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這天跟俠男去了中文大學閒逛，晚上便在上水廣場的「上海婆婆」醫肚。

我們已吃過幾回上海菜了，不過自己還是蠻喜歡的。 個人認為江南菜比北方菜易入口，款式較多，外觀精緻，加上俠女是個「飯桶」，無飯不歡！ 曾跟俠男提及過，有回去北京遊玩，幾天內只吃包點水餃，好吃歸好吃，心理上卻不大滿足。 後來上了一間上海館子，叫了一碗菜飯，吃一口，立即精神奕奕，可謂靈丹妙藥!

現在是大閘蟹當造的季節，所以選了蟹粉豆腐，另加兩碗白飯、京蔥手切牛肉包和砂鍋雲吞雞（半隻）。

蟹粉豆腐先來。豆腐表面上確有橙色粉狀物體，但整碟菜吃不到蟹的鮮香。一分錢一分貨，88元的蟹粉豆腐也不寄望是真材實料了，視它是一般菜式的話，伴飯 吃是可取的。牛肉包的外表很可愛，像麵包超人的圓臉蛋，一客三個。包很軟滑，餡料味道不錯，只是油膩了點。

最後是砂鍋雲吞雞。一大鍋甚為足料：半隻雞、雲吞、小唐菜，還有金華火腿，湯底味道濃郁，不錯。 當晚俠女胃口不好，俠男幾乎一個人將整鍋幹掉，回想起來也覺誇張！

出外吃飯吃多了，開始可以分辨不同食肆的特色。上海婆婆給我的印象是「有形無神」：味道中規中矩，就是找不出亮點來。就像打一份工，沒犯錯，但說不上表現突出。

說到打工，該店的服務員可真有點散漫，絕對有待改善。

HERO

After we took a tour in CUHK today, we were all tired and would like to seek dinner place near the transportation hub of our homes. Therefore, we chose to eat in Sheung Shui and would like to have Chinese food.

Shanghai Po Po serves Shanghai cuisine and we got a seat quite fast in 5 minutes when we arrived. We ordered 1) Tofu marinated in minced crab, 2) Pan fried beef pastries, 3) boiled chicken with Wonton.

The tofu marinated in minced crab is quite good to go with rice. The sauce is tasty and the tofu is soft but still will not be too soft that will be broken up when picking up by chopsticks . It will be a mess if it breaks easily. For the pan fried beef pastries, the taste is satisfactory but I think the one in Islam Food is better as the seasoning is better there. Boiled Chicken with Wonton is the last dish and this is a traditional Shanghai dish which tests the skill of the chef. The chicken has quite a lot of meat and there were adequate vegetables to go along. The wonton is ok and the soup is not full of MSG. Overall it is ok.However, the service quality still needs to be improved , when we order our dish, the waitress was not paying attention to our orders and we have to rush our rice after the tofu came. The service really needs improvement!

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俠女的父母曾於北方生活過，所以偶然也會包餃子吃。聽俠男說他家也會做，讓我感到有點意外 ，以為一般香港家庭不會做這道菜。

這晚去了一間小店吃餃子/餛飩。店子可容納十多名客人，當晚客人不多，亦沒有排隊的壓力，可以舒舒服服晚膳。來這兒自然要嚐嚐招牌食物。點了兩碗雙併餃子和餛飩，分別是：玉豆豬肉餛飩、時菜豬肉餛飩、洋蔥豬肉餃子和甘筍素菜餃子（每碗十枚），並附送豆漿兩杯。上次夏麵館一役，給那碟燻魚弄得頭昏腦脹 ，這次再接再厲 ，嘗試在坊間尋找最好吃的燻魚！

燻魚先來，色水和味道也很到位，跟我媽媽做的沒有兩樣。門口張貼了很多雜誌報導，說這店日賣600隻餃子 ，在人流不多的地方，加上隔壁的同類型食店競爭，成績算理想。我特別欣賞店主那份創意（俠女在此說明：好吃的叫創意，不好吃的叫亂來），能打破傳統，讓食客感受不一樣的味道。其中的洋蔥餃子可謂聞所未聞，紫洋蔥味道甚濃，隔天口腔仍留有餘味，合口胃與否則見仁見智。個人較喜歡玉豆豬肉餛飩和時菜豬肉餛飩，餛飩皮晶瑩剔透，內餡若隱若現，玉豆、白菜跟豬肉相輔相成，濃淡適中。湯底為店主自己熬製，內有小銀蝦，清甜可口。

