Star Cafe 星座冰室

Oooh Yeah! I want to introduce to you fellow readers, my favorite local hidden gem no other than the Star Cafe 星座冰室 ! 

It took me a while looking for this place. It is actually located at a not so strategic location in Tsim Sha Tsui, the building looks really old and pretty dodgy. BUTT, the food, is AMAZING!

The tomato egg noodles 蕃茄撈蛋麵 is LOVEEEEE! The tomato broth is sweet and very appetizing, and the egg, the taste blended in just fine and the texture is just amazing! Very fullfilling, very satisfying, very decently priced! I dont wanna further explain in depth, JUST GO AND TRY THEIR NOODLES! :D

We enjoyed our meal here! 

Overall rating: 9/10

Star Cafe 星座冰室

opening hours: monday to saturday 8am-930pm

address: Shop No. 36, Champagne Court, 16-20 Kimberley Road, Tsim Sha Tsui  尖沙咀金巴利道16-20號香檳大廈地庫36號舖

Australia Dairy Company 澳洲牛奶公司

Up next, the much discussed Australia Dairy Company 澳洲牛奶公司. For me, this restaurant is definitely OVERRATED!

As usual, I normally do my homework before I visit any restaurants, the most recommended food as per open rice are their steam milk, steam egg and scrambled egg toast.

This sucks so bad! The texture is not as smooth as the Yee Shun Dairy Company 港澳義順牛奶公司

and no milk taste at all! 

Well, the scrambled egg toast is indeed good. The scrambled egg was smooth and the portion was decent. I am pretty sure they added milk to the scrambled egg thats why the texture is smooth.

On a side note, their service here is really bad and there's normally a queue. To be honest, I would not pay a second visit to this restaurant but for first timers, no harm trying it out, the scrambled egg toast is recommended but for the steam milk, MEHHHHHH!

Overall rating: 5/10
Ambience: 3/10

Australia Dairy Co. 澳洲牛奶公司

opening hours: Monday to Sunday 730am - 11pm; Closed on Thursday

address: G/F, 47-49 Parkes Street, Jordan  佐敦白加士街47-49號地下

Coffee Alley 咖啡弄

Introducing one of my favorite cafe in Hong Kong - Coffee Alley 咖啡弄 from Taiwan. Coffee Alley is actually an upstairs cafe originated from Taiwan, it can easily be spotted as you can normally find people queuing at the roadside.

Yup! Not even kidding about the popularity of this cafe. There's not once that I manage to enter without queueing, the shortest queueing time I've experienced is 45 minutes and the longest, 2 hours. Oh and, they don't accept any reservations. So, do prepare to queue if you really want to try it out. So, what's special here?

I am a tea lover so whenever I visit any cafes, I would try their tea there. The fruit tea comes in a jar which could definitely feed up to 3. The tea is well mixed by using a good range of fruits, it tasted just nice, not too sweet not too sour either. Also, it is very refreshing, perfect for a summer drink.

OH YES! WAFFLES! The waffles are thick yet crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, accompanied by strawberries, one scoop of ice cream and another scoop of custard cream. The strawberries are kinda sour but it neutralizes the sweetness of the ice cream and custard, I guess? Well, no doubt the waffles are good but I've actually tasted better (not in HK), its worth trying I guess?

Being Malaysian, how could we not order the curry (which reminds us of home). The curry beef wasn't too spicy, I guess its made to the local's taste? Well, it is pretty good though. The meat was tender and the curry was spiced just right. I personally would prefer it if it is a bit more spicy.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND the croissant here! It is also one of their signature dish! Not forgetting to mention, it has only limited servings, first come first serve dish! It is simple, classic and DELICIOUS, no need for much introduction, let the photo do the talking. I dont drink coffee so I cant do much intro on the coffees served here but according to my friends who tagged along, the macchiato is actually pretty well brewed, thumbs up worth a try.

Overall Rating: 8/10

Coffee Alley 咖啡弄
operation hours: 12pm-11pm; 10pm last call for kitchen
address: Room B1-B3, 1/F, Dragon Rise, 9-11 Pennington Street, Causeway Bay 銅鑼灣邊寧頓街9-11號登龍閣1樓B1-B3室