Hangin Out: Caesar’s Pizza @ Leederville.

I believe you’ve heard of Caesar’s Pizza tones of times if you’re from Perth.  The only thing wrong about the heading is that Leederville is only 5 minutes from Perth instead of the 45 minutes Mundaring.  But hell yea people, my protest about ridiculous distance have finally been heard!!!… and answered!! Caesar’s Pizza one of the most famous Pizzerias has opened a branch in Leederville just located a few shops from the Green & Co!! Without much hesitation Yobi and I decided to give it a try.  

WORLD FAMOUS – AWARD WINNING. Nuf said.

Bragging rights clearly framed on its bright red walls.  I was expecting an old skool pizza place but they had a different approach to this one it seems.  A more up market modern look to captivate the younger generation it seems.  But the old man and his mates were attracted too! ahah. Fakkkkkk, what’s with “seems” and me today! Dammit!

Yobi and I ordered a Pizza called Jane’s Addiction.

Loved: The crispy proscuitto, tasty garlic cream sauce, & yummy prawns.

Dislike:  Typical dry Italian crust.

Nonetheless the edges which were dry really isn’t a bother.  It was just a waste.  Maybe next time they should have the option where diners are allowed have toppings all the way to the edge!  After that we waited for our dessert pizza which took ages to come.   Look around, and realise the place was a chick magnet.  Plenty of em there! And oh I met a uni friend there too.  Didn’t get to chat too much though ahah. 

Severe sugar overload.  Felt like dying after I had three slices of this pizza.  Total killa!

So was this place worth all the hype?  Well, overall I found this place to be quite a nice eat.  Quite rash to judge them so as I’ve only eaten here once.  HOWEVER, if this were to be in Mundaring, I wouldn’t be too pleased then ahah.  Also I’ve seen reviews online claiming that the waitresses weren’t too friendly and I HEREBY refute all those statements.  I mean really, which waitress would so happily refill you water without even having to ask AND which pizza place would actually change your plates when you’re moving from your main to your dessert? NONE for sure.  Loved the service!  Or maybe it was just today. ahaha

While waiting for the bus!

WenY!

Hunger by the Harbour: HIP Katsu @ Harbour City.

After travelling all about Mongkok following the guide book, my sister and I finally decided its time to do something not visiting.  While my parents headed back to the hotel to get some rest, my sister and I headed over to Harbour City to do more shopping :D!  Pretty happy with my shopping bag although I only spent about 25% of what I would have like to spend during my trip to HK.  Tommy Hilfigher was having some pretty sick sales as well as Polo By Ralph Lauren, hmm some really premium brands like Seven for All Mankind were having sales as well. Hmm I think Diesel was on sale as well.  Sister got a pair of jeans from there.  The jeans at Sevens were rather disappointing considering the promotion the media gives it.  Saw a guy trying on a pair of Sevens which were disgustingly similar to what Obama wore in some event that gave him bad publicity the next day as the press compared the jeans to “granny pants” ahah.  Along the way we also stopped by a massive I.T shop in Tsim Sha Tsui where I was looking at the clothes that they had. NBHD is a whopping 5000 HKD a pair. 1 word, SICK.  But I like my jeans raw untouched unworn untorn.  So yeah, I’m gonna get more Nudies! We were famished and the stores started to shut their doors about 8.  With my sister close to hitting her gastric limit, we were careful to have something asap.  There aren’t many food stall in the mall and one of it was HIP Katsu.  We got a number and waited for awhile before being guided by the captain to our seats. (that’s after me questioning why the waiting numbers are rolling back! Bitch!)

I was takened back by the prices on the menu really.  A bloody katsu for 130HKD? ohh ok @@ Its like 20+ aud Or 65 ringgit.  Damn!!  Luckily there was this other set menu which seems fairly prices @ 150HKD per person!  Not sure whether to consider ourselves lucky or not but yeah, take a look;

For starters, Miso, pickled radish, Chawan Mushi, and salad.

After that our mains took about 20-30 minutes to come so I waited an got myself a few more pictures!

The chef carefully preparing the crepes

And from our seats at the bar we had some view which was nothing to shout a bout for sure.

The view of Central.  These are the few picture worth noticing ahah.

And jeng jeng jeng, the food started pouring in one by one;

Thinly sliced beef with udon in Japanese Curry soup base.  I liked this because it tasted good but there wasn’t really a “wow” factor in this.

