Monday, March 11, 2024

Sipping tea at 貮叄書房 jisaam books on Gough Street

Discovered this book shop on Gough Street serving drinks and light snacks so went in for tea.
There was tea and coffee so I ordered the oolong tea which will last you all afternoon.
The Iron Buddha tea was nice and fragrant and the environment was quiet and relaxing.
貮叄書房 jisaam books 
49 Gough Street






Goose breast noodles from Michelin starred Yat Lok 一樂燒鵝

This has been on my list to try and now ticked off.
I have never been keen to try because it's always luck with chopped meats.
Obviously, the goose leg is the signature and what is is famous for but I ordered goose breast to guarantee some meat but in reality 30% was meat.
You get 8 tiny pieces. 3 had proper breast chunks.
Rest was skin and off cuts.
The noodles were just the usual with a texture like al dente spaghetti.
For hkd80 you can get much better quality in London like Royal China.
On the menu, there was duck back which I assumed was the boney part.
Hopefully, this wasn't the meaty part.







Oyster Broth dipping ramen at NEXT Shikaku

Finally tried NEXT Shikaku which specializes in oyster broth ramen.
I was drawn to the dipping noodles because they are rectangular sheets like Italian stracci/ wonton wraps.
The sheets hang the oyster dip really well and it has this pleasing firm yet slight elastic chew.
You will find the noodles and dip garnished with fine ingredients found in omakase.




NEXT Shikaku, Gough Street



IKEA Hong Kong and Macau exclusives: Scotch egg with fries and truffle mayo

Available at Kowloon Bay, Shatin, Tsuen Wan and Macau Swedish Restaurant from 1 Mar to 31 Mar, 2024
Scotch egg with fries and truffle mayonnaise
Lemon oolong tea sorbet with passion fruit and blueberry popping ball.
Lemon oolong tea sorbet/Peanut sundae cone.
Hong Kong style waffle with peanut sundae and condensed milk
Swedish meatball croffle
Scallop salad bowl







Sunday, March 10, 2024

Seafood rice noodle delights at ciuzauese 潮州人

Finally tried ciuzauese which I have been longing to try.
Our original plan was a different restaurant but I spotted this on the way and changed the plan.
We dined at the Wan Chai branch which is conveniently located on Landale road, a delight for people on the Hong Kong side.
There are other branches located in Prince Edward and Quarry Bay.
The menu features rice vermicelli with a choice of toppings like oysters, fish maw, prawns or clams which can also be ordered separately.
The signature item is the fish maw rice noodles in oyster which I would have wanted but oyster sauce is on the sweet side for my palate so I got the rice noodles in soup with clams and fish maw.
We also got oysters as a side dish.
As one would expect these days, the rice noodles and broth are the same but topped with the items of your choice eg clams etc so it doesn't matter which item you order as it won't make the broth tastier.
Overall, I am glad I tried this place especially if you like oysters and fish maw.
Again for fish maw, I mean fish gas bladder because for this price range, do not expect the gummy, thick and gelatinous prized ones where it comes from a specific fish of a certain weight.
@ciuzauese










Monday, February 26, 2024

Red, White and Black Pudding at Rosyth Fish Bar, Edinburgh, Scotland

As part of most breakfasts Black pudding is a common find but in Scotland they have red pudding as well as white pudding.
White pudding isn't that common but you will find it at some swanky restaurants in England.
White pudding has lots of barley, no blood may contain suet/lard and Red pudding is found in Fife, East of Scotland made of beef, pork, pork rind or bacon, suet, rusk, wheat flour, spices, salt, beef fat and colouring which is being less popular these days.
I was lucky I was near Rosyth Fish Bar which had all these pudding choices as well as Mince pie (not the Christmas one and chopped steak).
As a foodie, how could I not try so I got the red, white and black pudding with some chips.
Rosyth Fish Bar were really kind and threw in the Haggis pudding and chopped steak.
The black pudding was the best ever black pudding in my life because the breakfast ones come in slices so you mainly get the crunchy surface but the battered version, you get more of the mushy velvety texture which was amazing and I loved that metallic taste.
With black pudding slices, there is more surface area that is on the griddle hence the dry crispy texture and it s less soft unless you get served a thick slice.
In the battered version, there were less barley and fatty bits compared to the slices so it was literally heaven!
The Red pudding tatses nothing like savloy but it was like mushy bacon and the White pudding had an interesting texture as it had quite a lot of barley in it.
The chopped steak was basically a battered burger.
Definitely recommended if you are in the area especially the black pudding.
#ssgedinburgh
@rosythfishbar_












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