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Took my mom and sister to Inakaya to celebrate a special occasion. We settled into a table with ultra-low chairs - the table's height made it felt awkward. We started with a bottle of red wine - surprisingly I totally forgot what I ordered that night - maybe the food was so overwhelming it overshadowed everything. Since we're not seated at the sushi bar, we can't order sushi omakase. Since I wasn't able to book the robatayaki room, we can't order from the robatayaki menu either.So we settled for a sushi sashimi set, a teppan yaki set, some additional sushi/sashimi, tempura, grilled items. The Hokkaido uni was very nice - but that didn't require much skill. The otoro sashimi were served in chunks - it was very odd. I didn't eat any because the visual effect made me lost any appetite I had. Overall I'd say the sushi/sashimi items are okay, save the otoro. The shrimp tempura were okay nice, not very greasy and the shrimp seems fresh. When my sis eats tempura, she must eats rice. So she ordered a bowl of white rice - which turned out to be $50! Not that I wasn't expecting to spend a fortune but $50 for a bowl of rice? It's hard to justify. The tamago sushi (at $50 a pop) is more expensive than a hamachi sushi (at $40). That really makes you wonder, is the hamachi so average that it costs less than eggs (okay maybe Japanese eggs but still...)? The bill came out to be $8000 for three people - and as you can see, I only have very sketchy memory of what we ate. How sad is that?…Read More

With Babbo being one of my fav restaurants in NYC, was looking forward to trying Batali's first restaurant in HK. Dinner is a bit difficult to book so we reserved a table for a Sunday brunch. There isn't much decor to talk about but the tables could've been positioned better. The two of us were seated in a table next to a large drawer and throughout our meal, the servers kept asking me to move my chair so that they can access the items they need from the drawer. A small nuisance there.The menu itself was quite disappointing - a bit lacking in selections. We started with grilled mushrooms. Friend's comments were it tastes like the mushrooms her mom stir fries. Wasn't bad but was uninspiring.Then we moved on to share a pasta course and a meat course.For the pasta we ordered oxtail ragu with some square pasta (forgot its name in Italian!) The pasta was al dente (to my liking) and quite interesting. The ragu could use a little hint of sweetness. Overall it's okay. Friend said the pasta is very 得意. Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing for a serious restaurant.Next comes the braised pork shoulder - supposed to be a signature dish, or as someone has told me. It tasted very Asian ~ and being Asians in an Asian city eating at a western restaurant ~ that feel didn't go too well. If I had that in NYC it probably would have been on the interesting side. The taste was like a cross between balsamic and chin kiang vinegar (鎮江醋), the texture of the meat, as my friend had described it, was like the meat from Chinese soup (煲湯肉). Even the cucumbers accompanying the pork felt too Chinesey. It was too bad, if we had a larger party could've ordered more dishes to try. Heard the pizzas are great. …Read More

叫左個mesclun greens with raspberry vinaigrette 做 starter. 個 portion 都算大, 兩個人分啱啱好. 個 vinaigrette 酸味味好開胃, 再加左些 mandarin 同 pomelo, 幾 refreshing. Entrée 要左個 Australian lamb rack 同埋一個 US prime dry-aged rib eye. 個 lamb rack 幾 juicy, 味道OK不過唔夠酥. 個 rib eye 有d disappointing. 首先唔覺得佢係US prime, 再加上如果真係aged過可能只係aged左好少日子, otherwise 個flavor 係會strong 好多. 但都算不過不失.我地自己帶左支wine ~ 開瓶費 $150, 算合理. Service 都 okay, 由七點幾坐到十一點幾佢地都無rush我地走. …Read More

真心好味既墨魚餅飯, 雖然要三十幾都食唔飽但實在太好味了. 墨魚餅香口, “e-un”, 食到粒粒既墨魚. 搬左去ICC之後自己都去過食lunch, 不過地方細同埋食唔飽所以都無叫過同事去. 個魚骨湯都喜歡, 不過如果再濃D會仲好!…Read More

