Ginger and Chinese Onion deep fried Meat Crab in XO sauce

Prepare a hot wok, put olive oil and wait for 2 minutes, insert Garlic slices, ginger slice and Chinese Onion, stir for a whilst, add XO sauces three spoonful, three to four green chili, soy sauce, put the crab in the Wok and stir for a couple of minutes.
Add some sugar and salt, and a few tea spoonful Shao Xing Rice wine. Put one egg which has been added 2 spoonful of water in the wok and stir, turn down the fire and stir well to serve.
Anotehr dish was Fry Beef and Oil vegetable in Oyster sauce. These were the two dishes I prepared our dinner tonight.
The presnetaion was not too nice as I was not able to wait to eat them...
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Hokkaido Icecream in Gateway

If you like icecream whilst you are doing a Marathon Shopping along Ocean Terminal, Ocean Centre down to Gateway Shopping Arcades, you can stop by the Food Court in front of City Super, whereby you can have a good selection of Fresh Icecream from Hokkaido. Taste is great, a bit too sweet in my standard for sweets but they are very creamy and smooth...Don't miss it...

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Mou Mou Club Hong Kong

This is one of the choice if you like steam boat, especially Japanese beef!, Situated in Tsuen Wan Jesco, buffet for one hour and or 90 minutes depending afternoon or evening.
As for this afternoon, me and my daughter went to taste this Beef Buffet, we could have an unlimited supply of Beef if your stomach could hold it...Two hot drinks, other food like Toufu, Spinach, Udon, Noodles, Sausages...
One thing I do not like is that the stwardesses came to me every 15 minutes reminding me how much time Left for the food, I think they should remind their customers once 15 minutes before the ending time should be good enough. As I do not like being PUSHED everytime when I am having meal. As I could see my neigbourers were trying to eat as much as they could in limited time of 60 minutes. I do not think that is good idea for their health.

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Hong Kong s' Most Poplar Chiu Chow cuisine: Da Lan?

Da Lan is a typical Chiu Chow style of food, usually they display the cooked food in pot in front of you, so that you can choose what ever you like. Da Lan, is likely those related to the street shop, and to me a lower class food category for Chiu Chow cuisine., I had tried it once many year ago when we went out with schoolmate for celebration for something. Since we were not rich to go to those famous restaurant. We chose this Da Lan… It was not expensive as we did not take those so called First Class (expensive) food like the cold crab. We did try the goose meat with Dou fu…
Some deep fried Clam with Chili. Some Pig’s blood and the green vegetable ne bowl of Congee.
Last week my little girl urged me to go for Da Lan which I had not tasted more than 3 years. At Tsuen Wan , street store.. a lot of local people would like to go...
A Bottle of Blue Girl beer, likely the most popular beer for Hong Kong People.
A plate of Chili Clam, Hot pot Chicken. Chile Crab, that was all.
It was a local favour, not too much excited with their way they serve as people are waiting and you may not have a lot of time for eating SLOWLY. The Chili Clam was excellent and I made a repeated order… The Chicken was bad… The Chile Crab is Good.
That was a hot night, so there was not aircon. Only Street side Fan con. A hot Summer night, hot Chili Crab and a hot heart for a night with my daughter… wonderful Dinner.
Total HKD$280.00 (USD$36.00!)
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Chui Wah Champagne Milk Tea

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Two days ago there was a HK Milk Team competition as one of the event in the food festival every year.
Milk Tea is likely the most preferred drink for people of Hong Kong, there are a lot od trade secret for a cup of milk tea. I used to take a hot one rather than a Ice Cold Milk tea for health reason. As a Ice Cold Milk tea would solidify the fat in the food, that may be accumulate if we take it everyday. and there have been scientific proof to have cancer related to this drinking habbit.
But in the hot Summer, a cup of Ice Cold Milk Tea would soothe our mental stress during Hi Tea. Next time, I would recommend ou to try this Champagne milk tea from Chui Wah restaurant, it is refreshing, smooth and full of tea aroma. Only HKD$18.00. Well, go with a Ball Law Bao with a thick piece of Butter! Probbaly the best Tai Pai Tang favour in Hong Kong!

