China Bar LKF

China Bar

Located in the Heart of LKF on D'Aguilar street next to Stormies

China bar was a bar that was established back in 2011 as a friendly establishment were you can enjoy a nice drink, during happy hour, after work along with great food at reasonable prices. 

As time went on and the China Bar become more and more popular they added a DJ both and started hiring DJ's to come and play. Currently China bar is set up as tables and booths in the front for people to sit and enjoy food and drinks, the bar in the middle and then a huge dance floor in the back with a DJ booth. 

Every since moving to Hong Kong I have been going to this bar at least a few times a month if not multiple times some weekends with my friends to listen to great music and have reasonable priced drinks. 

One thing I really Enjoy about this place is that you can sit in the front and talk with your friends and have a drink and then right in the back is a dance floor for the moments that you feel like getting up and dancing to the music. 

Overall I would rate this bar a 4/5****

Pros

1. Location is great

2. Nice friendly staff

3. Great music 

4. Reasonable priced 

Cons

1. Too noisy at times

2. Can get to crowded at times, which makes it hard to move around 

If you are every in Hong Kong and decide to make your way to LKF I suggest to that you stop by China Bar for at least one drink and listen to the great music of today while dancing on the big dance floor. 

Big Buddah

Big Buddha 

Located @ Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, Outlying Islands

How to get to the Big Buddha: 

MTR Tung Chung Station Exit B, then take Ngong Ping Cable Car, which takes around 25 minutes.

The big Buddha statue in Hong Kong is the world largest statue at 34 meters in height and weighs around 250 tones.

Once you arrive at the Buddha you will have to climb a stair case containing 250 stair to reach the top of the big Buddha, so wear comfortable shoes that you are able to climb a bunch of stair with. 

 

                                   

                         

                                 Ngong Ping Cable car w/ Buddha in background 

                            

Tai O Fishing Village

Located @ Lantau Island, Outlying Islands

How to get to the Tai O Fishing Village:

Take the MTR to Tung Chung Station and then the number 11 bus from Tung Chung Town Centre for a total journey of around 1hr 10mins

The Tai O Fishing village is a famous village known for its fisher man. Most people that live in this village are fishers and they fish for a living and then sell the fish that they catch at the market.

If you want to see the vast history and how people use to live and how some still do live then you should check out the fishing village because this will give you a great taste of Hong Kong in the past before major skyscrapers were added into the picture. 

Tai O Fishing village 

Both of these wonderful activities can be done on the same day. They have tours available with packages that include a visit to the Big Buddha and the Fishing Village. 

Once you get to Tung Chung if its a nice day out and its your first time to do this I would recommend taking the cable car, but if the weather isn't nice taking the bus would be a better option. 

The cable car is a bit on the pricey side, but for your first time it is worth the wonderful views that you can get and great pictures, but for the people that do not want to spend a lot of money I would suggest the bus since its only around $38 versus $200-$300 for the cable car. 

Kushiyaki Sesson

                Kushiyaki Sesson

Japanese Tapas restaurant located between Soho and Central. This restaurant has just opened up in place of Gourmet Burger Union. It's small in size with not many seats.

The tapas range from fish to chicken and pork and rice triangles. With each order you either get 1 skewer of your choose for around $20-$30 dollars or one small fish for around $65 dollars. 

Overall review I would give this restaurant 3/5***

PROS

1. Atmosphere 

2. Overall good Food

CONS

1. Small in size

2. Pricey 

3. Location

Overall, I would say the food is tasty, but it's not worth the price. If your looking for Japanese tapas and are willing to spend some money then this would be a place for you to check out. If not I would say that you should look for another place instead.

Little Sheep Hot Pot

Little Sheep Hot Pot

Located at  1/F, 26 Kimberly Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

Hot Pot: refers to several different East Asian varieties of stew, consisting of a simmering metal pot of stock at the center of the dining table. While the hot pot is kept simmering, ingredients are placed into the pot and are cooked at the table.

Have you ever heard of doing Hot Pot on a cold weather afternoon or evening in Hong Kong, but never knew where to try it? Do you love meat? Well, I have a place that you should try for your first Hot Pot experience Little Sheep Hot Pot in Tsim Sha Tsui.

Little Sheep Hot Pot is Mongolian Style hot pot, that also offers dim sum if you want something besides just hot pot. If your really hungry and want something for reasonable price then this is the place for you. They offer an all you can eat hot pot for $158 and if you want all you can drink beer or soda as well you just have to add $20 to your tab for a total of around $200.
 

