7 ISSUE ABOUT BIRTHDAY BUFFET NIGHT | THE FOOD GALLERY | HONG KONG

Another birthday night, another great year comes. I was feeling so blessing to spent the Birthday Dinner with the food-lovers and friends with those seven outstanding issues in The Food Gallery, the buffet restaurant in Langham Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui, which was well matched to its name by the cozy and chic dining environment and lovely buffet items from cold cuts till desserts!

Compared to other hotel (buffet) restaurant, this one has really limited space, while normal 4-seat square/round table, long bench, semi-round sofa table and even they offer bar-table for 4-6 along the window with beautiful and busy view of Tsim Sha Tsui shopping street. The buffet is impressive and amazing, for it is offering the best quality and smart attractions to the Hongkong eaters, within its limited buffet counters. That day, they even kicked out the new selection of buffet dessert, which is featured by Lady-Highheels (cupcake) dessert table. The looking of those lovely cupcakes are marvellous from the perfect matching game with bright colors, the creative ideas of flavor combination. They have chocolate with strawberry as normal one, rose vanilla (pink one with sun flower), mango & lemon (summer fresh yellow one), etc 

Without doubt, I ranked their new cupcake collection as No. 1 Issue, well, it is followed by another 6 issues which I cannot wait to share with food-lovers.

90MIN WAGYU BEEF & SEAFOOD | NABE URAWA | HONG KONG

Hongkong eaters like buffet and for Japanese food, all-you-can-eat style is also not an exception. Here's one new opening Japanese shabushabu restaurant in Mongkok. Featured by the dulex 90-minute package of the unlimited refilled Australian wagyu beef, US beef, seafood platter (Japanese oyster, scallop, squid, prawn and New Zealand Mussel), US pork and Brazil chicken. Vegetables, side dishes, noodles and fish balls and dessert, ice-cream....... each package even covers a free-bar. It seems to be a time-running dinner so that you should take good strategy to 'eat your money and stomach quota' well :D

SUMMER DINNER BUFFET | L'HOTEL & LIS CAFE | HONG KONG

Under summer heat, we always lose our appetite and energy; well luckily I heart the new summer dinner buffet menu from L’hotel Island South. Since 1^st July till the end of August, a brand new dinner buffet with worldwide cold & hot dishes, desserts and special delivery of Japanese sea urchin harvested in a sustainable way, rich in the nutrient DHA. During the new buffet period, every adult customer would enjoy one sea urchin dish selected from Sea Urchin Sashimi with Seaweed and Rice Balls, Steamed Egg Custard with Sea Urchin, and Toast with Sea Urchin and Chicken Ragout.

AFTERNOON TEA | MO BAR | HONG KONG

MO BAR | THE LANDMARK MANDARIN ORIENTAL HONG KONG

15 Queen's Road Central, The Landmark, Central, Hong Kong

Tel. 21320077

Breakfast | Mon to Fri. 7am - 10.30am.

Breakfast | Sat & Sun. 7am - 11.30am

Dining | Mon to Sun. 11am - 11pm

Drinks | Mon to Sun. 7am - 1.30am

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SUNDAY BRUNCH | FISH & MEAT

FISH & MEAT

FRESH SEAFOOD, HOMEMADE PASTA AND FARM-TO-TABLE COOKING

2/F, Wyndham Mansion, 30-32 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong

(Enter via Glenealy Street)

Tel. 852 2565 6788

Email. reservations@fishandmeat.hk

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APPETIZER, STEAK, DESSERT | BISTECCA ITALIAN STEAK HOUSE | HONG KONG

Raw Stone, Butcher, Countryside, Brown Wooden, those words are the first patch jumping into my brain when stepping into Bistecca (belongs to Dining Concepts) . It's nested in the 2nd floor of Lam Kwai Fong, the big dining space is hidden behind one heavy glass & wooden door facing to the narrow lane right before everyone showing up in the lift. Meat (Steak/Beef) and Wine are two main decoration of this slightly raw-style steak house, giving a matched feeling to the causal and relax environment of LKF. I just found that big, outstanding and interesting wall clock, 'QUALITY MEATS'. 

