Sunday's Grocery (Closed)

Great place for a quick bite -- sandwitches and sides are spot on, simple and pack a great combination of flavours. Also interesting beer selection. Had: RoastPork Sandwich with Coleslaw side, both were very good. continue reading

想Sunday's Grocery好耐，好開心終於有朋友陪我黎！小店無坐位，只有企位，食物以sandwich為主。店內放滿左酒！Grilled cheese sandwich with tomato soup ($88)非常好食嘅烤芝士多士！芝士份量非常多， 可以輕易做出瘋狂芝士拉絲， 多士香脆而不會太乾或太硬，配上鹹香可口嘅芝士，實在食到停唔到口，不過以呢個價錢真係幾貴！隨多士附上一大碗蕃茄湯，蕃茄湯非常濃郁，帶點微辣，但有點過鹹。 continue reading

照片的威力實在驚人, 只要食物看起來吸引的話我這種愛吃鬼也會特地到不常去的地方, 這次就來到不是太就腳的 Sunday’s Grocery 覓食黑色跟黃色的店面很搶眼, 店家主打外賣, 但也貼心的放了很多汽水箱在隔壁的吉舖供堂食客人當椅子使用, 其實蠻酷的, 不過間中好像有警察叔叔來勸告客人招牌有型又亮眼餐點主要是三文治和炸雞, 很難歸類, 反正都是外國較受歡迎的食物, 最合外國人和 ABC 口味; 另外也賣一些醬料、肥皂和朱古力, 很隨性的感覺另外一邊全是酒精類飲品, 種類繁多, 愛摸酒杯底的看到應該會很興奮早就想好要吃甚麼, 所以立刻點了 katsu sando 跟只在星期天供應的 chicken and waffle買 chicken and waffle ($155) 時特地要求原味和甜辣兩種炸雞, 因為聽說韓式甜辣炸雞很好吃, 店員馬上問廚師, 廚師也爽快答應, 人超好的~等了大概二十分鍾就好了~ 立刻飛奔回家慢慢享受Katsu sando ($80) 份量很大, 當午餐吃也絕對夠飽炸豬扒超厚超鬆軟! 麵包也烘得脆口, 生菜清新又濕潤, 醬汁再多一點點就更好了廚師特地把炸雞和窩夫分開, 防止甜辣醬污染窩夫, 很貼心!!!窩夫尚算鬆軟但口感略為單薄, 幸好有超濃滑超 creamy 的 whisky butter 為其加分, 再蘸上楓糖漿很難不好吃原味炸雞香脆但有點乾; 甜辣炸雞亦真的甜辣有緻, 醬汁剛好掛在雞件上, 兩種味道都很突出, 不太能吃辣的我都一口接一口的吃餐廳有特色, 食物不錯但定價進取, 久不久吃一次好了~ continue reading

The menu is the type of thing that probably deserves at least a sonnet writing about it, running as it does the full cheese gamut from your standard farmhouse-gouda mix to more aspirational numbers, such as its slow-and-low lamb shoulder with melted Swiss cheese, or a pastrami- Sparkenhoe Red Leicester number, which is topped with a little coronet of porcini mushrooms.If you are wondering why I am expending so much air extolling the virtues of a takeout-cum-restaurant that effectively melts cheese, it's because that is my dream. I appreciate flair and technical ability and all those other things that make chefs great and food superlative, but I also like two pieces of bread with something melting in between. I like the feet-on-the-coffee-table informality of it all.It's not just that, though. This is a food with so very many strings to its bow. Texturally, it is a delight, the buttered-crunch of the toasted bread, the oozing warm cheese making a little slick on your tongue; I can taste it now. It is also balanced, with a little carbohydrate and, well, quite a lot of fat. But really the thing that draws me, bottom lip aquiver, fork in hand, is that it is so very soothing: it is the angora jumper of food. It calls to me of cuddles and duvets and being with people who won't pull a funny face if you end up with a spaghetti-string of cheese falling from your mouth. It reminds me of being young and uncomplicated. continue reading