結帳只是80元，實在太便宜了！ 俠女跟俠男說，要多多發掘這類小店，支持一下！

HERO

I am a dumpling lover since I was small as I am a person not fond of rice comparatively. Therefore, I was thinking whether I was a Northern Chinese rather than a Southern one (Of course, it wasn’t ). I and Adorable went to the travel agency today to make travel arrangements for November and after all that was done, we needed to search for an eatery place.

Seems there are lots of choices in Austin Avenue so we decided to head there. Two dumplings shops are famous there with high ratings, thus, we decided to try the one with the higher scores first.The shop size of Ah Fong Shanghai Wonton is quite small. There are only about 20 seats only and it’s like a small family restaurant to us. Fortunately, there were seats available when we go in.

The shop is family-run and the menu is quite simple. Adorable and I decided to order the specialty here: Dumplings! There were 5 types of dumplings available and we chose 4 of them with mix-and-match (10 dumplings for each bowl and in 2 bowls so 5 dumplings for each variety). The dumpling varieties are 1) Pork and French beans dumplings, 2) Pork with seasoned vegetables dumplings, 3) Pork with onions dumplings, 4) Carrots and vegetables dumplings (This dumplings is a veggie). Each bowl of dumplings comes with soya bean drink. Plus, we ordered a Shanghai style smoked fish as appetizer. As we had experience in Xia Mian Guan before, we can clearly compare how the fish tastes when it came first. The dish is smaller than we expected but the taste is better than Xia Mian Guan as it is less overcooked.

Then, the grand finale came! Dumplings can be boiled or pan-fried but this time we chose the boiled style since taste is positively related to the simplicity (In other words, the more simple it is, the more it is difficult to taste delicious ). We also asked for a bowl to share the dumplings too. The food itself is really colorful especially for the veggie dumplings. We were just fascinated and excited with the varieties mixing together in the bowl and were playing guessing games before we took a bite.

An element relating to dumpling evaluation is the skin-to-ingredients proportion. If there was too much dough, customer may think they are ripped off but if there was too much ingredients then the dumplings will break open easily where ingredients are spilling everywhere . This time, the proportion is adequate.

The second element to dumpling goodness is the ingredients. The ingredients are freshly made and with lots of varieties. The pork is fresh and flavored; The veggies in the veggies dumplings are really colorful. They also used purple onions for the onion dumplings and it is good for onion lovers as the scent is moderately strong. The dumplings itself are freshly made as we see the shopkeeper wrapping them next to us and you can see how she makes her produces live. It’s a sort of advertisement I guess but normal for a family shop. The taste is very good after we took a bite and we don’t feel thirsty either. This means they don’t add much MSG in the soup base or for flavoring . I was curious with the soup base and asked the shopkeeper for its composition. She said she used domestic ingredients such as soy sauce and shrimp together as soup base which goes well-along with the food.

Overall, the whole meal is HK$80 and it is economical in a HongKonger sense . It’s a family shop so you get the cozy feeling when you have your meal and the staff is friendly. The shopkeeper is very happy to answer questions and it’s a good retreat in the bustling TST district.

俠女

俠男從八月開始已嚷著要看「賤熊30」，好，都依你的！ 事前先去吃個快餐醫肚吧。

原本打算試試戲院的熱狗餐，但又不想吃上火的爆谷，最後決定去新港中心的大食代。

美食廣場的座位很多，食肆的種類也不少。從遠處傳來陣陣飄香，引得俠女口水直流，只管要吃Pepper Lunch的鐵板牛肉飯，可是俠女肚子還未好，在俠男力勸下，唯有乖乖另覓其他食物。俠女是個「飯桶」，之前數餐吃過粉麵，現在巴不得要吃兩碗飯！看到店頭那個「飯」字，已不顧一切點菜去。

俠女選了「帆立貝雞排蛋包飯」，俠男的則是「饅魚雞排大碗飯」，套餐附送麵豉湯一碗。先喝喝麵豉湯，像味精湯多一點，不值一提。至於蛋包飯，看來很飽滿討好，怎知內裏只有白飯，不是茄汁飯，頗失望。雞排有點乾，飯亦是。比較好吃的是帆立貝，也可能是個人偏好這食材罷了。

算了，反正滿足了吃飯的願望，可以開開心心看電影去！HERO

Food Republic - 飯BOWL Fusion Rice

As we are going to see “Ted” in a rush, thus, we have to grab something to eat quickly and chose to eat in the food court “Food Republic” nearby Tsim Sha Tsui.

