魯一居

Was around the area and eager to try out the restaurant. Not many Shandong restaurant in Hong Kong.

Well, the menu looks more like a normal Shanghai/Beijing restaurant and didn't notice much special Shandong dishes. Would be helpful if there is some indication for the specialties.

Guess we didn't pick the right item...

Stir fried walnut and chicken(醬爆雞丁) - the chicken is alright but some larger pieces didn't have much flavor, also the walnuts are stale, which ruined the whole dish.

Ordered the Shandong fish dumpling and this showed up. When questioned, the waitress told us that the fish dumplings were sold out. Wonder why we were not told when ordering? Anyway, since it's already there and was very hungry, decided to have the pork & vegetable dumpling in chili sauce(紅油抄手) and not to sent it back.

The dishes were all very oily(even the stir fried vegetable with garlic), and felt stuffed after the meal and didn't even feel like having dinner afterwards.

Saw a lot of articles on newspaper and magazines recommending this place, was quite disappointed.

茶餐廳

《我在茶餐廳品嘗到愛》

作者：周淑屏及洪佩珊著

從C處借來了這本書，讀後有感而發。我對茶餐廳的記憶，多數與J有關。 J為少數不挑食的乖寶寶，又肯陪我試新地方，不介意從5元魚蛋吃到4位數字的法國大餐。

我倆以前常去灣仔巷子裏的一間茶餐廳，二人叫一份午餐分、加2杯飲品。印象中那間茶餐廳的份量很大(因為1時前午市的主要客源為裝修師父)，總是你推我讓要對方把飯吃完。茶餐廳的阿哥們到後來見到我們就會自動放下2個碗仔給我們分飯。可惜這家茶餐廳現在已結業了。

美都是 J的好介紹。焗豬扒飯、西多士真是百吃不厭。人多的時候還可以叫個廈門炒米。加一杯奶茶或凍唂咕，看廟街的攤販開檔，有一搭沒一搭的聊聊天，消磨一個悠閒的黃昏。也許這是我對美都的印象比作者來的要好的多的原因吧。

還有在旺角極之好吃車仔麵和炒出前一丁、匆匆擠在永遠人山人海的蘭芳園吃的葱油心多多/豬揼兜撈丁、豬扒包和絲襪奶茶或是澳門茶餐廳的豬扒包...

不論一個人或是一堆人，趕時間或是消磨時間，茶餐廳都是個好去處。同意C的說法 - 我愛茶餐廳。

一碗麵

Choose this restaurant for Mom as she likes noodles. So there's a lot of comment coming from her.
Smoked fish (薰魚). Mom orders it whenever she sees it on the menu and usually finished the whole plate by herself. Uhm..I only remembered to take a photo after we each took a piece. The dish remained untouched after that.
Boiled pork with garlic sauce. It's tasty and a bit too spicy for me. But Mom commented it's not made in the "traditional" style, were you cook the meat than slice it thinly instead of using "hot-pot" type of pork. Well, it's not a "traditional" Chinese restaurant so maybe shouldn't be too fussy.
Vietnamese spring roll. Mom again think it's not very "authentic". (See, I'm really not picky when it comes to food)
The famous $180 beef noodle. The noodle is chewy but not hard, and even for someone who doesn't like noodle like me think it's very good. The beef is very tender and richly flavoured, with very thick soup. It's good but guess it's very personal opinion whether it's worth that much.
This was highly recommended by a friend and otherwise probably would never try/or even notice the mango cake. This turned out to be the best ! Soft and fluffy cake with lots of cream and mango and mango puree on the plate. Well, it's $40 per piece but...

Mom classified this as a "try once and no need to go back" type of restaurant. Won't say their food is not nice, just considering the price, environment and the food, it's not that outstanding.

Nobu again

Anago sushi. tender, delicious and melt in your mouth.

Salad that came with the set lunch.Black Cod Saikyo yaki. If my Mom said it's good, then it's really good.

Australia Wagyu steak with Terriyaki sauce. Well, maybe should just get a piece of Japan Wagyu steak from the supermarket next time. Nothing wrong with the steak, it's juicy and tasty, just nothing special either...
Of course, the perfect view.

Also had Green tea cake with sesame paste and lime sorbet. Uhm...the combination is surprisingly pleasing.

The price for the lunch is enough for a decent dinner, but then again, the view at night is going to be a lot more expensive...

