起鍋 (灣仔)

The weather was cool and we had a craving for hot pot. We found a place called Lets Pot as it was recommended by my neighbour. It was located in Wanchai's bar area.

Entering  the building, the whole thing designed to look like entering a seedy brothel. Opening the door,  it was classic Hong Kong complete with old school Cantopop playing in the background. The staff were extremely friendly, like you had just entered a friend's home.



Menu is in English and Chinese. Ordering is done by scanning a QR code. The staff themselves speak really excellent English. They have a two people set that costs $368 per person plus a comdiment charge of $25 per person. This seemed like a good deal so we decided on this.  The set comes with a choice of soup base, an appetizer, meat platter, seafood platter, vegetables, dumplings, balls and noodles.


The condiment ad sauces was nice and tidy with staff checking to see if anything needed to be replenished. What was the most interesting is some of the items were Thai based.

We ordered drinks while we waited for our food to arrive. Boyfriend had the Fresh Coconut ($68) that was lightly sweet.

I had the Handcrushed Lemon Tea ($48) and there was a nice minty taste to it.

The appetizer we chose was the Deep Fried Iberico Spam Wrapped with Beancurd Sheet. This was fabulous and I never had anything like it. Super crispy with the saltiness of the spam. It wasn't too oily at all.

They have three soup bases to choose from so we chose the Organic Tomato and Potato Soup. Some pork bones were also added for extra flavour. The soup was very good. Rich and flavourful. Like the tomato potato soup we make at home.

The Assorted Beef Platter had four different sections of the cow. A good beef taste that was still soft and tender even when we overcooked it.

The Seafood Platter came out with a raging flame! This was very unexpected but highly entertaining. Though a bit scary.

After the flames died down, we saw it came with prawn, razer back clams and oysters. The seafood was fresh. The prawns were especially umami.

The set also had a choice of 6 balls. We chose cuttlefish, fish and beef. The best being the cuttlefish balls.

The set had a choice of 6 dumplings. We chose Lemongrass Minced Shrimp Vietnamese, Chives, Cilantro Pork. What we thought was the most interesting was the lemongrass minced shrimp. We loved the addition of lemongrass ad the shrimp meat was fresh and firm.

It also included Local Grown Organic Vegetables. This was a good selection of bok choy, lettuce and choy sum. The vegetables were fresh and crisp and portion was more than generous.

The set ends with Mozuku Noodles. We were told to cook it for one minute. These were springy and chewy. Definitely soaked up the flavour of the soup well.

A decent set menu for two with plenty to eat. Portions were not small and we did leave full. Not that many two people sets can do that. Food quality was also excellent and we liked that there was a bit of South East Asian flavors added to everything.  A lot of their clientale are expats and I can understand why. Staff speak excellent English.

Creo by Brentwood (跑馬地)

Creo By Brentwood opened in my neighbourhood for a while now and I never really got around to trying it out. This is due to it being a pet friendly cafe and there are always a lot of dogs in the front. Something I'm deathly afraid of. But on this day, while running errands, I came here before the dogs came! And in I went to have myself some breakfast.

Menu is in English only. There is also no 10% service charge. You order and pay at the front and they will bring your food to you. The place isn't very big and only a few tables facing the open kitchen.


I ordered a Latte ($40). Very pretty latte art. Smooth and smelled strong. It also tasted strong as well with a good nutty taste. Not too much milk as well.

I had the French Toast ($108) because I always have a craving for it. The bread was nice and eggy. There was some caramelized slices of banana, fresh berries and the sweetest strawberry carved rose. Nice bit of plating that was truely unexpected.

Service was friendly and food was quite decent. I can see why the neighbours are always here. I just have to time it when there are no dogs.

快樂．順景 (銅鑼灣)

Happy Cafe opened a while ago. A basic cha chaan teng but a joint venture between 快樂餅店 Happy Cake Shop (an old school bakery from Wanchai) and 顺景茶餐厅 Shun King Tea Restaurant, an old school cha chaan teng from Wanchai that had closed down. Both decided to combine their forces and create a cha chaan teng with a bakery outside in Causeway Bay.

Menu is in English and Chinese. There is no 10% service charge and you pay on your way out. They offer basic cha chaan teng classics.






I decided to get the regular set with a Chicken Leg in Swiss Sauce and Stirred Instant Noodles ($58). Set includes a drink, scrambled egg, slice of ham and a daily bread. The daily bread was a mini pineapple bun which was actually the best item. Buttery and soft. Not dry. The egg on the other hand was  a bit dry. The ham was just regular ham.


The noodles didnt have enough sauce so it was a bit on the dry side. The leg also a bit over cooked and the meat was dry. It didn't have enough flavour as well.

It seemed the best item was the bread but I don't think I'd be back. There are far better cha chaan tengs in the area.

很得輝 (大角咀)

Boyfriend was watching a youtube program where they were introducing various places that served really good fried chicken thigh. One place was Restaurant Awesome. It was located in Tuen Mun. Open very late at night, it had a huge following among motorbikers. But as Tuen Mun was very far, he filed it as a place that he'll probably never try.

Much to his surprise when he found a branch in Tai Kwok Tsui.

It's geared for takeaway but there is a lone table if you wish to dine in.


Menu is in Chinese only. There is no English and no 10% service charge. They serve other items other than fried chicken.




On one side there are a variety of seasonings.

We got one fried chicken thigh ($34). It was pretty big! Very crispy as they used panko crumbs to give it an extra boost of crunch. Extremely juicy as well. Everything is made to order so there is a bit of a wait.

楊恩記麵家 (西環)

It was late and we noticed this place that served simple bowl of noodles with some people ordering a whole stick of fishcake. We found it a bit weird and decided to give it a try.Menu is in Chinese only. There is no English and not 10% service charge. Noodles are basically $40 and you can have two choices of ingredients for an additional charge.

But this was the odd thing we saw a few tables eating. A whole fish cake, sliced.  On the menu it is $50-65 depending on weight. Ours came to $70. Personall, I think a bit over rated. It was ok. A bit too soft for my liking. There wasn't a lot of fish taste and it was over powered by the taste of pepper.

Boyfriend ordered the beef brisket noodles ($40). A lot of tendon was given but there wasn't a lot of flavour. The brisket was a bit tough and chewy.

I had the fish balls and fish dumplings noodles ($44). The fish balls were too soft and mushy. It also was over powered by too much pepper so you couldn't taste much fish. The fish dumplings, on the other hand, were really good. Skin had a good amount of bounch and it didn't taste too floury. 



For a fish ball noodle place, I have better places. It was too mushy for my liking. I like my balls to be more firm and bouncy. There was also too much pepper as well. Portions were a bit stingy as well. I definitely won't  be back as there are better places in the area.