The food court has a variety of restaurants for world’s delicacies. We had chosen “Bowl Fusion Rice” as we would like to have something that would make us full (such as rice) so as to cope with any hunger within the 1.5 hour time slot.The fusion rice restaurant specialized in Japanese style fusion cuisine and we chose 1) Omelet rice in chicken with scallops and 2) Grilled eel with chicken rice set. All sets come with miso soup.

The meal is typically fast food and our expectation is not that much. Adorable was sort of disappointed knowing the omelet rice is ordinary rice instead of rice in tomato sauce. My eel rice is just below-average and the rice is quite dry, I just don’t expect food court food to be much of a delicacy really.

Conclusion: Fast, below average fast food. After all, its food from food court but it’s not a value for money choice really.

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無獨有偶，俠男俠女同告肚瀉！兩人只好選些簡單輕食作晚餐。

要數銅鑼灣區內最常光顧的食肆，便算文輝墨魚丸大王了，俠女從小吃到大，自然想帶俠男一試。

麵店從來坐無虛席，加上近年國內自由行紛紛來港購物，店子生意愈做愈旺，幸好還能保持食物質素。至於價錢嘛……卻是步步高昇呢。

我們叫了兩碗河粉：紫菜墨丸河和紫菜墨丸太子墨河，另加腐乳通菜。本來還想叫小食，不過俠男怕河粉分量太大，吃不下。河粉來了，一如以往的滿滿一大碗。墨丸彈牙鮮美（不像ｘ海牌般有豬肉味），絕對不負「墨魚丸大王」之美名。太子墨是BB墨魚，小小的很可愛，口感軟軟的。紫菜定要叫，不然河粉會太清淡，雖說要理好腸胃，也不能太刻薄自己吧！俠男俠女都愛吃通菜，這一碟很好味！

「吃清一些，是為了下一餐作準備」。為食二人組不日出動！Hero

Suddenly felt ill and did not have much appetite after several diarrheas in a single day, thus we had decided to go for something light when I was dating Adorable in Causeway Bay.

Noodles are one of the choices and Adorable told me there was one restaurant famous for its cuttlefish balls especially among Mainland Chinese nationals. Well, let’s go for it.

The shop is crowded as we arrived (Its Causeway Bay, you know! ) but we managed to get a seat as staff here are used to such large crowd of people in the shop. After, sitting down and I decided to pick the famous 1) Cuttlefish balls and seaweed ho-fun and Adorable decided to pick 2) Cuttlefish balls with baby cuttlefish ho-fun. Then, we also ordered seasoned vegetables (Tung choi in fermented bean curd) to go with the noodles.Noodles came very fast and the cuttlefish balls are very tangy so that’s why the restaurant is called “The cuttlefish ball king”. Adorable’s bowl has baby cuttlefish and it tastes very soft in the mouth. The noodles come with seaweed and it is good for two people whose health is not really good at the moment.
Tung choi is very good as we both love tung choi in fermented bean curd. Good food is just as simple as that: “Health and simple”

Hero

Squash day for today so we should have something to eat before doing such vigorous sports. A light lunch is needed instead of a heavy one so we decided to go for Oliver’s. The food chain is under Café De Coral and is famous for sandwiches and baked potatoes. Since Adorable and I were potato fanatic , we are not reluctant to go for it.We ordered a 1) Honey Cajun chicken baked potato set with Caesar salad, hot lemon tea and 2) Prosciutto, Asparagus, Mixed Mushroom linguine with creamy mushroom sauce and hot lemon tea combo.

