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September 13 Ming Court's special menu till 30 September is 'Four Corners of China'. Highlights include chilled sliced foie gras in sake, prepared using Beijing techniques ($168) and braised wagyu in a distinctly Sichuan style ($288). Degustation menu of 7 courses is $680.
September 13 Frites new daily Happy Hour is 3-7pm, half price on all draught beers and house wine.
September 13 Spices celebrates Lantern festival with an Asian buffet featuring lots of seafood, curries, lamb chops and more $408/adult, $204/child (free lantern for children).
September 10 The Repulse Bay has a wine tasting evening on 17th September at The Marquee $398 includes wines from around the world, buffet and wine glass gift set
September 10 Don't miss Red Soho's Cosmopolitan Ladies Night. Thursdays 6-8pm ladies get free Cosmos, while men get happy hour prices till 9pm.
September 10 Till end September Rocksalt in Stanley has a Surf 'n' Turf promotion - a king prawn and ribeye with a glass of Alice White Shiraz or Chardonnay for $288.
September 5 The new Blue Smoke BBQ (3/F, 15-16 Lan Kwai Fong, 2816 9018) is offering daily buffet lunch 12-3pm from only $98
September 5 Staunton's has free wine tasting every Wednesday 7-8pm.
September 5 At the new l'Hotel Island Sound (55 Wong Chuk Hang Rd, 3968 8833), Bar LIS has 30% off till 12 September.
September 2 You could win an iPhone 4 at any Shakey's Pizza during September. Msut spend $250 to enter draw.
September 2 Saigon in Stanley's new 'oodles of noodles' menu (till end Oct), feautres Soft shell crab and asparagus with egg noodles ($118), pan seared scallops with caviar on vermicelli ($98), and Vietnamese rice noodle Cakes amongst others.
September 2 Grissini has a special porcini mushroom menu through September.
July 28 Duke's Deli is offering kids cooking parties for up to 8 kids on weekends and holidays. $288 covers 1 kid and 1 adult.
July 28 On 4 August, The Pawn's Roving Steakhouse night means champagne and canapes at 7pm and a 4 course meal with Porterhouse steak to follow for $888.
July 27 Through August, Duetto marks 63 years of Indian independence with a special menu including Chicken Tiranga ($78), Jash-ne-Kashmir ($108) and Kesari Laddu ($42) for dessert.
July 27Ben & Jerry's today celebrate the opening of their latest branch at 45-47 Cochrane St, Soho with free ice cream 5-7pm.
July 2 St George restaurant in Hullett House are hosting a five-course Spanish wine dinner on July 8. $688 per person call 3988 0220 for reservations.
July 2 Eight new seafood dishes celebrating the flavours of Italy and India have been added to the menu at Duetto.
July 2 The buffet at the Coffee Mill will be featuring Dungeness crab from 13 Jul–5 Aug. Adult $178, Child and Senior Citizen $118 (Mon-Fri), Adult $188 and $128 (weekends & public holidays)

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Sushi Uogashi

8/F 11 Stanley Street
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 3622 1817

Sushi Shin

110-114 Tun Lo Wan Road
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 2398 8000

Stonegrill, The

G/F 135 Sunning Road
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 2504 3333

Stables Grill

1881 Heritage
2A Canton Road
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 3988 0104

St George

Hullett House
2A Canton Road
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 3988 0220

Soho8

8 Staunton Street
Soho
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2536 9068

SML

11/F Times Square
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 2577 3444

Shiok Singapore Kitchen & Bar

66 Peel Street
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2899 2001

Shanghai Lane

35-37 Gough Street
Noho
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2850 7788

Shakey’s Pizza

2/F 11 Stanley Street
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2525 3030

Sha Tin 18

Hyatt Regency
18 Chak Cheung Street
Shatin
New Territories
Tel 3723 1234

Saveur de France

G/F 24 Hollywood Road
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2525 2028

