*** Rainbow - 天虹海鮮酒家

1A-1B & 23-25 First Street
Sok Kwu Wan
Lamma Island, HK
南丫島索罟灣第一街23-25號
Ph: 29828100
10am-11pm daily

excellent
豉椒炒蟶子
椒鹽瀨尿蝦

good
蒜蓉蒸象拔蚌

average
蝦醬通菜

poor
-

price: 150pp

value for money: 3 $$$

豉椒炒蟶子

椒鹽瀨尿蝦

蒜蓉蒸象拔蚌

蝦醬通菜

comments
super-fresh seafood. the 瀨尿蝦 was fantastic, very meaty and 鮮甜! flavour of the 象拔蚌 was great (the vermicelli was yummm!), but unfortunately the 象拔蚌 itself was overcooked so very tough. their famous dish is the 椒鹽鮮魷 (salt & pepper squid) which we have heard is very good. will try next time!

**** Si Sun Fast Food - 時新快餐店

G/F, 1A Whampoa Street
Hung Hom
Kowloon, HK
(facing Hung Hom South Road)
紅磡黃埔街1A地下
Ph: 23621279
6am-9pm daily

excellent
double cheeseburger with fried egg
cheese burger

good
hot chips

average
-

poor
-

price: less than 30pp (incl. chips & drink)

value for money: 5 $$$

double cheeseburger with fried egg

cheeseburger

hot chips

comments
really delicious. apparently the first hamburger joint in hong kong. you'll need to wait a long time during peak hours (we waited 45mins, and overheard that some customers had to wait 1.5 hours). would recommend having a 雞脾 while you wait. beef patty is soft, juicy and has tasty well-cooked onions in it (i.e. not raw/undercooked onions which you always find at fast food joints). DELICIOUS! bonus marks for having crinkle cut chips. and top marks for value - only $11 for a cheeseburger!

***** Sue Korean Restaurant

G/F, On Luen Building
17 Kimberley Street
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon, HK
尖沙咀金巴利街7號安聯大廈地下
Ph: 23110133
12noon-11pm daily

excellent
炆牛肋骨 (beef pot: marinated ribs with carrot, turnip, mushrooms & 年糕)
韓式燒牛仔骨

good
炸醬麵
海鮮煎蔥餅 (seafood & scallion pancake)

average
-

poor
-

price: 150-200pp (incl. drink)

value for money: 3 1/2 $$$

海鮮煎蔥餅

炆牛肋骨 (4pcs)

炆牛肋骨

comments

recommended by juz. nothing to say really. have the beef pot. and you will be back again and again and again. there's nothing quite like it. oh, and service is pretty terrible, but the beef pot more than compensates for that. one of b's favourite restaurants in hk!

*** Pho' 26 - 越旺

Shop 3, 2 Landale Street
Wanchai, Hong Kong
灣仔蘭杜街2號3號舖
Ph: 26283939

excellent
蕃茄雪花和牛湯河 (tomato & wagyu beef pho)

good
雪花和牛湯河 (standard wagyu beef pho)

average
椰青

poor
-

price: 50pp (52 for 蕃茄雪花和牛湯河)

value for money: 3 $$$

椰青

蕃茄雪花和牛湯河

雪花和牛湯河

comments
the famous 蕃茄雪花和牛湯河 is really good!! tomatoes aren't quite as sour as 勝香園 and not as sweet as the place yuen long. mmm. very good!!

** Pierre

25/F, Mandarin Oriental Hotel
5 Connaught Road Central
Central, HK
中環干諾道中5號香港文華東方酒店25樓
Ph: 28254001
Lunch Mon-Fri 12pm-2:30pm; Dinner Mon-Sat 7pm-10:30pm

excellent
complimentary truffle foam with hazlenuts accompanied by fine-cut Parmesan (?) biscuit

good
63° eggs, black risotto made as a foam, green asparagus, Bellotta, Parmesan
pan-fried fois gras, cherry, lin chi mushrooms and celery

average
complimentary bread & something (see below)
filet of cod, sweet & sour butternut velouté, pochas beans & squid ink gnocchi
grilled Chilean sea bass Nantua, yabbies with flat parsley and green cabbage
slices of veal, polenta & summer truffle
grilled US prime rib eye

poor
-

price: 2 course "express" lunch 360pp, additional course 80

value for money: 2 $$$

complimentary bread

complimentary truffle foam with hazlenuts accompanied by fine-cut Parmesan (?) biscuit

complimentary something (?)

63° eggs, black risotto made as a foam, green asparagus, Bellotta, Parmesan

pan-fried fois gras, cherry, lin chi mushrooms and celery

filet of cod, sweet & sour butternut velouté, pochas beans & squid ink gnocchi

grilled US prime rib eye

slices of veal, polenta & summer truffle

grilled Chilean sea bass Nantua, yabbies with flat parsley and green cabbage

comments
underwhelming. possibly because caprice was so good. best dish was the complimentary truffle foam which was really tasty and a good start to the meal. the famous 63° eggs were OK, borderline average but can be given a "good" as it's quite novel. fois gras delicious - but really, that's the least that a michelin 1 star french restaurant can do. (b's tip: take out the celery from the fois gras dish!) mains were disappointing. everthing tasted nice, but it was all quite ordinary. go to caprice!