位於上環一個比較靜既area, Serenade 是一個 casual but chic 既 fine dining place. 只看名字以為是間Italian restaurant 不過像間以 seafood 為主既 restaurant. 地方同個名一樣, 好 serene, 好 calm ~ 不過就沒有人來對住我地serenade! XD其實是上個星期五晚去不過今日先見到佢上左openrice! 去當晚好少人, 可能是新開的關係? 地方細細, waiter 也很熱心介紹食物, recommend 左支chardonnay 同 sauvignon blanc, 好彩我朋友選擇左chardonnay啫! 幾啱飲!因為開左支wine所以送左半打生蠔, based on their recommendation再要左瀨尿蝦同埋青青地色果d螺. 生蠔要左 Irish Rock ~ 新鮮, okay. 瀨尿蝦 cocktail style 都係第一次食 (因為怕 fishy). 佢地recommend 原汁原味咁食, 咩汁都唔好加. 都算無介紹錯, 食落幾鮮! 食完再飲淡wine 個口感覺得好fulfilling, 好smooth. 螺夠 “shaun”. 佢地也有dungeness crab 同麵包蟹不過我地只得兩個人所以無要到. 之後來左個 lobster bisque. 好濃既湯! 上次去Sheraton Oyster & Wine bar 既lobster 完全唔掂, Ruth’s Chris 果個都okay, 不過最濃最好味都係依度, 有少少surprise. 最後share左個豬扒 ~ 佢地講係USA既黑毛豬 ~ kurobuta? 就咁grill, 再 au jus (肉汁). 我比較喜歡就咁食, 個jus好像缺少左d野咁 (herbs?) 肉一d都唔 “鞋”, 味道好好. 我估佢可能brine過所以咁厚既豬扒都仲咁juicy?來到dessert time 已經吃不下去了, 下次先再試巴! 拿了張business card, 個 chef 講下次想食咩可以先打講聲!…Read More

最近看了本 magazine 推介左間在上環食蝦麵的店子, 看到很想吃, 不知有沒有在NY 的馬拉店般好吃. 之前在香港吃過幾間都唔得, 個湯太 light, 一點也不像是用蝦殼和蝦膏煮出來的.因為我想有個比較, 所以就去了上環既蝦麵店度食lunch! 個lunch, 我是買回office 吃的, 因為坐得舒服點. 外賣無多收 $1 仲同你分開個湯同麵添! 先打開個麵, 見到個look都ok – 我要了蝦雞絲米 ($38) – 再打開埋個湯 – 看落都幾濃, 信心來了! 先飲啖湯, emm, 完全感覺到用蝦殼和蝦膏煮出來的味道! d 送就其實無咩特別但最主要都係個湯而佢係真心的好. 咁好味都有少少怕有好多msg, 食就食唔出有, 同埋食完先後又無覺得口渴, 所以如無意外呢都係無或得好少msg.咁近 office, 依間野張會成為我常去的地方!…Read More

最近看了本 magazine 推介左間在上環食蝦麵的店子, 看到很想吃, 不知有沒有在NY 的馬拉店般好吃. 之前在香港吃過幾間都唔得, 個湯太 light, 一點也不像是用蝦殼和蝦膏煮出來的. 朋友在openrice 再 search search 又見到 wan chai 也有間吃馬拉野的, 叫沙巴, 有好多個smile. 於是決定了今晚dinner 去沙巴吃!因為我想有個比較, 所以就去了上環既蝦麵店度食lunch! 先講講沙巴, 我地叫了roti canai (油鬆餅 - $22), beef rendang (巴東牛肉 - $75), ha mee (蝦麵 - $60), 同埋 bak kuh teh (肉骨茶 - $68). 先來了個蝦麵, 看見個湯已經覺得唔係好對路, 飲落口, 太淡了. 一點蝦味也沒有. Ingredient 跟NY好像, 但蝦麵個湯是靈魂, 沒有靈魂就好像zombie 一樣.肉骨茶來了, 色水很深, 有排骨豆卜跟油條. 看上來好似幾 safe …第一啖飲都算ok, 甘甘地. 但友人就好像在飲鐵打酒般, 看見他真的很好笑! 不過個 bak kuk teh 就愈飲愈覺得麻麻. 只有d甘味同埋甜味, 飲到後未都係覺得太甜. 巴東牛肉同個roti來了. 看上去很ok, 不過都係信唔過個look了. 先taste下個beef, 都ok. 個味道仲係爭少少. 佢落左太多香茅同椰奶, 少d會好味點. 不過都算係幾好味既. 個 roti 呢, 睇落去無咩野, 但食落又幾香口幾好吃喎! 可以說是全晚最好味的一樣食物!Overall 黎講沙巴算係ok既, 不過下次唔會無啦啦去WC 度食. 除非經過啦.…Read More