Healthy Lunch in the Air

One shiny and warm weekend of October in 2013, we went to the 29th floor of iSquare in Tsim Sha Tsui, just for a promotion-like price of lunch semi-buffet in Sorriso Italian Cuisine. As the Italian restaurant in TST and enjoying a bird-view of TST Harbour and Hong Kong Island, we even don't mind nothing but the sunny, shiny and brightly luncheon atmosphere!

Loong Toh Yuen 隆濤院

Loong Toh Yuen, hidden in Hullett House, 1881 Heritage, in Tsim Sha Tsui. A re-packaged Chinese-Cantonese restaurant serves traditional Cantonese All-You-Can-Eat Dim Sum Delight during lunch time, 7 days. It really costs some time for me to find this restaurant, to be honest, I just go around over 3 times, trying to locate it by Google Map and myself without disturbing others. Failed, finally, I went across the long dark lane, reached the backyard (quite Beijing old building style, Si-He-Yuan), pointed by restaurant staff by recognizing my searching-something face, and find the door.

Of course, not-easy journey didn't bother my sense on those details. I love the simple design of the whole building, meanwhile decorated with a lot Chinese elements, bamboo, water and peony (or camellia? I'm absolutely not familiar to flowers, anyone pls correct me). Full white painted wall is decorated by only one tiny corner of Chinese painting flower or bamboo bird cage - a little Zen.

TRIP AROUND EUROPE FROM CAFE LAGOON

國慶的黃金周還未過，穿越人山人海水泄不通的尖沙咀簡直就是個mission impossible，千辛萬苦一路周折終於來到遠在屯門的黃金海岸酒店，悠然的環境，夜幕之下的港口讓人終於可以大口呼吸新鮮空氣的感覺，這日便來嘗一嘗酒店的“味遊歐陸”自助晚餐。

誰說 Hotel Buffet 不能惠顧街坊！

前段時間收到港島太平洋酒店的公關邀請，試食酒店里IP Cafe（薈萃閣）的 鮮．味．三重奏 自助晚餐，其中最抵食的要屬無限量飲品供應，除了傳統的汽水、咖啡、檸茶之外竟然連紅白餐酒也在無限任飲名單之列！入場前只需掃描酒店旋轉樓梯下的QR Code便即刻享受折扣，算下來單人只有二百多港紙，怪不得那晚除了我與博主友人這一桌，其他的都是附近街坊，或是夫妻兩下來撐抬腳，或是一大家子闔家歡，稱是惠顧街坊的酒店自助餐，絕對不錯！

MANGO FEAST

灣景廳 Harbour Restaurant 最近推出芒果主題下午茶，加埋各大平臺上免費索取的折扣優惠券，這日與友人來到1/F門口便見到滿滿都是人流的勝景！看來這一個下午不僅是芒果的盛宴，更是人的盛宴。

DREAM WEDDING

To be a single blogger, it’s so strange to attend a wedding open day right? Anyway, having a chance to see the wedding ceremony in Hong Kong is not bad. The wedding open day is host by Gold Coast Hotel in Tung Men, with some wedding service companies.

作為一個單身blogger，去參加一場婚禮體驗日活動是否有些奇怪？管不了那麼多，畢竟能有這樣一個體驗港式婚禮的機會也不錯。婚禮體驗日活動由屯門黃金海岸酒店主辦，入到現場也發現不少參加的婚禮服務公司。

【舊博精選】我就是喜歡壽喜鍋的甜醬油！| 食道園 | SHANGHAI

濛濛細雨的傍晚跟一班老友相約長樂路上的一處僻靜食肆享用晚餐外加交流感情

本來一心想著要吃次火鍋的，正好【食道園】主打日式火鍋，想來日式火鍋一向以清淡為主，且也算是火鍋吧自己又甚為慚愧盡然從來沒有吃過日式火鍋，這次就決定由著老友的大眾點評推薦，來這裡一探究竟！

