Mixing Bowl 剛開始的時候是以舉辦烘焙課程為主，例如macarons、tarts、西式麵包、cinnamon buns或puffs等等。後來還開了Mixing Bowl Cafe，當然也是位於soho區。聽閒有好咖啡喝，我便找了一個星期六和DZ來。
Cafe位於善慶街，即勝香園前一個小街口轉左行上樓梯。店子的面積比想像中大，一邊牆有寫上menu的大版子。Mixing Bowl Cafe提供的都是輕食，應該大部份都是在收銀部旁的小型開放式廚房準備。食物的選擇也不是太多，例如有Muesli Bowl、Porridge、Eggs and Toasts、Pancakes及大家都很喜愛的scones。

Originally, Mixing Bowl was about holding baking classes such as macarons, tarts, bread, cinnamon buns or puff etc. Mixing Bowl Cafe came to the scene later, situated in the soho area. I heard the Cafe serves great coffee, so DZ and I decided to try.
Mixing Bowl Cafe is at Shin Hing Street. When you see the famed Sing Heung Yuen, just keep walking and turn left and climb up the stairs. The Cafe was bigger than I expected. You can find a huge blackboard menu on a side of the wall. Here light brunch options are served and I think most of them are prepared in the little open kitchen right next to the cashier. The food options are quite limited including Muesli Bowl, Porridge, Eggs and Toasts, Pancakes and the popular scones.Cappuccino ($36) - 二話不說的先來一杯cappuccino，很喜歡這副白色的茶杯及碟，非常簡單的感覺。這杯咖啡很夠熱度，亦十分順滑。
Cappuccino ($36) - Cappuccino again for me, of course. I really like this set of white cup and saucer, because it looked so simple. The coffee was hot and silky smooth.DZ點的不知道是Ristretto什麼咖啡，哈，抱歉我真的對咖啡沒有太大的研究。。
Not sure what DZ had ordered, some Ristretto coffee? I really know nothing about coffee...Pulled Pork Sandwich ($75) - DZ點了一份pulled pork sandwich，等了很久才上桌。落單的時候已指明麵包要烘底，但女店員卻忘了，而且還對著軟綿綿的麵包說已經烘了。。。！後來應該是其中一位老外老闆見到我們的詢問後便叫女店員把麵包拿去烘好。。。但也真夠讓人傻眼。忘了便忘了吧，為什麼要硬說已烘呢。
Pulled Pork Sandwich ($75) - DZ ordered the pulled pork sandwich, which took quite a while to arrive at our table. We specifically requested for the bread to be toasted but the female staff forgot and claimed that it was toasted while the bread didn't look toasted at all... Then one of the owners (I suppose) looked at the sandwich and instructed the female staff to get the sandwich well-toasted... I don't mind staff forgetting our request but it's not okay to try to lie and cover up.是一份很簡單的三文治，menu上說豬肉是店方自己醃及慢煮，而麵包當然是店方焗的。我沒有吃到豬肉，而嘗了一口麵包，烘好的麵包通常都不錯的。DZ對那pulled pork沒什麼意見，也沒什麼讚嘆，我估是味道正常，一般的三文治。不過份量還不少，吃完一定會感到飽足。
It's a very simple sandwich, the menu said the pork was slow-cooked with homemade marinade, and the bread was of course from the Cafe itself. I didn't try the pork but did take a bite of the toast, which was good and toasted well. DZ didn't say much about the pulled pork, neither did she praise it. I guess this meant the sandwich was okay. The portion was quite large though.Avocado Toast ($75) - 我點的是牛油果多士，很典型的早午餐食品。與pulled pork sandwich相同的在一旁放了些沙律。在亦是店方焗的麵包上有一層很厚的牛油果蓉，數粒車厘茄及流心蛋。麵包很新鮮。最天然的材料，當然也造就了最簡單最單純的味道。麵包厚度十足，烘好後只是微暖，不過頗有麵包味。新鮮的牛油果蓉塗在麵包上不錯， 而流心蛋的蛋漿和牛油果一起很配，令整份多士變得好吃不少。不過麵包牛油果雞蛋加在一起味道吃起來有點兒單調，一個人要把整份toast吃掉可能會覺得有點悶，兩個人分享會比較好。另外車厘茄放多幾顆真的有那麼難嗎。
Avocado Toast ($75) - I ordered the Avocado Toast, a classic/typical brunch item. Same as the pulled pork sandwich there was mixed leaf salad next to the toast. On top of the house-made toast sat a thick layer of mashed avocado, few pieces of roasted vine tomatoes and a poached egg. The bread was fresh. Well, every component of the toast was natural and basic, contributing to the simplest taste. The toast was thick but was only slightly warm after toasting. The fresh mashed avocado went well on the toast and the whole thing was definitely enhanced by the runny yolk of the egg. That said, I kind of think that the combination of bread + avocado + egg did become a bit boring as I ate them since the portion was quite large. Probably better to share with your friend. Oh, also, was it really very difficult for them to just give a few more vine tomatoes??餐牌上寫著有2隻蛋的為什麼只給了我一隻？？
Why I only got one egg when the menu said there should be two??簡單沒花巧的早午餐食品不會有什麼驚喜，比較適合有點趕時間及希望吃點健康食物的人 (雖然pulled pork其實沒有健康得那裡去)。或者只來喝杯咖啡也不錯。吃完沒有壞印象，但也沒有要再來的感覺，究竟這裡少了些什麼令人回頭的完素呢。
Nothing too amazing nor too surprising for a simple brunch. Those who strive for a healthy or clean eating would probably like it here (well, although pulled pork cannot be regarded as healthy...). Or, just come here for the coffee. I don't dislike Mixing Bowl Cafe, just that I don't feel the urge to come here again. What's missing?

用google translate將Cocotte這法文翻譯成英文是casserole，立刻明白。Casserole就是陶瓷或玻璃製而又可以放進焗爐的煮食用具。用Casserole煮的食物也會叫 作casserole，例如chicken casserole, Sweet Potato casserole或 Lentil casserole等等。Casserole也是常用來做frittatas, lasagna macaroni甚至baked french toast 等等。用途真的非常廣泛。
用Cocotte作為店名，應該有不少casserole菜式吧。(但看了看dinner menu又好像不是。。。)
Having no clue as to what "cocotte" means, I used google translate. It's casserole in English, which is like a pot used for cooking as well as the name for dishes cooked in it like chicken casserole, sweet potato casserole or lentil casserole. It can also be used to make frittatas, lasagna macaroni or even baked french toast etc. Truly multi-functional!
Having the name as Cocotte means they've got lots of casserole dishes? (not really judging from the dinner menu)

這天來是吃早午餐的，有數個禮拜沒有吃brunch了，心癮又起。想起之前在報章上看到對Cocotte早午餐的介紹便決定來試試。因為網上好像找不到對於它的早午餐的評語，所以來之前也就沒有什麼期望之類的，純平常心。
Due to the lack of brunch in the past few weeks, I decided to try Cocotte after reading about it in some magazines. I couldn't really find any review online on the brunch here and therefore I didn't have any idea what it served nor did I have any kind of expectation about it.