Little Sheep is for the meat lover that loves to eat endless meat, one thing that they are really well known for is the Lamb which is a Mongolian favorite dish.
 

For the Hot Pot soup fillings you have three options

1. Spicy ( Which is filled with Red Chillies) 

2. Non-Spicy 

3. Half and Half ( half spicy and half non-spicy )

The spicy soup is not as hot as some people would say if you asked them there opinion. When I went there with my friends we did the half and half option because we had heard that the spicy is really spicy, but after trying it we came to learn that the spicy wasn't in fact that spicy it was more of a mild flavor. 

Overall review I would give this restaurant 3.5/5 ***.*

PROS

1. Good Meat Options

2. Good Price

3. Something that everyone can enjoy from Meat-Veggies

CONS

1. Its a chain restaurant

2. Not as high quality as other place since a chain and an all you can eat

So if you are ever thinking of trying hot pot for the first time in Hong Kong then you should definitely consider trying this place out.

 

Lamb

The cooking of the Food

Half and Half Pot

More pictures of the Lamb

Our table full of food

Our Veggies

More pictures of the Food

WTF-Wine,Tapas, and Fun

WTF

Wine,Tapas, and Fun

G/F, 9 Elgin Street, Soho, Central 

WTF is a Westerns Spanish wine tapas bar located just off Hollywood road in Soho, Central, Hong Kong.  If you love tapas and love a quite place to sit with friends  drink beer or wine, smoke hookah and listen to music then this is the place for you.

If atmosphere, small tapas and place to talk to people is for you then WTF is the place for you. My friends and I make our way over to this establishment probably 4/5 times a month sometimes more.

What we especially love about the restaurant/bar are the following things

        1. Atmosphere 

        2. The people that work there

        3. The fact that we can sit and talk without having to yell to hear each other

        4. The hookah and the late night bar snacks menu (especially the nachos)

Some of my favorite items at the restaurant include the following dishes 

       1. Croquetas De Jamon

       2. The meats platter

       3. The chicken

       4. The nachos (Bar menu)

Overall review I would give this restaurant 4.5/5 ****.*

PROS

1. Atmosphere 

2. Overall good Food

3. Great music at a good volume
4. Good Owner and waiters/waitresses

CONS

1. Small in size

So next time you are looking for somewhere to go for a drink and something small to eat and share with others or looking to smoke some hooka then check out WTF!

Chicken Platter

Restaurant on Halloween

Croquetas De Jamon

Restaurant on Halloween

The Roundhouse

The Roundhouse

Located at G/F 62 Peel Street, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

1. Are you someone that loves Texas Barbecue? 

2. Do you enjoy endless craft beers on draft??

If you answered "YES" to either of the above questions then you should check out The Roundhouse. The restaurant bar has 25 craft beers on tap along with a yummy array of Texas BBQ to complete the beer. 

The menu has such main items as 

1. Pulled Pork

2. Brisket

3. Sausage

They also have a bar (snack) menu

1. Texas Cheese

2. Pigs in a blanket

3. Fried Pickles

I had the pleasure of visiting the restaurant for the first time a week ago.  In fact I was reading sassyhongkong.com and came across an article titled Top 10 new bars/restaurants for January in Hong Kong and this restaurant and bar was mentioned . What caught my attention  is being from the states and being able to have authentic Texas BBQ in Hong Kong is the best and its conveniently located within walking distance of my house. 

Some of the items I ordered at the restaurant included the following for starters Texas Cheese and Pigs in a blanket and then for the main my Dad and I who came with me split the Pulled Pork and Brisket. 

          1. The Texas Cheese: was in my opinion not worth ordering could have done without this dish tasted bland in my opinion. 

          2. Pigs in a blanket: Were amazing, great flavor and perfect size for a starter or a single dish if you just want a snack while having a few beers during happy hour. 

          3. Pulled Pork: Great Flavors and great taste would order this again next time and went well with the BBQ sauce. 

          4.  Brisket:  I was disappointed with this, not to say that it wasn't good, but it could have used extra flavoring

Something else I ordered which was cool was the Beer Taster plank. It has six different taster size beers of the signature beers and for those that love wine like my dad they also offered decent wine. 

Overall review I would give this restaurant 3/5 ***

PROS

1. Atmosphere 

2. Overall good Food

3. Great drink choices and many options for beers

CONS

1. Its not visible form the main street so might be hard to find

2. Didn't have bottled water that they could offer, had to buy myself from the 7/11 down the street  

Beer Taster

Brisket

Cheese and Pigs in a Blanket

Pulled Pork and Brisket