I tried many looking for freshness and authentic flavors and I have been often disappointed.

Here are the restaurants that in my opinion deserve a visit:

Sangeetha

Found in a prime location in Tsim Sha Tsui, this place serves authentic and delicious Vegetarian Indian food at affordable prices. It specialises in South Indian cuisine but it offers some dishes from the North too, which are really tasty too.

Filled dosas – a sort of thin crêpe – are what you should really try. Sangeetha serves them filled with vegetables. There are a variety of options

Thali is served at weekends only.

The menu is small but what they do, they do everything well.

The restaurant is big enough that you don’t need to reserve in advance during the week. They do offer food delivery.

Decor is pretty simple so it won’t appear in any list for a romantic evening out, but the place is clean and tasty, which makes it an ideal place for lunch. It closes between 3 and 6pm

No alcohol is served.

UG 1-5 & 31, Wing On Plaza
62 Mody Road
East Tsim Sha Tsui
Kowloon, Hong Kong

Branto

Another Vegetarian Indian restaurant from the South of India with a more colourful but still simple decor. Located in a residential building, it would be hard to guess there was a good restaurant there unless was from word of mouth.

Dishes are good value, Fresh and delicious. The menu is quite large, plenty of things to try.

Dosa is again a hit but also the curries are good.

It also closes between 3 and 6pm but it’s usually open until 11pm.

No alcohol is served.

Karlock Building, 5-7A Lock Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Other highlights include a soft-play area, a craft workshop where instructors explain how to build certain Lego models and Lego pits where kids can just play.

Other highlights include a soft-play area, a craft workshop where instructors explain how to build certain Lego models and Lego pits where kids can just play.

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Gaylord Indian Restaurant

Spacious and with a beautiful decor, serves both Vegetarian and non vegetarian options, from the north of India. Loved by Indian but also well-know among the western community of Indian food lovers. It has a vast menu with a number of less well-known dishes. It serves alcohol and cocktails.

Lamb dishes are really tasty and service is friendly. It comes at a price but still not too bad. It’s possible to get discounts to this restaurants by booking in advance through eatego app.

Closes between 2.30 and 6pm.

5/F, Prince Tower, 12A Peking Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui

Bombay Dreams

In the heart of central, with a very nice decor and good Indian food, this restaurant is popular and requires booking especially on Friday and Saturday night. Belong to a big restaurant group (the same as other good western restaurant Braza, Spiga, Fiamma, Alto etc). Opens every day non stop and has been around for a decade.

1/F Winning Centre, HK Hong Kong Island, 46 Wyndham St, Central

Jo Jo Indian Cuisine

There is a shortage of good Indian restaurants in Wan Chai but this is good. It’s a popular place for lunch during the week for it’s good buffet deal. It’s recomanded to book in advance.

It serves both vegetarian and non vegetarian dishes. It has a lot of natural light.

2/ Floor, David House, 37-39 Lockhart Rd, Wan Chai

New Punjab Club

It has a Michelin star since 2019, and serves authentic Punjab dishes. it’s part of the Black Sheep Group. The restaurant is quite small so prior booking is essential. The décor design has a post-colonial theme and it’s quite dark. It has some charms but despite being one of the most expensive Indian restaurants in town they don’t use a tablecloth so it’s okay for casual dining but not for a fancy dinner.

Food is really tasty.

Opens daily from 12 noon.

World Wide Commercial Building, 34 Wyndham St, Central

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Covid-19 has hit the economy in Hong Kong resulting in many restaurants and shops to close down, including what was my favorite ice cream shop.

So I went on a mission to find another ice-cream parlour and I found one that tick all the boxes, which in Hong Kong isn’t easy:

✓ Made with fresh ingredients

✓ Delicious

✓ Artisanal

✓ Good value for money

✓ Friendly staff

✓ Not in a shopping mall which are already so cold

✓ At street level so I don’t have to go inside a high-raising building getting lost looking for it

✓ With a decent amount of tables and natural lights

✓ Close to a park so I can get it to take away too and eating in a beautiful environment

✓ Not too sweet (just the right amount)

And I was pleased to see that apart from Ice Cream they sell other things too.