在歌賦街附近的善慶街，不算難找。店子不太大，星期六大約下午一時半左右來是大概80%滿。有梳化位，而且梳化不會太低，很舒服。
Cocotte is located on Shin Hing Street, just next to Gough Street and not hard to find at all. The restaurant is not huge. On a Saturday afternoon around 13:30 it's about 80% full. They have comfortable sofa seats.Eggs En "Cocotte" (HK$118) - 先來一客用casserole的菜式。賣相不錯吧，但份量超少。請注意，這一道本身是有pancetta的，但我們要求除去。逐款談談。首先那片麵包其實是多士，很脆，沒有味道。另外主要的材料為炒菇、炒菠菜、一旁呈波浪形很美的薯蓉及最底的前蛋。我估計菇及菠菜是先炒好，薯蓉也是已經準備好。那麼廚師只需在這casserole上煎好蛋，就可以把其餘材料放上蛋上。
Eggs En "Cocotte" (HK$118) - First dish to arrive was the casserole dish. Looked pretty great huh? Sadly the portion was super tiny. Take note that this dish normally comes with pancetta which was requested to be taken out by us. The little toast on the right hand side was very crispy but with not much flavour. The wild mushrooms and baby spinach were pan-fried, next to it was mashed potato and underneath them all was a thin piece of fried egg.這道菜的總評是淡而無味。炒菇及菠菜不太油但沒有味道，調味再多一點會較好，另外菠菜炒得較乾比較老。薯蓉則很滑很好吃。那蛋哩，就是煎蛋，你我在家都可以煎得到。幸好來的時候沒期望，所以也不會有太大的失望。當然，如果有pancetta的話應該會好吃得多。
Bland would be the word describing this dish. The wild mushrooms and spinach were not oily but they lacked flavour. More seasoning was definitely needed. The spinach was also a bit overcooked and thus dry. The mashed potato, on the other hand, was good and smooth. As to the egg, well, you can totally just go to your kitchen right now, crack and pan-fry one, enuf' said. However, as I said, it was not the case that I had a high expectation before I came, thus it wasn't such a big disappointment. That said, perhaps it would've been better with the pancetta.French Fries (HK$38) - 看到鄰桌點的菜有一大撮薯條，看得我自己都心癢癢。我果然是不能抵擋煎炸食物的。我便點一客薯條side dish。嘩很大盤！薯條是幼身，調味很輕手，沒有鹽，對我來說是很對口味，因不怕吃罷口乾。薯條不是我期待的金黃色，但很夠熱，也不算太淋也不油，可以滿足我突然想吃垃圾食品的慾望。
French Fries (HK$38) - Noticing that the other table next to me ordered a side french fries, my crave was instantly triggered. I am really no match in front of deep-fried anything. The portion was huge. The French fries were seasoned lightly with parsley without salt, which was perfect for me! The fries were not deep-fried to the much desired golden colour but hot enough. They were, however, free of grease and mushy inside, enough to satisfy me.Scrambled Eggs Salmon (HK$88) - 自上一次在The Cupping Room吃三文魚炒蛋後都沒有再吃三文魚炒蛋了。賣相不差The Cupping Room 的。配菜有capers、 紅洋蔥及香料。蛋炒得不錯，夠滑但不太夠熱，可能是因為三文魚是冷的。其實從前都沒有發現煙三文魚與炒蛋是這麼配的。我想如果把生的三文魚與蛋一起炒熟也會不錯。紅洋蔥在這裡其實可有可無，因為已經有capers，不過作為裝飾也不錯。88元在這區有這份量算差不多。
Scrambled Eggs Salmon (HK$88) - This was the most recent scrambled eggs with salmon for me since the one at The Cupping Room. Well, they looked as nice as the one at The Cupping Room. The scrambled eggs came with capers, red onions and seasoned with herbs. The eggs were nicely done and smooth albeit not hot enough. The cold smoked salmon could be the reason. Indeed in the past I didn't realize scrambled eggs go so well with smoked salmon. I can imagine that scrambled eggs with cooked salmon would be equally delicious. The red onions here were not really necessary as there were already capers for the salmon. At least it looked nice on the plate as a whole. The portion was ok at 88 dollars for the eggs with salmon in this area.Pear Tart - 怎可能沒有甜點呢？忘了這梨撻是88元或是68元。不過無論是88元或是68元這梨撻也太小的一個了吧！同樣地賣相是非相吸引。梨的部份很清新，不甜不膩。撻的底及撻邊不會太結實也不會太鬆散，很好吃呢。我和LR分享這個撻，真是一點罪惡感也沒有，哈。
Pear Tart - I forgot if the tart was 88 or 68 dollars, but it was a very expensive tart even at 68 dollars. Look at the tiny size... It did look great. The pear tasted fresh and the crust was neither too firm nor too soggy, nice. The tart was so small that LR and me could share it without feeling too guilty.整體來說哩，Cocotte的環境及服務都非常好，食物也不錯而且賣相有心思 (除了那Eggs En "Cocotte"有點騙錢之外)。但是定價偏貴而且份量偏小。我估計晚市的食物也會同樣的精緻(及貴)但應該有更多能讓大廚發揮的空間。所以哩，對Cocotte我是還未能下一個定論的。
On the whole, Cocotte has a very nice atmosphere and service with decent food which also looks good (except that Eggs en Cocotte was a bit of a rip-off). The problems are that the portion was too small and dishes were overpriced. But I do think that dinner here is probably much better.

說起來，我去巴黎遊玩的時候，也有在星期天隨意地找了一家小店吃早午餐，選擇都是較簡單的，通常都是牛角包、再加塗上牛油的長棍包(有時另外再有奉上餐前包。。。)、果醬、橙汁、咖啡，有時會有炒蛋或鮮果。反正就是平常的食物，也沒有什麼egg benedicts，pancakes之類的。所以其實到底Cocotte的早午餐是否法式的我也說不上。
Speaking of brunch in France (or Paris, to be exact), I remember I had breakfast and brunch every day when I was in Paris, including brunch on Sunday. I just randomly went inside any restaurant that looked okay. All those breakfast/brunch choices were super simple such as croissants, bread with butter (often together with some other bread...), jam, orange juice, coffee, sometimes with scrambled eggs or fruits. Just ordinary food and there was no egg benedicts, pancakes or whatever. Thus, I am not really sure if the brunch served in Cocotte "French" or not.

