The Cupping Room - Simple and delicious

嗯，另一間有贏得不同Barista獎項的Cafe。說起來，其實我第一次去The Cupping Room的時間，它仍然在赤柱那邊，後來搬到上環，赤柱那裡則變成另一個名字的cafe，不過不太清楚它們的關係。

Another cafe with various barista awards. Indeed, I had already been to The Cupping Room when it was still in Stanley. The original place is now occupied by another cafe with a different name but I am not sure the relationship between the two.

星期六的午飯時間去到很多人呢。整間cafe都是非常熱鬧。店內的裝潢走簡約風，用了很多木。食客可坐下點想吃的，吃完後到收銀處付錢。收銀的地方放了些酥點及甜點，有店方自製的。

Lunch hours on a Saturday was quite busy here. There is not much decoration inside the cafe. Customers can first order, finish their meal and walk to the cashier to pay before leaving. There are also some cakes and danish at the cashier, some of which are homemade.

Lazy Hog - Be careful what you order 點菜不能Lazy

一直都有留意在必列者士街Oolaa旁空置了一會的鋪位。一直都很想知道會開一間什麼餐廳。原來開的是一間名叫Lazy Hog的餐廳，Hog是豬的意思，所以這裡是"懶豬"。懶豬佔了2個分開的鋪位，喜歡坐那邊就去那邊吧。Lazy Hog是由辦館 LOF10的人開的，說是供應新美式菜。

I have been paying attention to the unoccupied space near Oolaa on the Bridges Street, wondering what kind of restaurant or cafe would take over there. Well it turned out a new restaurant called Lazy Hog has indeed rented both space. I did a bit of online searching and found out Lazy Hog is opened by the same guys who set up Lof 10, the coffee place. According to its facebook page, Lazy Hog serves New American dishes.

我和KK星期六的下午去到，有brunch的menu。不過選擇不算多。(後來我拿了晚市的menu來看選擇也是很少但每款菜式都很吸引) 我和KK看了一會沒有細想及細問就點了菜，是有點兒懶豬，亦因此我們選錯了。。。

KK and I arrived at Lazy Hog at noon on a Saturday and it was serving brunch food. There weren't much to choose from though. (I also looked at the dinner menu, not many choices again but each dish seems very interesting) We ordered quite quickly without really thinking about what we were ordering, kind of being lazy and we suffered the consequences... (to be elaborated below)

Cappuccino - 有辦館 LOF10的背景，這裡當然有咖啡，這天的好像是用了什麼bluebottlela 咖啡豆。很慚愧，我不是咖啡專家，不懂這些。我只是很膚淺的"覺得"一杯咖啡"好不好喝"，例如會不會太苦，太甜，奶是多或少？又或拉花拉得如何？店員說它們的咖啡會定期從美國入口，所以會定期轉。而這杯Cappuccino，我覺得"好喝"，不過熱一點會更好。另外，咖啡杯挺大的，還有餐廳的logo懶豬，杯內亦有豬蹄！

Cappuccino - Of course one can find coffee here, given the background of Lof 10. I was told that they were using bluebottlela, a kind of coffee beans. But I must apologize that I am not a coffee expert, well, I don't really know much about coffee indeed. I usually (and extremely superficially) would only care about simple issues like if the coffee is too bitter, too sweet, too much/less milk or if the latte art looks pretty. The Cappuccino here "tasted good" to me but would have been even better if it had been hotter. And one thing I must highlight is the mug! It has the logo of Lazy Hog and inside there is a trotter print! 

Pickled Pelican - 徒步去赤柱-食 Walk to Stanley - Eat

作為行山新手及愛好者，週末及公眾價期必要"通山走"的。這天由陽明山莊行去赤柱，經典路線。但途中有一條頗長的樓梯，我的友人們走得好不辛苦。在高處看去赤柱是這樣的：

As a newcomer and fan of hiking, what's better than spending weekends or public holidays hiking up and down the beautiful countryside of Hong Kong? This week was a hike to Stanley following the classic route with the following view:

行罷我的朋友已是累到一個不行，而且又既然來到赤柱，無論如何也要吃一頓。在海旁行了一會便在Pickled Pelican停下。餐廳分上下兩層，我們坐在上層，聽得到外面有人唱live。我們都頗為肚餓，所以很快就點好食物。

Right after the hike my friends were exhausted. Well, we were in Stanley! We couldn't just leave without enjoying a meal here. We wandered around the beach then stopped at Pickled Pelican. We sat on the second floor, listening to live music performance outside. We were pretty hungry so we ordered quickly.

富嘉閣 Foo Ka Chinese Restaurant - 一家首選 Great for family

一年365日，對中國人來說，久不久就要"做節"或者吃"團年飯"。例如農曆新年、冬至或中秋等。於這些時候，去那裡吃飯都不是一般的令人頭痛的。由於我不想吃大型連鎖集團旗下各式各樣的中菜館及酒樓，我便選了位於鰂魚涌及頗為冷門的富嘉閣。為何冷門呢？因為非做節時候即使週末這裡一般都有位，除非有人擺酒。而做節時候，當然都要先訂檯。經理也說這裡比較冷門，因為旁邊就是"大酒店"，不少人對來這裡做節都會有避忌。我們呢，當然是百無禁忌！
For most Chinese, it is only natural to have big family gathering/dinner 'regularly', i.e. during festival times like Chinese New Year, Winter Solstice or Mid-Autumn Festival. It can get quite annoying to figure out where to have such dinners since I usually would like to avoid chained restaurants and they get full booking pretty fast anyway. This time I picked a less popular and well-known place, the Foo Ka Chinese Restaurant. It's not really  a popular restaurant since normally, you can get a table in the weekends except if booked for banquets. Then of course, you should probably book in advance during festive times. The manager said some people are deterred from holding family gathering here as a funeral home is nearby.

富嘉閣走中價路線，乾淨企理。晚市即使全場滿座也不會有吵鬧的感覺。侍應們都非常有禮貌，並會很仔細認真的介紹菜式，一家人來吃飯，單憑這點已值得再來。
The environment is clean and tidy. It's not too noisy even if full house. All the servers are professional and polite and are willing to take time to explain the menu. What's more to ask for in a family gathering?

我其實在這裡吃了數次，但現只是說說其中一次一家人吃飯的一次。
I have dined here for serveral times already and would like to share one of my experiences.

咕嚕肉 - 最地道的菜，無論在茶餐廳、酒樓、大排檔、快餐店或中菜館都一定有的一道。亦是10張檯8張都會點上的一道。這裡的咕嚕肉賣相不差不過份量不多。先說伴碟的青紅椒菠蘿，沒有死氣沈沈，上碟的時候都是顏色鮮艷，吃下亦新鮮。而肉的部分家人的評語是不淋，肉不太肥，好吃！
Sweet & Sour Pork - One of the most local dishes which one can find in literally any types of Chinese restaurants in HK and which almost every table would order. The sweet & sour pork here looked quite nice but the portion was just a bit small. The side bell peppers and pineapples were delightfully colourful and fresh. My family members commented that the pork was good and not soggy nor fatty.