San Xi Lou

7/F Coda Plaza
51 Garden Road
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2838 8811

Sushi U

3/F Century Square
1-13 D’Aguilar Street
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2537 9393

Sports Place, The

36 Forbes Street
Kennedy Town
Hong Kong
Tel 2819 6900

Sodeyama

18/F Henry House
42 Yung Ping Road
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 2890 2913

Sea King Garden Restaurant

39 Hoi Ping Road Central
Lei Yue Mun
Tel 2348 1408

Sam Mok Korean Restaurant

2/F 12-16 Humphrey’s Avenue
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 2721 8970

Simply Life

1081 ifc Mall
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2234 7356

Sushi Que-be

41 Wyndham Street
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2526 9961

Soho Seafood Express

Wellington Street

Central

Tel. 2805 9889

Square, The

Novotel
348 Nathan Road
Jordan
Kowloon
Tel 3965 8888

Sky Lounge

28/F Hotel Jen
508 Queen’s Road West
Western
Hong Kong
Tel 2974 1234

Sushi Qube

LG/F 41 Wyndham Street
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2810 0803

Sugardolls

54 D’Aguilar Street
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2980 3638

Steak & Frites

G/F Shop B, 11 Old Bailey Street
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2524 1818

Star of Shandong

Unit 235, 2/F, East Point City
Tseung Kwan O
Kowloon
Tel 2628 7068

Star of Canton Restaurant

UG01 Olympian City 2
18 Hoi Ting Road
West Kowloon
Kowloon
Tel 2577 0888

Spuntini

G/F 4-6 St Frances Street
Wanchai
Hong Kong
Tel 2528 1060

SkyZone Restaurant and Lounge

Rosedale on the Park
8 Shelter Street
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 2127 8838

Sky Lounge

Hotel Nikko Hong Kong
72 Mody Road
Tsimshatsui East
Kowloon
Tel 2313 4245

Siu Shun Village Cuisine

R6, 7/F MegaBox
38 Wang Chiu Road
Kowloon Bay
Kowloon
Tel 2798 9738

Sijie Sichuan Dishes

2/F 285-291 Lockhart Road
Wanchai
Hong Kong
Tel 2802 2250

Shu Zhai

G/F & 1/F Stanley Main Street
Stanley
Hong Kong
Tel 2813 0123

Shiro

1/F Pacific Place
88 Queensway
Admiralty
Hong Kong
Tel 2155 8066

Sheung Hing Chiu Chow Restaurant

G/F 29 Queen’s Road West
Sheung Wan
Hong Kong
Tel 2854 4557

Shanghai Xiao Nan Guo Cuisine

Unit 2, Level 6 MegaBox
38 Wang Chiu Road
Kowloon Bay
Kowloon
Tel 2545 0880

Shanghai Xiao Nan Guo Cuisine

UG/F TST Centre
66 Mody Road
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 2369 8899

Shanghai Xiao Nan Guo Cuisine

12/F Food Forum
Times Square
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 2874 8899

Shanghai Xiao Nan Guo Cuisine

Level 3 Man Yee Building
68 Des Voeux Road
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2258 9393

Shang Hai Brothers

108 Tsat Tsz Mui Road
North Point
Hong Kong
Tel 2811 3006

Sevva

25/F Prince’s Building
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2537 1388

Se Wong Yee

24 Percival Street
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 2831 0163

Satay Inn

Royal Pacific Hotel & Towers
Podium Tower 1
China HongKong City
Canton Road
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 2738 2368

Sarangchae

5P125 Terminal 2
Chek Lap Kok Airport
Lantau
New Territories
Tel 3559 1111

Santa Lucia

38/F Hotel Panorama
8A Hart Avenue
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 3550 0388

Salon de Ning

8/F The Peninsula
Salisbury Road
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 2315 3355

Sagrantino Review

sagrantino restaurant hong kongWhen you walk into Sagrantino the first thing you notice is the arched red brick decorative finish. The tables are set back into little arched alcoves. You might even be reminded of those old photographs of the Beatles playing at the Cavern back in the 60′s.