(第一次去的是上環店，可看那邊的食評)

有一天被同事叫去了灣仔的分店。我的期望沒有太高。
After the first visit I was summoned to the Wanchai branch one day by a colleague. Of course, I didn't have any expectation.
Cappuccino - 先來一杯cappuccino，拉花挺有心思。也是一杯不錯的cappuccino。
Cappuccino - I ordered a cappuccino first, wow, it's a Mickey Mouse, interesting. It tasted nice too.沙律 - 由於那天的早餐吃得非常飽，我又是點了沙律另加多士。這次額外加的菠蘿雖然也不是新鮮的但比上次的好看。我也加了芝士，但質素不夠好，沒有芝士香。至於全麥麵包多士，當然不能，我也沒有期望那是什麼店方烘焙的麵包。多士烘得很脆，配牛油沒有大問題。大問題是額外加的多士好像要過10元但只給你一塊(切半)，看它多大方。
Salad - Yep I ordered salad again, due to the huge breakfast I had on that day. Well, this time the quality of the canned pineapple was better than the last one. (if using canned food is their thing they'd better stick to the canned pineapple Wanchai uses) I also added cheese which didn't have the taste of cheese. As to the so called whole whet toast, of course I was not expecting some kind of bread baked by the cafe itself but it was indeed nicely toasted and great with the butter. However, you have to pay over 10 dollars for one piece of toast (which is cut into two-half). So generous, Veygo!正如在上環分店的食評中所說，用多一點心吧。
Like what I said about Sheung Wan branch, just up your game Veygo

好吧，我是被這家cafe的人流而吸引進來的。話說有一個星期六的下午時候經過上環的Veygo Coffee，在門前看到cafe內坐滿了食客，有很多人在吃burger，加上食物賣相挺好的，便決定有空時拜訪。
Alright, I was attracted to this cafe since it has become quite popular lately. It was a normal Saturday when I walked past Veygo Coffee and saw the little cafe full of people, many of them with burgers.
正式再來的時候是一個閒日的中午時份，來吃午餐的上班一族也不少。店子不太大，裝潢走簡約路線。侍應們服務及態度都非常好，肯花不少時間回答客人的問題。打開餐牌還有點嚇了一跳，有很多的選擇呢，例如常見的brunch選擇如all day breakfast, egg benedicts，還有沙律、不同款式的burger等。
When I finally came here again it was a weekday afternoon and many office workers came for lunch. TC and I got in. The cafe is not very specious, yet cozy with a simplistic style. Service from waiters/waitresses was good and they were willing to answer questions in length. I was pleasantly surprised to see the cafe offers a good variety of brunch food like all day breakfast, egg benedicts, salad and burgers.
但很快對這家cafe的好感幻滅。
Well, the good impression disappeared as fast as the speed of light.
咖啡 - 先來杯咖啡。沒記錯的話，我的一杯是creme brulee cappuccino。我的印象是，嘩很甜！可能我一直都是在Cafe Habitu那裡喝creme brulee cappuccino，而Cafe Habitu 的是咖啡上有一薄片的焦糖，用匙羹按下去會把那片焦糖切碎，而且下面的咖啡一點都不甜。但在Veygo Coffee的是完全不同的！因為它的creme brulee原來是指creme brulee味的糖漿。。。唉，真的是有早知無乞衣。另想強調的是這杯咖啡真的很很很很甜。連鎖咖啡店的各式各樣下不同味道糖漿的咖啡也沒有這裡的甜。
TC的那杯咖啡好像是Malt Latte或Malt Cappuccino，忘了是那款。但唯一記得的這杯甜得令人想反桌的味道！！對！又是非常非常甜的一杯！反正大家來的話就建議點最平凡的Latte、Cappuccino或Flat White，除非你嗜甜，那麼你可以點這些特式咖啡挑戰極限。
Coffee - First thing first, coffee. If I remember correctly, I ordered creme brulee cappuccino and it was so SWEET. I admit that my only other creme brulee cappuccino experience has always been with Cafe Habitu, which offers "real creme brulee", a thin piece of brunt caramel on top of the coffee, and the coffee is never sweet. The creme brulee cappuccino here is totally different. Creme brulee flavour syrup is used... I just wish to stress again that this coffee is really really sweet and be warned. It's even sweeter than the 'flavoured syrup coffee" you get from chain cafes.
What about TC's coffee? I remember it's either malt latte or malt cappuccino, I forget which but the only thing I can still remember vividly is the sweetness. It's so sweet that you wanna hit someone and go on a murder spree.
I strongly advise everyone to just order their normal latte, cappuccino or flat white etc unless you want to push the limit.Malt Latte/Malt Cappuccino? - who cares? just don't order either沙律 - 沒記錯的話，沙律是本身有一兩款材料選擇，想要多不同的配料可以逐款加錢，而逐款加錢是不便宜的(本身沙律的價錢亦是不便宜的)。如果你認為在一家走洋化的cafe內的沙律會有不錯的質素，你的想法有一半是對的。菜不錯，三文魚有數片而車厘茄也新鮮。
Salad -There are a couple of options to go with your salad vegetables and you can add more ingredients by paying more for each item. Take note it's not cheap. And if you think that you can get some decent salad in a cafe that is obviously of western style (or try to achieve), you are only half right. The vegetables were nice, there were few pieces of salmon and the cherry tomatoes were fresh.
不過，為了不會太單調及想吃多一點健康的蔬果，我加了兩款配料，造成錯誤。額外加的菠蘿不是新鮮的，付了不便宜的錢加配料卻招惹了疑似罐頭貨。你能相信嗎？反正我就是吃了。另外加的chickpea鷹嘴豆竟然是以焗炸好的形態上場。斷估不會是自家焗炸吧，而且誰要在沙律中加上少量這些極不健康而又吃不出是鷹嘴豆的東東？
反正Veygo的沙律就是拿不同的現成即食的加工品給你。店方有多用心？
最後，大家可看到這沙律的份量少得可憐。
BUT, in order to consume more fruits and vegetables, I added two more items to my salad and it proved to be a great mistake. The extra pineapples were shockingly not fresh, that is, I paid for some canned low-quality pineapples. The extra chickpeas were equally a joke as they were deep-fried and I highly doubt if the cafe had deep-fried them itself, which only meant they got some ready-to-eat chickpeas from god knows where. Who would want canned pineapples and super unhealthy chickpeas for a salad?
How exactly can a cafe succeed when they just used all different kinds of junk ready-to-eat food? And don't forget this salad is tiny.素食漢堡 - 另外還點了幾乎每檯都有的burger。賣相不差。如果薯角可多一兩條會更好。伴隨burger的是一小包茄醬，如果用小碟盛著便可棄用不環保的小包。
薯角熱呼呼的上檯，淋了一點但都不錯。Burger是挺大份的。中間夾著的有沙律菜、蕃茄、芝士及素漢堡扒。漢堡包是正常的，亦有稍微烘熱。漢堡扒比較乾，有點兒像吃腐皮卷。整體來說這漢堡還可接受，是這天最好的。
Vegetarian Burger - The other item we got was the burger, which every table got one. It looked pretty nice but I guess a bit more potato wedges would have been even better. Also came with the burger was a sachet of ketchup. Wouldn't it be more environmental friendly to use a small plate for ketchup instead of sachets? Maybe I am being too critical of Vegyo...
The potatoes wedges were hot when arrived, they were nice although a bit soggy. The burger was big and had some salad leaves, tomato, cheese and the vegetarian patties. The bun was normal and was slightly toasted. The vegetarian patties was dry and the texture was like tofu skin. Overall it's an okay burger and the best item of the day.朱古力蛋糕 - 沒記錯的話它們有些甜點是自製的，不過在櫥窗內看到的蛋糕都是由供應商買回來。這朱古力蛋糕沒有太甜，但亦沒有香濃的朱古力味，質素一般。以這樣的價錢在同區有不少更好的選擇。
Chocolate Cake - I think Veygo offers some housemade desserts but most of the cakes on display are from suppliers. We picked the chocolate cake which was neither sweet nor chocolate-y. It's just so so. You definitely can get something better in the same area at the same price.Iced Cappuccino - 後來點了一杯外帶的涷cappuccino，終於不是甜的了！！這杯咖啡不錯。
Iced Cappuccino - A takeaway iced cappuccino and finally a non-sugary taste coffee!試了上環及灣仔的店，都沒有好印象。不明白為可flavoured coffee drink可以離譜地甜，甜得根本連咖啡味都喝不出來，本末倒置。另外的印象是這家cafe提供不同款式的brunch食品，明顯是走西洋風，而且價錢也一定是。但是在沙律上露出了馬腳。正常外國人開的餐廳又怎會用炸的chickpea、罐頭的菠蘿或沒水準的芝士？通常在港式的西餐廳才會吃到這類沙律。但如果店家希望走洋化的路線，心是一定要用的。
Neither the Sheung Wan nor the Wanchai branch impressed me at all. I still couldn't understand the abnormal high level of sweetness in the coffee in which coffee taste was hardly found. Besides, Veygo clearly is trying to position itself as an "Western" style cafe, which is also reflected in its price. Then what's wrong with the salad? A real "Western" style cafe would not use canned pineapple or flavourless cheese. Just up your game Veygo.

