Sportful Garden @ Shueng Wan Golden Center

Alright, another good Dim Sum place ( remember its not fabulous), but they do serve some pretty interesting stuff...and loads of abalone...so its good as part of the HK dim sum experience.

Mock Goose - actually very nice

Char Siew Steam rice roll - you got it, I really dig this dish, but its pretty alright here but again not fabulous

some exotic dumpling with scallop and vegetables

Xiao Long Bao - so so

Abalone Siew Mai - did I mention Abalone? :)

Minced Beef Ball with chestnut

Char Siew Bao

North Garden @ Shueng Wan Man Yee Building

Another Dim Sum place....I am getting good at discerning good dim sum ( which you can find all over HK) to fabulous dim sum ( rare gems)..so this place is a good dim sum place...well, that says it all right? But for visitors...if you can't find a place anywhere else...its quite a decent place.

Roasted pork - really crispy skin

Char Siew Steamed rice roll -ok lah

Turnip cake with fried garlic on top

Char Siew pastry

Chicken feet braised ( I like this very much), it is not mushy

Asian Twist @ IFC Central

On knowing that there is a new Singaporean/malaysian restaurant in Central, I jumped at the chance to go there and try the food! well, the price ain't cheap, and the food ain't all great , amazing and fantastic. It does have the real spicy taste and rich flavours of my hometown. The Fried Bee hoon almost had me in tears...other than the fact that it is 10 times the price I would pay back home.....Not a bad place...but I rather they open in some small shop in SOHO, and bring out the real kopitiam flavour, and also, it is so hard to find within the myriad of shops in IFC...

Beef Rendang with Briyani - ok

Fried Bee Hoon - this is what I want for breakfast everyday!!

Laksa - it is a bit watered down...not the Katong Laksa version either....can't put my finger to it

Pork Rib noodle soup - alright, this is not too bad

Myung Ga @ Taikoo Shing

I had Korean BBQ on a cold winter's night a few months ago....and totally loved it. I haven't been to Korea so I was not sure if it is the real deal...but loved the kimchi pancake..and love the BBQ beef....

and as always, the Koreans always have the servings of good mini tapas before the actual meal filled with vegetables and chillis....

Myung Ga is just close to my office, I would say its alright, not the best Korean food that I have tasted...but alright for a not so crowded place...a better place would be Kaya..where the food seems more layered and sophiscated.

Tapas - pumpkin

Tapas - Kimchi

Tapas - assorted

Tapas - spicy salad

Kimchi Pancake - I always like, must order

BBQ - its good but not great

Stir- Fried Vermicelli- quite nice but too oily

Lei Garden @ North Point City Garden

Dim sum is still my favourite HK food...it provides opportunity for senseless chatter, and allowing awkward pauses to be punctuated with moments when the steaming hot dim sum arrive...not that I need it with my friends..I talked too much with them. Well, this weekend, we tried a new place..Lei Garden at North point..Lei Garden is a sort of HK establishment, and it sure serves up some decent dim sum.

Pearl Chicken

Garlic with cucumbers

Han Shui Kok - deep fried meat pockets

Steam rice roll with Char Siew

Egg Custard Bun

Tofu braised in Soya Sauce

Beef pan-fried bun

Pan-fried carrot cake

Taro Pockets

Babylon @ Gough Street

 We went to Babylon for a friend's birthday dinner....hmmm...the food is good...though not authentically italian or french...they serve franco-italiano dishes...well, it comes modified with a dash of the drama of Hong Kong cusinese, but if you know me, I am all ok with food like that....after all cusine is always subjected to different evolution and amalgation of different cultures..right?

Salad Caprese

Pan Fried Foie Gras - sauce is lovely...but the foie gras feels a tiny tad old.....

scallop linguine...yum...

Magushi @ Peel Street

It seems quite popular on a Friday night....but it can't really be compared with Nanbantei....so its an option to go if Nanbantei says that they are full till 11pm....The food ain't bad and the managers seem friendly....

Agedashi Tofu - this is very well done

grilled eggplant with miso - this is a great dish which brings out the natural sweetness of eggplants

grilled veges- these are pretty normal

soba - hmmmm very average..dun order this

grilled garlic - nice, chicken minced stick - ok, and beef -ok

chicken wing and chicken bone

dried blowfish - always like this dish

funk deep fried roll,but the taste aint fantastic

Grilled rice balls is one thing I look for in a good yakitori joint..this place does ok grilled rice balls...alright head down to Nanbantei...and you will know the difference

Hotpot Instinct @ 18 Tanner Road North Point

Its Hotpot Season! With the stupid temperatures dipping every other week, nothing better to keep you warm than nice warm soup and loads of goodies....so what do I look out for in hotpot , there are so many around town - soup, sauce, freshness of ingredients, exhaust and airconditioning ( yes, some restaurant makes you smell like hotpot ), and whether there are any interesting things to dip inside the hotpot......so I rate this place pretty good...quite new, a huge selection of ingredients, and make your own sauce...on top, the AC works damn well.

Chinese Name

So many things to make your sauce from!

fish skin - I love it, a must have in every hotpot

All the deflatable things!

dumplings of all sorts

Fish paste on fried doughstick

fried wonton

the full array of food

bubbling soup- we had a peppery one, and a slightly sweet one, it is a refreshing change from the usual spicy/chicken stock version..they have quite a lot of combination soups to choose from..cool!