I’m not sure if that’s the intended effect but it is a little different. Especially as it is on the fifth floor (The Cavern was in a basement I believe) of a modern building in Wellington Street. Nevertheless it does aid and abet a cosy atmosphere

I got there quite early and surprised the waitress. It was only just about 7.00 and I don’t think customers start arriving much before 8.00pm. It’s a long thin restaurant with the kitchen at the far end. Since I had the place to myself I chose a table in an alcove about half way along.

The waitress brought me the menu and a bread basket. For an Italian restaurant it didn’t seem like a particularly varied selection of bread but it did have some delicious croutons which I nibbled into extinction while waiting for the first course.

sagrantino restaurant hong kongFor starters I’d ordered Carpaccio Manzo ($98). Carpaccio is thin slices of beef in olive oil and lemon. This was garnished with a forest of aragula, pink peppercorns and topped off with shavings of parmesan cheese.

Although Sagrantino is essentially an Italian restaurant it is Japanese owned and though Carpaccio is technically beef, Sagrantino offers options with octopus, tuna, salmon, yellow tail and duck. Which, when you think about it are just logical variations.

I’d stayed with the traditional beef because I had ordered grilled salmon for main ($178). This was two generous salmon steaks swimming in an ocean of parsley cream sauce with some little roast potato cubes on the side. It looked quite striking and tasted wonderful. But it was almost too much. Almost. if you don’t have such a large appetite I would recommend sharing this and maybe a pasta.

The choice of desserts is not spectacular. Dessert of the day was orange sorbet. I was tempted but in the end I opted for tiramisu ($68). Tiramisu is so common in so many restaurants that I usually avoid it and I must confess, halfway through this I was wishing I’d had the sorbet. Not because the tiramisu was particularly bad. It wasn’t, it was perfectly edible. I just get bored with it.

Sergio’s Review

I wanted crispy pork. I’d been wanting it all day – I think I probably woke up wanting it but by lunch time I still hadn’t decided where I was going to go to get it. Then a friend called and asked if I’d been to Sergio’s in Causeway Bay and what did I think?

Well I had to confess I hadn’t heard of Sergio’s but since it sounded Italian I figured there would be a fairly decent chance that crispy roast pork would be on the menu. “I’ll tell you tomorrow” I said.

It’s an unusual place for restaurant, out on Causeway Road opposite Victoria Park. There are a couple of al fresco tables but it is mostly inside though it does maintain a garden like feel. Windows along two sides make it seem a little more spacious while strategically placed plants hide most of the buses rumbling by outside.

I was happy to note that crispy roast was indeed on the menu; Il Porcellino Croccante al Forno ($168). According to the English, “crispy baby pig ‘mother’ style”. Which I presume means just how Sergios mum cooked it.

Sounded good to me but first I decided to order the Affettato misto All’ Italiana ($138), a selection of salami and prosciutto. This was really my second choice. I’d wanted the Salmone Afumicato con Crostini Caldi. The waitress was very sorry but explained that the markets had failed to yield salmon of a standard that Sergio was happy with that morning.

Since a good prosciutto needs to hang for a considerable length of time I felt confident that it would be available. It was served very simple with just the wine and the bread basket to accompany it.

The crispy roast pig was a delight and well worth waiting for. It was also a very generous serving delivered by a waitress whose smile seemed to know that that I’d been looking forward to it all day. She refilled my glass.

Again the dish was served very simply with roast potatoes and garnished with rosemary. I tucked in. The meat was tender and succulent and satisfied my craving quite admirably.

I rarely order Tiramisu, I don’t know why. I think perhaps because it is just such a common dessert and I usually like to look for the unusual. The tiramisu at Sergios is ‘grandmother style’ and it wasn’t to be denied.

