Blue secret: Come to Blue's of Shau Kei Wan

I was walking along Shau Kei Wan Main street when I saw this stand with the name Blue's.
When I went closer I discovered it was Western food which was great because there are not many restaurants in Shau Kei Wan for Western food.

 

They were serving the brunch menu at that time and they had Croque Monsieur which is rarely served in Hong Kong.

The location of this restaurant was interesting, it was on the corner of some Chinese temple at the far end of the Cul de Sac.
I quite liked the location because it felt like a private secluded corner where you can relax.

 

 

As expected, the restaurant had a nice blue theme to it with matching blacks.

 

They had al-fresco dining too as well as tables inside.

 

Inside, they had a lovely huge blue light bulb and the corridor was blue and classy.

 

 

Sat down and ordered the Croque monsieur and the spaghetti with clams.
Both came with a drink.
Found out that this place was recently opened and the Chef has gained culinary experience in France.

The knife that they supplied was interesting because there was a ridge near the handle.

 

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Croque monsieur:

 

The taste of this was delicious, much better than Delifrance which is disgusting because it was sweet.
The croque monsieur was nicely layered with two different cheeses especially the cheddar, however the cheese has been modified so it does not have that offending cheesy taste that the locals do not like without loosing its cheesiness.
Visually it was really nice with the orange and pale yellow tones of the cheese against the slices of ham.
I loved the way the cheese was oozing out when I sliced it.

 

As a personal preference I would have liked it if it had a sharper cheese in it.
The cheese in this croque monsieur was rather creamy, it was more like cheese sauce.
It also came with cubes of sauteed crisp potato cubes which were a perfect pairing.
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Spaghetti with clams:

 

The pasta was lovely and al-dente with generous herbs sprinkled on it.
It was really good there were plenty of herbs because it gave the pasta and clams more flavour.
The basil was really fragrant and they had a sprig of fresh basil to garnish the pasta.
Overall it was a very nice dish but it was slightly too salty and I wish the wine taste was stronger.
The clams were nice and clean and did not have any sand in them.
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Tea with milk:

 

The tea was a perfect way of ending the brunch, but I was still hungry because the pasta and the croque monsieur was really delicious.
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Improvements:
For improvements, I felt that they should give you an extra plate for the clam shells, because there was a point where the shells were getting in my way on the plate when I was eating the pasta.
As for the menu, there are a few English typo's and for one of the dishes the English and Chinese do not seem to match.
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I definitely will come back again if I am in the area because I want to try the Yorkshire pudding as well.

Great noodles and selection @ 碰碰麵撈麵專門店

This new noodle restaurant in Mong Kok is finally the place to settle for good food in the hustle and bustle of Mong Kok.

The decor is nice and relaxing as well.

They specialise in noodles in sauce and they offer deluxe noodles with abalone or sea cucumber as well.

Initially they reminded me of this noodle bar in Central called More than noodles, but this place turned out to be better and worth paying for.

The noodles that they offer are: prawn roe noodles, thin vermicelli and inaniwa udon.

Each noodle comes with a soup which is a choice of pigs stomach with pepper or seafood soup made with crab and prawns.
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Crab and prawn soup:

I really liked this soup because the crab taste was really strong, you could taste and smell it.
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White pepper and pork stomach soup:

The white pepper taste was extremely strong and it was very fiery.
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Deep fried tofu skin coated with prawn patty:

The fried tofu skin was really crispy and delicate. It was basically a thin sheet of tofu skin with a thin layer of prawn patty spread on top and deep fried.
As the layer of prawn patty was thin, you could still taste the fried tofu skin as well.
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Deep fried sweet and sour tofu puffs:

These were my favourite because the sweet and sour sauce was just right for me and not cloyingly sweet.
These tofu puffs were crispy as claimed, with a slightly chewy centre.
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Trio side-dishes:

Chose the spicy lotus roots, egg with wine and black fungas.
The spicy lotus roots were nice and had plenty of sichuan spices.
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Egg with prawn roe and sweet Chinese wine:

Initially I did not want to order this but after trying it, I did not regret because on top of the egg, they put sweet rice wine on it and there were also pieces of rice from the wine.
The taste of the wine was really nice.
The egg did not really absorb the wine but it was still nice because the rice from the wine gave it a nice sweet flavour.
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Northeast black fungas:

The black fungas was the cutest I have ever seen because I did not know that these were a different variant to the normal ones.
They were smaller and the texture is nice.
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Sea cucumber with prawn roe noodles:

As well as dried prawn roe sprinkled on top, the noodles also had prawn roe embedded in the noodle strands which gave it a nice taste.
The sea cucumber was lovely and soft covered with lots of dried prawn roe.

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Prawn rolls with thin vermicelli:

The vermicelli was delicious because they were thin and the sauce adhered to every strand.
The vermicelli was tossed thoroughly before they were served.
Basically these noodles were not the abalone or sea cucumber set so you can choose other options which was quite good for $3X as you get soup and the noodles taste great.
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Lime soda:

Lastly the soda was nice and refreshing because it was not sweetened and the bottled soda water was nice.
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Overall I really liked this noodle place and I will come back again.

碰碰麵撈麵專門店