I had Cajun chicken with baked potatoes before but never know that Adorable never had tried. Thus, I was surprised how she was being so happy with the well-baked potato in her mouth mixed with the sweet chicken. The set is well-baked and warmed in ones mouth but not too hot compare to outside. The potato is well-structured and can be easily dissected using utensils. For the linguine, the Prosciutto is crispy and the portions of cheese and bacon bits are right. The taste is light and digestive.


Overall, we are well-satisfied for a light lunch in this setting.

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俠男俠女坐言起行，今天去打壁球！運動前，要補充體力，便在又一城吃個簡單的午餐。

這間連鎖食店已吃過無數次，但今次俠女卻吃得份外開心。 俠男知我愛吃薯仔，所以點了一個蜜味新奧爾良雞肉焗薯配凱撒沙律和白汁火腿露筍扁意粉。俠女從未吃過雞肉配料的焗薯，想不到原來是這麼匹配。薯仔夠粉，入口即融，熱呼呼的，非常可口。羅馬生菜新鮮爽脆，芝士和煙肉碎份量剛好。平日在這兒多吃三文魚扁意粉，原來火腿扁意粉也很美味，最重要是味道清淡，不然影響消化，飯後便無法盡興了。之後，俠男帶我去打壁球，很感謝俠男帶我去那麼好的地方做運動，很想再去玩呀！

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近日秋風起，人也變得心曠神怡，怎料這天太陽伯伯很勤力，彷彿回到炎夏……俠女先是遲到，在九龍城迷路了，該死的GPS又不中用，眼見時候不早，清真牛肉館定要排隊輪候，愈熱愈躁，愈躁愈熱，俠女變得急性子，脾氣要來了！

俠男見俠女目無表情，自然好言安慰，抱抱過後，俠女又笑逐顏開，真感謝俠男的體諒！抵達九龍城的人龍店清真牛肉館，雖要等位，但門外有座位，商量好要點的食物後不久，便被安排入座。
　　
記憶中是第二次來，原來附近開了分店，不過還是到總店吃較安全。點了馳名牛肉餅一客（兩件）、牛肚絲芝麻醬冷麵、咖哩羊單點、蝦子鍋塔豆腐和豆漿。

熱騰騰的牛肉餅上來了，外層的麵粉皮煎得剛好，黃金色的，非常養眼。我給俠男溫馨提示：小心肉汁四濺！說時遲那時快，我的餅已漏汁了，肉汁竟可注滿一匙！只好一口牛肉一口汁，仍很過癮。牛肉吃得出很新鮮，軟硬適中，沒有多餘脂肪，亦沒有加鬆肉粉。俠男對之讚不絕口。俠女自然知道俠男不太能吃辣，但此店的咖哩是鎮店之寶，不吃白不吃！特意選了咖哩羊，因為我倆都愛吃羊。一吃之下，俠女幾乎要感動得哭出來。羊塊鮮嫩、「啖啖肉」不在話下，其靈魂是那秘製咖哩汁，味道濃得化不開，還有洋蔥等配料，光有這咖哩汁，已可吃三碗白飯了。俠女愈吃愈興奮，還說下次什麼也不吃，只叫咖哩便好。說著說著，不禁詩興大發：「一吃解千愁」！俠男立刻接了下句：「辣到冇人有」，果然文武兩全！至於牛肚絲芝麻醬冷麵則屬普通，芝麻醬味道雖好，但太濃稠，麵容易漿在一起。最後的蝦子鍋塔豆腐極具份量（一碟八大件），做法如紅燒豆腐，蝦子惹味香口，俠男一口氣吃了四份三碟！此店令人回味無窮，激發靈感，實是香港難得一見的廉價高質食店，短期內定必再去大吃一頓！

Hero

Islam Food

Today is a bright and sunny day which is quite abnormal in autumn. It’s squash day again but since time is ample, Adorable and I decided to go for delicacies in Kowloon City.

Adorable recommended Islam Food as the shop is famous for Islamic food and is being visited by enormous Hong Kong stars and praised by locals. Let’s give it a try! We found out that there were queues outside the shop thus we have to get lots and wait.Fortunately, we were seated within 10 minutes. The shop interior is like a family restaurant with lots of hard-working restaurant staff. It is best to think of the items to order before being seated to speed up the time for dish arrival. Thus, we picked the following: 1) Veal Goulash (Juicy Beef cake), 2) Curry lamb chop (Stand alone order, rice ordered separately), 3) A cold dish: beef tripe with Bean Vermicelli, 4) Seasoned shrimp roe tofu, 5) 3 cups of soya bean drink (ordered during meals).

