Great curries from Prata King

Prata King (Wan Chai)

Spotted this new joint after visiting this new bar opposite the road.

Previously it used to be a Thai joint which has now moved to Jaffe Road.

Prata King specializes in Roti pratas but as I was hungry I had the curries with rice.



The choice is simple, you can either choose Pratas, Curries with Pilau rice, plain rice or plain pratas.

For Pratas, there is a choice of plain, egg, banana, potato, chicken, cheese and queema.

For curries, there is a choice of chicken, beef, mutton or mixed vegetables paired with pilau rice, white rice or plain prata.

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Mutton curry with pilau rice:

I loved the taste of the curry because it was not too spicy and the mutton was so soft with pieces of green pepper and tomatoes in it.
It reminded me of lamb casseroles at school and there was something about the taste of the curry which tastes like pub curries.
There was also a dash of cumin in the curry which took away the gaminess of the lamb.

The pilau rice was also delicious, it was fluffy and soft, every grain of rice was long.
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Beef curry with white rice:

The white rice was disappointing because it was not Indian long grain rice.
Basically the curry tasted the same as above but with beef instead.
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Price: $4X
Service: OK
Yummy factor: good
Napkins provided: yes
Portion sizes: reasonable
English Menu: Yes
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Famous dumplings at Fook Yuen

Fook Yuen (North Point)

If it was not for my friend, I would never dine at this place nor would I order from here because on my first visit I found the service quite.................SHIT

Anyway, Thanks to my friend for sharing some with me.

I don't normally have Chinese desserts so I don't know if this is the best but the dumplings were huge and there was so much black sesame paste inside.
I liked the soup more because there was a strong ginger taste.

Black sesame curry from Campers

Camper's (Quarry Bay)
I was intending to try the desserts at this place but they don't do the purple sweet potato one anymore so I had a curry instead.
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Black sesame beef curry:


The curry was weird, the beef did not taste like beef and I suspect it was not fresh.
From the colour, texture and smell, it was really similar to pork.
I did not like it because it tasted like boiled pork that you find in Chinese soups.
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The menu was still annoying as before because there is no English and it is handwritten.

Icecream with Horlicks is back at McDonlds

McDonald's (North Point)

Icecream with Horlicks is back!!

At this branch, they have a new ordering and queuing system.

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Icecream with Horlicks:


I don't often get McDonald's ice-cream but the softserve with Horlicks is good.
The Horlicks powder was slightly savoury which took away the sweetness of the ice-cream, it also reminded me of extra fine digestive biscuit crumbs on the ice-cream.
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Premium hotpot with fresh seafood

Beidouweng Hotpot Cuisine (Prince Edward)
Before I came here, I heard from non reviewers that their hotpots were quite premium.

The seafood is guaranteed fresh and they have lobster as well.


I tried the lobster tail which was meaty and springy flavoured by the strong broth and regretted not putting the head in as well.



The broth was strong with lots of chicken.
At the end it was great for blanching vegetables.




These livers were divine, they taste as good as the ones served at Wai Kee because the texture are slightly crisp and elastic.
I should have eaten more but it's difficult to judge how long to blanch it.

These dumplings were loaded with springy prawns and did not shrink.

The sea cucumber intestines were springy and delicate but it was hard judging how long they had to cook for.


Surprisingly the grilled items were good too especially the fish because it was so crispy and the chicken wings were nice and sticky with a hint of herbs and honey.

Although it might be late to celebrate CNY here, they are doing a Valentines deal which could be a good to avoid the crowd.

New cake box design to absorb the oils

Kam Fung Restaurant (Wan Chai)
I was surprised they changed the design of the box, previously it was plain white with a red logo.

(I think the red and white box looks better because they look like the Chinese bakery ones in London.)
Previous box:
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As for the chicken pie, it was really nice, there was a lot of filling.
I liked the buttery pastry and the sweetness from the chicken gravy.
Overall the taste was pleasant but I still prefer the chicken pie at North point.


The new box is cool because it absorbs the oil from the pie!
At first I thought the colour from the cake casing had gone onto the box, but then I realized the oil from the pie had gone through the paper casing to the box.
There was so much oil that the box has gone seethrough and you can see the patterns!!!


Next time I get these pies, I will let it stand longer so the box absorbs more oil!!

Loaded radish cake from Canton Room

Canton Room (Wan Chai)

At the Canton room, they have three types of puddings for CNY.

Scallop Chinese radish pudding:

Traditional CNY pudding:

Golden water chestnut pudding:

Anyway, I tried the scallop Chinese radish pudding.

As usual I heated it up in the microwave.

After heating it, I sliced it and found huge chunks of Chinese radish in the pudding.

This Chinese radish cake is loaded! There were so much dried shrimps and chunks of preserved sausages in it.
I loved this Chinese radish cake because the radish was chunky and crisp but not raw with sweetness.
For this particular radish pudding it would taste better panfried because this one is loaded with dried shrimps and preserved sausages that will taste even better panfried forcing out the flavours from the shrimp and preserved sausages.