Spring Deer Restaurant (鹿鳴春), Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

This place (1/F, 42 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, tel : + 857 2366 4012 / 2366 5839) served the best Peking duck I've ever had. Bar none. Each morsel of meat was filled with juices from the bird and melted fat beneath the skin. The quality of the duck was hardly surprising since there was always the option of fresh meat supply. The wraps that were used here were like pita instead of the thin slices of skin that I was used to.

I think the pictures would suffice in doing the rest of the talking here.

These deep fried egg white soufflé that they served for desserts were unfortunately somewhat of a bore. They were a little too dense and floury rather than fluffy and light. I recall the menu mentioning that they were suppose to have bananas in them, rather than just red bean paste.

And possibly for posterity, this was the first time I have ever had Tsingtao. It's actually not to bad after all these years of imagining that it would taste exactly like Tiger.

Kimberley Chinese Restaurant (君怡閣), Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

This was a place (M/F, The Kimberley Hotel, 28 Kimberley Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, tel : + 857 2369 8212 / 2723 3888) which is suppose to be pretty well known for their glutinous rice stuffed suckling pig that each of those had to be pre-ordered at least a day before.

The crispy skinned pig laced with fat was pretty good there, but service in this restaurant sucks. There, I've said it.

I guess what was more memorable for me was the novelty of eating tiny slivers of meat peeled from the chopped up cranium. It felt like a barbarically natural act and yet there was also a lace of mildly repulsive fascination since I was really just pulling of skin and bits of flesh off a maimed face.

Kung Woo Bean Products (公和荳品廠), Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong

In spite of sounding obvious, this place (G/F, 118 Pei Ho Street, Sham Shui Po) does sell bean based products which one can either purchase for home consumption freshly made and cooked items to be had in the premise of their shop. I hear that this particular stall has been around since the 60s.

Since the interior of the shop had already been filled to the brim, we had to settle for huddling along tables on the sides of the shop in the alley. There was a small plate of pan fried assorted tofu and tau huay/tau fu fa and a some smokey scented soya bean drink. Was all pretty good stuff if one was into their bean based flavour. It helped as well that the turn over for food was pretty high judging by the unabating crowd and cooking that was constantly in progress. I'm not sure if everyone could relate to this stuff but it was to me a taste of a time gone by. I'm not sure if this kind of quality can ever be found back home.

Wai Kee Noodle Cafe (維記咖啡粉麵 ), Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong

Here's a bowl of salt, cholesterol and fat for lunch in the form of pig liver and noodles with a couple of sliced and pan fried luncheon meat. This particular stall (G/F, 62 & 67 Fuk Wing Street / Shop D, G/F, 165-167 Pei Ho Street , Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong, tel : +857 2387 6515) as I understand has been around for decades and is a haunt for locals.

Was there anything particularly mind blowing about it? No, there certainly wasn't. I think it'd be pretty unrealistic to expect any out of this world experience for food like that. The noodles were a little too soft for my liking as well. But it was a bowl of uncomplicated and pretty comforting food. And I did agree with the livers which were not overcooked and still tender. The livery and savoury (if not visually too appealing) broth was surprisingly clean and tasty. Luncheon meat only made it better. Definitely would not mind re-visiting.

Australia Dairy Company, Jordan, Hong Kong

We hit this place (47-49 Parkes Street, Jordan, tel : +852 2730 1356) for a quick breakfast after hearing about their vibrantly sunny and fluffy scrambled eggs which was part of a breakfast set that could be had for HKD26.

Those nicely seasoned scrambled eggs they had were pretty damned good and definitely hit the spot for an morning empty stomach. If not for anything else, they (and the milk tea) were worth the trip. We were pretty fortunate to have arrived just before the queue started getting long. But it seemed that the turn over was pretty fast driven by the efficient floor staff managing orders, servings and seatings.

Yasuhan Japanese Restaurant, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

This dinner at Yasuhan (2/F, Radiant Centre, No.7 Cannon Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, tel : +857 9222 8843) was an omakase arranged by a friend (thanks Alice!).

From the facade in streets just outside the building, one would little suspect that it housed the tiny 18 seater (I approximated) that whipped out exquisite Japanese cuisine at a price point that would put shame to similarly typed establishments back home.

There was a pretty textured paper place mat that denoted the season.

I liked the food. I was pretty sure that the pan fried A5 wagyu and fat laced toro slices, both of which were sweet and buttery swerved me towards a favourable disposition. I would have been remiss if I had not mentioned, that the largest hunk of floral uni which was the length from the tip of my thumb to the base helped as well. I am sometimes that easily made happy.

The rest of the items were so so, but the taste from the food were clean and precise. The fruit served at the end were surprisingly aromatic slices of apple of a balanced sweetness. Best damn apple I've ever had.