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Uzbeuistan cuisine in Moscow

This is a recommended Uzbeuistan Restaurant if you like the very special favour.
We had tried some of the assorted saugages like Lamb, Beef, Ox tongue.
I liked the bread which is made in a special clay cave as shown in the picture.
The Food is quite expensive!

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Georgia Cooking in St. Petersburg

This is a Caucasian Home Cooking of Georgia Food I tasted in Moscow, the traditional Borscht soup which is bery delicious as they have some tiny cut bay leaves and the sour cream that add the favour.

Recipe:
Simmer beef in water with bouillon, covered, about 1 hour and 15 minutes,. Meanwhile in large pan, simmer beets, carrots, turnips, onion, tomato puree, vinegar, sugar, and butter covered 15 minutes, stirring frequently. Add cabbage and cook another 10 minutes. Add vegetable mixture, pepper, and bay leaves to meat and broth. Cook until vegetables are tender. Serve with a dollop of sour cream.

I took a Borscht and the Pepper stuffed with veal and some rice. Plus the heavy Cheese cake which looks like pizza and they were a bit chewy, heavy faviour of Cheese and it was very Delicious whilst it was hot!

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Shan Dong Cuisine

These are the Shan Dong Cuisine, which has been fusioned with some of the werid food you can see here, scropian, worms, moths...etc
On the other hand, generally I am not used to the smell of the restaurant even at a  5 star hotel restaurant, whenever you enter the restaurant, there is a pungent oil smell that would cause your feeling disgusting and even worse...vomit... I can say that there seem no one is aware of it!? Or they see no difference of a good clean restaurant  that thye have to care not just the food , but also the air by regular cleaning and the general house keeping and or even has to use air refresher regularly. This time I had tried more than three types of the best beer in Shan Dong...Well, Still I think Qing Dao seems is the best with taste, and they way they had a well balanced bitterness and the wheat favour after beer fermentation.In So far I do not find the Shan Dong Cuisine is my type at all, in other word, I do not like it at all. Sorry if you are feeling sick about it , but friend of mine was enjoying so much as your delicious T-bone Steak!.


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Loong Yat Hin of Kowloon hotel

Opened in May, 2008, the brand new boutique Chinese restaurant is acclaimed for its authentic Cantonese cuisine and delicate dim sum, prepared by experienced chefs with the finest ingredients. Here, guests may enjoy lunch or dinner while overlooking the famous Nathan Road, in front of the huge window glass is the Peninsular Hotel. The food is OK with the price they offer you. Not a bad idea if you had to find a suitable dinner with your friends.

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My Favourite Dessert

If you ask me what is my favourite Dessert, I think it may take me a whilst to tell, as in Hong Kong there are so mnay types of sweet or pudding avaiable in street side shops or in some sweets specialist shops like; Hui Lau Shan, Chung Key, B Chai Leung Fan...etc


These are my favourite puddings:


1. Bak Po Dumpling served in ginger soup served by Chung Key
2. Hui Lau Shan Ice puddings like the two shown


Welll, note that my Choresterol is not low, I should bahave myself in front of these great food, but once in a while, or once in a day... I think it is OK...

Kim Chiu Restaurant

A local Chiu Chow Style food, Place Kwai Fong Wing Fong Road No. 9. Hang King Garden C02. 14-15 G/Floor
Tel: 26100488, 24108729

They have very local favour, a blended taste of Canton and Chiu Chow, somehow I find that they have more bias on Canton Style of cooking. very good "Wok-Chi"  Worth your trying!!

I Have tried deep fried Oyster, Salad Prawn, and Giner and Chinese Onion with Fish head... Excellent favour, the taste is just right, and not the salty type...

I think they will not disappoint you, however, table is not too big and you are permitted to stay 1 hour 30 minutes only.

