Ngau Saam Gun - A Playful Twist on Chinese Cuisine

Price: $$$

Cravingness: ★★★☆☆

Nested on Wellington street is a new modern Chinese restaurant called Ngau Saam Gun. "Ngau" meaning cow in Chinese which automatically draw our focus on beef. Ngau Saam Gun gurantees the freshest beef possible as one of the owners is a beef supplier. Playing on Modern Chinese, Ngau Saam Gun uses Western Spices on all of the dishes aiming to surprise our palate. "Local" beef is being used here, and by local, they actually mean cow from China. It got to our nerves for a bit as we all known how unreliable China's food is, or at least to me. Yet after my dinner tonight, I can tell in confidence that their beef quality is legit.

Cafe R & C - Cute 3D Kitty Latte Art

Price: $

Cravingness: ★★★☆☆

If you are a Facebook or Instagram user, you must have seen this cute cup of beverage at least once. It is either from Allegretto in Taim Sha Tsui or Cafe R&C in Causeway Bay. These two cafes are always packed and has long queue due to this signature cup of cappuccino, especially over the weekends. One might easily wait over an hour for this cup of coffee. I went Cafe R&C for dinner on a weekday and luckily there was no one waiting.

Piccolo Pizzeria & Pub

Price: $$

Cravingness: ★★★☆☆

I dine at the Piccolo Pizzeria & Bar at Tai Hang from time to time as it is close to home. The food option at the Tai Hang store is quite limited, I have always known the other branches of Piccolo offer other dishes such as pasta but I have never had chance to pay a visit, Recently I was invited by Sam for a dinner gathering at the Piccolo at kenndy town along with a few foodie friends. Finally I got to try their pasta!

Beef & Liberty - Retry & Congrats for 2015 Bib Gourmand

Price: $$

Cravingness: ★★★☆☆1/2

First of all, a big congratulation to Beef and Liberty for being listed as the one and only Bib Gourmand burger restaurant on Michelin Guide Hong Kong and Macau 2015. If you read my previous preview on Beef & Liberty, I was upset about my burger being dry. I came back to Beef & Liberty under invitation as I was told Chef Neil Tomes improves his burgers' recipe from time to time. I wonder if my first was a bad time for Beef & Liberty, so I have to come back again.

Shin Mapo BBQ Restaurant - Latest Korean BBQ Invasion

Price: $$$

Cravingness: ★★★☆☆

Shin Mapo BBQ Restaurant aka Maepogalmaegi or simply in Korean 마포갈매기 is one of the most popular Korean BBQ chain restaurant in Korea. With over 430 branches in Korea, Shin Mapo is literally around every corner. Hailing from its world wide successful establishment of over 50 restaurants in the world inc. China and Thailand, Shin Mapo finally stepped foot on the gourmet city Hong Kong.

Beef & Liberty - Dry Burgers

Price: $$

Cravingness: ★★☆☆☆

Among numerous burger restaurants in Hong Kong, Beef & Liberty is a popular choice known for great burgers. I had been longing to try the burgers here and held great expectation. I came over on a Sunday for brunch but the restaurant was packed. I waited around half an hour for a table for four. Not too bad giving its popularity.

Cova - Dessert Buffet, Guilty Indulgence

Price: $$$

Cravingness: ★★★☆☆

I am always a Cova Girl. It is difficult not to love Cova, their gelato, tarts, cakes and dining dishes are all delicious and addiciting. Yet I have never tried their evening dessert buffet before, as I am those who will die if I don't eat savoury food. I was invited by my friend F for a tasting for the evening dessert buffet, and so I went.

Azure - The New 8th Anniversary Dinner Menu

Price: $$$$

Cravingness: ★★★★☆

Stepping into their 8th year, Azure Restaurant Slash Bar created a special 4-course set dinner to celebrate the event. The menu is designed to be refreshing to offset the crazy heat and disgusting humidity of Hong Kong's Summer. The menu is available daily from 1st August until 30 September 2014, priced at HKD588+10% per person. Mixologists at Azure also created eight refreshing Absolut cocktails, at a great price of HKD88! Come enjoy the cocktails at the rooftop at 30th floor to enjoy the cityscape before indulging yourself in good food.

Cafe O, Central

Price: $

Cravingness: ★★★☆☆

Cafe O is a modern international cafe and restaurant in Hong Kong offering a wide range of bakery, sandwiches, pastas, pizza and beverages. Cafe O opened its first flagship store in 2004 at Arbuthnot Road, Central, and is still mainly located at the western region of Hong Kong Island. Distinguishing itself from its surrounding fast food style cafes, Cafe O serves hot food such as egg Benedict's, pasta and pizza.

Ladies Afternoon Tea at Tea Saloon by AnotherFineDay

Price: $$

Cravingness: ★★★☆☆

What style of afternoon tea are you? Grand? modern? classy or girly? If girly is your thing, you cannot miss the afternoon tea set at Tea Saloon by AnotherFineDay.

The tea saloon by AnotherFineDay is located in a peaceful neighborhood area at Mid-levels. I know, the location of Tea Saloon is not a welcoming one, but once you arrived the tea saloon, the stair climbing is worth it. The tea saloon is very eye catching with a lovely pastel purple wall in Victorian Style. You just cannot miss it!

