BB's European Cuisine (Hong Kong, CHINA) ★★★☆☆

There are only a handful of restaurants I've yet to try at Wanchai's QRE Plaza and before this all important meeting with the big boss in the afternoon, I decided to come and check one off the list - BB's European Cuisine.



They are offering a 4-course lunch that runs from $138 to $168, which looks like pretty good value to me. Although the tomato soup with crab meat didn't start out too promising for us, the appetizer bar worked out alright (smoked salmon, grilled pumpkin, mushroom, some ham, salad etc.).

We fast forward to my main course now which was linguini with Sicilian red prawn and asparagus in a lobster coral sauce. I thought it was a decent dish. The lobster coral emulsion was fairly nice but a tad too soft on the linguini.  



They've got to improve on the dessert coz we are expecting more than a simple pudding from a professional kitchen like this.



The appetizer bar was OK (Still think that DiVino Patio Ristorante Bar Pizzeria at Brim28 has the best appetizer bar in Wanchai) and better was the linguini but still lots of room for improvement.

Food Rating: 4/10
Price: $$$
Address: 6/F QRE Plaza, 202 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Closest Metro Station: Wanchai
Tel: +852 2838-3272

Satay Inn 沙嗲軒 (Hong Kong, CHINA) ★★★★☆

Now that Cafe Malacca has made me realize how much I missed Singaporean food, I decided to go back to my favorite spot, Satay Inn, for the "Taste of Singapore".



I thought I could memorize their food menu by now but turns out they've tinkered it just a bit by removing some of the less popular items. So we are looking at the condensed version now.



As usual, we started things off with the house special sauteed carrot cake with egg and shrimps ($108). This is probably the best Singaporean carrot cake you will ever find in Hong Kong so come and try it out yourself!



Pepper chicken wings ($88) was a rare dish that I've never tried here before. These were deep-fried to golden brown color with peppercorn and secret sauce. Not bad.



Some of us wanted to try their grilled pork neck ($98) and looks like they have got a good one here. Very crispy and each piece has got a good balance of fat and meat. Very nice.



After having those awful chicken satay at Cafe Malacca last week, I was real happy to finally take on some tasty chicken and pork satay ($198). These tender skewers of chicken and pork which were marinated in their special peanut sauce really rock! And I must add, they were all very meaty too!



A trip to Satay Inn is never complete without ordering their fried kway teow ($102). It has the perfect balance of sweetness and spiciness backed by a very strong casting of fresh shrimps, fish cakes, Chinese sausages, egg bean sprout, flat rice noodles and egg noodles. That is so good.



Another dish we tried last week at Cafe Malacca was Mee Goreng ($98) but very different results this afternoon. We absolutely love these fried egg noodles with shredded chicken, tomato and potato. Savory and a little spicy. 



Apart from the pepper chicken wings, ginger and sesame chicken ($98) was another one that managed to fly under our radar all these years. Pieces of chicken were braised in this house-made sesame and ginger sauce but we've got mixed reviews about this one.



Still the best Singaporean food in town hands down. My happy belly was totally packed and I guess I'll have to wait to try their dessert next time.




Food Rating: 7/10
Price: $$$
Address: Shop 3, The Royal Pacific Hotel & Towers, China Hong Kong City, 33 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
Closest Metro Station: Austin
Tel: +852 2738-2368
Website: Link

Chips Republic Café (Hong Kong, CHINA) ★★★☆☆

I decided to come and check another one off Chips Republic's impressive list of milkshakes following lunch at Joia this afternoon. 



Last time it was PB chocolate banana milkshake getting the call so today, mint chocolate gets the nod. This was fairly smooth. The mint flavor was quite refreshing and that was accompanied by small chunks of dark chocolate. But still not as good as the caramel or PB chocolate banana flavor in my opinion.



Food Rating: 4.5/10

Price: $$$

Address: Shop 2132, 2/F, Elements, 1 Austin Road West, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

Closest Metro Station: Kowloon Station
Tel: +852 2581-1887
Website: www.chipsrepublic.com