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Knutsford Terrace is an interesing part of Tsim Sha Tsui. It's what I like to call it the only area on Kowloon side that feels like you're back in ex-pat territory. No matter what type of friends I hang out with, be it ex-pat friends or local HKers, when we are in the TST area, we come to this area for a drink. Personally, I'm not a big fan of having an evening drink at Knutsford Terrace as most of the restaurants were usually over priced with mediocre food and dismal drink selection. But for so
But something has happened over the past year. Knutsford Terrace has been doing a bit of revamping lately. Most of the usual restaurants and bars I knew or have visited have closed. Instead newer places have opened up or will open soon. Much as Food Street on Fashion Walk did, Knutsford Terrace suddenly feels fresh again.
I met three other blogger friends who wanted to try out one such new place. As I heard it was in Knutsford Terrace, I was a bit wary on quality as this area never had fond foodie memories for me. But I was pleasantly surprised.
Assembly is a new gastrobar that opened up recently. It has a bar like setting, serving a wide variety of drinks and a varied bar like food for quick nibbles to late night dessert fetishes to a whole meal deal. There is both outdoor and indoor seating. Menu is in English and Chinese and is basically the table place mat and is separted into land (meat), earth (veggies), sea (seafood) and heaven (dessert). Though their drinks menu is in a separate book.
They had something awesome that I really wanted to try but as I have low alcohol tolerance (my story of passing out after a pina coloda on the MTR and stopping the whole MTR to stop for me is something that friends remind me to not drink without boyfriend present). But looked great. A boozy popsicle. You can even have it as a cocktail where they put a mini one on top and you dunk it into your drink like dunking Oreo cookies in milk. This is fantastic and looked really good. I told boyfriend later and he agreed. It looked good and next time I'm with him, we'll give it a try.
Happy Summer ($58). As I wasn't with boyfriend, I had a nonalcoholic cocktail. Usually when I order on a mocktail at places, it's usually mediocre. But this was really good. This was a mixed berry drink that was packed with so many berries, it kept sucking up into my straw and blocking it. That's how packed with berries it was. There was a half globe of ice that not only did it make the presentation look nice, it was useful as it slowly melted away as to keep the drink cold yet not water it down as well. I found out that this place was owned by the Prive Group. A place I'm quite familiar with during my Lan Kwai Fong clubbing days and I knew their drinks were always spot on.
Rucola Salad ($98). Salad was rocket lettuce layered with strawberries, fresh figs, parma ham and parmesan cheese. Ingredients were fresh and the mixture of salty with sweet was a combination that I love a lot. I loved that the figs were cut into quarters so you get a huge chunk of fig in every bite. The salad was lightly dressed with a balsamic vinegar dressing that was just the right amount without being drowned in it but yet dressed enough so everything was coated evenly. This is a rarity in Hong Kong for salads as most places don't bother to do the simple thing of TOSSING their salad before serving it so all you get is either drowned out greens or bland greens so you feel like you're eating grass. Great for me as I love salad so this place makes great salad. Something I can tell my girlfriends about.
Cold Cut Platter ($138). The cold cut platter included Parma ham, spicy salami, Mordatella, cooked ham, red pepper with cheese, dried prunes, dried apricots and almonds. Layed out beautifully, it's a decent thing to share over drinks. The bread was fantastic. I loved it the most. Chewy consistency with a tearable crust. I love my bread like this. The peppers with cheese was an interesting combination and something I had not thought of before and will definitely try making for my next dinner party for friends when I do my own cold cut platter.
Tempura Tiger Shrimp ($98). This little appetizer came with a tartar sauce that I liked a lot more than the shrimp. The shrimp was fresh but the tempura batter was a bit too thick so it made it a bit limp.
Lobster Bites ($128). I highly recommend this. This made my night complete. I love lobster and I love lobster rolls. Currently, in my crazy cooking adventures, I've been obsessively making these at home, trying to find the perfect recipe for a kick ass lobster roll. These were pretty good. Size was a nice portion in that it wasn't too big that I couldn't fit the whole thing in my mouth but not too small that there wasn't anything to eat. There was lobster in every bite. There was kick of paprika so it didn't just taste like mayo and lobster. Lettuce and tomatoes were added for freshness. The roll was also coated with butter and toasted to keep it all crispy and not soggy from the sauce. It was displayed with half shell of the lobster head. Greedy foodie me looked inside and it was empty. Purely for show.
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Cajun Chicken Pizza ($128). This was an 8 inch pizza. As far as pizza goes, this was pretty decent. There was a nice kick of heat from the cajun spices. The chicken meat was moist. There was enough cheese to make me pizza girl happy. I like the thin crust pizza as it was so thin, it was crispy like a cracker. Pretty decent.
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Yes, there's snotty foodie me and then there's totally trashy foodie me. Come on, baby, light my fire!
After the flames died down, the staff drizzled it with a raspberry sauce.
The big ball of ice cream was, quite frankly, way too sweet. The dough coating was way too thick. It didn't taste that good and it was way too big and sweet to eat on. Though this is a great sharing dessert. I would probably order this again if I was with a group of friends who are like me and just go for crazy desserts just for the heck of it. Because hey ... it made me smile in utter childlike joy.Chocolate Pudding ($88). This was ... Oh.My.God. First things first ... I'm not a big chocolate lover. Chocolate is not something I put on the top of my list when I look down to order something but I'll eat it anyways if it comes around. So for me to say this is an amazing chocolate dessert is saying a lot. The lava cake just oozed out with all it's glory. It wasn't too sweet and not too bitter. It was complemented nicely with the berries and vanilla ice cream so it was all balanced well.
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