咖喱王 (尖沙咀)

One of the favorite cuisine I ever been to is an Indian cuisine, I’d developed an special interest for Indian food ever since my time in UK. Indian cuisine is extremely popular in UK and there are many excellent Indian cuisines around London etc. They all are extremely high in standard in terms of food quality, interiors and services.
So when I came back to Hong Kong, I’d been always looking for an Indian cuisine which can replicate the high standards of UK’s Indian cuisine.
Many people may think Chungking Mansion is a lousy place, but to me, it’s a catering paradise! Especially for someone who loves Indian (Halal) food.
One day, I decide to date my dear friends to one of the Indian cuisine in Chungking Mansion because I miss Indian food so much. However I realized a couple of my friend never had Indians before because they can’t eat anything spicy. Of course, for those who understand curry, not every curry are spicy e.g. Korma etc. I managed to persuade them to join our curry night because I believe Indian food is one of the most exciting foods we can find in the world. My friend recommended me to P.M Club, so I decide to have a try.
Basically, almost every Indian cuisine in Chungking Mansion is excellent in quality, of course before you get into any cuisine in the Mansion; you have to get through a lot of foreigners who always lurking around at the entrance of Chungking Mansion to persuade people to pay a visit their cuisines. My suggestion is that don’t ignore them because they always serve you some bargains which you will never going to expect before – 20% VIP cards, free drinks etc.
The waiters and chefs in P.M Club are very friendly, very passionate; they greet us all the way and recommended anything good from the menu. Remember that a couple of my friends which cannot eat spicy, they recommended lots of suggestions to them as well, so we were very well serviced and accommodated. The cuisine itself is lightly decorated, with a very warm feel of a typical Indian home.
Poppadoms are always the starters to any Indian food. I love these poppadoms because it had a sense of pepper taste. The sauces which come with the poppadoms are very nice as well - I especially like the mango chuney. It will built you up for the further ‘challenges’ ahead nicely!First to come is chicken tandoori, it is this best chicken tandoori I ever had! The chicken is very attractively cooked, it was served on an iron plate, the whole dish is very attractive and the smell is just so good that once it arrived on our table I can’t help to grab myself a piece of chicken! The taste, the juiciness of the chicken is absolutely superb, it’s just taste so nice that the taste of the herbs, peppers, chilies can all taste in one go, and a very large portion of chickens as well.
Full marks, absolutely no negative. I’ll highly recommend this dish to everybody.Because I know not everyone can eat spicy, so we had order kormas, tikka masala, rogan josh, saagwala, bhuna, dopiaza. Out of these curries rogan josh is the spiciest out of the lot (I personally fancy a madras or vindaloo because I love spicy but I do care about my friends). Still, I love the curries which we had ordered, especially the mutton rogan josh, the lamb was cooked so nicely that the sauce was well absorbed into the lamb and the sauce was just amazing, fair bit of spiciness with a strong taste of tomato paste. The chicken korma also we loved very much (Maybe because korma is not spicy) the taste of yogurts and coconut milk makes the curry very delicious and attractive.This is the first time I had chicken saagwala, it’s a curry which base on spinach, and it’s a tasty, nutritious and healthy dish. I’m actually amazed as the first impression that I never had a curry that look so green before, aside the outlook of the dish, the taste is simply amazing, the chicken is tenderly cooked; the hint of spiciness of the sauce and the taste of spinach was so good that this can be my most favorite curry dish of the night.To complete a perfect Indian meal, rice and naan are essential. We had order Indian fried rice and all sorts of different naans (butter naan, garlic naan, cheese naan, mutton naan and onion naan), yet all the naans we ordered are excellent, they are all freshly baked and very well baked, not one piece of naan is overcooked and they all bold very well with the curries. Simply no words can describe how delicious the foods were.

In the end, the bill is $839 (including 10% VIP discount) for 7 people. Consider with all the delicious food we had, the services they provided, it’s an absolute bargain.
We all enjoy the food, enjoy the services, and simply enjoy the night.
When we leave the owner of the cuisine offer all of us a VIP card and a handshake. This sum up how friendly and passionate they are, maybe it’s a part of their culture but for us, we like it very much and defiantly will come again.

土耳其媽媽廚房 (旺角)

I was first aim to host a gathering with friends which I havn't seen for a longgggg time, yet this time I want to organise at some special places. I thought Turkish cuisine wasn't a bad idea as not many of us had Turkish that often.

I'd been introduced to Grace - the owner of Trukish Anne - and she invited us to her special den for this gathering. The den was just at the YMT station so it's very convient, despite it's in a private apartment. 

First get into the restaurant, it's nothing more than a normal home, with just a few Turkish decorations, yet what's amazed us is next to come... 
 
 
Grace, on her own, do all the preparations, cooking and washing up! And the food which we had on this night is absolutly supurb.From starter to dessert, all are extremely delicious! Especially the Roasted Tender Chicken Stuffed with Red Rice in Mersin sauce - which require to pre order the day before - the chicken is beautifully roasted with rice inside, suprise by how good the smell is before it dishing out, and as expected, IT IS SO DELICIOUS AND I'M NOT LYING. I'm highly recommend this.

Another thing about this meal is not very expensive at all! With this quality of food and service (Grace is very talktive and friendly), just under $250 is absolut bargin.

