This place was recommended to us by the optometrist's office a couple streets over. We came for Dim…read moreSum on a Friday morning after running errands in the area. There was a short wait for tables, but the line was moving quickly and employees were working fast to get tables ready again. Delicious dim sum! We especially couldn't stop raving about their fried sticky rice we had ordered. Wow, out of this world flavor and perfect texture. My parents had actually done all the ordering of the food from the menu, so I couldn't tell you price-wise how affordable it was. But I do know that we would definitely return for dim sum if we come back to this neighborhood in the future. It is located in a shopping center.

12 of us came to HK$1600 for a late dinner. We had crispy chicken, roasted suckling pig, Beijing…read moreduck (although it's called something else because we're in HK) and 8 or 10 other dishes. Did not have a bad bite. Given the lower rent neighborhood, the price was not supper low... But it as good anyway. According to the name card, this is a 3 store chain with the other stores in Shatin & Macau. They stay away from the high rent districts I guess. If the location was convenient, I would come back.

It's pronounced Agnes "Bay", like in French. Taiwanese 1 - 0 Hong Kongers this time…read more For all these years, I never got the hype of Agnes b. in Asia. It's never a big name out there in French or the rest of the world. It's like the fashion-equivalent of Michael Learns to Rock. People in Hong Kong really love it back in early 2000s, and now I barely know anyone that likes this brand in particular. Now Agnes b. may or may not notice the same, but they have their strategy - leverage its brand, and diversify. This particular shop is a cafe and a florist. While the food is nothing near amazing or authentic, and the flowers at the florist is just above par (hey I have a high standard), the decor makes up for everything and some more. It's enough to attract first timers but not enough to keep returning customers. Which, ironically, is perfect on Gough Street, while nowadays consists of only tourists and hipsters. Agnes b. is too mainstream to attract hipsters anyway compared to other shops, and you don't really have to care about returning tourists... so yeah, it can and probably will excel very well here but I have other options for sure.

Yep! Food is really good. The ambiance is comfortable and serene, and its on the very cool Gough…read morestreet ;)

Choco Duck describes itself as a "European slow cook eatery offering seasonal, delicious and…read morehomey-comfy food", and that's pretty much bang on. It is a great little place, serving a range of really hearty home dishes of meats, poultry, seafood and more. However, the real signature of Choco Duck is the fresh hand made pasta. What can I say, "OMG" (apologies if I sound like a 14 year old girl). The fresh tagliatelle may not look pretty, trading a manufactured uniformity for a rustic hand made charm, but the taste is absolutely divine, a real delight. Teaming this with a carbonara "sauce", made with lardons, egg yolk, parmesan and nothing else, just elevated this pasta dish to an ethereal status. The simplicity of the cooking let each and every ingredient do its part, which is so refreshing in over-sauced HK. At last a carbonara that doesn't rely entirely on cream. Just be warned that some of the dishes require 24 hours notice, but are unfortunately not on their online menu. If you fancy a roast chicken, you may have to pop in the day before and have a chat to Choco. One small food critique, the calamari could have been cooked a little longer, but that's fairly small potatoes when I think about how good the pasta is!. It's unfortunate that Choco Duck is on Cheung Chau island - a 45 min ferry ride from Central, followed by a leisurely 10 min stroll from the public ferry. The restaurant itself is set in a sort of public square, and has plenty of seating inside and out. Aside form the pasta, a big draw is the owners Choco and Duck. Choco is chef-patron, and it is a delight to watch her work, with only one sous chef, in the open kitchen. You will see that the pasta really is handmade. Duck is a fine fellow who likes to keep your drinks topped up, another vital part of dining, certainly in my book!

We have tried to eat here for 4 months but always missed them when they were open. Worth the…read morewait!! Choco actually served us tonight even though she wasn't "open" and the food was delicious and the service superb. It is fine dining in a casual style and one of a kind on Cheung Chau. We will absolutely be regulars here....and we'll call ahead! We recommend you do too.