(後來也去了灣仔分店，可看那邊的食評)

有一個星期一的下午，我和NK在結志街附近漫無目的的閑逛，逛來逛去在街市的一旁見到了一家毫不起眼的cafe，便走了進去。原來是一家面積頗細的咖啡店。但老土的一句，麻雀雖小，五臟俱全，而且凍櫃內的甜點蛋糕很吸引，再加上有我好奇的窩夫及香濃的咖啡香，我便決定一定要光顧！
One weekday afternoon NK and I were wandering around Gage Street and then we spotted a cafe tucked away in the wet market on Gage Street. We decided to have a try. It's a small cafe but you can see all the professional coffee equipment squeezing in this small yet cozy cafe. You can also see all the desserts to go with your coffee...有一座懷舊的雪櫃，但不知是否可用的。
A vintage fridge, I wondered if it's still functioning.這裡有下午茶套餐供應，這一頁是一些飽肚的食物。
They provide afternoon tea set and on this page you can find items which can fill you up.下一頁是甜點蛋糕的套餐。
The other page is for dessert and cake sets.Cappuccino & Mocha - 先來的是咖啡，我選了cappuccino，NK點了mocha。很大的一杯。Cappuccino有非常簡單的拉花，很有咖啡香。入口很滑很好喝。Mocha面頭則灑滿了朱古力粉，朱古力味不會太重，與咖啡味配合得很好。每杯咖啡都會附上biscotti一件，biscotti不太甜，頗好吃。
Cappuccino & Mocha - Coffee arrived first. Cappuccino for me, mocha for NK. They were of quite a large size. A simple heart on top of my cappuccino. Its coffee aroma was strong. Simple and good. As to the mocha, there was chocolate powder on it. The chocolate taste was about right, not overpowering the coffee taste. Each coffee came with a piece of biscotti which was surprisingly good without being too sweet.Lemon Meringue Tart - 我們在眾多的甜點中點了lemon meringue tart，因為外形很美。
Lemon Meringue Tart - We picked lemon meringue tart as it looked really pretty.整件tart都與我們的預期一樣，一點都不甜，很清新。不過，meringue好像有一點"太不甜"，變得有一點淡味。檸檬filling幼滑，檸檬味挺濃也不會有加工的感覺。tart皮很薄，略嫌不太脆，但也好吃。
As we expected, the tart was light and not sweet at all. As much as it was refreshing, the meringue was a bit blend. The lemon filling was smooth and the lemon taste was strong and not artificial. The crust was very thin, not too flaky but good enough.Freshly Made Waffle with Gelato - 另一食品是Waffle。可以見到是很簡單的一碟，有別於現在在外面很流行的大堆頭waffle。下午茶餐的份量為半份waffle，不知道散叫的話是否會有一整份。Waffle上是gelato，吃上來就是朱古力味挺濃的雪糕。Waffle是新鮮焗製，邊沿及面頭坑紋的部分是脆的，中間的部分則煙韌而口感十足，很好吃！
Freshly Made Waffle with Gelato - Another item for us was the waffle. It was a simple dish, very much going against the recent trend of having a plate of waffles with large amount of fruits and ice cream elsewhere. For tea set, they only served half portion of the waffle and we suspected they would serve a whole waffle for a la carte menu. On the waffle lied the chocolate gelato. The waffle was freshly made and the sides were crunchy while the middle was chewy. It was really delicious!這裡的咖啡及甜點水準都很高，而且價錢合理。下次來會點一整份的waffle！
We were happy to find high quality of food and coffee at a reasonable price here. Next time I would definitely go for a whole waffle!

嗯，另一間有贏得不同Barista獎項的Cafe。說起來，其實我第一次去The Cupping Room的時間，它仍然在赤柱那邊，後來搬到上環，赤柱那裡則變成另一個名字的cafe，不過不太清楚它們的關係。
Another cafe with various barista awards. Indeed, I had already been to The Cupping Room when it was still in Stanley. The original place is now occupied by another cafe with a different name but I am not sure the relationship between the two.

