it comes from a specific fish of a certain weight.
@ciuzauese

Red, White and Black Pudding at Rosyth Fish Bar, Edinburgh, Scotland

As part of most breakfasts Black pudding is a common find but in Scotland they have red pudding as well as white pudding.

White pudding isn't that common but you will find it at some swanky restaurants in England.

White pudding has lots of barley, no blood may contain suet/lard and Red pudding is found in Fife, East of Scotland made of beef, pork, pork rind or bacon, suet, rusk, wheat flour, spices, salt, beef fat and colouring which is being less popular these days.

I was lucky I was near Rosyth Fish Bar which had all these pudding choices as well as Mince pie (not the Christmas one and chopped steak).

As a foodie, how could I not try so I got the red, white and black pudding with some chips.

Rosyth Fish Bar were really kind and threw in the Haggis pudding and chopped steak.

The black pudding was the best ever black pudding in my life because the breakfast ones come in slices so you mainly get the crunchy surface but the battered version, you get more of the mushy velvety texture which was amazing and I loved that metallic taste.

With black pudding slices, there is more surface area that is on the griddle hence the dry crispy texture and it s less soft unless you get served a thick slice.

In the battered version, there were less barley and fatty bits compared to the slices so it was literally heaven!

The Red pudding tatses nothing like savloy but it was like mushy bacon and the White pudding had an interesting texture as it had quite a lot of barley in it.

The chopped steak was basically a battered burger.

Definitely recommended if you are in the area especially the black pudding.

#ssgedinburgh

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middle Eastern deli at Phoenica, Kentish Town

Finally tried this middle Eastern deli.

Passion fruit latte at Craft & Bec

I'm not a coffee person but stopped by for passion fruit latte.
The passion fruit in latte is not quite what I expected, the coffee is more prominent and the passion fruit serves more of an aromatic base.
There was also pine latte which is a bit like gin.
The barista was really kind to give me a sample and let me smell them.

Avenida Brasil Parker Road, South Croydon

 

Another good place for chips with curry sauce at Pangs Fish bar

Seriously delicious chippy chips with curry sauce.
I was on the quest for cheesy chips but ended up having this.
Although there was a blurb outside saying best curry sauce and chips by Timeout, I didn't have any expectations.
It took me a few minutes to decide to try it or not but finally went in.
I ordered a small to try and the lady scooped some chips in the foil container which meant the chips were sitting there and not freshly fried.
To my delight, the chips were still good.
Every chip was uniform and you didn't get those off cuts or scraps.
The chips were not oily and still fresh because there was no unpleasant taste coming through that didn't get masked by the curry sauce.
Literally the chips were delicious that they melt in your mouth.
The curry sauce delivered, it was like gravy with a strong savoury taste and not sweet like some places.
You also get the spices that are not spicy with a light taste of blended coconuts and somehow banana skin because some Chinese recipes blend bananas skin as well as roast duck lard.
If you look at the sauce closely you can see stuff in it.
There was enough curry sauce until the last chip so I was really happy.
It will not replace the curry chips in Stratford but this place is worth returning.

Cheesy Chips at Seascape Fish Bar Balham

As I was in the area, I just tried their chips which were ok, not quite memorable.

Finally got my cheesy chips from this chippy which was the only one out of three in Balham to do it.

They also have pea fritters as well, again one of the few places that serve it.

Technically its obviously that it melted cheese in the microwave but you can't do that at home because you need proper fresh chips from the chippy straight out the fryer.

As expected, it was nicer but probably even nicer if it was 100% cheddar as this was a cheese blend which isn't so tasty.

Again getting cheesy chips isnt easy as there are not enough chippies let and the chance of it being on the menu.