Café 360 is an Americanized Western café that serves fusion-type dishes. Located in Dragon Centre…read morein Sham Shui Po, Café 360's menu and food offerings certainly draw in a crowd. I would say that the interior (and cute exterior) is very typical to what you'd see in the hip, trendy LA Asian American cafés - pretty quotes on the wall, cute decorations, dim lighting. This is definitely a good date place - and you can roam the mall after! I came with my family during their afternoon teatime, thinking that there would be some specials offered around 2 PM. I think they had a lunchtime special, so even at 2 PM, the restaurant was packed with customers and guests waiting for a seat. After you're seated at a table, you have to go to the front counter to order your food. You're given a number, and when the food is ready the waiter/waitress will serve the food to your table. Since it's Hong Kong and you can split dishes without anybody really caring, we decided to order fewer items to be shared amongst ourselves and eat elsewhere if we were still hungry. Porcini rice with pork and kimchi in stone pot: $46 HKD and with an additional $12 HKD, we were able to add on a puff pastry soup. I have to say that the rice was really good. Very similar to the Chinese sausage in a stone pot, except this rice had flavoring and ingredients to it. Along with the pork belly and kimchi - flavoring of everything was on point, and it definitely filled us up. Cream of mushroom puff pastry soup: When the waitress brought our soup to us, one of them was slightly burnt, and without us even commenting, she said that she was going to ask the chef to remake a new one for us. I don't think we would have really minded, but that was really nice of her. The soup is definitely something you must try! Rich flavoring of mushroom in a creamy broth. The puff pastry was light and flaky, with really good flavor. As you break into the puff pastry, some of it drops into the soup so you get a crispy texture as you drink the creamy soup. I really liked it. Spaghetti Bolognese with puff pastry soup: This set lunch combination was $56 HKD or roughly $8 USD. I thought it was fairly priced, since it came with the puff pastry soup. The spaghetti wasn't too unique. Tasted very similar to how my mom cooks her spaghetti, except it was slightly sweeter. I probably wouldn't recommend ordering this dish if you're looking for something unique or different to try. Hot tea and hot milk tea - nothing special. The hot milk tea was pretty strong, but not as smooth as some of the other places I've tried. tl;dr - Overall, a really cute place to go for lunch or brunch. They also serve waffles and breakfast items. I really like the interior design of the place. The workers are super nice and friendly. Highly recommend if you're looking for a nice place for brunch!

A good western food choice in the middle of your local Sham Shui Po district . Cafe 360 is located…read moreon the 7th floor of Dragon Center next to Genki Sushi . They serve surprisingly good western food choice ! On the night that I went, the salmon steam tomato omelette rice ( omrice) was on special meaning it came with free drink and soup (!) We also ordered the baked spaghetti which was pretty tasty . Would highly recommend this place and would definitely want to try other things on their menu . Personally I think it is good value for the quality of food and the ambiance you'd get. But if you are talking bout about relativity, it is rather expensive compared to other choices you can get in Sham Shui Po .( I don't think anyone should travel all the way just to try this place )

Typical Cha Chaan Teng style cafe…read more Small shop. Quick HK service (wink wink). Order through QR code. We got 4 different dishes: - Curry pork chop (very mid - don't get it, it's not good curry) - Satay beef noodle (ok la, decent) - Scrambled eggs with roast pork (good, runny push eggs and roast pork has good flavor) - Scrambled eggs with truffle shrimp (delicious! Best selection!) Milk tea was ok. Wish it was stronger. #yelpinHongKong

"Fancier" cha chaan teng with quality food. It's not that hard to find on Wellington - look for the…read moreblue signage and queue of people. I saw a picture on IG for Cafe Seasons for their pork chasu scrambled eggs over rice with soy sauce. I've been on a cha chaan teng mission so I had to try this. My friend and I shared the chasu and egg over rice and tomato soup macaroni with beef slices. The tomato soup macaroni also came with a plate of scrambled eggs and white toast. Chasu and eggs rice plate: We ate earlier in the day so I wasn't that hungry but I had to try it. I really enjoyed this - another comfort food winner! Eggs were scrambled perfectly and it went well with the sweet chasu and soy sauce. Tomato soup macaroni and beef: I tried a little bit of the soup and I found the soup to be sour and the macaroni too soft for my liking. I believe that this is the Chinese version of tomato soup when you're sick. It's not my thing so I'll pass on this next time. Scrambled eggs with toast: Creamy scrambled eggs on toast was also very good. I managed to eat one slice of toast with the scrambled eggs and couldn't eat any more for the day. Cafe Seasons is well lit (not like the look of the dead everyone has at Australia Dairy Company) and servers are efficient and dare I say friendly. I liked the chasu egg rice plate so much I went by myself two days later :)

I'm totally happy that I only live 2 blocks away from this wet market.. It is on the smaller side-…read morebut I can find most everything I'm looking for on a day-to-day basis. I especially like the stall run by 2 Thai women who stock things like Thai basil, super spicy Thai chilis that are more flavourful than most others out there, among other staples found in Thai cuisine. I am somewhat disappointed that there are not more fruit stalls. The fish is just as good here as it was from Ap Lei Chau market and about the same price... I really need to make it to the wholesale food market during the early hours to make a comparison, but it seems last time I was there-- only large quantities were available.

