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Location :  銅鑼灣告士打道280號世貿中心4樓421B號舖

Shop 421B, Podium 4, World Trade Centre, 280 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay

Rate : 8/10

Price : $28/cake

Comment : 

Left - White Chocolate Lychee Cake. 

- Sweetness was good, not too sweet. Loved the cake base. 

Right - Caramel Hazelnut Cake. 

- was alright. preferred the other cake though. the base was also better. 

From : Muji

Sparking drink apple 

Mazazu Crepe

Location : 銅鑼灣告士打道280號世貿中心P303舖

               P303, World Trade Centre, 280 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay

Rate : 8/10

Price : $35/crepe

Comment : Nothing special, just something to fill up your stomach. Would not go again. 

Crepe with chicken breast, corn, cheese, and mushroom. 

- was okay. not really considered "good".

- nothing special about the taste. just something filling for an empty stomach

Mazazu Crepe

Location :  銅鑼灣勿地臣街1號時代廣場B1 cookedDeli by city'super

    B1, cookedDeli by city'super, Times Square,1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay

Rate : 5/10

Price : around $30

Comment : Perhaps I'm not too fond of Hong Kong's frozen yogurt, I like Yogen Fruz in Canada more where the oreo is mixed in with the yogurt (a bit like Mcdonald's McFlurry). The M&M's were extremely hard to bite, and the yogurt wasn't smooth enough. Would rather spend my money on something else.          

Street Food - the store in front of Times Square

Leonidas

- contains Easter eggs with different types of chocolate.

- in general pretty good, some were quite nice actually (i.e. hazelnut praline) 

狎鷗亭居酒屋 Apgujeong Tent Bar

Location : 尖沙咀諾士佛臺9號冠福中心1樓

               1/F, 9 Koon Fook Centre, Knutsford Terrace, Tsim Sha Tsui

Price : around $200/person 

Rate : 7/10

Comment : These were just a part of the dishes ordered. Overall the place was alright. It was not bad, but not to the point where I think it's superb. Just average. The appetizers were pretty good though (ex. the mini clams). I was quite excited when I saw their menu with pork bone soup since I've been trying to find it in Hong Kong for a while now. Really really miss the ones from UW Plaza, Waterloo. The one here was a bit disappointing - meat not tender enough, soup was more of a sauce for dipping rather than drinking. Most likely would not come again. 

Bibimbap

- was alright, but rice was a bit too soft. 

Seafood pancake

- was okay again, nothing special though. 

Pig's feet

- not bad, pretty good actually, but a bit too much fat

Pork bone soup

- not commonly found in Hong Kong for some reason

- have been craving this for a while, so couldn't wait to try it. but unfortunately it was a bit disappointing.

- the meat was a bit rough. 

- would be a lot better if the meat could easily be separated from the bones.

- the soup wasn't much of a soup, but rather a sauce. 

FANFAN Café

Location : 何文田窩打老道69號B2舖 

                Shop B2, No.69, Waterloo Road, Ho Man Tin

Price : $100-200/person 

Rate : 1/10

Comment : The place looks decent. The food looks lovely. But the taste was just terrible. I only give credit for their attempt to make everything look nice. Highly recommend NOT going.  

Orange juice

- not freshly squeezed, just concentrated. cheap. 

鵝肝沙律

- looks beautiful. but tastes horrible. 

- it's quite amazing, I really don't understand how they can make it taste so bad. 

Lobster Bisque

- horrible

- it was so watery, so poorly done 

Steak with tiger prawn

- bad quality steak. 

Seafood pasta

- the seafood didn't taste fresh. it was SOO "fishy" I couldn't stand it

Lemon water

- I don't think this can possibly go wrong.

- but it's a bit cheap how they just gave 2 extremely thin slices of lemon

Fried ice cream

- the batter was so thick and filling. 

- i suppose the vegetable below it is not for eating?

Cheesecake

- bad. 

- texture was bad. base wasn't good either

康年餐廳 Hong Lin Restaurant

Location : 太子通菜街143-145號地下

Price : about $40

Rate : 7/10

Comment : The egg tarts and "pineapple" bun was amazing, but the porkchop with instant noodles was way too salty. it was basically just really salty with no other taste to it. Would probably go again, but more for the tarts and buns, maybe a different kind of afternoon tea set i guess. 

蛋撻

- nice and hot. 

鮮茄烚蛋三文治

- so-so. 

波羅油

- very good !

香茅豬扒公仔麵

- SOOO salty !!

- almost no other taste, other than being extremely salty 

味吉拉麵館 Mikichi

Location : 旺角登打士街56號家樂坊地庫B07號舖

                Shop B07, B/F, Gala Place, 56 Dundas Street, Mong Kok

Price : about $100/person

Rate : 7/10

Comment : Pass. Would I go again? Probably not. 

豬軟骨叉燒拉麵 (豬骨湯底)

豬軟骨拉麵 

- nothing particularly special, just a typical bowl of ramen

Dumplings

- wouldn't consider it to be good. 

Yam ice cream

- a bit too powdery texture

- flavour was ok, but texture could be better.

Freshness Burger

Location : 旺角太子道西193號新世紀廣場1樓116-118A號舖

   Shop 116-118A, 1/F, Grand Century Place, 193 Prince Edward West, Mong Kok

Price : around $35/burger

Rate : 8/10 

Comment : I only ate the fish burger, pretty good I guess. Nothing special to me though, maybe cause I'm not too fond of burgers.

香港仔魚蛋粉

Location : 旺角西洋菜南街242-244號地下

                  G/F, Sai Yeung Choi South Street, Mong Kok

Price : about $25/person

Rate : 8/10

Comment : pretty good. typical thing I'd order. 

Cream soda

- one of my favourite soft drinks

魚片頭河

- also one of my favourites. 

- a bit too much noodle compared to the 4 bits of 魚片頭 though

半島酒店大堂茶座 The Lobby

Location : 尖沙咀彌敦道19-21號半島酒店大堂

                  G/F, The Peninsula Hong Kong, 19-21 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

Price : $498/2 people 

Rate : 9/10

Comment : Overall pretty good tea set. The macarons were amazing ! Best in HK so far i've eaten. Would definitely consider going again. Hoping to see if they sell macarons individually. 

Tea set

- pretty good

- the scones were pretty well made. not as filling and not as dry as most.  

- the plain cucumber sandwich kind of annoyed me though, just seemed so plain.

Hot Chocolate

- pretty good, but not worth the price. 

Mango panna cotta

Macarons
- AMAZING !
- the texture was good, the taste was good (unlike the typical sweet-as-hell ones from other places)