Sala Thai Review

sala thai restaurant hong kongI was back over in Elements again this week. I decided that this time I would stay away from the roof garden area and see what else I could find. There are plenty of other restaurants in there so I wasn’t worried about getting too hungry.

I didn’t have to search too hard. From the outside Sala Thai looks relaxed and inviting and there is an enlarged version of the menu by the entrance to tempt anyone who is not entirely certain.

I really like Thai food so it didn’t take much to tempt me at all. The interior is pleasantly wooden. Some booths, some parts raised a little and they seem to be able to pack a lot of people in without actually appearing to be too crowded.

I was lucky. When I arrived there were not too many other guests but the place filled up quickly and by the time my food had arrived the place was buzzing with life.

sala thai restaurant hong kongThe menu offers all the Thai classics, green and red curries, tom yam soups and spicy salads. Although it is divided into appetisers and mains I never really expect the food to arrive according to that order. It never does in Thai restaurants. So it came as no surprise that the the dish I ordered last, stir fried mixed vegetables ($58) arrived first. Shortly before the rice.

The dish I’d ordered from the appetiser section did arrive next. This was a green mango with soft-shelled crab salad ($68). The Mango is julienned in the same way that papaya is in the famous som tam but the flavour is more tangy and complements the crab rather well. It is mixed with cashew nuts, chillies and a dash of lime juice.

To go with the vegetables I had ordered the salt encrusted grilled mullet ($118). This is very popular in Bangkok and is one of the chefs specialities. It is also quite big but it was moist and tender. The fish is stuffed with lemon grass, galangal and lime leaves before it is grilled and these impart a delicate fragrance to the fish. But be careful of bones. They are not particularly small in a mullet but there is always one that sneaks in and stabs your gum.

For dessert I chose the ever popular mango and sticky rice. The black and the white rice were shaped into two halves of a heart with coconut cream poured all over. Mmmm delicious.

Slim’s American Diner Review

You need to be slim to fit into Slims, the bar is long and thin. It’s owned by the same people as the Hong Kong Brewhouse so you get that familiar crunch of peanut shells as you walk in.

Less familiar, but even more welcome was the sound of a laid back urban blues easing itself into the room. This is the kind of music I can sit and drink beer to all night.

Adorning the wall that wasn’t taken up by the bar and kitchen were black and white portraits of old bluesmen whose names happened to include Slim; there was Memphis Slim, Sunnyland Slim, Slim Harpo and many others. My companion patiently read the menu while I admired them all.

Slim’s is on the little side road next to Pacific Place 3 so it is an excellent location for recuperating after the rigors of shopping. We’d actually been buying cool gadgets which isn’t really shopping in my book. Nevertheless we welcomed the idea of a refreshing ale and a bite to eat.

The pub has an interesting selection of bottled beers from England including several from the Fullers brewery. I opted for a bottle of Fullers Organic Honeydew Ale. Largely because I have some very fond, if somewhat hazy memories, of Fullers ales from when I lived in London long ago. And the idea of organic beer appealed to me.

My companion, who is not a big alcohol drinker, settled for a ginger beer.

The menu is pretty much what you’d expect to find in a pub, but it’s done reasonably well. There are burgers, fish and chips etc. We decided to share a plate of nachos ($75) for starters.

The Honeydew Ale was really rather pleasant. A little on the sweet side so I don’t think I’d make a night of it but quite refreshing, good for a swift one on the way home.

For mains we ordered we ordered the Lamb and Leek sausage ($88) which is served with sauerkraut, potato salad and an interesting minty/mustardy sauce. The sausages were really nice, imported from Wales, according to the menu.

We also ordered the Chili and Pepper Chicken Pizza ($98) The pizza is actually quite good but next time I would ask them to hold off the Thai style spicy-sweet sauce. I have nothing against the sauce in itself, it just didn’t belong on that pizza. I felt that, if required, it could have been included in a small dish on the side so each individual could decide how much or little to add.

