Butao Ramen @ Central, Hong Kong.

Weekday lunch time queuing for ramen, roughly 40 mins, well my mistake to come in at 12 pm, should have come 30 mins earlier.

Quite a small joint, as usual in HK.

Ordered a Black King which was a squid ink ramen, with a level 3 spicy sauce(careful with that stuff, potent, I mean it).

Ahhh check out the egg, nicely done. The ramen was executed nicely, thick hearty broth with nice infused squid ink. Can be a bit jelak, but I don't mind coming back. Maybe next time I'll skip breakfast and come here straight.


Butao Ramen,
G/F Fortuna Building,
69 Wellington St,
Central, Hong Kong.

Mak's Noodle @ Central, Hong Kong.

Last time I had this was ages ago, and I think it was the Causeway Bay branch. I actually didn't know what I was eating as my friend brought me there, and didn't give much thought of it. Now I'm back at the Central branch to jog my memory.

Now, the bowl is actually rather small, so you probably need two of it, or order other dishes. The broth was very light, nothing to shout about. But add some red vinegar, it definitely brought out some other dimensions to it. Wanton was excellent, and the noodles were nice.

Mak's Noodle,
77 Wellington Street,
Central, Hong Kong.

Tsim Chai Kee Noodle @ Central, Hong Kong.

So here I was for lunch, after much anticipation, yes it is good.

Order the trio set, fish ball, beef slices and prawn wanton. Soup was light, had a clean taste to it. Fishball was huge and tasty. Love the beef slices, and the wanton was good.

Yup, that's the queue alright, kinda fast moving though. Would I be back, definitely.


Tsim Chai Kee Noodle,
98 Wellington Street,
Central, Hong Kong.

Tsui Wah Restaurant @ Central, Hong Kong.

After drinks supper, Tsui Wah is definitely one of the places to go to satisfy late night hunger pangs.

Beef brisket noodle soup, this trip to HK, I was actually whacking more beef than usual, not sure why but I find the beef slightly tastier here. More chemical? tenderiser ? Who knows. Anyway can't go wrong with most of Tsui Wah dishes, fast and tastes good. I slurped the whole bowl clean.

The beef hor fun was another good dish as well. So if your done drinking and pub crawling at LKF, Tsui Wah is definitely worth to check out for supper.


Tsui Wah Restaurant,
15-19 Wellington St,
Central, Hong Kong.

Yung Kee Restaurant @ Central, Hong Kong.

Still on my roasted meat hunting spree, we came here for dinner. The legendary Yung Kee, loath it or love it, this place is well known for its roasted goose and century egg.

Honestly I thought this was just an ordinary century egg, my friend told me put a few slices of ginger on top, and dunk the sucker in. Holy guacamole, this shit is the bomb. Freaking good stuff.

Egg omelette with prawns, another must order. Eggs were silky and smooth, almost fluffy like, light on the stomach.

Roasted goose, it is good, which is why they are famous for it. I like the century egg moreeeee!

Beef brisket in claypot, can't stop munching on this. I will definitely order this next round. It was a good and satisfying dinner instead. Good service, top notch joint.

Yung Kee Restaurant,

32-40 Wellington Street,

Central,

Hong Kong.

Yat Lok Restaurant @ Central, Hong Kong.

Came here to check out the famous roasted goose drumstick on rice. Thought I was being smart by coming here around 2pm to avoid the lunch crowd, yes managed to get a seat easily, but NO drumstick sold out. Talk about mega disappointment, sigh.

Roasted goose on rice, for 50HKD. It looked plain to me compared to the couple opposite of me who was sharing a big chunk of drumstick. One bite of this sucker and I was like woah, brings back memories of Four Seasons or Goldmine in London (although that was duck). The skin was crispy and the meat was juicy. Best part they also serve chilli oil on the side. The whole meal itself was perfect, I am definitely coming back here next round for the freaking drumstick!

Yat Lok Restaurant.
28 Stanley Street,
Central, Hong Kong.

Golden China Restaurant @ Central, Hong Kong.

I was still trying to get my bearings right by lunch time, late night early wake up, unfamiliar territory. Luckily I was with a few friends that brought me to lunch here, roast meats.

Looks old school, opened since 1963. Small setup inside, usual HK style, rental is high, maximize table and seating space, crammed, eat fast and get out. Thankfully the food was awesome, sinful but yummy.

Some greens to balance out the diet, pair it with the oyster sauce, good stuff.

The white chicken went very well with the spring onion sauce. I actually poured most of that sauce and mix it with the white rice, super addictive. Not sure whether was it goose or duck, tasted damn good though.

This should be the char siu and siu yoke, correct me if I'm wrong.

I don't know how they did it, the skin was super crispy. All in all, a very satisfying lunch indeed. Oh by the way, I did get my bearings right after lunch. 

Golden China Restaurant,

9 Jubilee Street,

Central, Hong Kong.

SAMA @ Central, Hong Kong.

I was actually on Gough Street queuing for something else, but due to unforeseen circumstances we were forced to go elsewhere for lunch. Bummer, bad hangover, plus queuing for 40 mins under the hot sun I was dying for a seat somewhere in the air con. Luckily my friends decisive action suggested this place instead after looking at my pathetic face(although the queue was another 15 mins zzzz).

A Japanese curry joint with Sapporo origins. I kinda like Jap curry, it's one of those comfort food, and this one was a totally refreshing take on me.

The menu explains the ordering process. Choose a level of spiciness, I opted for 20 and chicken curry with tomato based.

Comes with an egg and array of vegetables. Standard comes with rice. Add extra if you prefer ramen. Heard rice was free refill.

The chicken meat just fall off from the bone, tender and delicious. The vegetables added a nice colour to the dish, now lets talk about the curry. Being tomato based, the curry was lumpy, love the texture, and level 20? mannnnnn I was doing well the first few scoops, super addictive, I was actually scooping it like a soup, until 10 mins later, everything kicked in and sweat was running down my cheeks. But that didn't stop me from devouring the dish, gorgeous. I stole a bit of my friends hamburg burger curry and it tasted better than the chicken, guess I'm a bit bias when it comes to beef. I guess it was a silver lining in the cloud when we went here instead for lunch, it totally cured of my hangover:)

SAMA,
51A Gough Street,
Central, Hong Kong.

Sing Heung Yuen @ Central, Hong Kong.

My previous trip in HK, a friend of my mentioned about this stall opposite of the famous beef noodle stall called Kau Kee in Central(which i had no time to eat this round:/). It's a typical hk cafe style food, toast, instant noodles, milk tea, with an outdoor setting, again, alley style, which i adore and miss.

The menu is extensive, with so many options and choices. I had problem ordering as i was solo here for breakfast, and the only thing i remembered my friend telling me was the macaroni soup.

By a stroke of luck, the auntie taking the order(which both of us can't communicate to, as i don't speak cantonese), she knew what i came for, as this stall is famous for their macaroni beef tomato soup.

Now as a simple food for breakfast, weather was 14 degrees celcius, the setting was just nice for a hot tomato broth. The soup was hearty, with chunky tomatoes(they're very generous with their tomatoes) with slices of beef and macaroni. I love it. Next time i'm here again in this weather, i'll definitely come here for breakfast. And do try order their milk tea, which they're quite famous for.


Sing Heung Yuen,
2 Mei Lum Street,
Central, Hong Kong.