估唔到依間野由TM開到來YL!之前入TM打TENNIS都去過果度間糖百府幾次, 最好味就係個 molten chocolate cake! 中間真係會有chocolate sauce spill 出來的! 之前在new york既家都試過整但failed過幾次 .. (見唔見我的profile pic ~ 就係一個實心既cake ) 估唔到一間咁簡單既shop都可以做到平時只左d好少少既restaurant先食到既野. 新開依間在YL比TM既大好多, 不過個LOCATION麻麻, 唔係朋友講都唔知依度開左間野. 入到去見到佢既MENU好似比TM多D野 ~ 竟然有 taiwainese snow ice!! ~ 唔知TM果間有沒有, 都好耐無去過了. 不過recently食太多 snow ice 了, 都係要返我最中意既心太軟. 朋友要左個 mango snow ice. 因為個心太軟要等佢bake所以朋友既snow ice先來到. 我就of course要try try 啦 XD. 味道都算幾好, 幾mango-ish ... 朋友加左個唔知咩野, 一粒粒白色, 有少少酸酸甜甜既taste, 食落又幾得意喎! 咬落去入會pop ... 好似食三文魚既感覺. 唔知係唔係又係果d咩分子料理呢?等左唔知幾耐個心太軟終於來了! 賣相同TM果間一樣喎! 第一時間用個fork整開佢睇下係唔係molten XD ... 算合格, 無令我disappointed ^0^. 最衰朋友個mango ice已食完, 唔係可以試下佢加d 心太軟既sauce又hot又cold會係點 XDDD…Read More

而家既棉登徑同小時候住既棉登徑已經唔同晒了. 回來香港之後睇過好多人講KENJO點好味咁就去左試下. 我地兩個人無BOOK位, 不過諗住等佢一開門就去實有位呱. 點知入到佢同我地講FULLY BOOKED ~ 不過有個TABLE可以坐45 MINS 問我地O唔OK ~ 咁當然OK啦! (不過最後都係坐左一個鐘!)佢既MENU只得ENGLISH同日文, 又無咩EXPLANATION, 所以都唔知毎個SET係INCLUDE咩. 我要左個SUSHI SET ~ 毎件都新鮮好好味EXCEPT件ANAGO ~ $180 都算係咁. 不過我又唔覺得佢十分好味, 無咩回味既感覺.…Read More

毎次去YL都會想去食依度既牛腩 ~ 因佢夠淋夠入味. 啱啱個 weekend 又入左去YL見朋友, 原本諗住去食麻辣米線但最終都係去返食牛腩麵. 入到去人唔算多, 可能中早 (六點幾), 不過食完時已坐滿晒人了. 睇見佢既MENU就有少少眼花 ~ 有成六七張. 最後我要左牛腩墨魚丸麵. 記得上次食過佢既牛丸覺得麻麻, 所以今次TRY下其他丸. 個墨魚丸都算幾真才實料, 但味道唔係好夠. 個牛腩仲係好味 ~ hope 佢地可以keep住個水準啦! …Read More

上個星期屋企無煮飯, 又唔想去太 far 就落左去旺角試下依間restaurant. 可能係星期五所以好多人等位 ... 好彩朋友先到咁啱我落去又好多traffic所以我都無咩點等 (四位等左大約半個小時啦, 都ok.)睇見menu先知只得set menu, 咁我地要左個四人既set, $3xx. 半隻雞 - 好夠味, 肉又tender, highly recommended 梅菜扣肉 - 賣相麻麻, 豬肉睇落好似好dry咁, 但食落又好soft好ok喎! 最好味都係d梅菜! lemon 蝦 - 我媽要點的, 我覺得唔係幾好味. steam 白 eel - 味道okay, 但本人都係中意煲仔果隻, 煮得好soft果種.佢仲有個soup, 但太淡 ... 可能要冬瓜盅會好d (+$98) …Read More