For dessert I decided to forego the Slim’s Cheesecake and instead turned to the beer menu again. The waitress intervened to inform me of a new beer that had just arrived from Oxfordshire Ales, and wasn’t on the menu. And I’m glad she did. The beer was called Pride of Oxford and was really quite wonderful. I don’t know if this beer is available in the companies other outlets, if not it is worth a trip to Wanchai on it’s own merit.

That and the excellent music that was playing while we were there make this a hole in the wall well worth knowing about.

Spoil Café Review

This is a tiny little restaurant at the end of Sun Street in Wanchai. The decor is nothing fancy, pleasant but functional, and with the tables tightly packed together it has room for just 16 people.

“Do you have a reservation?” I was asked when I arrived. I said I didn’t and the manager furrowed his brow for a moment before pointing to a table. “How about this one?” I asked looking at another one “Reserved”, he said “This one?” I asked again, pointing to another. He shook his head.

There weren’t any more so I sat down at the one he originally offered. On less damp and humid days I’m sure there would be seating outside but the effect is almost achieved anyway. The corner shop has had it’s two outside walls removed completely and replaced by windows.

Despite the lack of candles and subtle lighting it seems to be quite a romantic place. This was evidenced by the fact that the only other guests there were courting couples. I tried not to feel like a gooseberry and turned my attention to the menu.

It was not a large menu. I could tell you everything that was on it but that would spoil the joy of discovery and besides I rather suspect it varies from day to day depending on what the chef finds in the market. “We also have spaghetti with squid ink today” the manager told me.

I passed on the squid ink, instead I had a mango and avocado salad ($98) followed by a seafood linguine ($128). Both were very good indeed. To accompany them I ordered a glass of crisp Australian Riesling ($55).

The mango and avocado salad came with a couple of large prawns on top. This was a bit of a surprise but not an unpleasant one. The menu hadn’t mentioned the prawn but I decided it was an inspired addition and devoured it anyway.

The couple at the next table were sharing a plate of clams. They looked delicious and I was rather hoping that there would be a few in my linguine. There were. There were also mussels, squid, prawn and a white fish, probably sole. I also rather fancy there was a hint of something spicy in there that one doesn’t normally associate with Italian food.. or was it just the black pepper playing tricks on me.

I would have asked the manager but other guests had arrived now and he was busy. But I did press him for dessert. The selection consisted of cheesecakes and chocolate cakes etc. I settled on a slice of blueberry cheesecake ($30) and a coffee ($22).

The leaves outside fluttered on a rare breeze, the courting couples billed and cooed. I paid my bill and hopped down the steps and along to Slims, where I happen to know they have a very fine selection of beer.

Sabah Review

One of the great things about Malaysian restaurants is that invariably they offer a fabulous blend of styles. Curries, for example, can be found in Indian and Thai styles as well as Malay. On top of this they are almost always great value for money.

I stopped into the Wanchai branch of Sabah the other evening (The other is in Kennedy Town). It was still early but it was already quite busy. Had I arrived half an hour later I probably wouldn’t have got a table.

The restaurant is simple but functional. There are some kites decorating the walls and some tribal carvings, a nod to the province from where the restaurant takes its name. Mercifully there were no tourist office posters of Mount Kinabalu, not because I dislike the mountain but because they always serve to remind me that I haven’t yet climbed it. I must get my act together one day.

In the meantime I focused my attention on the varied menu. The choices included samosas, satays and shrimp cakes. I decided on the deep fried bean curd ($45). This was stuffed with cucumber and bean sprouts and served with Thai style sweet chili sauce and Malay spicy peanut sauce.

They were pleasing and not too filling, which was a good thing because I went way overboard on the main course. In my defense I will say I didn’t realise just how much I was ordering. I had already decided to forego rice and have two main dishes instead. But then I said to the waitress right at the end of the order “… and could I also have a chapati please ($18), no make that two.” She looked at me in wonderment.

