KeeWai @ King's Road (奇味）

One of my last nights in HKG, and we decided to do local.....this place , though uncomparable to my fav Gresson street joint, got a flavour of its own. Food's got wok hei taste, and is generally clean for a HKG dai pai dong restaurant. Not bad as an alternative to Gresson street if you are staying in Taikoo/ Quarry Bay area.

Menu & name

Salted egg yolk with prawns - this is their signature dish. I couldn't eat prawns...but they sure looked yummy

Spare ribs - slightly tough but flavourful nonetheless...

Deep fried fish with sweet sour sauce - I find this ok...the fish not super fresh

Spinach with egg white & roe - not bad lah....I like the crab roe on top of veges...

Fish meat patties -This is pretty good, shunde style with water chestnut bits inside

Claypot Frog meat - I love frog meat, and almost finish this dish on my own....the bamboo shoots in the claypot is a real bonus too!! Yum!

West Villa @ City Plaza (西苑）

Back to my Hong Kong food blogging.....still missed my second family there very much....but I enjoy life in SG. Somehow less stressful and nicer peeps.....

West Villa in Cityplaza apparently serves pretty old-school dim sum. They have the age old dim sum specials like chicken feet wrapped in beancurd sheet kinda stuff.

Having been out of HK for so long....everything taste sooo yummy.....theres a few dishes thats spectacular...but overall not too bad. I still prefer Maxim's nearby...but its a second choice if Maxim makes you wait too long.

Char Siew Bun - average lah....

Taro Balls - with deep fried taro filled with minced meat...who can resist

Sampan porridge

Shunde carp fishcake - this taste pretty good here...

Zha Liang - always nice and greasy

This is a fav summer find - steamed loofah with vermicelli..very yummy

Pretty good but average for HK standard siew mai

Chicken's feet - also not too bad

Steamed Rice rolls

Ryo-Tei@Westlands Road

It was my first day in HK, missing it throughly after 7 months of not living there. I remember that there was a ramen place taking over the congee shop near to my old office...So I went to check it out....


Pleasant surprise. The quality of ramen beats quite a bit in SG which I have tasted........good one!

The Menu again!

I asked for some kimchi to up my vegetable quantum...

Shoyu Ramen! The soup base is yum, the noodles is yum, and best of all, they got the eggs right! :)

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

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!

Hakodate Ramen @ Pan Hoi Street, QB

I always love ramen....carbs carbs and more carbs.....this place have springy noodles, a rather confused Japanese waitress ( who always looks shocked at the cantonese around her), and an overall congenial ambience....always great for an office lunch....where you need to load up on carbs to fight stress!

Shoyu Ramen - a tad too salty...but the taste of shoyu is amazing.....

Gyoza.....plump, fresh and irresistible...

House of Canton @ Cityplaza Taikoo Shing

Another Dim Sum blog.....I do not think I will ever encounter such variety of dim sum anywhere else in the world other than HK. Alright, House of Canton is a great dim sum place...the traditional dim sum is very delicious, with some unusual dishes...they are quite Shanghaiese style if I am not wrong..Great place to eat , even better than Maxims in the same building...though ambience is very typically chinese restaurant. These pictures are taken with Iphone 4 , in retrospect....it doesn't seem so great...

Century egg and pork porridge

Shrimp Steamed Rice rolls

Prawn and Mango roll

Honey Glazed eel - very nice!

Pot Stickers - a bit too moist though

Vegetable dumpling - ok I am a sucker for dumplings...

Black Truffle Xiao Long Bao

Prawn and vegetable in beancurd sheet in soup - YUM