Surely I will come again, one of a special place for catering. 

Only serve VIPs only!

Also the restaurant feature in episode 97 of "home sweet home" (安樂蝸) . Talks about Grace's passion and her superbly decorated den!

Häagen-Dazs (尖沙咀)

When mention the word "desserts", Haggan-dazs is a MUST go place!

There's always a theory that the ice-cream they made it tends to melt much slower, but I yet to confirm that...

Anyway the interior is excellent, sofas are comfy and services are fine.

The main - ice-creams - is why I'm there for:

I've order an vanilla and strawberry ice-cream....it's delicious in terms of the look and taste, despite does it worth $50!?

My friend order a 心太軟,really it's taste great! Aside from I feel the chocolate is too thick...and they serve on a hot plate!? I just don't understand....

Overall no wonder it's Haggen-dazs, expensive, but delicious.

Table 18 Bar & Restaurant (觀塘)

I always like to go to places where we can eat and watching sports at the same time. Table 18 fits the bill.

Despite it's a Friday, no EPL to broadcast live, nevertheless the restaurant deserve to have a try.

Lucky enough me n my fd find a space at the bar table. I realized that the mood and the atmosphere of the restaurant inside is fabulous. There is a significant difference between dining inside and outside near the entrance - what's the point of dinning outside? why not go to the food court on the 2nd floor instead? I mean, the atmosphere of the restaurant do have a psychological effect to the taste, opinions and though for the food that we gonna eat.

I was surprise that the bar-tender is absolutely clueless about what is shandy and snake-bite =.=" (of which they don't sell cider, therefore snake-bite is not available...but that doesn't meant the bar-tender not require the knowledge for the drinks and cocktails outside the menu...)

In the end I have a pint of Stella instead...

The food menu is fairly attractive, lovely design, reminds me of "Fifteen" (the restaurants that owned by Jamie Oliver) and a couple of his cookbook

About the food, only thing i can say is - absolutely delicious!

Me and my friend ordered 3 items - a starter, pizza and a rice. The starter is OK, however $88 is a touch too expensive...The pizza was fine...the crab was very good, mango also adds a layer of different feel to the pizza, I always feel fruits and pizzas don't match but when eat together it's a different feel, slight disappointment is the base...it's like eating biscuit! I wish they can produce a thicker base next time...

The look of the pan baked angus steak rice is different to the one in the menu... probably without the pepper sauce...Despite that, IT IS DELICIOUS!! nothing much can complain about...the steak is nicely done, the taste of the pepper sauce maintained in the mouth for a long time, mushroom fried rice is also very good...$92 i think is worth it!

In the end, the bill comes to $427 include 10% s-c. Satisfactory for a fusion meal...that's the type of restaurant that APM lacks in the past!

The Bellbrook Bistro Oz by Laris (中環)

In the past, I've always wondering the difference between Australian food and British food, despite the obvious difference is that Australia have kangaroos and Britian don't, but usually people believe there's not much difference, this is the thought that I have right until last Happy Friday, where 6 of us are making our very first trip to The Bellbrook and have out first ever Australian meal.The resturant itself is very heavily Western Australian gunslinger themed. Each table provide with chalk, which allows us to draw whatever on the table! Wall tiles are specially assumbled with an Western Australian poster images. Open kitchen makes the whole resturant more attractive and lively. Waiters are welcome and passionate which is nice for customers, feel warm and Australian.We are all wondering how the kangaroos will be taste like compare to all other meats, however, before we get to the main courses, we found out that the appetizers are fairly attractive as well - in terms of taste and ingredients combination - e.g. the watermelon salad, never before nor anyone can image watermelons can mix with olives, herbs and walnuts! The presentation of the dish took us by shock as we are all admire at this fantastic fusion combinations! The taste of the 'salad' are weird but totally acceptable, considering the courage of using walnuts and olives to accompany watermelon.Crisps are common snacks for all but they can become signature with some special combination. Twisties - a lightly salted crisps (very common) but in skewers and coated with cheese, that's all the difference but is one of the most favouite dishes of the restaurant, which the outlook is stunning and special, it also adjusted what supposingly to be ordinary lightly salted crisps completely into something else - in terms of taste.These dishes are aspiring, the black pork scotch eggs are one of the highly rated dishes by many catering magazines, along with the kangaroo loin. Like Twisties, the chefs are converting what supposingly an ordinary ingredients into something specticular, by coating a boil egg with mince pork makes the presentation and the taste of the whole dish into something that none of us can imagine. By and large, this is possibily our most favouite dish of the night.Come the main dishes, we are all looking forward on how the kangaroos will taste like, and it did not disappointed us, they are nicely roasted and very juicy, only slight negative of the dish is that the portions are too little, not seriously enough for 6 people. Then the Wagyu Flank steak, it was beautifully flame grilled, very juicy and tasty, the meat fibre is smooth and it comes with excellent charcoal taste, and it comes with lovely roast potatoes. But again, the portion is too little for 6 people, especially with the price of $348. There are a couple of desserts which are also signatures of the restaurant, The sticky date pudding is certainly one of them, it's fantastic to have a hot chocolate sponge cake comes with a ice cold chocolate sponge cake with vanilla ice cream. The presentation and the taste are good and we are all left the restaurant very satisfactory.