聽說生意還幾好呢，雖說是定了位子，但卻有兩個小時的時限，因為突然雨勢漸猛的樣子，唯有早早的就來到並不難找的店家里躲雨

店面不大，也算是深深的藏在街后了，雖說是臨街的店鋪但不卻有份難得的僻靜，到底長樂路不比一街之隔的淮海中路那樣喧囂，細雨中倒也別有一番風味

頗有性價比的自助晚餐開飯點【Le Menu】

這日收到六國酒店餐廳Le Menu的試食邀請，說來也甚為高興，這還是自己第一次被邀請去試吃酒店自助餐。Le Menu 之前也在Openrice 上做過小小Research，看似屬於頗為小眾型的酒店自助餐廳，如此想來，也不錯，可以抱著無偏見的態度去做個客觀評價！

餐廳位於酒店1F大酒店後方扶手電梯便能抵達，自助餐廳與另一間中餐廳遙相呼應，share同一個大堂，餐廳給人的感覺較為光亮，運用了很多透光性高的玻璃以及暖燈光元素，將自助餐廳襯得相當明亮，一切沉浸在一片鵝黃光暈中，與另一偏廂的紅色中餐廳對比強烈。自助區占地有限，甜品bar 位於入口處，如此看來，餐廳明顯不是以甜品味主打的了~

K-Buffet for Xmas Party 【CEO】

聖誕節雖然只有一天，但其實有關聖誕節的活動是可以持續整整一個月的！又是一個臨近聖誕節的週末，這晚的活動選在糖街的CEO（Neway高級版）。十多個人的K歌房還算寬敞，足夠一群人開party玩遊戲，晚上還有環球美食自助餐、奉送的薯片以及生果，每人也包有兩杯非酒精類飲品，唱足晚足四個多鐘，要價250左右，也算是物有所值的，只可惜Neway的database適中不適合我。。。沒歌唱，當然只能。。。吃啦！

Christmas is only one day festival, while we could have parties in the whole December, even early in November. Another happy weekend coming, this time we choose CEO in Sugar Street as our Xmas Party site. The K-room for around 10ps is big enough and comfortable with an inside washing room. The space could afford us to play Xmas special games. That night, we have K-buffet, chips& fruits, and each one could order two non-alcohol drinks; totally costs $250 per person, should be reasonable. Unfortunately, I could not find my songs in Neway's database, so the only thing I could do and do well is... EAT!

Early Xmas Party with dear Frs 【Rosedale Hotel@Skyzone】

聖誕節跟著這個週末的步伐而來，卻給人一種姍姍來遲的感覺，為何？全“怪”聖誕氣息來的太早太早。早在這個月初就已經開始第一場聖誕party，非常感謝對我與同我背景相似的學生們多番照顧的Dr.Chin。

Xmas is following this weekend, but do you have a feeling that this Xmas is coming too SLOW? The Xmas commercial promotion is coming earlier year by year and, my first Xmas party was in early December this year, invited by my dear teacher, Dr. Eric.

豐富又清閒的滿食早餐【花月庭】

旺角東帝京酒店的花月庭一向是Buffet 的熱門地，翻看網上的評價，似乎近些時間來質素節節敗退，好多食評都抱怨在那裡食自助餐猶如打仗一般緊張；許久前買了花月庭的團購券，疑惑著生意都如此火爆了還要玩團購，不怕雪上加霜？作為精明消費者，我也有好好比較過團購以及持普通下載優惠券的價格，團購雖說誘人，但其實細細算來午市與晚市的Buffet 還是單純打印優惠券來的更划算些，唯獨只有無人問津的早餐Buffet 團購價更抵些，僅僅70蚊不到就可足享近3個鐘的豐富早餐（前提是爬的起來- -）另還有價值一百蚊的現金抵用券一併奉送，實在誘人。團購券買下后，便束之高閣，終於前兩日，踩著deadline 的時間致電訂位，當天還十分失敗的睡過頭，吃到整整一個鐘的我匆忙趕到，好在早餐時間段從來都是低上座率的，侍應簡單為我登記信息后便安排一張超寬敞的四人位給我，果然，人少就是不一樣。