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Golden Thai Food in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong

There is limited numbers of Thai Restaurant in Tsuen Wan. There is a Golden Thai Food Restaurant at G/F., 7-13 Teuen Hing Path, Tsuen Wan.
There are a lot of people waiting there at night, and we can see long queue for the Seat there, they are running by Thai.
However my favourite dish of Salad and deep fried cat fish was not available tonight, and the waitress advised me to order in advance by phone, I was a bit unhappy as that is the best Thai dish I would like to eat...
I took A Chili Crab at HKD$188, whole piece of crab with a lot of eggs. and The taste is not as hot as I used to eat at Wong Chun Chun Kowloon City. And it was too much gravy, it would be better if they can put more chili and control ot have less gravy. I know that most HK people do not take chili at all.
Overall speaking, this is one of the Choice if you come across to step into Tsuen Wan and want to take Thai food.

Call Tel: 23344422 or 23344477 for reservation.

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Pu Er Tea

This is my favoruite tea, Typical Pu Er, a produce of Man Fei Long Ecological Tea factory , Yun Nan, China. Bought by She...

Pu Er is a kind of Daily Drinking tea. Pu-er tea is purported to reduce blood cholesterol. This belief has been backed up by scientific studies not only demonstrating experimental results of lowered LDL cholesterol in rats, but discovering specific mechanisms through which chemicals in Pu-Er tea inhibit the synthesis of cholesterol. Pu-Er tea has been shown to have antimutagenic and antimicrobial properties as well.
Everytime I take Chinese food, after The Mooncake at Mid Autumn Fecstival, The Chinese Dumpings in Dragon Boat festival and those Oily but yammy Chinese Dumpings at the New Year... Pu-Er is a Must as to dilute or dissolve all the heavy stuff in my stomach.
I have tried those 60 year Pu-Er, taste is so mellow and those sweet and tea pallet would stay at your throat even after two hours after you have drunk it.  I have seen those Old Pu-Er Cake in Yue Hua Chinese Emporium iat Jordan Road in 1982. It was over 80 years and was not cheap, at that time they were selling HKD$12,800 a piece. You know at that time a Rolex Man Oyster Perpetual Date Just Stainless steel watch was selling only HKD$5,300.00!

Try...

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Che Chai Noodles at Hong Kong Air Port!?

Che Chai noodles is typically Hong Kong street Hawker food.
They used to display all the choice of food  in a square stainless still cubicles such as meat ball, Fish ball, pig's skin, pig's blood, Beef, Mushroom, White carrot...etc.. You can custom order as many as you can with your selection of type of noodle, Mee Foon, Rice Noodles, or egg noodles... If you are foreigner, you should try the HK Che Chai Noodles... it is Hong Kong favourite local noodle.
You know that There is a shop selling this stuff in Hong Kong Airport!?
Yes, Lost City of nacks right at the department hall, beside the Cafe De Coral...at the central portion of the Airport. beside the elevator up the third level.. You can stand up and get the food done there or if you can, bring it through the customs and eat it at your aircraft cabin!
Price is very reasonable at About HKD24.00 a beef and meat ball noodle.
I was there yesterday to send of my friend to Japan.

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Debate of Thai and Penang Durian

Durian is widely known and revered in South East Asia as the "king of fruits", the durian is distinctive for its large size, unique odour, and formidable thorn-covered husk. The fruit can grow as large as 30 cm (12 in) long and 15 cm (6 in) in diameter, and it typically weighs one to three kilograms (2 to 7 lb). Its shape ranges from oblong to round, the colour of its husk green to brown, and its flesh pale yellow to red, depending on the species.

The edible flesh emits a distinctive odour, strong and penetrating even when the husk is intact. Some people regard the durian as fragrant; others find the aroma overpowering and offensive. Some of the Hong Kongers describe the smell as “Cat’s shit”! So this is no mercy to tell how bad the smell it could be. Some of the people would vomit when they smell it… About 40% of Hong Kong Does not like to take it at all and about 50% people like it, I am one of the rest 10% people that Love to eat.

Since the smell evokes reactions from either deep appreciation or intense disgust. The odour has led to the fruit's banishment from certain hotels, air craft and public transportation in southeast Asia.