If presentation was everything, then this tasting platter of the menu really quite makes the mark. Its well presented, everything looks so neat on one plate.

Upon closer inspection:

I just love scallops.  Have a scallop with a small slice of mushroom and celery. Wow really nice aha.  Maybe I’m just a sucker for scallops ahha

Baked Oyster was well errr ahah ONE TO EACH OWN. I personally don’t like this fancy shell thingyy.  But I did scoop the cheese of the oyster.  When I asked my sister how did it taste, she said “OK”.  So then I kindly offered her the oyster and she said “Just because I said it was OK doesn’t mean I like it”. HAAHAHAHA fakkkkkkkkk

Lastly was this crispy pork from the USA. You heard me people the USA.  That is why this whole HIP Katsu thing is so pricy. But I have to be honest, I don’t like the USA.  They f*ck up the Reds, the World Economy, the Harmony, err what else did they NOT f*ck up?

Dessert was jelly with red bean paste.  Quite nice even though it was a bit too sweet!

All in all my dining experience here was nothing to shout about.  If this restaurant was supposed to specialise in serving Katsu as its name suggests, then I have to insist that this place is a failure.  Akira-san @ Kanta does his katsu at half the price, and doube the serving.

I’d go back to Kanta anytime rather than this place.

WenY

HK Trip Pt. 4: Olden day treasure preserved!

This is the next post which continues to narrate my trip to HK during Christmas!  It’s been four days since I first touch down and it feels that my time here is shortening.  But that is no illusion as I’m only 3 days from heading back to Malaysia and later, back to Australia.  Oh the reluctance is such a common feel..!!!

Breakfast was the Western Buffet served by the hotel but my sister was so ever diffident in eating the hotel food so she slept in until it was about 11 a.m.  We woke her up and headed to one of the small Chinese Coffee shop for a light meal.

 

Some dumplings!

Glutinous rice wrapped with lotus leaf.  It had a real fancy name in Chinese which translates into something like “multiple layered king wrapped glutinous rice” which really suits it once you’re tucked into the rice.  You get chicken wings, waxed meat, minced meat, sliced meat and oh my gawd the variety is amazing!

Mom wasn’t feeling very well that day.  Not sure whether she ate or not.  I think this noodle soup with fish ball is hers.  The food in this place is really cheap and good at the same time.  Good bang per buck!

After that we decided once and for all the be obedient and follow the tour book to visit the nearby tourist attractions in Mongkok.  We didn’t want to get ahead of ourselves and go to far since mom had gastric flu.  The weather dipped to the low tens in the middle of our trip in HK.  Mom probably wasn’t ready to deal with the cold!  We headed to this very popular temple which was supposed to have been here for AGES.  O well at least it claims to be so.

I only got a picture of the outside because there was this large sign which says no one can miss saying NO TAKING PHOTOS! Suckerrssss! But my sister smartly placed her Iphone as if sms-ing to then take a couple of shots. Should be on Facebook.

After that I saw something which made me very happy despite all the gloom in the atmosphere!! :D

Now this doesn’t make much sense does it? It just some shop lot for goodness sake.  Not when you look into its current history.  This building hosts a two-story cafe called  Mido Cafe.   Why is this place cool? Well I took this from TIME  “much beloved by art directors for its well preserved '60s interior”!  This place is often featured in movies and dramas ;-)

How it looks inside:

 

Look at the tiles, look at the windows, look at the sits.  It all looks too familiar when I cross the images with the TVB dramas ahah.

 
 

After snooping all around Mongkok, it was time to chill and it was raining anyways.  We couldn’t really go anywhere!

Oh yea babehhh! You know you want one.  It’s all over the place and it’s all so yummy! Never gotten so addicted to this drink in Perth.  But I seem to get addicted depending on the culture I’m in.  Like how I downed coconuts in Bangkok. That was love.  And it was delish!

Lovely French toast which differs significantly from the other ones I had around HK, Msia and Perth.  This was plain egg whipped into a fluffy liquid before having bread dipped in it and kadoooooooooooosh! Boiling oil.  No peanut butter in this one.  Yet it was yummi-licious!

After having chilled for an hour or so, the weather settled down and we headed off to the jade market which was super dull.  Nothing to see at all :S! And later on we walked about some market in Mongkok. 

Night time to be blogged @ some other time!  Too tired already!

Regards,

WenY