豬手*香腸*啤酒*甜品*狂歡德國夜【Berliner】

趕著德國啤酒節的“節氣”，Cafe Deco Group 旗下的Berliner Restaurant & Bar 也趁熱推出【柏林火熱燒烤自助餐，自助餐由11月3日起，於週末晚上6時至10時30分供應，食客可以超實惠價錢無限量享用美食，成人每位港幣248；小童每位港幣120；餐廳亦提供飲品優惠，40享用一杯0.5L進口德國啤酒，品牌包括 rdinger Weissbier、 Erdinger Dunkel以及Fischer’s Stiftungsbrau Hell等，或以30享用雞尾酒或無酒精雞尾酒一杯；胃通大海的大胃王可選148無限量享用有汽葡萄酒或Holsten啤酒的大肆暢飲組合！是晚應邀一班活躍于線上線下的部落格格主齊齊出席位於灣仔W Square 率先推出的自助餐聚會活動，餐廳位置十分便利，位於W Square 4F的餐廳開場大，位於街角也能享受灣仔繁華的夜景，是晚更是非常驚喜收到餐廳與公關特別準備的巨型心形薑餅O(∩_∩)O

Cool & Warm【Feast】

Island East Market 最後一日去晃了圈玩得不亦樂乎也飽的肚子圓圓，緊接著又跑去食下午茶，我這個時間安排真是太失敗了！大約一周前定的下午茶位十分順利，也按我需要順利入座靠窗位；East Hotel 位於太古坊有些居於居民區的感覺，位置上不算太中心，於是便有一片寧靜的地理優勢，Feast 秉承Hotel 的風格，很是Chok；地下大堂層高讓人感覺十分開場，省去過多的裝飾，大堂接待處也做的能多節約就有多簡約，用上清一色Apple 台式電腦，保安也一概大叔形象，竟然是帶著黑框眼鏡的型男 0-0 

步出電梯，與接待處指引入長形餐廳Feast，沿用酒店的大片米色做內飾，以木質質地營造生機感，沒有過多裝飾也沒有富麗堂皇的擺設，單靠頗有設計感的橫豎線條來構造型格空間，整個空間極富有年輕型格的酷勁，又不失大自然柔和溫馨的溫暖；靠窗的二人座不大，但抬頭舒展之時見到“一線天”，也讓人心曠神怡。

蒙上陰影的滿意【add@Prince】②-②

老規矩，接著上篇的環境服務與基本自助餐台介紹，下篇詳細說一說那日的【味蕾感受】。其實讀過上篇就知道，那次的Buffet 個人是“有選擇性”的滿意，這也是上下兩篇博文為何題名為【蒙上陰影】的原因；下篇中我將會花較大的篇幅來說出彩的【芝士】以及【甜品】，而其他類則會被小小弱化。

【Cheese Counter】雖然處於角樓，但卻是那日最吸引我的“角落”，大致分為三層階梯型的木質Counter 有五六款完整show 出來的芝士，普通點的法國藍芝士、車打芝士等是不會少，最為吸睛的要屬那款呈整個圓形，大小模樣好似一個6寸蛋糕一般的核桃羊奶芝士，大顆核桃泛著新鮮淺褐色鑲嵌于上，白嫩芝士看起來是頗有彈性的那種；另外一款同樣呈完整圓形的羊奶芝士也是通常Buffet 不常見的，外皮煙韌，切開后裏面是半流質狀態的乳白色；除芝士外，大粒大粒的杏脯，以及提子干也是我的鍾愛，撇開芝士不說，對於愛吃蜜餞（涼果）的人而言，單憑這兩個小配角，就已經欲罷不能；再細細看，竟然有一款無花果果醬提供，雖然質地有些乾枯結塊，但今季的寵兒【無花果】怎麼也是不能錯過的佳品！