The chapatis were the first to arrive. They were quite a bit bigger than I was expecting and came with a delicious curry sauce dip. Fortunately the next dish came soon after, otherwise I might have ruined my appetite before I’d even got started.

However, grilled fish with in banana leaf ($98) arrived in the nick of time and I was able to turn my attention to that for a while. The fish had been grilled with shrimp paste, something that I always feel should be used with great care because of its potential to overpower all other flavours. This fish was good and though the the shrimp was trying very hard to assert itself it didn’t overwhelm.

The next dish to arrive was king prawn in butter and fried egg white ($160). This dish was huge – I would recommend sharing. The prawns themselves were monsters and there were five or six of them. I’m afraid I lost count but they were all wonderfully fresh and firm. The fried egg white in which they are tossed is very rich so by the time I’d worked my way through all of them I was feeling very full indeed. I decided I’d better rest awhile before attempting dessert.

“Don’t forget your chapatis” quipped the waitress with a cheeky grin. She was right, I hadn’t even finished the first one. Ordering two had been totally reckless. I looked at it for a while and tried a nibble but I knew it would be either the chapatis or dessert.

The dessert won the day. From the beginning of the meal I’d had my heart sent on the Malaysian bubur char char ($25). I had no idea what it could be but it had a charming name. I gave my order and the waitress hurried off to the kitchen in disbelief.

The sweet itself was warm coconut milk with taro and sweet potato and was pleasant enough though not as mysterious and exotic as the name. But then If I’d thought about it I might have remembered that ‘bubur’ is Malay for porridge.

Sukhothai Review

I’d just come back from a wonderful break in the land of smiles and was yearning to extend it for just one more dinner time so I wandered along to Sukho Thai in the Sun Hung Kai Centre. This is the newer of the two branches, the other one being in Stanley.

I was the first customer of the evening and, for a short while, had the waitresses all to myself. I ordered a glass of draught Carlsberg ($48) and munched on crackers dipped in either chillies in a sweet honey sauce or chillies in fish soy sauce while I contemplated the menu.

The ancient city of Sukhothai, a UNESCO world heritage site in the north of Thailand, was the first capital of the Kingdom and is regarded as the cradle of Thai civilisation. The name means “dawn of happiness” and during its 200 year reign the arts flourished, the Thai alphabet was born and its influence stretched across parts of Burma, Laos, Cambodia and far south into the Malay peninsula.

I ordered the crispy, soft shelled crab with green mango salad ($65) for starter. The salad is related to the popular som-tam (green papaya salad which is also on the menu) though it is not as spicy. This was fresh, sharp and tangy. A little spicy but not too much. I felt the urge to ask for sticky rice to go with it but the meal had only just begun and there was a lot more to eat yet.

For main course I ordered a Phanaeng style curry with roast duck and garnished with cherry tomatoes and grapes ($62). This is a rich, thick curry from the south made with peanuts and coconut creme. Consequently it leans towards the sweet rather than spicy.

To go with it I ordered steamed tofu stuffed with spinach ($52). Both of these dishes were large and would be more than suitable for sharing.

The tofu was served in a herbed lime sauce and while it was quite delicious I could have perhaps chosen a better option, say fried vegetables with salted fish, to follow the mango salad.

For dessert I opted for the lemon grass panna cotta with marinated plums and berries ($68), and rounded off with coffee.

It was an enjoyable meal in pleasant surroundings but stepping out on to Gloucester Road I could feel the onset of winter in the air and had to accept that my vacation was over.

Spice Market review

Harbour City is a peculiar kind of shopping mall, it’s more like a shopping warren. I’m sure it would be possible to wander around in circles for hours and not realise it. I don’t normally go in there unless I can help it, but each time I do it starts off looking familiar but then I realise how horribly wrong I am. It’s like the shops ARE all the same but they have shuffled themselves around and are now in different places.