星期六的午飯時間去到很多人呢。整間cafe都是非常熱鬧。店內的裝潢走簡約風，用了很多木。食客可坐下點想吃的，吃完後到收銀處付錢。收銀的地方放了些酥點及甜點，有店方自製的。
Lunch hours on a Saturday was quite busy here. There is not much decoration inside the cafe. Customers can first order, finish their meal and walk to the cashier to pay before leaving. There are also some cakes and danish at the cashier, some of which are homemade.餐牌的選擇很清晰。不過我週六的1點左右去到，想吃的Poached eggs, smashed avocado with smoked salmon已賣完，有一點太早吧。。。
The menus is clear and detailed. But I was quite surprised to find out that Poached eggs, smashed avocado with smoked salmon was already sold out... Well, that's kind of early given that it was only 1pm...Cappuccino ($38) - 很老土的我，來來去去不是flat white就是cappuccino。。。看來是時候試點新的，不過，不是今天。今天仍是cappuccino。很standard的拉花，很美。味道不錯，不過我自己愛喝熱一點的咖啡，如果這裡的可以熱便更好。
Cappuccino ($38) - Not very much willing to try the different varieties of coffee, it's usually only flat white or cappuccino for me... Probably time to try something new, but not today. It's still cappuccino this time! The coffee came with a standard latte art. It tasted good though I preferred a hotter one.Egg Benedicts w/ Smoked Salmon ($108) - 又是我常吃的benedicts。主要是因為沒有Poached eggs 。有時候如果一間餐廳的egg benedicts有沙律菜、薯仔、蕃茄仔或其它伴菜，我會覺得比較值心情會比較好。(好吧我亦是有點貪心)好像在Classified，真的只有2件egg benedicts，雖然本身菜名就是egg benedcits，但我都會暗暗的希望有些伴菜。不過The Cupping Room則例外，雖然它只有數片橙及西柚，但整個egg benedicts看上去都很美很新鮮！
Egg Benedicts w/ Smoked Salmon ($108) - Another of my usual brunch items, the egg benedicts. I only ordered this as poached eggs were no longer available. Speaking of egg benedicts, sometimes if they come with side salad, potatoes, cherry tomatoes or alike, I will instantly feel more delighted by the meal. (Oh yea I guess I am a bit too greedy) Like in Classified, there are really only two egg benedicts on plate which make the whole dish look a bit miserable. But the one here at The Cupping Room was an exception. The benedicts were served with few pieces of oranges and grapefruits but it looked really pretty.這裡用上的不是傳統的English muffin，而是sourdough toast，是否健康些？那就要看看這sourdough用什麼造了。Sourdough有稍微的烘過，在三文魚的魚油及沾了半熟蛋的蛋汁下都不算太淋。Hollandaise sauce的份量沒有過多。三文魚的份量不少，不是薄薄的一層，而是由薄薄的三文魚疊了兩三層才放上半熟蛋。所以整件benedict吃下去時有頗重的三文魚味道，非常滿足的早午餐食品。
Instead of the traditional English muffin, sourdough toast was used. Was it healthier with the sourdough? That depended on what they used to bake the bread. The sourdough toast was lightly toasted and was not too damp even with the oil from salmon and the egg yolk. The amount of Hollandaise sauce was just right. There were two to three layer of thin salmon under the eggs which was quite generous on part of the cafe since some other cafe may just use one very thin layer. As such, the taste of salmon was quite outstanding. Truly a satisfying dish.Omelette Sandwiches ($108) - 另一款來之前已想吃的就是這擺盤特別的Omelette Sandwich。名為Omelette Sandwich，所以在sourdough麵包上，放了一層煙肉及omelette，合起來就是一份sandwich。
Omelette Sandwiches ($108) - Another item I knew I had to order before I came was the Omelette Sandwich. As a "Sandwich", the omelette was placed on top, then the bacon and the sourdough toast at the bottom.Omelette的料有芝士及菠菜，非常足料。Omelette的蛋皮很薄亦很滑，這麼薄的亦能包著那麼多的材料，很厲害。芝士菠菜蛋當然相配及好吃。蛋也很滑。餐牌上寫了"crispy bacon"，KK說沒有特別的crispy，但也好吃亦不太油。而餐牌上也寫了"raspberry jam sourdough"，但卻吃不出raspberry的味道。這也是自然的，因為有份煙肉及omelette在麵包上。但這不要緊，因為這份三文治本來已很好吃了。
Inside the Omelette I could find cheese and spinach, lots of them actually~ The egg was really thin and I wonder how it was cooked so perfectly without any holes or cracks holding all those ingredients. Cheese, spinach and eggs together could not go wrong for sure and the egg was smooth and silky. The bacon was described as "crispy" but KK said it's not crispy at all yet it's still good and not too oily. Further, "raspberry jam sourdough" was also described on the menu but I failed to taste any raspberry jam. Well it's only normal since the taste of cheese, bacon, spinach and eggs would definitely have overpowered the jam. But I don't think it matters much in any event as the Omelette Sandwich was already very good.吃後很快便走了，雖然是cafe，但是在週末的繁忙時間，其實也不能慢喝咖啡享悠閒。但來吃個brunch，也是不錯的選擇。
We left quickly after finishing the meal. Although it's a cafe, given that it was lunch hours in a weekend, one could not really sit down and spend the afternoon with coffee. Still, it's a very good place for a brunch.

一直都有留意在必列者士街Oolaa旁空置了一會的鋪位。一直都很想知道會開一間什麼餐廳。原來開的是一間名叫Lazy Hog的餐廳，Hog是豬的意思，所以這裡是"懶豬"。懶豬佔了2個分開的鋪位，喜歡坐那邊就去那邊吧。Lazy Hog是由辦館 LOF10的人開的，說是供應新美式菜。
I have been paying attention to the unoccupied space near Oolaa on the Bridges Street, wondering what kind of restaurant or cafe would take over there. Well it turned out a new restaurant called Lazy Hog has indeed rented both space. I did a bit of online searching and found out Lazy Hog is opened by the same guys who set up Lof 10, the coffee place. According to its facebook page, Lazy Hog serves New American dishes.

我和KK星期六的下午去到，有brunch的menu。不過選擇不算多。(後來我拿了晚市的menu來看選擇也是很少但每款菜式都很吸引) 我和KK看了一會沒有細想及細問就點了菜，是有點兒懶豬，亦因此我們選錯了。。。
KK and I arrived at Lazy Hog at noon on a Saturday and it was serving brunch food. There weren't much to choose from though. (I also looked at the dinner menu, not many choices again but each dish seems very interesting) We ordered quite quickly without really thinking about what we were ordering, kind of being lazy and we suffered the consequences... (to be elaborated below)

