Dishes to order apart from noodles at Mixian Sense

Mixian specializes in Yunnan rice noodles which I don't eat so I ordered other dishes.
There were quite a lot of non noodle options.


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Fried wontons:

The meat filling was fresh but the wontons were too salty.
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Chilled mung bean and chicken in sesame sauce:

This chilled dish was quite nice because the sesame sauce was not too heavy or sweet.
The shredded chicken was tender and delicious.
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Summer flare at L'altro

Tried the new summer Italian flavours by Two Michelin-star Chef Philippe Leveille which has a lovely French twist to it.
I love the way each dish has a French presentation which jazzes up the food.

Started off with bread served with butter in three flavours: Saffron, unflavoured butter and tomato butter.


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amuse bouche:

For the amuse bouche, I had this crispy slice of polenta topped with an anchovy resting on a glass of tomato marmalade and cheese sauce which was so scrumptious with the breads and the crispy polenta.
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Mediterranean red tuna, Parmesan cookie, raw cherry tomato sauce and basil sorbet:

Next was this refreshing tuna engulfed in this appetizing tomato sauce topped with a cooling basil sorbet which was very fragrant.
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One side roasted scallop with watermelon sauce and salad, almonds and cucumber sorbet:

For a more summery starter, the one side roasted scallop gives an interesting mouthfeel with a contrast of soft carpaccio and roasted texture in one bite surrounded in sweet watermelon sauce and soothing cucumber sorbet.
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Mixed Fish, Lobster and Crustaceans Soup with Brioche:

Next was the rich lobster soup which had mussels, red snapper and fish topped with extra lobster powder.
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grilled octopus, grapefruit and buffalo stracciatella cheese salad:

The octopus was a big chunk of the tentacle paired with juicy ruby red grapefruit.
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spaghetti olives oil, garlic and chili with scallop carpaccio:

This was al-dente spaghetti with delicate silky slices of scallop carpaccio hidden beneath, however the sauce was quite spicy.

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Fresh pasta with clams in sea foam:

The fresh pasta was divine because the texture was springy and light tossed with clams in a delicious sea foam which tastes like pasta in a reduced Japanese salt broth.
Each strand of pasta was square and uniformly extruded.

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earl grey martini:

Before the mains, we were given a refresher which contained earl grey martini.
The delicate white chocolate ball gushed out with icy earl grey martini which was sweetened by the wafer thin shell of the chocolate ball as it melted in my mouth!
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Sea bass cooked on the skin, mussels, calms, potatoes and basil sauce:

The seabass was colourfully presented with Romanesco broccoli, grilled tomatoes, clams on a thin strip of mash.

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Roasted Baby Lamb Striploin with Black Olives and Potato Napoleon:

The lamb was paired with a rich black olive paste that went well with the lamb and wafer thin potato slices of the potato Napoleon.

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almond mousse , amaretto crispy and custard , gratinated fresh apricots an sorbet:

This dessert was bright and delightful with apricot sorbet paired with almond mousse.
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black tea creme brulee served with gratinated peaches and sorbet:

Peach and black tea creme brulee served on this black edged plate with gold dots is well suited for a gentleman with strong tasting tea flavours!
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Peiti fours:
I was quite full by this stage but I liked the pistachio candies which looked like popcorn.


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L'Altro:

10/F The L Place

Central

http://laltro.hk/menu/

Cova jelly sweets

Thanks to a fellow foodie for getting me these because I didn't know that Cova had other confectionery products as well as chocolates.
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jelly sweets:

There were different flavours, strawberry was my favourite because it was sugary with a natrual strawberry taste while the orange one had a strong orange peel taste.
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Crispy German pork knuckles at Fass Bar

Went here after a party so wasn’t that hungry.
Ordered the pork knuckle and a drink but the staff wasn’t amused I only ordered one drink.

Anyway, sat on the corner so it was pretty dark to take food pictures.
The pork knuckle was as good as expected with crispy skin and it was not overly salty.

The drink was an interesting combination of tomato, orange and cucumber but it would have tasted nicer if it was freshly squeezed orange juice and not the concentrate.

Affordable Japanese food with fun at Beppu Ekimae

To be honest I was here for the gimmick, it was the pudding on dry ice.
There were new items so tried them as well.



The White Chili Jigoku Ramen seems interesting.

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Golden princess:
This was white peach juice, passionfruit juice and soda topped with boba filled with honey.

The drink was refreshing and it did not have an artificial taste.
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Mango and Shrimp Tempura with Flying Fish Roe Roll:

This was nice and summery with crispy shrimp tempura complemented by the sweet mango slice.
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Okiyama chicken jokogy ramen:

The noodles were a bit too soft and the soup was a bit bland.
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burli:

The burli was fresh and thickly sliced.
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Bite sized fish cake topped with lobster mayo:

The cubes of fish cakes were chewy and sweet topped with creamy lobster mayo.
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Hokkaido 3.6 milk jigkoyu hot spring pudding:


This was the moment I was waiting for!

Basically there was dry ice in the bucket which gave off this pretty cloud of smoke.
The pudding itself was silky and not too sweet with a strong white chocolate taste.
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Good Shanghai joint 京滬村 in Yuen Long

I don't normally trek into Yuen Long but went here because I heard the clams were good and they also serve good Shanghainese food.

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Clams in Huadiao wine:
花雕醉蜆 $68


As expected, these clams were delicious, you could see how dark they were which meant that the clams have been soaked in wine for some time.
The clams were really tasty with a fragrant wine taste and the wine was not too overpowering that you could still taste the clams as well.
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Platter:
五福併盤$168

The platter consisted of meat terrine, jellyfish, beef shin, braised gluten and chicken with bean sheets pasta in sesame sauce.
My favourites were the jellyfish and bean sheets pasta because the sesame sauce was light and not too overpowering.
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Emperor fried rice:
皇帝炒飯 $88

The fried rice was nicely done, the grains or rice were not stuck together and not too oily with lots of seafood in it.
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Peking duck:
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There was quite a lot of duck meat sliced from the plump duck which is paired with the pancakes, sauce, cucumbers and spring onions.
The pancakes were a bit too thick for my liking but the duck was meaty.
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Chinese ham, lotus seeds in honey:
蜜汁火腿蓮子 ($168)


Basically you put the ham, crispy sheets in between the steamed bun to eat.
The sweetness of the ham and crispy bits paired together nicely.
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Shanghai dumplings:

As you can see, there is so much broth in the dumplings and the meat filling inside the dumpling is fresh swishing round in a rich and sweet broth.
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If I am in Yuen Long again, I will come here again for the clams and the food comes fast.

Burst egg yolk at See See Look Restaurant

LOL, what a name! See See Look Restaurant .

Came here randomly because I haven't tried this place.

It was good that they had an English menu which serves MICED MEAT, SOFE DRINK and STATY BEEF.

I was deciding between the egg and tomato and the fried egg and luncheon meat.
In the end I got the luncheon meat.
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soup:

The soup was just the usual Chinese broth.
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fried egg and luncheon meat:

It was good that they give you the soy sauce separately so you can decide how much you want to add but the thing that let it down was the burst egg yolk and the rice was too soggy.
The luncheon meat was soft and tasteless but the egg was quite nice especially the egg white because it was delicate and fragrant.
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