I’d set out in search of the Spice Market which was at the Marco Polo Prince, I’m not sure what folly possessed me and led me into the mall, perhaps it was the heat and humidity or a subconscious lust for adventure. Suffice to say that I could have just legged it up Canton Road and been there in a trice.

Instead I wandered around for what seemed like ages on the wrong floor. I eventually came to a clearing on the far side of which was a glass staircase. I climbed the staircase and there at the top was a bustling Spice Market.

The restaurant offers an all you can eat buffet dinner for just $295. I didn’t have a reservation and was lucky to get a table. The buffet dinner, I learned, is very popular. I shown to a table adjacent two ladies who, it appeared, had already been there a while. They had buffet dining down to a fine art, take only small portions and don’t rush, it isn’t a race. I decided to follow their example.

The restaurant is a long curving room, the food is laid out along one wall with the tables set apart on a slightly raised wooden platform. With a name like The Spice Market one could be forgiven for thinking that this is primarily South and Southeast Asian cuisine and while they are well represented the restaurant aims to provide something for the whole family.

I decided to start with some cold cuts. Not too much, I told myself, some chicken slices, smoked salmon mmm maybe just one more piece of that salmon and ooh they’ve got Thai beef salad here. Well by the time I’d taken not too much of lots of different things I had quite a full plate. I’ll have a little more discipline next time around I told myself.

I decided I might just as well work my way along the line which meant my next course would be sushi. There were also oysters that were attracting a lot of attention. I’m not a huge fan so I decided to pass them by in favour of the sushi.

I did notice that the desserts were on a sort of detour behind the sushi counter. Two children were having a whale of a time manufacturing waffles, one ladling the other pressing, and then taking it in turns to deliver the finished waffle to what I could only assume was a fairly large family group somewhere out of sight.

I continued my journey. Roast beef and steamed vegetables didn’t seem very Asian but I didn’t really mind, there was still teppanyaki, hotpot, satays and barbecue. An intriguing item on the barbecue counter was something called slipper lobsters. These look like lobsters but are the size of a prawn and have a really tough shell. The flesh, when I finally got it, out was really quite tasty but there wasn’t as much of it as I would have hoped for.

My last forage along the main section took me to the Indian counter. This was getting much less attention from the throng as were the other options but for me tandoori fish and beef curry along with nan bread and poppadoms proved to be a perfect way to round off.

There was of course dessert, chocolate mousse, caramel creme, ice creme, tiramisu … all our favourites. I shan’t embarrass myself by telling you what I had but I would like to stress that I only had a small spoonful of each.

Spice market is good for a family event or a good crowd from the office, not fine dining, I like to call it fun dining. The food was good, plentiful and varied. I like that in a buffet. With beers the bill came to $330, which I thought was jolly reasonable.

Seafood Restaurant, The

Shop 4-6, 1/F Sanlitum Causeway Centre
Wanchai
Hong Kong
Tel 2802 8181
Fax 2802 8089

Soho Spice

G/F 47 Elgin Street
Soho
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2521 1600
Fax 2521 2600

Sweetie’s

Shop G12 Site 4 Whampoa Garden
Hung Hom
Kowloon
Tel 2264 2699

Stonegrill (TST)

G319 Harbour City
Tsim Sha Tsui
Kowloon
Tel 2119 0666, 2721 9999
Fax 2119 0777

Spasso

Shop 403 Harbour City
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 2730 8027

Swagat Indian Restaurant

1/F 103-104 Chungking Mansions
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 2722 5350/2723 7618

Shanghai Garden

1/F Hutchison House
10 Harcourt Road
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2524 8181
Fax 2596 0733

Square, The

4/F Exchange Square 2
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2525 1163

Sweet Basil Thai Cuisine

Shop C/D 6/F Lee Theatre Plaza
99 Percival Street
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 2890 1993

Safari Bar

Royal Pacific Hotel & Towers
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 2738 2398

Sharks Fin City Restaurant

1102, Food Forum
Times Square
Matheson Street
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 3102 9838