Steik World Meats - New Afternoon Tea

Price: $

Cravingness: ★★★☆☆

I was invited over to Steik Wold Meats at K-11 as they have recently launched an afternoon tea session. The afternoon tea highlights a wide range of savoury and sweet delights, priced only at HKD248+10% for two with complimentary coffee and tea with unlimited refills. I have always wanting to try their steaks, but it is nice to try their afternoon tea too.

Jean Paul Hevin New Spring Afternoon Tea

Price: $$$

Cravingness: ★★★☆☆

Attention to all afternoon tea lovers, Jean-Paul Hévin has recently launched a new afternoon tea set "Voyage de Printemps" to celebrate Spring becoming. The high tea set priced at HKD368 is available now until 20th April, only at its first Parisian style Boutique et Bar à Chocolat at Lyndhurst Terrace. If you like their Macarons and chocolates, you have to come savour this beautiful afternoon tea set.

Bao Wow - Fast, Casual, Affordable Bao

Price: $

Cravingness: ★★★☆☆

If you ask what is the recent food trend in Hong Kong, it is definitely Bao. Bao has made a scene in Hong Kong and if you notice more restaurants are adding bao into the menu, recent examples would be Comfort by Gold Harlans or Mayta Peruvian Kitchen. And of course there are restaurants that specialise in only bao, so today I am going to introduce to you a pretty new one in Wanchai called Bao Wow.

Red Chicken - Korean Chicken & Beer Hype

Price: $$

Cravingness: ★★★☆☆

The Korean Fried Chicken hype is not seeing an end. Crazy crowds in Hong Kong does not mind queuing for hours just to get some Fried Chicken into their belly. Red Chicken, located at Tsim Sha Tsui is one of the to go list for Korean Fried chicken after Fairyland and Chicken HOF & soju. Continue reading for my tips for skipping the queue and how I think Red Chicken tasted.

Hee Kee Crab General - Mediocre Chilli Crab

Price: $$

Cravingness: ★★★☆☆

Although it's the big season for hairy crab, we still miss the tangy Hong Kong Style spicy crab (aka Typhoon Shelter Crab). We bought a deal for a set dinner menu at Hee Kee Crab General in Groupon earlier and decided to go tonight.

I have seen the bright red door front of Hee Kee many times but never once dine there myself. There are numerous branches of Hee Kee in Hong Kong, the one I went to is next to the Goose Bridge Causeway Bay, close to another famous spicy crab place called Under The Bridge Spicy Crab.

LKK - Hong Kong Street Snack Waffle

Price: $

Cravingness: ★★★☆☆

My sister and I were already big fan of LKK, the famous eggettes (Hong Kong Egg Waffle) snack shop at North Point back when we were in secondary school. There are no numerous branches of LKK now in Hong Kong. Although very easily accessible, the quality varies among branches. Today I went to the branch at Wanchai for their condensed milk and peanut butter waffle.

Prêt à Manger - Welcome to Kowloon Bay, My Love!

Price: $

Cravingness: ★★★★★

Long awaited my favourite sandwich shop Prêt à Manger finally opened in Kowloon Bay! Finally a place that truly offers fresh and delicious sandwiches, baguettes, wraps, cakes, hot soup, bakery items etc. I no longer have to suffer from the horrible food from the local sandwich shops or the mediocre salads at Groves. See me at lunch here at Prêt à Manger everyday! :D

Lab Made - HK Crispy Toast & Bailey's Mint Chocolate Chip

Price: $

Cravingness: ★★★☆☆

Another two weeks another few new flavours appears on the Lab Made menu! As creativity carries forward, Lab Made again blends in Canto flavour into their liquid nitrogen ice-cream and created HK Crispy Toast and Bailey's Mint Chocolate Chip which available from 24 Sep to 7 Oct 2013. We have seen Bailey on the menu before, so the attention naturally drawn to HK Crispy Toast! As a big fan of all different kinds of Canto Toast, I ran to try out this flavour tonight.

Sun King Yuen Curry Restaurant - Wanna drink some cooking oil?

Price: $

Cravingness: ★★★☆☆

Lunch at Sun King Yuen Curry, Wanchai today after my doctor appointment. Sun King Yuen is famous for their signature Curry Pork Chop Rice and Stir Fried Beef Flat Noodles.

Lunch hours are mad crazy here at Sun King Yuen Curry. Since there is no system for dine in waiting or for take away orders, everyone just stands and blocks the front door in case the reception lady forgets them. To be totally honest, I truly admire the lady's strong memory although I hate how the system works in here. In the end, she did remember me and I got sit pretty soon.

The Steak House Wine Bar + Grill - The Steak King?

Price: $$$$$

Cravingness: ★★★☆☆

Whenever we talk about the best steakhouse in Hong Kong, the Steakhouse Wine Bar + Grill at Intercontinental is always mentioned. Being crowned the Steak King, I finally got the chance to try the steak house since HSBC Premier Visa Card is offering a 20% discount on every al la carte items which is an amazing deal that cannot be missed!



The steakhouse has a similar settings and ambience to any other good steakhouse in Hong Kong - it is spacious, grand but causal at the same time. The very attribute that makes the Steak House stands out is their charcoal grill, which is the one and only charcoal grill in Hong Kong. Despite that they are also known for the topnotch services and the eclectic selection of knives, steaks and condiments! I will explain more in below.