My first and last meal at Delicatessen Corner

I have always wanted to try this place after seeing reviews on the veal with roesti but I don't often dine in Kowloon.
For that price, I would rather dine in Central.

The decor was quite nice but as usual the ambience is disturbed by loud locals.


After I ordered, a slice of bread and a pretzel were placed on my table.

The Pretzel was quite chewy and salty.
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【Zürcher Geschnetzeltes】:

It was basically veal cooked with mushrooms and cream, served on the side with a fried Potato Roesti.
The veal was tender just as expected but the creamy sauce got a bit sickly towards the end and the potato roesti was crispy with a soft centre.
It would be great if the roesti was not so salty.
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I was quite surprised to find out that it is not open anymore despite dining there two months ago!!
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Delicatessen Corner (Tsim Sha Tsui)

Level B1, Holiday Inn Golden Mile Hong Kong, 50 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

Udon in rich crab sauce at Donka

Ever since GF recommended this place, I have always wanted to go but couldn't because they don't open on weekends and it is located on the 11th Floor which puts me off.

Basically any restaurant above the 1st floor will not be high on my priority list because I can't be bothered to wait for elevators going there and on the way out.

According to the reviews, the service is cha chaan teng style at fine dining price.

I got there at an odd hour, so there were no customers throughout my meal.

The service was reasonable because they were not busy, but the staff were rather noisy because they had trouble with their phone so they kept shouting to whoever was on the other end.

The decor was simple and reasonably comfortable.



The menu had Japanese and Chinese fusion dishes starting at $98.

I chose the udon in crab sauce as planned.
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Udon with crab sauce:


The udon was nicer than anticipated because they served the thin Inaiwa type which was extremely al-dente.
It was richly covered in orange crab sauce which was enough to finish the whole bowl of udon, but I found it a bit too salty and there was quite a fair bit of grounded pork fat, other than that, I loved the chunks of crab which did not have any annoying bits of crab shell.
There was vinegar too which was supposed to enhance the taste but I found it too sweet to do any good.
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The udon was $148 but with the 10% on top, it came to a whopping $16X which was rather pricey for a bowl of udon which does not include a starter or soup.

It came with a drink but the choice could have been better because for Japanese and Chinese fusion I would have expected a choice for Japanese tea but it was only the local chachaanteng choices ie lemon tea, HK style tea or Coffee which I don't drink.

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Donka

11/F, 11 Stanley St., Central

Wasabi potato salad

I was still hungry after dinner so got this.

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Potato salad with wasabi and bacon bits:


It was potato mixed with wasabi dressing topped with bacon bits.
The bacon bits were no longer crispy but still tasty and the potatoes were delicious and filling covered in wasabi sauce with a mild kick, however some of the potato pieces could have been softer.
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Monkfish livers

From a distance, this joint looks like it is closed because the shop sign in the shop has grey shadow lines over it.

Anyway, grabbed some Flying fish roe rolls and a box of Monkfish livers which totalled $25.

When I got them out of the bag, I realised there were no chopsticks or wasabi.

The wasabi would have enhanced the taste but I just had to make do with the soy sauce that was given.

I paired the Monkfish livers with the rolls and it tasted quite nice because the livers were velvety and soft.
The flying fish roes could have been fresher because the roe were a bit discoloured and shrivelled up.
For $15, the livers were quite a good deal.

Sushi Take Out (Tseung Kwan O)

Tiu Keng Leng O MTR station

Hidden and affordable crouching tiger

Quite alot of people don't like this place and I don't know why, the items I ordered were really nice.
They used to be located at another place in Sheung Wan and reviews date back to 2009.
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=16940

The joint is quite basic and old but the prices are cheap.











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Soup:

The soup had no MSG in it which was good.
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Tomato ketchup with grilled chicken and rice:

The tomato sauce was classic and sends you back to old Hong Kong!~
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Roast pork with scrambled egg:
This was not on the menu, but I found out about it through the reviews.
In 2009 it was only $26.




The scrambled egg was really nice just like gravy with egg, roast pork and lots of spring onions in it.
I found ginger in it too which also enhanced the taste but they could reduce the salt because it is a tad too salty.
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Spring onion chicken:

For the spring onion chicken, they always give you a chicken leg by default.
It was soft and tender complimented by delicious spring onion oil that was not too salty.

In between the chicken meat and the chicken skin, there was delicious broth jelly which got trapped when it was cooling down.
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Gold Sun Good Fast Food (Sheung Wan)

G/F, 103 Jervois Street, Sheung Wan

Al fresco place to have French food

I was early for a tasting at Gin Sai when I spotted this shop across the road.
They have a branch in Sheung Wan, but this branch is better because it has a wide range of baguettes, quiches and soup.


It was after 6pm so all their food was at reduced price and I got a baguette with brie and lettuce for $26 which was a bargain.




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Brie and lettuce baguette:

The baguette was really good because there were so many slices of Brie which was creamy and soft but unfortunately the baguette was too hard and chewy.
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Ham and cheese quiche:

Nice wooden knife and fork!

The quiche looked weird, it was as thin as a pizza and the cheese on topped was brown.
I felt like I was eating pizza because of the grilled cheese on top and how thin it was.
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Monsieur Chatte:

Shop 4, G/F, Lucky house, 17-21 Burrows Street, Wan Chai

Mcdonalds: The Samba Chicken burger

Tried the new Samba chicken burger and the cheese balls~!!

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The Samba Chicken burger:


The burger has a cute football pattern on top!


However, the one I got was ran over by a mini tractor as you can see!!


There is Vatapa peanut sauce drizzled on it.


I felt that the burger tasted like chicken satay and the crispy coating was exactly the same as the coating that you find in Singaporean style cereal prawns.
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Potato cheese balls:




These were better than Burger King's cheesy tots.
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2317044
They actually had a cheesy taste and it tasted like eating hash browns with chedder cheese coated in a breadcrumb coating.
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