Cappuccino - 有辦館 LOF10的背景，這裡當然有咖啡，這天的好像是用了什麼bluebottlela 咖啡豆。很慚愧，我不是咖啡專家，不懂這些。我只是很膚淺的"覺得"一杯咖啡"好不好喝"，例如會不會太苦，太甜，奶是多或少？又或拉花拉得如何？店員說它們的咖啡會定期從美國入口，所以會定期轉。而這杯Cappuccino，我覺得"好喝"，不過熱一點會更好。另外，咖啡杯挺大的，還有餐廳的logo懶豬，杯內亦有豬蹄！
Cappuccino - Of course one can find coffee here, given the background of Lof 10. I was told that they were using bluebottlela, a kind of coffee beans. But I must apologize that I am not a coffee expert, well, I don't really know much about coffee indeed. I usually (and extremely superficially) would only care about simple issues like if the coffee is too bitter, too sweet, too much/less milk or if the latte art looks pretty. The Cappuccino here "tasted good" to me but would have been even better if it had been hotter. And one thing I must highlight is the mug! It has the logo of Lazy Hog and inside there is a trotter print!Squid Ink Egg Salad (約$120) - 這可是店員大力推介的，上桌時我和KK有2種感覺。第一感覺是嘩這蛋真的是黑色的而且看上去很像黑蒜！還有同是墨汁的toast作為croutons。第二感覺是嘩只有蛋及菜好小的一碟非常清寡。
Squid Ink Egg Salad (about $120) - This was highly recommended by the staff. When it got on our table, KK and I were thinking (1) wow this egg is really black and looks like those Korean black garlic! And there were squid ink croutons! (2) wow there are really only egg and "leaves" and it looks really small!先把蛋切開，中間的墨汁湧了出來，場面頗為壯觀。究竟是如何煮成的？？？把墨汁混到菜上便可以吃了。蛋吃不出蛋黃而吃到了蛋白的質地。墨汁有咸味，與菜同吃剛好。墨汁croutons烘的很脆，沙律菜不算太新鮮但都還可以。如果可以用上其他的沙律菜或用數款不同的沙律菜可能會更好。120元值不值？就著那隻像黑蒜又會湧出墨汁的蛋，我認為值。
Then we cut the egg open and were truly amazed to see the squid ink burst out from the egg. How was it cooked??? We let the ink mix with the greens and started to have a taste. I couldn't taste any egg yolk and the squid ink was a bit on the salty side. But it's about right mixing it with the veggies. The croutons were crunchy and the vegetable leaves were ok, albeit would have been great if they had been fresher or if different types of vegetables had been used. Is this salad worth $120? Umm, in view of the garlic-like squid ink egg, I think so.Cheese Green Omelette (約$90-100) - 是不是有點像大家的媽媽或茶餐廳會見到的煎蛋呢。不過懶豬收了我接近百元。。。見到真的有被騙的感覺。店員說本來應該有rocket salad伴碟，但那天沒有rocket。但即使多了一些salad，這也不會值100元。而且沒salad，怎麼不給一兩片麵包，或把價錢調低呢。坦白說，我是沒有太吃到芝士的味道，而且那個"Green"，好像是蔥之類的，真的有夠無語。故事的教訓是不要lazy，要問清楚你點的是什麼，要勤力地去了解餐牌，就可避免Cheese Green Omelette這個情況。
Cheese Green Omelette (about $90-100) - Does it just look so much like the fried egg your mum does at home or you get from a Cha Chaan Teng? This lazy dish costs about 100 dollars... We were told the omelette was supposed to come with rocket salad on the side but they didn't have rocket that day. But I don't think the omelette would worth $100 even with the salad. Besides, if you don't have salad, how about getting a toast or two, or just lower the price? Taste-wise, I couldn't really find the taste of the cheese and the "green" on the menu was just something like scallion. We were rendered speechless at that point. The moral of the story is don't be lazy. Be diligent in understanding what you are ordering to avoid the omelette situation.其實店員還真的是很踴躍很熱情。他亦表示其實現階段還在fine tune餐牌。Um，最好是吧，把那小家子氣的omelette fine tune一下。雖然Omelette是個伏，但我對Lazy Hog的印象還不差。我也看到其他檯的食物好像比較吸引。所以說呢，找吃的不能懶，勤勞的去研究餐牌才是皇道。
I must say the staff were really enthusiastic and said they are still fine-tuning the menu. Well please fine-tune the omelette... Despite the omelette situation, my impression towards Lazy Hog is quite good and the dishes on other customers' table did look very delicious. Therefore, next time I am here, I will definitely not be lazy in studying the menu.

作為行山新手及愛好者，週末及公眾價期必要"通山走"的。這天由陽明山莊行去赤柱，經典路線。但途中有一條頗長的樓梯，我的友人們走得好不辛苦。在高處看去赤柱是這樣的：
As a newcomer and fan of hiking, what's better than spending weekends or public holidays hiking up and down the beautiful countryside of Hong Kong? This week was a hike to Stanley following the classic route with the following view:行罷我的朋友已是累到一個不行，而且又既然來到赤柱，無論如何也要吃一頓。在海旁行了一會便在Pickled Pelican停下。餐廳分上下兩層，我們坐在上層，聽得到外面有人唱live。我們都頗為肚餓，所以很快就點好食物。
Right after the hike my friends were exhausted. Well, we were in Stanley! We couldn't just leave without enjoying a meal here. We wandered around the beach then stopped at Pickled Pelican. We sat on the second floor, listening to live music performance outside. We were pretty hungry so we ordered quickly.古巴三文治 Cuban Sandwich ($138) - 先來一份三文治，伴碟的是薯條。古巴三文治可不是來自古巴，而是早期移民到美國佛羅里達州不同城市的古巴人。一般來說古巴三文治的材料有火腿、芝士、芥末醬、醃黃瓜及燒豬肉，及用上古巴式麵包。Pickled Pelican的古巴三文治都是由這數款材料組成，在相中也可以見到不同材料很分明的放在麵包中間。麵包烘烤得非常脆而不太韌，很好吃！旁邊的薯條是連皮的，炸的比金黃色更深色，但沒有燶味，香脆惹味，好吃得很。
The first dish was Cuban Sandwich, with fries on the side. Cuban Sandwich is not from Cuba, but from immigrant cities in Florida with Cuban communities. Generally, the sandwich consists of ham, Swiss cheese, mustard, pickles and roasted pork with Cuban bread and these were the ingredients used by Pickled Pelican here. You can see the different ingredients in between the bread in the picture, marked by their respective contrasting colours. The sandwich was extremely crispy without being too hard to chew and it was delicious! The fries were in 'deep' golden colour but there was no burnt taste at all.炸魚薯條 Fish and Chips ($148) - 再來的就是幾乎每檯必點的 fish and chips。在香港吃 fish and chips，好像沒有太多的地方會配上青豆/青豆蓉，在外國會較常見。其實醋也是，不過這裡有。另外還奉上tartar sauce，tartar其實就是以蛋黃醬再加其他材料混合的醬料。魚柳共有3塊，炸漿不算特別薄，但算是連著魚柳，吃下去不會有空心的感覺。加上檸檬汁不會太乾，質素正常。我個人比較喜歡tartar sauce，不太喜歡以魚柳配帶酸的醋。薯條與上述三文治的一樣。
Second dish was the fish and chips, which every table had one. It seems that in Hong Kong, fish and chips is not typically served with mushy peas/peas, which is common elsewhere. Same situation applies to vinegar but Pickled Pelican provides vinegar. Another sauce was the tartar sauce, which is mayonnaise mixed with other ingredients. There were 3 pieces of fish fillet. The batter was not particularly thin but it stuck to the fish fillet so there was no "bubble" or "room" between the layer of batter and the fish. The fish tasted normal with lemon juice and was not too dry. I prefer tartar sauce to vinegar though.水蜜桃撻伴乾果鳥結及白朱古力汁 Peach Tart ($62) - 中文名字超長。。。但沒有提到有雪糕，哈哈。賣相非常漂亮，乾果鳥結糖是放在碟的另一邊。由於撻上有一大球的雪糕，反而沒有太吃到白朱古力汁的味道。撻是溫暖的，和雪糕吃一冷一熱口感豐富。水蜜桃撻焗得香脆，底部不會太實。是一客好看又好吃的甜品。不過不太明白為何會有乾果鳥結糖，它們被放在一旁，與水蜜桃撻好像沒有關係。
Wow this Peach Tart did look pretty. There were dried fruits nougat on the side. As there was ice cream on the tart, I couldn't really taste the white chocolate sauce which was listed on menu. The tart was warm and was good with the ice cream. Their flavours played off each other. The bottom was not rock-hard, which just made me like it more~ What I couldn't understand was the role of the nougat. It just stood next to the tart with interfering with the tart at all.蘋果金寶批伴脆蛋白馬令及雲喱拿雪糕 Apple Crumble ($58) - 又是另一客賣相非常討好的甜品。看到已先入為主覺得好吃。金寶批其實不真的是一個批，是散開的。上面有一大球雲喱拿雪糕，再放了一片很漂亮的青蘋果切片。其實apple crumble除了可以伴雪糕外，還可以伴custard的，不過好像多數都是伴以雪糕。金寶碎的部分很脆，混合微甜的蘋果肉很好吃，即使不要雪糕也可以。
Another dessert that looked like you were in a 5-star hotel. It just looked so good that you were immediately certain it would taste good as soon as you saw it. This dish was called an "Apple Crumble Pie" in Chinese although it's not a pie at all. There was a huge scoop of ice cream on the crumble, topped with a beautifully sliced apple. One thing that got me wondering is that apple crumble can also be served with custard but I guess the norm in Hong Kong is ice cream. The crisps were definitely crunchy. The diced apples were lightly sweetened. The crumble was great itself without the ice cream. A deeply satisfying dessert indeed.先來了兩份熱氣非常的主食再來兩個甜品，幸好甜品不太膩亦不太甜。行完山的路程以美食作結亦是一件美事。
After the two not-so-healthy main dishes, it was great to see two not-too-sweet desserts. They put a great end to a hiking day.