今日去IKEA到RETURN返個DISH DRAINER, 香港既KITCHEN真的太細, 無咩COUNTER SPACE, 買咩都要迷你VERSION.去到時係下午5點幾, RETURN完見有點餓就買左件HOT DOG來吃. 雖然唔係GRILL出來, 但都算幾好味, 個腸咬落去時個SKIN會SNAP. $6一個真係好好既DEAL. 仲有佢個SOFT SERVE都只係$2! 下次買個來試試先得!…Read More

Went there for a semi-buffet lunch after an interview.Buffet appetizer only is $188, with an entree it was around $218/228, with dessert buffet I think it was another $10.Since I wasn't too interested in the entree selection, I chose to have only the appetizer, which not only fills you up but the food is quite tasty!The selection includes different kinds of cured meat (parma ham, salami, turkey, tongue, etc), smoked salmon, beef carpacio, tuna carpacio, various kinds of veggies, fritata, and a salad bar. I really enjoyed the parma ham and smoked salmon ~ not too salty with a nice texture.The place doesn't get very crowded so it's definitely a good place for a quiet lunch. For those who are into nice cured meats, this is quite a good place to go. For those who doesn't care much for cured meats, this place might seems overpriced.…Read More

六月去過食佢既 porterhouse 都煮得幾好味. 不過Australian beef 都係唔夠 US beef 好味所以今次去一心係想叫佢既 US sirloin.坐下來叫完食物先送上 amuse ~ 是 smoked salmon ~ 同上次一樣, 味淡淡. 過左兩個月仲係俾同一樣既 amuse, 無咩新意.再來是今晚既主角之一 ~ popovers! 真的好大個. 今次一半都食唔晒. 不過 popovers 依d野過完癮都唔會太想再吃. 伴菜叫左 creamed spinach 同 potato gratin. 個 potato gratin 上面有層 cheese broiled 過, 有少少 crispy, 好好味!主角就係USDA Prime sirloin ~ 有人怕生所以我地叫左 medium, 但佢煮得比 medium 過熟但又未係 medium well所以無同個server講. 食落口既conclusion係 … 好dry ... 好難食! 佢無咩crust同埋個steak唔夠fat marbling. 食落會覺得很dry很不好吃. USDA Prime 係只有 5% 既 US cows 先有, 而在USA 呢d牛排多數只會在好既steakhouse先會食到 (BLT 係其中一間, 我在ny都去過) ~ 所以特別覺得今日的差, 一點也不像 prime 既 meat. 相對之下上次既 Australian porterhouse 好好多 ~ 但一間steakhouse 如果只有賣成 $1,100 一個既 porterhouse 做得好而其他既做得咁差咁係我一定會 blacklist.…Read More

今日lunch 去左 the flying pan 試下佢地整既american breakfast 整得似唔似. 上到去覺得有少少似上左旺角果d café咁, decoration 好簡單 (如果咁都算有decoration 既話). d staff 好似個個都係南亞人, 抬抬都有客而佢地好似唔係好夠人手咁. 睇完個menu (都不用點看, 之前online 都睇熟晒 XD) 我叫左個Rancheros eggs muchos … muchos 姐係比Rancheros eggs 多幾件avocado (muchos 在 Spanish 姐係好多咁解). 做法係有個tortilla 喺bottom, 再加refried beans (yummy!), potatoes, cheese, salsa, sour cream, jalapeno peppers, 當然仲有eggs 啦 (我要左soft scramble. ) 都幾啱味, 如果多點refried beans 仲好! (不過我諗refried beans 一般中國人係唔會中意食.)我家姐叫左 2 eggs with corned beef hash, 加左件 pancake, 再加多件 challah bread french toast! 不過佢都俾左 d hash 同半個french toast 我既. 個 hash 好味, 同美國果d can 開出來既一樣咁好味! 其實我覺得corned beef hash 一定要係can果d先好味, homemade雖然聽落好似好d 但係係做唔出果種味度出來! 個pancake 我食左一啖, 都幾得. 個french toast … 嘩, 估唔到香港都可以搵到d猶太人常食既challah bread! 在 ny 都成日見d restaurant 用來做 french toast, 依度都做得幾好味. Overall 來說 flying pan 都幾啱我吃, 尤其是當我想食d American 野. 不過d野唔算平. 下次有 hash cravings 先再去, 再要個bagel 睇下佢好唔好味先得! …Read More