The Veal Goulash is the most famous dish of the restaurant and cheap too (just $13/pc). Before you took a bite, be careful! Or the juice will spill and burst all over the place. Its juicy beef fillings will make you feel unforgettable after visiting the restaurant.

The curry lamb chop is another restaurant feature. The lamb chop is very tender and the curry sauce is rich in flavor and very spicy. The curry sauce is concentrated rather than diluted. The dish comes with onions dazzling in with the flavors. I was not a spicy lover while Adorable was and the curry is perfect and rich altogether. I gave up the dish after I took a few bites with rice as it is too spicy for me, so Adorable has to finish the dish.

The beef tripe with Bean Vermicelli is good with hot weather to cool down the heat but there was nothing special in terms of taste. I just don’t like the vermicelli all sticking together in one piece as it is difficult to separate them.
Since I am not a spicy lover so I went for the tofu with the rice, there are 8 pieces of large tofu! It is braised and goes with seasoned shrimp roe and it is perfect with rice. I really love this dish!The experience is very memorable and we found out that the shop has an English website with lots of food description and recommendations. We discovered that we tried too few dishes and will definitely come again to retry the others!

俠男是個大近視，早前配了一對新眼鏡，今晚可以取貨了。剛見面時，看他面青青的，沒精打彩，原來是西藥作祟。俠女摸摸他的臉蛋，希望他快點康復。（說起來，我們都輪流病了不少回，真的要多做運動強健體魄！）

換上新眼鏡後，俠男的「有型度」提升不少（俠女主觀認為），但看來他還需要點時間適應距離感。既然如此，不如到附近的咖啡廳晚膳吧。上了禮頓道，幾乎走過頭 ，因為光看店面，咖啡廳像汽車行多一點。這天是星期一，光顧的人不多，而且這兒的人流比時代廣場一帶有天壤之別，簡直是銅鑼灣的綠洲！ 我們陶醉在舒適的環境中，未進餐已感到暢快無比。

因是汽車行旗下開設的咖啡廳，所以陳設都與汽車有關，當然不缺名車坐陣。我雖對汽車一竅不通，但平日在街上亦會留意一些外形吸引的汽車。好了，廢話少說，進入正題！

點了晚飯套餐，可選餐湯或沙律（當晚選了後者），主菜二選一（選了蠶豆那款），另附意大利雪糕和餐飲。我們另加意大利菜湯和意大利肉丸米形意粉。菜湯和沙律都很健康新鮮，是個好開始。主菜上來了，才發現兩碟都是米形意粉。本來以為它像意大利飯般硬身，實則軟滑可口，真想買一包乾意粉回家做做看！ 蠶豆意粉適合素食人士，很清淡，我們則偏愛番茄汁的肉丸 。肉丸應是新鮮製作，軟硬適中，有豐富肉汁，卻沒有多餘脂肪，加上濃郁的茄汁，味道一流！ 我倆吃得津津有味，大快朵頤。飯後甜品是焦糖香蕉雪糕（俠男最知我心），我們一人一口分享了。還有巧克力咖啡，由俠男完成。這晚的一餐非常滿意，且價錢相宜，吃得份外滿足快樂！

自從成為開飯網的一員後，吃飯這回事變得「職業化」，哪兒有新店開張，亦可收到第一手消息，真是方便到極！ 這天本來跟俠男約在The One一間新開張的食肆試菜，但一看餐牌，不韓不日，又是混合菜 （通常弄不出正宗地道美食的餐館只能以「新派混合菜」濫竽充數！），環境不算舒適，遂另覓別處。