There is always a debate between Malaysian and Thai on their Durian, when I meet friend in KL and Penang, they said their Durian is Best, more favour and stronger than those Thai Durian, their premium grade is Fu Lu, Red Prawn, High grade D2, Green Shell, Lin Fon Jiao, Gong Buo, Lipan and D24. Penang Chinese describe Thai durian is “potatoes”! That is not too fair to the Thai as they also have very good types of Durian they called it Gold Pillow… Anyway, I would like to say Penang Durian is best when I am in Penang, and Thai is best when I am in Bangkok… as a snob style!

Anyway to be fair, the presentation of Thai Durian is a bit more elegant, more meat, Yellowish brown pillow like, creamery and sweet!
Penang one is more texture, exquisite taste that can last in the throat for a whole night.
Anyway, do not drink Whisky after eating durian and Thai advises us to eat three to five pieces of Mangosteen. To dilute and cool down the heat generated by the Durian.

The durian, native to Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia, has been known to the Western world for about 600 years. The 19th-century British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace famously described its flesh as "a rich custard highly flavoured with almonds". The flesh can be consumed at various stages of ripeness, and it is used to flavour a wide variety of savoury and sweet edibles in Southeast Asian cuisines. The seeds can also be eaten when cooked.

There are 30 recognized Durio species, at least nine of which produce edible fruit. Durio zibethinus is the only species available in the international market: other species are sold in their local regions. There are hundreds of durian cultivars; many consumers express preferences for specific cultivars, which fetch higher prices in the market.
A good Thai Golden Pillow is about Baht 400-500 at season April- August, a Good Fu Lu is about RM$40 In Penang during the season May to July. In Hong Kong, those Durian is 100% Thai Durian, it is about HKD$80 a piece of average size.
We should not take too much or it will spoil your appetite before the dinner.

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The Food in Qing Dao

A lot of friends told me that the sea food is very good in Qing Dao...Well, I had put it in a low expectation as I had been to Qing Dao in 1980 and 1982 whilst I was working for China's merchant vessel serving between China, Japan and North Korea. The way Shan Dong people cook is very much different with the Southern Chinese. As a Typical choosy Shu De snob, we are poor as we spent lot of money on food.
I had been a few restrurant, I was totally disappointed as their food is salty, oily, and had not pre-treatment on the meat that we used for getting away for the natural smell of the meat or sea shell...As for certain pork, we use to drop it in hot water for a while before we stew it... We used a lot of ginger and Chinese onion for sea food like crab and shrimp, as for Muton and beef, I heard that there is  away to get away on their smell.
I mean  like mutton, I can not get used to that kind of smell, it is pungent, it it even classisied inedible..
According to Wikipea explanation.
Lamb — a young sheep under 12 months of age which does not have any permanent incisor teeth in wear.
Hogget — a young male sheep or maiden ewe having no more than two permanent incisors in wear.
Mutton — a female (ewe) or castrated male (wether) sheep having more than two permanent incisors in wear.
I went to this so called "Hong Kong Chef" East Ocean Restaurant that is a 4 stories, 8 beautiful young women with four at each side of the entrance to welcome your visit. A big pool for various types of live fishes, lobster and prawns, and some rare sea species in the main hall,
We had two bottle of Qing Dao beer and we started ordering as from the captain's recommendations;
Roasted Duck in Hong Kong Style
Beaf steak (Japanese Beef)
Tao Foo (Bean curb) in Chiu Chow sauce
Fat Till Cheung ( Buddha jumps from the wall)
Fried Lotus Trunk cut out
From the attached pictures, if you are Hong Kong People, you will be able to tell how BAD the food is cooked, I am sure that the Chef is not from Hong Kong, as we do not put starch on the Fat Tilll Cheung as that will give you a sticky tougne and would cover you taste bud for soup. They had these ingredient normally in the soup: Fish stomach, dried gallop, Shark fin, sea cucumber, Abalone, and some old chicken, but in this restaurant, they do not put the old chicken, instead they used a big portion of octopus...I know the chef;s intention, he want to make the soup tasted "sweet" but he should use Chicken instead of Octopus as I think I will not eat Octopus as for it high cholesterol content. And if he wants to make teh soup more appealingm he can used dried squid as one of the soup base... but I still think the old Chicken is best...

