Te

> Location : 1/F, Cheung Hing Comm. Bldg, 37 Cochrane St.,
Central, Hong Kong
> Cuisine : Japanese style pasta
> Tel. # : (check website)
> Website : http://www.te.hk/

If there's one reason that will keep me in hong kong forever would be the FOOD. i'm not talkin' about the chinese food here. but i'm talkin' how very much like nyc, downtown la, there's cusines from all over the world. just lookin' at the streets filled with different types of restaurants makes me feel like a kid in a candy store! haha. yeah, i enjoy eatin' different types of food if u haven't figured it out. yesterday, i went out to central with my bro, sis, sis in law, and 2 nieces and ate dinner at two restaurants. haha, yeah TWO. we first went to a japanese style pasta place called TE. it was good overall, can't say it's excellent or bad. it's a type of food i would called it as "safe food." not something sophisticated but simple and good. i had "F" on the menu which was the creamy tuna pasta. the pasta used was the regular type of spaghetti in most red sauce. this particular dish was in a white sauce as guessed by the word creamy. not strong in taste at first. u really need to mix it a bit first because the sauce sinked onto the button. i didn't get to taste much of what the others ate but i did get a few bites out of what my niece cherie ordered. it was just the regular red sauce pasta. regular is an understatement because as generic as it seems, it actually tasted pretty darn good. i'm not particularly sure, but my guess is the tomato had to be pretty fresh along with a few additional spice and i would guess, a bit of sugar to heighten the taste. about 55-65 hkd a plate. it's not exactly cheap for the portion they gave u. i say about 3-4 big bites and you could really finish it. in conclusion, if u want pasta but not italian, well, check TE out. then again, most of u people readin' probably won't be in hong kong anyways, haha.

< 3 out of 5 >

Pizza Express

> Location : SOHO Square, 21 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central, Hong Kong
> Cuisine : Various types of Pizza
> Tel. # : (check website)
> Website : http://www.pizzaexpress.com.hk/

Right across from TE, is pizza express. first thing i thought of was when i saw the name was cpk, california pizza kitchen (from the states). a lot of different salads, pizza, pasta as you would imagine. i won't go into details about what i ordered but i will explain to you about the crust. the crust is kinda thin, like in sicillian pizza. crunchy, crispy, not oily at all and a nice texture to it. the experience was good overall, kinda like over at TE. i haven't really seen/tried enough to recommend anything. but if u're in a cpk type of mood, pizza with all types of different ingredients and flavors, u should definitely turn to pizza express unless u haven't had enough of pizza hunt. about 100 -120 hkd a pizza, the price gives u the freshness and delicacy of different taste. size wise compared to price, not exactly big but it's a bit below average size.

< 3 out of 5 >

Cafe Siam

> Location : 40-42, Lyndhurst Terrance, Central, Hong Kong
> Cuisine : Thai
> Tel. # : (852) 2851-4803
> Website : N/A

So all that was yesterday for dinner. today for lunch, i went up a place near by, in central also, called cafe siam. cafe siam is thai cusine. if you think simon had enough of thai food (thai spice), well i haven't yet. haha. i ordered two things. the first thing i ordered was tom yum gong fried rice. tom yum gong is originally a soup with chicken, lemon grass, coconut juice and a few other spices and ingredients. however, what made this dish funky was, practically, they took the soup and used it as a sauce to make fried rice out of it. with two prawns on top of the fried rice, the taste was as expected. a bit spicy and sour as usual. interesting overall. so if you like the taste of tom yum gong a lot, u should definitely try this out. the other dish i ordered was chicken green curry. i've ate green curry from all over the place before and this HAD TO BE, the best green curry i have ever had. first of all, green curry usually consist of thai bail leafs, choice of meat, some coconut milk and green curry powder. i believe, a lot of the times, restaurants tend to save money and not use too much coconut and green curry powder, and replacing it with a bit more water, the curry gets diluted a bit. in cafe siam's green curry, my experience was a very strong, distinctive taste of all the ingredients within the dish. nothing was left out of my taste buds. in the end, it's definitely a place i will come back to.

< 4 out of 5 >