An-Tico是一間美式意大利餐廳，環境寬敞，食物具分量，適合親朋聚餐，也適合胃口大的俠男俠女。 本來我們被安排坐二人座，但想到將會叫一桌食物，便主動要求換四人座，幸好侍應爽快答應。俠男喜歡吃芝士，所以先叫了個意大利芝士‧風乾肉拼盤。芝士和風乾肉各四種，伴以蜜糖、酸瓜等佐吃。我喜歡巴馬火腿和莎樂美腸，但對羊奶芝士的「重口味」有點抗拒。 整體來說，拼盤的芝士較乾身，有點失望。因俠男腳患未癒（難道跟人單打獨鬥過？），要戒口，所以特意選雜菌意大利飯。別以為只得雜菌很單調，食物剛上桌，濃郁的白汁味道直闖鼻子，非常誘人。 吃了一口，已不能自拔，雜菌和濃稠的醬汁充滿口腔，而清新的香草剛好作了中和。唯一缺點是米飯不夠硬身，也許烹調太久之故，失去了意大利飯應有的嚼勁。

意式風情薄餅上來了，餅底厚身，涼了後很「韌」，餅上的材料亦很鬆散，不合格。俠男素知俠女最愛香蕉船，每次看到餐牌上有這道甜品，總會叫來逗俠女歡喜。這艘船有點特別，香蕉的表面有一層焦糖，底部則是香草雪糕，造型精美，甜度適中，使這晚劃上完滿的句號。

俠女

這晚約了俠男於藝術中心欣賞話劇《笑之大學》，他說事前想吃西餐，我想也不想便決定去Zambra了。

灣仔是俠女工作的地方，食肆林立，Zambra向來穩守「我的最喜愛食店」頭幾位，對一個不喝咖啡的人來說，它到底魅力何在呢？

位於街角的咖啡廳，樓高兩層，落地玻璃隔絕街外的車水馬龍。中午時份，陽光照在一樓的沙發上，溫暖無比，與其太陽標誌相映成趣。牆上以橙色作主調，讓人感覺有如置身熱情奔放的南美國度，身心不禁活潑起來。晚上時份，夜幕低垂，灣仔也開始打瞌睡了，最好上咖啡廳的二樓靠窗位置（這位置似曾相識，因不少劇集也在此取景），靜靜品嚐一頓豐富晚餐，就如今晚一樣。

可愛的俠男接俠女下班，兩人手牽手步進咖啡廳，點了兩個晚餐，主菜分別是巴馬火腿露筍意粉及牛扒伴蔬菜，餐湯是番茄湯，沙律則是長通粉沙律，另加甜品：香橙罌粟籽蛋糕和藍莓黑巧克力蛋。餐飲方面，我們加錢轉了杏仁熱巧克力。（明白為何我會說豐富了吧？）二樓靜靜的只有我倆，我們邊分享沙律和湯，邊欣賞外頭的雨景，很愜意。

我最愛吃這兒的意大利麵，款式多之餘，分量亦足，味道自然誇啦啦了！這次點的意粉用了白汁烹調，汁較稀，所以不會太膩口。露筍是清淡的食材，配以鹹味的巴馬火腿，剛好互相補足，佳作也！另一主菜牛扒經過醃製，很入味，不過我那塊部位較多筋，吃起來有點韌，俠男那塊則沒這問題。配菜量很多，有青豆和紅蘿蔔。我不太好紅蘿蔔，幸好俠男幫我吃掉大部份，還說味道帶酸，開胃非常。

俠女不能喝咖啡，所以在咖啡廳只會叫熱巧克力，剛好俠男是同好，這晚叫了兩杯杏仁味的。這兒的拉花杯杯不同，每每有驚喜，加上杏仁味道濃郁，加錢升級絕對值得。

時候不早了，甜品只能外帶，待話劇完了，我們到運動場旁的平台慢慢吃。甜品味道很好，在微涼的初秋，有你在身邊一起享受美食，真好！
　　　

The Hero

We are preparing to going to watch a Japanese stage drama called “Laugh Institute” (笑之大學) thus would like to have something before going for the show in Wan Chai.

Wan Chai in the Hong Kong Islands is full of delicacies and Zambra is a special and relaxing place for solitude in the hustle and bustle in the busy Hong Kong streets.

The 2-storey bistro is in a relaxing setting and there are not many customers in the restaurant around 7 pm. It is off working hours and we see pedestrians on the streets heading home. We came in and ordered first and then chose a place beside the window on the restaurant’s 2nd floor.

