Another hot cuisine at Savory Kitchen

It's Savoury Kitchen's one year anniversary!!

Savoury Kitchen specializes in Hunan cuisine which is extremely spicy.

Here was what we had.

Most of them were too spicy so all I can say is how spicy they were!!

(I have not translated any of the dish names because the names would be meaningless in English)
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七里湘絲

This was 7 different sides to go with the omelette wrap.
Potato, starch noodles, vegetables, black fungas, etc.
All of the sides were spicy.
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Spicy crab



The crab was really nice, succulent, sweet and spicy.
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永州血鴨

Duck in cooked in ducks blood.
This dish reminded me of Dinguan a Philipine pork dish cooked in blood.
However this dish was really spicy and it was mostly duck bones.
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干鍋肥腸

This was a dish of spicy Intestines.
(Did not try because I don't eat intestines.)
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Beef with cumin on a sizzling metal plate
鐵板孜然牛肉

This was my favourite because I love cumin, and there were finely chopped green beans which gave it a touch of sweetness that balanced the spiciness.
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酸辣魚片

This was slices of fish cooked with spicy preserved vegetables.
It didn't look spicy but the preserved vegetables were extremely spicy.
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梅雪爭香

This was steamed tofu topped with scallops.
Again, it was really spicy.
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皮蛋拌青椒

This was preserved egg with green chili.
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毛氏紅燒肉

This was pork belly in rich gravy, the pork was nice and tender with even layers of fat.
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甜酒沖蛋




I loved the dessert because it was egg white with fermented rice.
Some people who also tried this dessert said the wine was not strong enough but I thought it was really fragrant and the sweetness was just right.
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Change of sausages at The Canny Man

The Canny Man (Wan Chai)

This used to be my favourite place for bangers and chips but not anymore which is tragic because there is no other place that does good bangers and mash/chips.

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bangers and chips:



Before I started, I thought to myself perfect chips and bangers.
The Chips were perfectly done but the sausages that they served before have been changed to Cumberland sausages which are meatier.
There's nothing wrong with these sausages but I prefer the pork sausages.
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Crab feast at 喜記蟹將軍

Came here for crab delights.
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蟹粉拌豆腐:

This was silky tofu topped with rich crabmeat.
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蟹粉扒時蔬:

Then we had vegetables topped with rich crab gravy.
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Crab soup:

Crab soup was my favourite because there were so many ingredients such as crab, tofu and crab roe.
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Steamed hairy crabs:


The crabs had thick delicious runny crab roe which tasted like egg yolk.
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花雕蛋白蒸:

This was similar to the above but it was infused with wine.
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Stir fried crab:

Compared to the steamed ones, the texture of the crab roe was chalky.
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crab with noodles:


This dish was ok but I didn't like the noodles because they were crispy.
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Steamed buns:

The buns were filled with delicious runny egg custard.
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sweet soup:


To finish off, they serve ginger soup after a meal of crabs but Chinese dessert soups are not my cup of tea.
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Get a stack of this

Discovered this new joint serving American pancakes with a good range of sweet and savoury pancakes which are served stacked hence the name of the restaurant STACK.

STACK is located on the corner of third street of Sai Ying Pun opened by the handsome twins of Common Ground.


Sai Yung Pun used to be far when I didn't know my way around but now it only takes a mere 5 minutes walk from Caine Road.

Inside the joint, there was red neon lights contrasted by the metal frames.


The menu had drinks as well as pancakes.

I ordered the hash and savoury pancakes which were made of soba flour.

The chives on the pancakes were carefully arranged with a tweezer before they were served.


The twins!!

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Mexican sunshine:

The size of the pancakes were smaller than I expected with the biggest pancake stacked on the bottom, followed by the smaller ones.

Pancakes unstacked.


On the top layer, there was a cute onsen quail egg.
The Mexican sunshine had guacamole mixed with yuzu dressing which I found to be extremely delicious because the Yuzu was very refreshing with tones of lime in it as well.
However, the pieces of avocado were not ripe and rather hard but the pancakes were nice as expected.
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The Hash:

The hash consisted of delicious julienne potatoes with pieces of duck in the middle paired with thick sour cream.
I was so glad I ordered this because it was just divine.
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STACK:

1 Third Street

Sai Ying Pun

Hong Kong

A neat blueberry Danish from Papillon Cafe

I love Papillon Cafe because it is a young and vibrant cafe at the Hopewell Centre.

Papillon has a lovely pastel logo of a butterfly which incorporates the name Papillon.


Saw some delicious pastries featured on their Instagram so decided to get one.
It was neatly wrapped up which was amazing because I did not get my fingers sticky.
There were napkins provided as well which was super handy.
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Blueberry danish:
Anyway, the blueberry danish was delicious, the pastry was not too dense but light and flakey with fruity blueberry filling that was not too sweet.

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Papillon Caffe (Wan Chai)

Big Jo's from Santa Monica to Hong Kong

Big Jo's is a fast food burger joint offering casual, on-the-go dining experience serving a variety of staple Californian-American choices to the Far East which is opened by recent expats from the US.

There is another branch of Big Jo's in Santa Monica opened by their friend's parents.

With the addition of Big Jo's, it makes them another newcomer of burger joints alongside Beef and Liberty, The Butchers club burger and Caliburger.

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Cheese steak:

The cheese steak sandwich tasted better than anticipated because it had thinly grilled slices of juicy LEAN steak.
There was melted cheese oozing inside with caramelized onions and mushrooms slices.
It was quite heavy as a sandwich but there was cracked pepper here and there that made it more appetizing.
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Grilled Cheese sandwich:

Basically it was a wheat toast with so much gorgeous cheese in it.
The cheese that they used was Cheddar cheese imported from the US.



I was impressed with all that gooey cheese and I loved the orange vivid colour of the cheese.
Each bite was sensational because there was so much cheese in it and each part of the toast was evenly crammed with cheese that was not pungent or heavy!!


All I can say is D.E.L.I.C.I.O.U.S!!!!
I WANT THIS AGAIN ASAP!!!!!!!!!!
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Big Jo's
Shop C, G/F, Wai Cheong Building, 5-9A Gresson Street, Wan Chai

Snappy waitresses at Shelter Lounge

Shelter Lounge (Sheung Wan)

Originally planned to celebrate a friends birthday here but luckily we chose another restaurant because the waitresses here are snappy.

The restaurant was half empty and I wanted to change tables so I asked the waitress if I could sit near the bar and she screamed back with a "WHY".
It's the first time a waitress has ever questioned me why I wanted to change tables let alone scream back at me which angered me.
Due to the noisy environment if the waitress couldn't hear the customers requests maybe she should have said pardon instead of acting like an uncivilized waitress with a tantrum which was hopefully captured on cctv.

Since I had already ordered the food I decided to stay but it would have been fun if I left the restaurant and someone would have to do some explaining afterwards.
But who knows, they could make up any bullshit to cover their arses.

The breakfast was disappointing and localized.
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Breakfast:
The tomatoes had weird evaporated salt on them looking like white powder.

The mushrooms were pathetic with 90% Asian shiitake mushrooms and 10% button mushrooms.

Dry and hard bacon and the sausages tasted weird.



Lastly the potato waffles which I was looking forward to were fried in old oil or fried twice because the colour was not golden yellow, but golden in Chinese standards.
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