紅寶石咖啡室

Location : 紅磡老龍坑街1號E

Price : $22 for breakfast 

Rate : 6/10

Comment : Quite annoyed when I first saw my bowl of noodles with what appears to be 2 tiny pieces of 五香肉丁. Don't think much can go wrong with instant food. 

Hot ovaltine

餐肉五香肉丁公仔麵

- few 五香肉丁

- extremely thin slices of luncheon meat

上海口福館

Location : 紅磡機利士南路26號地下

               G/F, 26 Gillies Avenue South, Hung Hom

Price : about $20/bowl of noodle

Rate : 6/10 

Comment : Everything was kind of bland, doesn't really get me excited and want to eat more. Just a meal to fill up my stomach. Would not go again. 

凍豆漿

淨水餃

- typical 

淨雲吞

- typical, seemed more of a 水 to me. 

炸醬麵

木耳香菇麵

- bland

- i thought if it was to make a vegetarian dish at least it would be decent with some flavour to it. but guess not

近又吉列黑豚專賣店 Kinmata Tonkatsu

Location : 旺角亞皆老街8號朗豪坊11樓13號舖

                Shop 13, Level 11, Langham Place, 8 Argyle Street, Mong Kok

Price : $250/person

Rate : 7/10

Comment : Overall pretty good. Nothing special compared to other tonkatsu places. In fact, I actually like the Tonkichi Tonkatsu Seafood at Tsim Sha Tsui more. 

Set dinner for 2

Salad

- I don't get the point of the egg in the salad

- croutons were too soft 

- flavour was ok 

Sauces

- nothing too appealing to me. 

Mushroom cutlet

- this was a side order

- not that good

- inside was too soft and tasted more like a paste, didn't have any chewy-ness

Sashimi

- nothing special

Mixed cutlet platter

- overall pretty good, typical tonkatsu restaurants though. 

- the pork cutlet with cheese instead could have been more tender

Soup

- i like the traditional soup with just tofu and seaweed more than these modified kinds with turnip.

Green tea ice cream

- looks so tiny. was okay I guess. 

濤 Oonami Jappanese & Oyster Restaurant

Location : 西環堅尼地城加多近街39A號嘉都大廈地下

          G/F, Cado Building, 39A Cadogan Street, Kennedy Town, Western District

Price : $75+ 

Rate : 7.5/10

Comment : Been here a couple of times, but first time trying this thinly sliced sashimi on rice. It was alright, quite a bit of variety I guess. The quality of the fish was alright, not that good but not too bad - reasonable. Not necessarily recommended, but for a relatively more decent lunch, I think this restaurant is ok. 

Lunch set

Random snacks

Carousel Fine Cake & Pastries

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