We ordered 2 dinner sets including 1) Parma ham with Asparagus linguine, 2) Tenderloin with vegetables and come with tomato soup and macaroni salad. Of course, it also comes with two selected desserts: we chose 1) Orange poppy seed cake and 2) Blueberry dark chocolate cake. We had also chose Almond chocolate to accompany the dinner. It was just all by ourselves on the 2nd floor and it was so romantic while no one disturbs us in such a quiet setting. The outside drizzling rain also enchanted the experience. The linguine here is well-cooked as the sauce is light mixing with the salty Parma ham provides a good mix and match combination.

The tenderloin is marinated and well-seasoned. The piece I gave to Adorable is quite thick and since Adorable dislike carrots, I have to eat them all.The almond chocolate is another recommendation because the smell is so good and rich and creamy. The extra money added serves its cost.

Since we both are full, the two desserts have to be taken away. We enjoyed it after the end of the drama and the taste is wonderful. It was such an enjoying day in the metropolis today. 　　
　　

俠女:

近年香港掀起一股拉麵熱潮，對俠女來說絕對是開心事，因為她是個「拉麵痴」！所謂近朱者赤，愛屋及烏，俠男也漸漸迷上拉麵，獨自品嚐時，不忘跟俠女評價食物之好壞，愈吃愈專業了。

俠男近期要戒牛，所以我們改為進食雞。鳥華的專長是雞白湯拉麵，標榜以雞殼熬製湯底六小時，逼出骨膠原精華，低脂健康。不過我倆通常都不太管什麼健康不健康，又不是天天吃，不見得吃完會長命百歲或立刻「入廠」。

進店時感覺似曾相識，肯定在同一地方吃過烏冬，原來已經轉了手，不禁慨嘆生意難做。

俠女有個習慣，初次上某拉麵店，只會點最入門的款式，因為愈簡單愈難做，最能看到拉麵師傅的真章。是次點了雞白湯拉麵，俠男則選了「極」拉麵，再追加芝麻雞翼和餃子。拉麵碗口是個打斜隨圓型，有點花巧，不是我杯茶。且嚐嚐湯底味道如何，果然雞湯味濃，但湯頭黃澄澄的，不算白。麵質是一般東京拉麵，跟湯底頗合襯，伴以雞叉燒，還是第一次吃，效果不錯。俠男那碗則比較講究，附上一塊檸檬，檸檬汁混在湯底，清新獨特，算是反傳統的成功之作。
餃子味道有點怪，是甜的，自己一向不太喜歡甜的主菜，俠男反覺中和了拉麵的鹹味。雞翼只屬一般，沒有太大驚喜。

這次俠男不可吃流心蛋，有點泄氣。親愛的，沒關係，下個月我們再戰拉麵，狂吃流心蛋吧！

The Hero:

Japanese ramen has been one of my favorites. I was getting more and more opportunities to taste and know more about its different varieties when I met Ms Adorable. This time, we tried one of the exotic ramen styles in Torihana from Hong Kong.

Torihana unlike other ramen style such as Kyushu or Tokyo, the soup base is not made of pork bones or miso but they use chicken as soup base. So the shop is a place for chicken lovers.

Adorable told me this place has been renovated from an udon shop to a ramen shop as she has been here before. The shop however was quite famous as Keanu Reeves has visited the shop for ramen!! You can see his photos taken outside the shop during his visit there before.

We had ordered two types of ramen: 1) The normal chicken booth ramen, 2) The “Supreme” ramen 3) Sesame Chicken wings and 4) Chicken dumplings.

The bowl used to contain the ramen is a circular bowl that is specially made, I think the style of the bowl is a fun but as Adorable is a traditional ramen fanatic, she is not fond of it. The chicken booth is very concentrated and the soup is yellow in color. The noodle quality is of the standard Tokyo style different from the thin style for Kyushu ramen. The ramen comes with sliced chicken pieces which is quite exotic to us.

My Supreme ramen came and the difference was that it came with lemon juice used in the ramen. The idea was very exotic and when put into application, the ramen became very fresh due to the lemon juice in the soup base.The dumplings however were even more exotic. We can not imagine that dumplings here are sweet in taste which is different from traditional dumplings made. It was perfect with the ramen where the taste is strong. Nevertheless, there is nothing special about the chicken wings, its just chicken wings!The shop is an exotic shop, its good for food adventurers who always want to try new things but if you are a traditionalist, you will hate this shop!