Tried & Tasted: Agnès b. Le Pain Grille at Causeway Bay

Hey guys! Here's more food p*rn for you guys to drool over... Agnès b. Le Pain Grille recently reopened on Leighton Road, Causeway Bay and renewing their menu with some light french casual cuisine. It's so much more than cakes and fro-yos, and you're about to find out just how good it is!

Tried & Tasted: 100 Bites Dessert Bar at Langham Place

On a random Sunday afternoon, me and my friend went along to Langham Place to check out a brand new spot, since I'm a total all day breakfast junkie and all, and we were pleasantly surprised! Want to know more about a resto on the dark side which won an interior design award? Read on to learn about about the food and cool decor at 100 Bites Dessert Bar now!

Tried and Tested: Monster Sushi at Langham Place

Hey guys! Haven't done a food post in a while, although I've been trying a lot of good food! This time I headed to the raved about sushi joint owned by the eye candy Daniel Wu, and tried out just how monstrous(ly yummy) Monster Sushi is!

Rooftop Affair at the Pawn,

Hey guys! First post of 2014, and happy new year!! 

I'm doing a quick throwback to last year November, when I attended the Pawn's first ever Rooftop Market! It was an amazing day with loads of amazing food and drinks, plus a great chance for me to discover awesome goodies like Louella Odie's gorgeous bags, Nutcase Fashion's bright, chic and affordable accessories, Portovelo's charity shoes (the new Toms!) and more... 

Tried & Tasted: Outback Steakhouse

Hey guys! Time to switch it up a bit with some food :) Tried and Tasted is back, this time heading to Outback Steakhouse over at Causeway Bay. 

Normally a total carnivore, I do love me some steak once in a while. We were thinking of not-super-expensive dining places in cwb, and my friend was craving for meat so we headed here to try out what they're famous for.

Black sugar bread I think this was? (Direct translation from its chinese alias anyway). Super yummy with cream cheese spreaded on top, kind of sweet on it's own and a lovely (complimentary) appetiser that has earn much approval from Openrice crowds.

Caesar salad that came as a combo... As you can tell it's just a borderline passing salad at best, smouldered in salad dressing. Although quite a big portion, I feel like it's quite unnecessary. You can add prawn/grilled chicken to it when ordering a-la-carte but I think there are better alternatives.

My friend's steak with mushroom and prawn cream sauce, and baked potato and sweet potato as sides. When this was served we both gasped in horror, it looked a plating mess and tasted like one too. The sauce was way to heavy and overwhelming while the steak was overcooked. The potatoes topped with even more cream cheese meant that this plate was a heavy and filling one.

My order of lamb chops with veggies and mashed potatoes as sides was much more pleasing to the eyes and taste. Cooked tenderly and medium raw as a I requested, it was juicy and didn't have a nasty aftertaste. Veggies were refreshing and the mash was creamy, made out of real potatoes instead of a powder mix. Didn't need the mushroom sauce that came on the side, but you can choose different sauces to your liking.

TL;DR?

Pros: Nice upstairs resto with floor-to-ceiling windows; alright pricing for a steak dinner (~$200 per person); lovely lamb chops and huge servings; not too noisy and good for dinner dates.

Cons: I really don't know what happened to the steak and its plating... And the food is alright but not superb, so if you're a picky eater going for quality steak and wine then maybe Wooloomooloo would be a better choice!

Till next time,
xx

Tried & Tasted: Pho 24

Hey guys! Gonna start a new series called Tried & Tasted. Since I'm a super foodie at heart, I'm always out hunting for food that's good both in value and taste round the 852.

After a loooong day at the Sassy Mama pop-up sale, I went to try Pho 24 at Shatin New Town Plaza. Normally I'm not a big fan of Hong Kong's Vietnamese food, 'cause the cheap ones are usually just oily pork/chicken chops slathered in spring onion oil popped on top of rice. But this time I was pretty surprised at the quality!

Me and my friend ordered the prawn & veg rice paper roll, chicken rice set and sweet and sour pork chop rice with steamed egg cake.

The paper roll was the usual Vietnamese must-have snack, but it wasn't super amazing. The sauce is sweet sauce topped with garlic and chilli flakes, although I normally prefer it with the sweet and sour chilli sauce (the super liquid-y and has to be shaken one)

The chicken rice set came with yellow ginger rice and veggies fried with garlic on the side. So-so in general, but the chicken leg (extra $10) was pretty moist and well cooked. Wasn't a big fan of the ginger rice since I usually have my chicken with oiled rice. 

My friend's pork chop rice was the best of three! The sweet and sour sauce was mouth-watering, and the pork chop wasn't oily at all. The extra steamed egg with pork plus a sunny-side-up was perfect with the white rice and overall it was good value for money.

We didn't order drinks cause they were quite overpriced, but I suspect they are just the usual iced lemon teas... 

if tl;dr:

Must have: Sweet & Sour pork chop rice

So-so: Chicken rice set

Want to try: Soft-shell crab rice paper roll

Price point: around HK$100 per person

p.s. excited to share many restaurants with you guys! Stay tuned.

xx