Tofu G (豆府記 두부젤라또), Mandarin Gallery

Came across Tofu G (#03-30 Mandarin Gallery, 333A Orchard Road, tel : +65 8970 6493) recently and tried a couple of their tofu gelato. Apparently, they're the first tofu gelato here and the spot they're on is a pop up. Nicest looking pop up I've seen.

The lavender coloured one was Korean sweet potato - if you asked me, it tasted like yam and coconut. The Sandy coloured one's pistachio with its unmistakeable nuttiness. These were a lot lighter compared to regular dairy based gelato. Not bad.

Pistachio and Mortadella pizza from Lucca's Trattoria

We were at Lucca's Trattoria recently and came across a pistachio and Mortadella pizza with burrata. There was creamy rich with saltiness from the cheese and ham; that paired with the nuttiness from the pistachio paste and toasty crushed pistachio. Nice. 👍🏼

Orange Americano from Cocobella Lifebar

I've never stepped into this place (#01-55 One Holland Village, 7 Holland Village Way) until today. Got an Orange Americano. This rendition came with coconut water. Since this was a "coconut water bar" and that coconut water has got to get in with the coffee and orange juice, something had to give. It wasn't a bad drink but as far as this beverage went, Alice Boulangerie and Luckin makes better ones. This one just tried.

Homemade Springroll • Springroll Skin, People's Park Food Centre

Laksa and poh piah from Homemade Springroll • Springroll Skin (#01-1008 People’s Park Food Centre, 32 New Market Road). Not a fan of the laksa. There's no coconut milk in it to provide the creamy richness that the Peranakan/Katong style I usually prefer has. The poh piah was pretty decent tasting though. One can tell from how it was being wrapped that the wrapper has had years of experience doing it.

Another Zheng Dou (正斗) before leaving Hong Kong

One last eat at Zheng Dou before leaving the airport. Never noticed that they were called Tasty Congee & Noodle Wantun Shop. 

It's roast pork and goose today. Quality of the roast was pretty decent like the previous times we've had them here. Did not specify the part for the goose today and ended up with a portion that has mostly skin, fat and bones. I much prefer the breast or drumstick.

Beef & Liberty, HKIA

Haven't eaten at Beef & Liberty since that time at Wan Chai. This location at the airport was in the way so I wanted to know if they were still like before. Menu's a little different.

Their basic burger uses Raclette - which was what intrigued me. It's apparently just for the shop at the airport. 

I got one with bacon. The glaring omission to the burger was salt. Considering that there was cheese and bacon, this was woefully bland. Seriously. I had to salt the meat to normalise the flavour. The other thing that bugged me were the caramelized onions which were a dominant flavour. It made me feel like I was eating a raisin burger.

While it didn't taste bad after the salt, I was somewhat disappointed with it.

What I didn't expect was fish & chips. It's called the Cod Father. Beer and vodka battered MSC Alantic cod they mentioned. Comparing with Smiths, the batter's a little dense here and not as well flavoured. One could easily excuse that since they aren't known for fish & chips. What I loved about it were the fries, house made tartare sauce and their mushy peas.

Wouldn't say that I'm a big on mushy peas in general but these were minty and buttery and it's also now on the top of my list for mushy peas. 😬 The other memorable ones being the one from the old Lad & Dad when they were in Maxwell and those from the defunct Portico.