Stormy Weather

G/F & 1/F, 48 D’Aguilar Street
Lan Kwai Fong
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2845 5533
Fax 2525 3477

Shui Hu Ju

G/F 68 Peel Street
Soho
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2869 6927

Sushi Sumi

G/F Elegance Court
2-4 Tsoi Street
Happy Valley
Hong Kong
Tel 2803 5558

Sun Japanese Dining

13/F Food Forum
Times Square
Matheson Street
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 2506 1838

Satay Inn

Upper G/F Sino Plaza
255-257 Gloucester Road
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 2833 6188

Se Wong To

90 Oak Street
Tai Kok Tsui
Kowloon
Tel 2787 2098

Shake ‘Em Buns

5 Hoi Ping Road
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 2572 6220

Sorabol

4/F Miramar Shopping Centre
1 Kimberley Road
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 2375 2882

S On

G/F 8 Yiu Wah Street
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 2938 0044

Sharks Fin City Restaurant

U G/F, 8 Olympian City One
West Kowloon
Kowloon
Tel 2271 4328

Spice Market

Marco Polo Prince Hotel
Harbour City
Canton Road
Tsim Sha Tsui
Kowloon
Tel 2113 6046
Fax 2113 0055

Sticky Fingers

G/F Shop 61-63 & 67-70 Tsimshatsui Centre
66 Mody Road
Tsimshatsui East
Kowloon
Tel 2369 8981

Sorabol

17/F Lee Theatre Plaza
99 Percival Street
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 2881 6823
Fax 2504 5674

Sun Sing Tea

32/F Soundwill Plaza
38 Russell Street
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 2832 2889

Sushi Toki

G 1015 Yiu Shing mansion
Stage 10 Tai Koo Shing
Hong Kong
Tel 2186 6969

Sushi Toku

Unit B. 2/F Cameron Plaza
23-25A Cameron Road
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 2301 3555

Sabah

98-102 Jaffe Road
Wanchai
Hong Kong
Tel 2143 6626

Santa Fe American Restaurant

3/F 8 Observatory Court
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 2316 2818

Selina Restaurant and Bar

Shop A, U G/F On Hing Building
1 On Hing Terrace
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2868 0234

Skitz

5/F Phoenix Building
21-25 Luard Road
Wanchai
Hong Kong
Tel 2866 3277

Sushi Express

G/F, 19 – 21 Tong Chong Street
Quarry Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 2563 3000
Fax 2563 3013

Soiree

G/F 19 Elgin Street
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 28572808

Sabatini

Royal Garden Hotel
69 Mody Road
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 2721 5215

Da Ping Huo (Sichuan Cuisine)

L/G Hilltop Plaza
49 Hollywood Road
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2559 1317

Sauce

9 Sha Tsui Path
Sai Kung
New Territories
Tel 2791 2348
Fax 2791 2376

Shum Kee Seafood Restaurant

26 Sok Kwu Wan
Lamma Island
New Territories
Tel 2982 8241/2982 8290
Fax 2982 8282

Stoep, The

32 Lower Cheung Sha Village
Lantau
New Territories
Tel 2980 2699

Sagano

1/F Hotel Nikko Hong Kong
72 Mody Road
Tsimshatsui
Hong Kong
Tel 2313 4215

Sea Front

92A1 Stanley Main Street
Stanley
Hong Kong
Tel 2899 0812
Fax 2899 0930

Sparkz

G/F 18 Gough Street
Noho
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2127 7533
Fax 2127 7603

Stable Bend Terrace

3/F Happy Valley Stand
Happy Valley Racecourse
Hong Kong
Tel 2966 7111

Shake ‘Em Buns

UG/F 76 Wellington Street
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2810 5533

Sky Lounge

Top Floor, Sheraton Hotel
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 2369 1111

Solas

G/F The Centrium
60 Wyndham Street
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 3162 3710

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