La Taste

I’ve been on a hunt for some authentic and flavorful pho for a while now.  I did some research and Sassy Hong Kong recommended La Taste.  Now, to be fair, they recommended the shaking beef, not the pho, so maybe I should’ve opted for the former.  But, like I said, pho was what I needed.  

I didn't leave feeling super satisfied with the pho...maybe there wasn't enough MSG? Kidding! :) But really, it just didn't meet the standards of the pho found in Houston.  Onto the next pho hotspot...

Their Vietnamese coffee....eh

La Taste
1/F, 34-38 Stanley Street
MTR: Central
Price Range: $51-100
Rating: 5.5 out of 10

http://www.openrice.com/en/hongkong/restaurant/central-lataste-vietnamese-cuisine/40703 

Applegreen

Applegreen is located right below it’s sister restaurant, R&B, both of which are right around the corner from my flat.  Convenient, affordable, and light, I try to get my healthy meals in from this salad house. 

The salad half portions are big and the full portions are GINORMOUS!  The appetizers are really tasty.  I didn’t enjoy the pasta…after all, this is the house of SALAD. 

What I really love is the Guac and Chips…don’t know whether it’s because if I’ve been deprived of Tex-Mex for too long, but it’s all really fresh and delicious.

Tortilla Chips with Guac Dip

Chicken Caesar Salad

Uni Cream Pasta with Homemade Meatballs

Portobello Mushroom Fries

Chicken Quesadillas

Pork Belly Nachos

The Cube

Pollo Loco Taco Salad

Green Beans Fries

Chicken Jambalaya Flatbread

Cajun French Fries

Applegreen
Shop 2A, 2/F, Pacific Mansion, 172–174 Nathan Road

MTR: Tsim Sha Tsui
Price Range: $101-200
Rating: 7 out of 10

http://www.openrice.com/en/hongkong/restaurant/tsim-sha-tsui-applegreen/161063?tc=sr1 

R&B

Research and Bakery, aka R&B, is located right above it’s sister restaurant, Applegreen.  Every time I got into the elevator to go to Applegreen, I’ve always been quite curious to see what R&B had to offer.  My curiosity got the best of me after a strenuous boxing session (I’m sure it cancelled everything I worked off) and was pleasantly surprised. 

Although there aren’t too many options, there were enough variations that I didn’t get to try everything on the menu.  I’ll be visiting again shortly!

Fisherman's Chips (seafood and shoestring french fries)

Elote

Buttermilk Fried Chicken Benedict

Sweets after Dinner!

R&B
3/F, Pacific Mansion, 172-174 Nathan Road

MTR: Tsim Sha Tsui
Price Range: $101-200
Rating: 8 out of 10

 

http://www.openrice.com/en/hongkong/restaurant/tsim-sha-tsui-r-b/167700?region=0&s=3