I went to taste it with my family and we all loved it.

A part of me wanted to keep this place secret because egoistically I still want to find a seat next time we go, but as a guide book writer, good things have to be shared.

So here it is: the place is called Gelato Go. For now it’s only in TST (close to Kowloon park) but I won’t be surprised to see more locations opening in Hong Kong in the future.

Address:  174 Nathan Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui Tel:  +852 2383 9118 Store Hours: Mon – Thu: 8:00 am – 11:00 pm Fri – Sat 8:00 am – 12:00 am Sat 7:00 am – 12:00 am Sun 8:00 am – 11:00 pm

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For a grown-up Lego enthusiast, and aficionado of all things Hong Kong, this has to be the highlight of the museum. For the kids, though, there is more; although perhaps not quite as much as the ticket price might suggest.

So, give me the low-down

Hong Kong’s Legoland Discovery Centre is a nice place to spend a few hours with the kid. You probably won’t need much more than that. There are some excellent models of Hong Kong, a couple of rides to try out, a small play area, some Lego pits to get creative, a cafeteria and of course the obligatory gift shop.

A single entry ticket, for both adults and children, costs HK$240 – or you can go for an annual pass (HK$799 for unlimited entry during the weekdays, or HK$1099 for unlimited entry at any time). Given the size of the place – not terribly big – these prices are a little on the high side. All of this said, though, the place is still a big hit with the kids: after more than 80 years, Lego still has the power to capture children’s imagination.

What are the highlights?

For this particular researcher, the favourite part of the Legoland experience were the very life-like replicas of areas of Hong Kong. But kids are likely to prefer other parts of the Discovery Centre.

There are two theme park-style rides that are likely to captivate any kid’s imagination. One is a small ride through a mythical kingdom, where passengers are armed with a gun to zap skeletons and trolls, and rescue the kidnapped princess. The other is a merry-go-round through the magical chamber of legendary wizard Merlin; the harder you pedal the higher the magic will take you! Both are fairly simplistic rides – but kids tend to enjoy them.

Another top highlight is a 4D-cinema featuring a Lego cartoon, where the special glasses that everyone wears really brings the film to life!

Other highlights include a soft-play area, a craft workshop where instructors explain how to build certain Lego models and Lego pits where kids can just play.

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What about food?

There is a small cafeteria in the Discovery Centre, which serves passable food (though nothing particularly great). A basic spaghetti Bolognese costs HK$68, a pizza HK$89. At peak times it can be fairly hard to find a seat here.

Note that everything is served in plastic, and the eating utensils are all plastic – so if you are on a mission to save the environment, this is certainly not the place to come!

What do the kids say?

We went to the Legoland Discovery Centre with Flavio and Ken.

Asked what his favourite ride was, Ken said, without a moment’s hesitation, “The shooting game because it’s dangerous!”

Flavio nodded emphatically in agreement, and suggested it was on the par with the one at Disneyland. The rides are very different. At Disneyland it’s all about shooting the targets, whereas with the one at Legoland Discovery Centre is much slower and you get the chance to shoot animated monsters on the television screen (in much the same way as you would play a video game).

The other point that Flavio made, a little later, about the centre was that “it’s a bit on the small side”. That is certain something that is difficult to disagree with.

So what is the verdict?

Legoland Discovery Centre a nice place to entertain the kids for two or three hours, but very over-priced for what it is. Do not expect anything even close to what you might get in Legoland in the UK or in Malaysia. The place is more like a glorified playroom than a bona fide theme park, which is why the prices seem so eye-wateringly high.

Think hard about whether it is worth investing in the annual pass. As already noted the place is not terribly big and families are unlikely to want to visit too many times in a year – although Ken did point out that he has already been eight times in the past six months, so this might depend on the kid too!

If you enjoy Lego – as we certainly do – you’ll probably want to check this place out at least once. And the kids really love it. But, once you’ve seen everything that the place has to offer, it might be a little while before you think about returning.

Give me a fun fact

Lego comes from the Danish word leg godt, which means “play well”.

Where is it?

Just next to the Tsim Sha Tsui MTR station, inside the K11 Mall.

You can find more details about the Legoland Discovery Centre here.

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