一年365日，對中國人來說，久不久就要"做節"或者吃"團年飯"。例如農曆新年、冬至或中秋等。於這些時候，去那裡吃飯都不是一般的令人頭痛的。由於我不想吃大型連鎖集團旗下各式各樣的中菜館及酒樓，我便選了位於鰂魚涌及頗為冷門的富嘉閣。為何冷門呢？因為非做節時候即使週末這裡一般都有位，除非有人擺酒。而做節時候，當然都要先訂檯。經理也說這裡比較冷門，因為旁邊就是"大酒店"，不少人對來這裡做節都會有避忌。我們呢，當然是百無禁忌！
For most Chinese, it is only natural to have big family gathering/dinner 'regularly', i.e. during festival times like Chinese New Year, Winter Solstice or Mid-Autumn Festival. It can get quite annoying to figure out where to have such dinners since I usually would like to avoid chained restaurants and they get full booking pretty fast anyway. This time I picked a less popular and well-known place, the Foo Ka Chinese Restaurant. It's not really a popular restaurant since normally, you can get a table in the weekends except if booked for banquets. Then of course, you should probably book in advance during festive times. The manager said some people are deterred from holding family gathering here as a funeral home is nearby.

富嘉閣走中價路線，乾淨企理。晚市即使全場滿座也不會有吵鬧的感覺。侍應們都非常有禮貌，並會很仔細認真的介紹菜式，一家人來吃飯，單憑這點已值得再來。
The environment is clean and tidy. It's not too noisy even if full house. All the servers are professional and polite and are willing to take time to explain the menu. What's more to ask for in a family gathering?

我其實在這裡吃了數次，但現只是說說其中一次一家人吃飯的一次。
I have dined here for serveral times already and would like to share one of my experiences.

咕嚕肉 - 最地道的菜，無論在茶餐廳、酒樓、大排檔、快餐店或中菜館都一定有的一道。亦是10張檯8張都會點上的一道。這裡的咕嚕肉賣相不差不過份量不多。先說伴碟的青紅椒菠蘿，沒有死氣沈沈，上碟的時候都是顏色鮮艷，吃下亦新鮮。而肉的部分家人的評語是不淋，肉不太肥，好吃！
Sweet & Sour Pork - One of the most local dishes which one can find in literally any types of Chinese restaurants in HK and which almost every table would order. The sweet & sour pork here looked quite nice but the portion was just a bit small. The side bell peppers and pineapples were delightfully colourful and fresh. My family members commented that the pork was good and not soggy nor fatty.斑腩煲 - 我與爸爸都對斑腩煲情有獨鍾，不管是紅燒、豆腐或薑蔥。幸好富嘉閣這裡也有。哈哈，一看上去，感覺是不是好像份量很少呢。其實是因為這個煲很大！斑腩煲上場時沙沙聲的火侯很夠。冬菇和薑蔥這些配菜的份量剛好，不像有時候在別處吃的斑腩很少配菜卻很多。斑腩是新鮮的。除了頭及尾的位置外，外層的炸漿很薄亦脆，很好吃。
Fish Belly Claypot - Me and my dad have a thing for fish belly claypot regardless of how it is cooked or what it is cooked with. Luckily Foo Ka serves this dish. Does the portion look so little in the pic? It's actually because the claypot was really large! We could still hear the sound of fish belly being cooked (i.e. "Seee seeee" sound) when it was put on the table. They gave an appropriate amount of side shiitake mushrooms and scallion. Some places tend to give lots of sides mushrooms, tofu or alike with little fish belly. But not here. The fish belly was fresh. The batter mixture was very thin, thus the fish belly was crispy and light.釀鯪魚 - 我比較孤陋寡聞及少見多怪，在吃這餐飯前並不知道什麼是煎釀鯪魚。。。所以當鯪魚上桌時我是有感到很驚喜的。釀鯪魚這道順德菜簡單來說就是把鯪魚肉起出來但留下魚皮、魚頭及魚尾，然後把魚肉混合其他材料如冬菇、蝦米或馬蹄等再釀回去魚皮內。這裡的釀鯪魚是切好一件件的上碟。其實吃下去，也就是煎鯪魚的味道，但略嫌煎得未夠到位，可以香脆點。
Stuffed Dace Fish - I wasn't really sure what a stuffed fish was previously. Thus I was pleasantly surprised when I saw it on the table. It originates in the Shunde district. To put in simply, the dish is normally prepared by first removing the meat from the fish, leaving the skin intact, the meat is then mixed with other ingredients like shiitake mushrooms, dried shrimps or water chestnut etc. Finally the meat is stuffed back into the fish and then cooked. The fish was served in pieces as shown in the pic. Despite all the preparation, it tasted like dace fish (of course...) but I did appreciated the the whole preparation process which must have taken some time. It could have been pan-fried a bit longer for a crispier layer.冬菇鴨掌 - 再來的就是冬菇鴨掌。顏色很濃但其實不太咸，值得欣賞。鴨掌我沒吃，冬菇是厚身肥肥的，咬下去微淋很容易便咬開，伴多一點醬汁吃是一個美味。
Braised Duck Feet with Shiitake Mushrooms - The next was the duck feet. The colour of the sauce looked deep but it was not salty. I didn't eat the duck feet. The shiitake mushrooms were thick and soft. They melted in my mouth before I knew it and were good with the braised sauce.西蘭花帶子 - 西蘭花及帶子放得很整齊呢。西蘭花應該是先燙過水再調味，不知有沒有炒過，吃得出很少油，很清新。只是有點太熟，但當然未至於過淋。帶子還挺大的，很彈牙，不錯。
Scallops with Broccoli - The broccoli and scallops were laid in a tidy manner on the plate. The broccoli was probably boiled first then seasoned. I wasn't sure if it was pan-fried but it was definitely fresh and not oily. But it was a bit overcooked, not to the point of getting too soggy. The scallops were pretty big with good texture. The whole dish was quite refreshing.瑤柱豆苗 - 必定要有的是蔬菜。是夜點的是瑤柱豆苗。份量還不少呢。碧綠的豆苗煮得剛好亦爽脆，瑤柱沒有吝嗇的多，與豆苗伴吃是很好的配搭。整碟菜亦一點都不油膩。
Pea Shoots with Conpoy - Vegetables was a must in a meal. The portion was quite large here. The pea shoots looked green and tasted fresh with quite a lot of conpoy. Conpoy and pea shoot was a real good combination!濕炒糯米飯 - 說明是濕炒的，但吃著其實和平時酒樓吃的差不多。沒有很多配料或調味，就是簡簡單單的一道。
"Wet" Stir-fried Glutinous Rice - The menu specifies the rice would be fried in a 'wet' way, meaning the rice was cooked first then stir-fried, instead of having raw glutinous rice stir-fried from scratch.吃罷糯米飯大家都差不多飽。中上的水準、合理的價錢及非常好的服務態度必定是我們再來的動力。
We were pretty full after the glutinous rice. With above average quality, reasonable price and excellent service, my family would certainly return to Foo Ka.