Cakes

Wonder why someone on no-carbohydrate diet ate so many cakes...

These two were from Antique...(counter in Sogo)

Well, a bit too sweet...
Had this one in IFC. A bitter sweet chocolate tart. Yummy, perfect match with a cup of coffee.

Green T House - 紫雲軒

No photos allowed in the place but it such an interesting place that must be recorded. Came across it on an in-flight magazine and was surprised there's such a place in Hong Kong. More information could be found on their website:

http://www.green-t-house.com/hong.html

Cyberport was desert at night(wonder if it'll be crowded during the day) with no one in the Arcade at about 8pm. The tea house looks more like an Art gallery than a place serving tea/meal/wine.

Had a warm oolong with green apple while pondering over the menu. The oolong tea was very refreshing with green apple and lemon in it.

Was aiming to have a light dinner and would like to sample more dishes, so ordered the tasting menu to share:

1. chopped walnuts with mustard sauce and goat cheese on slices of pear - this dish came with a tall vase and a even taller "silver willow(銀柳)" as decoration. Have to remove that from the plate to avoid knocking it over while eating.

2. strawberry champagne - more like a strawberry puree but it's nice and refreshing

3. lobster clear soup - simple and nice, and interestingly with a bit of tea in it

4. Simple green salad - butter lettuce with a bit of sea salt and a piece of apple/pear

5. Seared scallops - very nicely done succulent seared scallops with a Thai dressing

6. Crispy chicken with Szechuan pepper - luckily it's not spicy, the chicken pieces were tender, served with fried tea leaves, cashew nuts and of course, Szechuan pepper

7. Lobster mushroom emotions(that's what it's called on the menu) - lobster with very rich mushroom sauce on the side, a lovely combination

8. Venison loin with raisin red wine sauce - served with some chopped green apple/pear?, beans and raisins

9. Flower tea prepared in front you and served in a bowl

10. Tea-ramisu - well, it's nice but nothing like the conventional tirimisu

11. Dark chocolate and white chocolate - the white chocolate had rose and Jasmin tea sprinkled on top, which gave it a very pleasant taste, but a bit too sweet, while the dark chocolate had oolong tea leaves in it, makes it a bit strange.

Though each portion was small, there's a lot of courses and was quite full afterwards. Each dish was beautifully presented and the best of all was all the dishes were delicious.

Nobu

Heard mixed comment about Nobu, some good and some think it doesn't live up to the fame.

It opens for lunch since April and it's a good way to try out an expensive place and see what the food is like.

The lunch Omikase is $588, and here it goes:
Yellow tail sashimi - the fish was very fresh and the tangy dressing helped to bring out the sweetness of the fresh flash.
Seared tuna with pepper sauce - the tuna was again of very good quality, and the pepper sauce gave it an interesting twist. Pity it's a bit spicy for me.

Grilled yellow tail collar with teriyaki sauce. This was wonderful, the fish was juicy and the sweet teriyaki souse with lemon was just lovely. The huge piece was reduced to a few pieces of bones in no time.

Tenderloin with chili sauce - not sure whether they've marinated the beef for too long, the texture of it was strange. An anti-climax after the three wonderful fish dishes. We told the waiter that we what we thought about the beef and the manager quickly offered to prepare an replacement.
Grilled shrimp with OX sauce and mushroom tempura. The shrimp with the fried dried scallops shreds and thinly sliced chillies was done just right, the shrimp was crisp and fresh and the OX sauce not too strong so it compliments the shrimp.

An separate order of Cod fish Saikyoyaki lunch set. It came with rice, pickles and miso soup. The serving is very generous and though the cod was a very thick piece, the miso could be tasted in every bite of the succulent fish.

Back to the last dish from Omikase, salmon, white fish(?), yellow tail and toro sushi. The toro simply melt in the mouth and each of the white fish sushi were prepared with a little twist, either with Shiso or with ginger and spring onion. Though the sushi rice is a bit sweet, think it's at least as good as the best ones I've had in town.

The four layered dessert - milk foam, Whisky ice cream, chocolate crunch cake and coffee moose. Lovely dessert if you don't mind a bit of alcohol.

Was very impressed as I don't usually like fish, yet love all the fish dishes that day. Great food plus attentive service always make a lovely dining experience. No wonder the place was full during lunch time.