Samsen is our long-time favourite Thai restaurant. It is run by Chef Adam Cliff, who left Chachawan, in late 2015 to open this place. Samsen is everything but your average Thai. It is intimate and small (with only 35 seats, some at the counter) and the menu focuses mainly on boat noodles, stir fries and snacks… Continue reading Review: Samsen
My children love anything and everything that is sweet - and they are big fans of waffles and pancakes. Usually we don't have the time or patience to wait for our turn at the long queue at Mammy Pancake, but during the last few days we've been lucky: the queue was not too long and… Continue reading Mammy Pancake in Causeway Bay
I had been to the Metropol Restaurant in Admiralty many years ago, but I felt it was just average, so I haven't been back for a long time. A few weeks ago, we were out in Hong Kong Park on a sunny Saturday morning and suddenly were in the mood of Dim Sum. So we… Continue reading Review: Metropol Restaurant
This visit has been so long overdue... every time I visit the Queen Street Cooked Food Market in Sheung Wan I end up going to ABC Kitchen (which is great and unique), but while eating, I am intrigued by the smells coming from the Indian and Nepalese restaurant next door. The little restaurant, Chautari, is always very… Continue reading Review: Chautari
Our favourite Korean restaurant on the island side is Han Ah Rum, but sometimes we are not in the mood of queuing up or booking in advance - and we also don't always want to grill our own BBQ. So in that case, we sometimes go to other Korean restaurants, like Kaya on the 9th… Continue reading Review: Kaya Korean
My parents had been visiting me a few days ago, and we spent one morning walking along the Wong Nai Chung Gap trail - which is so beautiful. I love that it is so close to the city, but still quiet and also not too hard to walk. We had great views that day, all… Continue reading Review: The Yuu
I was kind of contemplating whether to write about Godenya again - normally I only write once about a restaurant and then that's it - usually because I either don't go back there or I eat there a lot. But this time I am torn. I have been to Godenya in February, and I totally… Continue reading Review: Godenya (revisited)