I went with their set lunch that included a salad, a soup, a coffee or tea and an entree…read more I got the black bean spaghetti with creamy truffle sauce. The salad was good and fresh. The soup, alright. Standard diced vegetables served with a bread that was warm and floury on the top. The entree was served hot, which's always a plus for me. The black bean noodles were chewy. They were cooked nicely but that's how bean noodles taste. They might be healthy but don't completely satiate the noodles craving. They reminded me a lot of the edamame noodles I got from Costco once. You could tell the truffles and it was filled with mushrooms plenty, but some were very, very stubborn to eat, to the point of not being able to chew them or swallow completely. It was black coffee, served with soy milk on the side. More photos and details on my blogs. Links also in profile. thevegetarianvoayger[dot]wordpress[dot]com nycbonviveur[dot]wordpress[dot]com

Espuma is in a convenient location for all the office ladies (and men) who work in Central. It's in…read morethe back street where a lot of restaurants are, and you need to take a specific elevator in a specific building to get to it. It could be a little hard to find, and I got lost looking for it even though I've been to that exact same building before. Food was ok. If you think this was authentic Spanish tapas, then... well, perhaps you need to go abroad to experience it. They had a decent lunch menu, with prawns over rice (not quite a paella), mussels with pasta, and chicken fillet that looked awfully like one out of a cha chaan teng (Hong Kong style diner). The food looked more decent than they tasted -- every starch was overcooked, and the seafood wasn't that fresh. The chicken was decent with a crispy skin, but the sides were really lacking. It was really just a watered down version of western food (don't even get me started on "Spanish"), suited for Hong Kong tastes, and lacked any excitement and richness. Although, I must say, this offended less than a couple other places around here. At least it was quite edible even if not authentic. The interior is quite nice I suppose, and it was not as cramped as a normal Hong Kong restaurant. The service was really lacking -- again, it felt like a diner where the older male staff just took our orders in a very rushed manner, and gave us food whenever.

Espuma in Spanish: translates to Foam in English?? Wth? How do I go on after that translation?…read moreHaving lived outside of Miami, Florida for several years, and I still don't recall ever hearing that one! Let's just say it's probably a good thing! I don't actually recall how I ended up finding this place, but it's an interesting concept, regardless of it's "Spanish tapas" menu, let's face it, it's not really, but whatever you want to call it, if you know what I mean. I've dined here twice before but I guess I wasn't that wowed by it but what I do like is the fact that I can order a coffee one minute and the next minute can be a mojito or sangria which is why I brought hubby here recently. Neither one of us could decide if we wanted lunch, appetizer, coffee or other type of beverage. Espuma came to mind mainly because we were in Central near Wyndham Street. Hidden off the street in the Wellington Place building on the 17th floor, it offers a one-eyed view of the buildings crammed into the Peak as well as narrow views of a few streets in Central. I'm not super crazy about their menu, and feel the food is just mediocre, but I will vouch for their chocolate mint macchiato ($42 HK). They also have beautifully platted waffles (had previously). This time we split their Avocado and Prawn Salad ($98 HK) until I said I was still hungry and we caved and ordered their Nachos ($108 HK). Both left me unsatisfied but hunger pangs had finally shushed. I took a few sips of hubby's Macchiato and decided it would be my dessert drink. It was delicious. Probably the same amount of calories as if I had a brownie, but I'll just drink this one and not even get a buzz! Nice. Service can be hit or miss depending upon what time you are there. The overall ambiance is cozy and chill. It is spacious at about 1000 sq feet. Lots of windows and tables to see outside. It appears couples and girlfriends like to come here for their afternoon tea sessions. In short, I come because I when I'm indecisive, I can find something to eat, just please don't let it be foam!! Lol!