西環近數年來的改變，不用多說大家都知道。這天突然想回來這邊行行走走，看看又有什麼是不一樣的。果然，有很多舊店舖消失了，但幸好暫時換來的不是連鎖店或藥房。新的店舖多是走洋風，和西環海皮一帶的發展一致，不是吃外國菜的餐廳便是賣牛扒洋酒生蠔有機食品。走在路上有不少外國臉孔。
It's a well-known fact that the whole Western area on the HK Island is undergoing a major facelift due to the impending train railway. From time to time, I would just suddenly want to go back and see how Sai Wan is changing, just like what I did the other day. Needless to say, lots of old stores are gone but fortunately, they were not replaced by chain stores. The new stores are usually those you would find in soho or 'poho', and indeed you can see them in the whole Sai Wan or Sai Ying Pun area. They are usually restaurants serving 'western cuisine' or stores selling wines or steaks or organic food.

走到High Street Grill，看到店內有不少人，生意好像不錯，我和KK就決定試試。店的面積很大，樓底很高，不過座位及檯則排得比較密密麻麻，本來的空間感都被它們奪去。約午飯時候人越來越多，看來想一定能有位的話訂座會最保險。
We walked to High Street Grill and could see there were quite a lot of people in there. KK and I decided to try it ourselves. It's a large restaurant with a high ceiling. But the place is packed with tables and chairs and one could feel quite crowded. During lunchtime it would be the safest to make a booking.Turkish Bread Toasties (ham chese & tomato) ($45) - 原本不知道何為Toasties，估計就是三文治的一種，不過看到價錢只是45元便點了來試試。簡單的木板上放著的"Toasties"其實就是Panini吧。
We weren't sure what a Toasties was and we suspected that it just meant sandwiches. We ordered it as it was only $45. The Toasties was placed on a wooden board and it turned out to be a panini.Turkish Bread夾了芝士及火腿，火腿不吝嗇的給了數層，烘熱後芝士變成半熱的狀態。一口咬下去整件toasties都是熱烘烘的，什麼是Turkish Bread我不太懂，但這個Turkish Bread烘得那一個好卻是不爭的事實。金黃色的外表快常脆口，麵包的部分有嚼頭，是一個好吃！
We picked cheese and ham and we could see there were quite a few layers of ham. After being toasted the cheese was half-melted. The toasties was warm and although I didn't really know what a Turkish Bread was, this Toasties was probably one of the best panini I have had before. The bread was crispy on the outside and a bit chewy. It's really really good.Eggs Benedict ($95) - 什麼時候抽風什麼時候就要吃 eggs benedict，哈哈。。其實是看到隔桌在吃，我一看到那流心蛋自己又想吃了。這裡的benedict款式有火腿、三文魚及蘑菇，價錢一樣。我們選的是三文魚，正確來說，由於以三文魚作材料，我們點的不是Eggs Benedict，而是Eggs Royale。
From time to time I would have my 'occasional eggs benedict addiction'. In fact we ordered one because we saw one on the table besides ours and then my addiction got the best of me. You can pick ham, salmon or mushrooms to go with the muffin and eggs at the same price. We picked salmon so actually, what we ordered was Eggs Royale, not Eggs Benedict.賣相不錯，顏色鮮艷，伴碟的沙律看上去也是十分新鮮，看見就胃口大開。English muffin烘得很好，邊沿的部分微焦。三文魚也是疊得有一定厚度。切下去蛋汁是湧出來的多，停也停不住。English muffin是暖的，帶微脆，與三文魚及蛋與蛋汁一起吃那是一個美味呀！值得注意的是Hollandaise sauce的份量下得剛好。以前在別處吃benedict，有的時候Hollandaise sauce會下得太多把整件benedict蓋著，會吃不到三文魚及English muffin的味道。所以，我特別欣賞這次份量下得剛好。Benedict就是要蛋汁與Hollandaise sauce混合來吃才過癮。
The eggs benedict looked nice, as expected. I like the sharp colour of the food on the white plate and the side salad looked fresh. The English muffins were definitely perfectly toasted with crispy edges. We found more than 1 layer of salmon on the muffins and the runny egg yolks were oozing out from the egg once we cut it. The combination of slightly crispy and warm muffins, salmon and the eggs could only mean tastiness! What's more was the hollandaise sauce. In the past when I had eggs benedicts elsewhere, sometimes the whole thing was covered with hollandaise sauce and the sauce could be quite overbearing. But not here. Here the right amount of hollandaise sauce was just an addition to complement the muffin and the salmon.Banana & Blueberry Pancakes ($95) - 好吧，看到餐牌上有pancake，我就是一定要點上一個。Pancake共有三塊，最頂層上放了香蕉，士多啤梨及藍莓。附送的是一球雪糕及餐牌上沒有寫的糖漿。反而餐牌上寫的whipped cream卻沒有。我們向女侍應查問時，女侍應不太友善地說餐牌上沒有寫有whipped cream。我不會亂發脾氣，只會直接的把餐牌拿來看一看，一目了然。我當然也不會被此小插曲破壞吃飯的心情。
Pancake頗厚，本身味道淡了少許。不過有雪糕、糖漿及cream伴吃還是挺好吃。Honeycomb雪糕比較似雲利嗱味，雖叫honeycomb但沒有太甜。
Usually when I see pancakes on the menu, I order one. High Street Grill serves banana and blueberry pancakes. The three pancakes were topped with banana and berries and came with ice cream and syrup, the latter is not mentioned on the menu. We found that the whipped cream as listed on the menu was missing and asked for it from a waitress who replied that whipped cream was not on the menu. Normally I wouldn't lose my temper over these things and I just asked her to read the menu herself. Of couse, this little 'situation' did not ruin my mood in enjoying my food.
The pancakes were quite thick and a bit bland but they were good with the ice cream, syrup and whipped cream. The honeycomb ice cream was a bit like vanilla ice cream and was not too sweet.Latte ($35) & Cappuccino ($35) - 吃了咸又吃了甜，當然要喝杯咖啡作結。左方的是latte，右方的是cappuccino。這個餐飲集團餐廳的咖啡一向都不錯，而且樣子都是一樣的。
After the savory and the sweet came the ending coffee. The left one was latte and the right one was cappuccino. The coffee under this restaurant group has always been consistent and good, they all look the same too.吃罷，我和KK便繼續由西環行至中環。下次再來西環，應該又是另一番光景。
Some more walk from Sai Wan to Central after brunch. I am sure the next time I come to the Western district, it will be a new district.