So at the end of the dinner, I did not eat at all any of the roasted duck as it could not pass the nose Test!
The Tao Foo is soaked in 4mm thick oil that Shocked me... I did no take it
The Beef is Ok as they are real good Japanese Beef, but I hate the way they put the pepper which took away all the natural favour of the juicy meat!
The Lotus trunk was a disaster... as the sauce was sweet and too much sesame oil.
at last I had to order a plate of Fried Rice to keep my empty stomach a bit feeling of "Food taken"
The bill showed me RMB$847.00!
I do nto think that is a good course, and even the captain did not ask us why so many left behind..So this is the reaosn this restaurant is not sucessful as they do not CARE customer's feedback.

In Short, QingDao has all kinds of sea food, material for cooking, but they do not have the chef, they do not have the demanding customers, they do not know What Good Food is...
Of course, that is my last time to go... sorry...no more.... I had a feeling that I was ripped off....

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Shan Dong Cursine

China has eight types of cursine and Shan Dong is one of them. Shan Dong food to me is not appealing at all.
What I can see is that they are oily, not as bad as Shanghai, a lot of meat especillay mutton.
I really do not appreciate it. When I got to the Jin Ning Airport for going QingDao, they open only after 1:55 p.m. So we had to look for food, we went back to one small restaurant which seemed was the biggest and organized one there.
The customer went to the kitchen to order food, I saw a basin of animal heads which almost caused me vomit!
There later I found out that was Sheep heads, as I thought they were dogs... for the whole 30 minutes I was still thinking of that terrible sheep heads....I lost my appetite at all though I was very hungry.

They made some dishes and I think they are quite OK to be taken... especial te plate of Chicken that was stewed with a lot of Chili. It was cold like 5 degrees and was a bit windy, if you are hungry and cold,,, That worked!

Another dish was made with some river shrimps of roughly 10 mm  in length, the put some Chinese union and stir fry with egg... We took some hand made thin white bread made with flour... and wrap up with the shrimp.. quite chewy and yummy, agian It was cold and hungry... but when I thought about the basin full of sheep heads...

I did not pay for it so I really do not know how much we paid for that lunch, I guess that it about RMB$140.00 including two bottles of Tsing Tao beer!

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Oceanna Italian Cuisine & Oyster bar

Oceanna is situated the Same Building as of The Cantonese Restaurant, G26, G/Floor, K11, 18 Hanoi Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon,  Tel 25061323.

It is a small, simple decoration embedded Italian Restaurant, very easy to assess, just 1 minute from the Tsim Sha Tsui MTR Exit to Hanoi Road.

The Food is not expensive but rather decent, spacious, good service, with smile from the people around you.

They serve Buffet light lunch for those ladies who does not want to stuff up their stomach and a selection of Oyster for the people who like to go for it like I. It is a place for a lunch before your next shopping trip starts at Tsim Sha Tsui.


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One of the Delious Dish

Crab is used to be one of my favourite dish, though you may not like eating it it as it seems a bit troublesome to take it..
Hairy Crab and Yellow Crab serves you in different seasons. The Yellow crab may be the best in taste and is likely the most expensive. It was used to sell at HKD$700 a piece with 12 taels  in 2008. Now it is cheaper about HKD$400.00 for a crab of the similarr size.

Meat crab can be steamed with a lot of Chinese Yellow wine and egg. Room 401 of Ocean Centre, the House Of Jasmine has this great dish. I had tried a few times, still I found that they can maintain consistent good quality. The Yellow Gravy is best served with plain Rice...a bit sticky, pleasant scent of the Chinese yellow wine, and the egg soaked with the crab favour!  How can you get slim...with such dish in the House Of Jasmine..?

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One Dollar for a Chicken

To Heung Restaurant is offering you an unbelieveable Cheapo Chicken at price of One Hong Kong dollars.
If you are bold enough, you can order one whole chicken, a bowl of rice and one Chinese Tea, you can settle the meal at about less than 20 Dollars... and the chicken is yummy!

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