Beach Club @ South Bay Beach

I never really like burgers and fries, and as I was feeling peckish today whilst going to the beach..I chanced upon this joint...and voila..great burgers with nice crispy bacon and delicious buns...fries are normal though..but yes, would so love to have that burger again

Settings - chill out beach bar ..

Aloha Burger - pineapple with bacon , meat patty and cheese was a absolute heaven..the bread is just nice.......yum

Sinma Deluxe @ Far East Finance Center ,Admiralty

Friends recommended this place as a new joint, and since Shiok has closed down, I decided to go there for my weekly fix..Food - average in my opinion, because the fusion part is not too sophiscated and lack the real rich flavour of singaporean or malaysian cuisine...some dishes are positively bizarre..Some combination don't quite work that well...like the Pandan batter chicken wing. Ambience wise, it is okie and the servers are rather nice..Don't think I will go there again..

The Menu

Hainan Chicken Laksa - the Laksa base is not too correct..too watered down, even though i can taste the shrimp stock...too much funky ingredients eg eggplants..noodles are too soggy..not considered a good laksa dish

Hainan Chicken - this is much better, with different sauces..but chicken too fatty, and not fragrant enough though

Tasting Platter - grilled pork neck (not too bad), pandan coated chicken wing ( too weird, no taste of chicken), and aubergine soaked in galangal ( no  taste of galangal even though aubergine was nicely done)

Sambal Okra - this dish is actually tasty, well their fancier dishes are not good..maybe they will excel in simpler and more traditional dishes..

Cenacolo , Graham Street, Central Soho

I have always wanted to blog about this place, but just that everytime I went there, I left my camera somewhere.......arrghh.. It is one of my favourite italian food haunt in Hong Kong, and this time round, I got my camera...he! Food wise, right, it may not be super authentic, but the slightly modern italian fare is very very good....much better than most places around in Central...when I went there 3 years ago..they always give me a free limoncello to end the meal...well..they don't do it nowadays...Weekends can get very busy and it is wise to get a reservation beforehand..service is pretty alright for Hong Kong standards, and the waitress and chef notices if you don't finish your plate and will ask for feedback...rare.

Setting- cozy italian joint.

The focacia is great...and I think they baked their own bread here..

Appetizer - seared scallops with salad in pumpkin puree...absolutely delicious...

My favourite pasta - fish, tomato with alio oglio style linguine..they go just so well together....

The tomato based pasta was lovely, but the only peeve was that the potions are too big...but overall such a good satisfying meal..yeap..i am a carbo freak..

Pastis @ Wyndham Terrace, Central

This is a French restaurant, always filled with french and apparently quite good...so I jumped on the opportunity to try it out...order a starter to share and a main...yes, it is a bistro. It serves bistro and have a bistro feeling to it...reminds me of Paris, where people drink and eat all at the same time, only bad thing, it is too close to LKF, and you get rowdy customers...
Food wise- not too bad. I like it for the sheer simplicity and straight-forwardness of the bistro food.
unlike cusine, it is honest and down to earth, like the cooking of a french mum...albeit from Southern France ...I think the food is mainly of that region.

The menu - menu in french means a 'set', la carte means menu in english...how confusing..

Onion Tart - great idea, what is better than a caramelized onion tart...you can't fail with a purely delicious recipe like this!

Duck breast filet with carrot and pumpkin mash - mash is excellent and wonderfully great tasting, I feel the duck is merely average...did not really meet my expectations of the french duck though..

Tuk Tuk Thai @ Graham Street, Central

Since Tuk Tuk Thai is near my place, I sometimes have lunch there or order a takeway from there. Food seems to be authentic thai food, and I do agree it is very tasty, and not like the Hong Kong fake Thai food, where it taste more chinese than Thai. I can taste tamarind, lemongrass, and all kinds of spices in their food...
Of course, in Thailand, food is just amazingly good. But this place is good enough for HK...and not expensive either..

Note : no service charge..and the service beats most of the dim sum restaurant i have been to

Green Papaya salad - ok it doesn't look really appetizing, but the taste is fantastic, tamarind and some other amazing spices that I cant put my finger to..

Lime soda and Longan drink - great for summery days

Beautiful Dish- chicken with spices cooked in coconut milk. Strong taste of galanghal here.....

fried morning glory - as I said this is the true test of every south-east asian dish. The sauce is great ( in true south east asian style) but they use China morning glory instead of the south east asian ones which is smaller and more leafy! and no belachan..ok thats for malaysian/singaporean food...

Pad Thai- this has to be my favourite dish of all, have egg, have noodles, have veges, have delicious sauce....yum yum yum.