Yeah, there are a lot of cool dining spots to check out in Hong Kong, so many, that it's hard to keep track of them all. So when we heard about a cool little spot out at Kennedy Town, we didn't muck about, plans were made and within days we were sitting out the front of Sunday's Grocery.I'd never been to Kennedy Town, which is the end of the line on the MRT line that runs along the front of the island. Our plan was to walk there from the Mid Levels, a tour that took us through the University of Hong Kong, which is just down the street (and around the corner) from where we live. It was quite a pleasant walk, even though it was a little hot and sticky and there may have been some lost time in the Uni, trying to get our bearings.We'd timed our walk perfectly, and by the time we were standing outside of the very hard to miss and brightly coloured Sunday's Grocery, it was very conveniently time for lunch. Stepping inside, I was surprised by how tiny the space was, essentially just a shopfront and counter, with no room for loitering (or dining) within. I wasn't too sure what to expect to be honest.Created by Matt Abergele and Lindsay Jang, who've an eye for creating awesome little ventures (Yardbird and RONIN being their other hotspots), Sunday's Grocery is a liquor store, curated convenience store and a takeaway sandwich shop. With our primary reason for visiting a bite of lunch, we ignored the wide variety of Japanese Whisky, sake, shochu beer and wine on offer and made a beeline for the short but interesting looking takeaway menu.Sunday's main offering is made-to-order sandwiches, soups, pickles and fried chicken, with all options pieced together (literally) on little magnetic board. With the stark yellow and black lettering, the menu was hard to miss and easy to look over. Decisions made, it was only a few short steps over to the counter to place our order from the hip young thing behind the register. To be fair, he was an extremely friendly and helpful young guy, who helped me through the myriad of pressed juices to choose from.With nowhere to sit inside, we made our way to a little alcove next door that was set up with milk crates of varying colours (red and yellow) that were placed in such a way that you could sit and eat your meal. It was tight and cramped, but kind of cool, just sitting on milk crates, watching the world go by and waiting for our gourmet sandwiches. While we were waiting, SC was sucking back on a Mexican Coke (with real cane sugar and not HCFC), while I went the healthier option with a 'Be Juiced' healthy detox pressed juice.Our sandwiches arrived in fairly quick order, wrapped in red and white checkered wax paper, looking identical apart from stickers holding the rolls together. Schnitzel for me and Banh Mi for the girl.My chicken schnitzel roll was as well put together as it was delicious. The lightly toasted turkish roll was fresh, as was the salad of lettuce and tomato, with a thin slice of breaded chicken, then finished off with a light mayonnaise and some pickles (which I extracted). The balance of ingredients to bread was just right, so it didn't feel overly heavy and I could get the distinct flavour of the chicken, which was even a little creamy tasting!SC's Banh Mi was definitely not a traditional version of the Vietnamese favourite. Using turkish bread instead of the more traditional baguette (harking back to the French influence in Vietnam), as well as pressed pork, it was just a little odd. The pressed pork had a slightly processed flavour, and while the pickled vegetables gave the roll a more authentic flavour, it just wasn't quite right. Having said that, if we weren't expecting a Banh Mi and were just having a pork sandwich, it would have been pretty good.Sunday's Grocery is pretty much unlike anything I'd come across in HK so far and certainly would not have been out of place in down town New York. Bright, brash and with a confidence that comes from running a couple of successful ventures, the team from Sunday's Grocery have got quite the concept happening.I think they know it too, with an opportunity to buy merchandise along with your booze, condiments or lunch, you can buy yourself a cool t-shirt as well as a feed. Locating Sunday's Grocery in Kennedy Town was an interesting move and with an ever increasing number of expats, maybe a very canny move. I'm personally not sold on Kennedy Town, but I did like my schnitzel roll enough to want a repeat visit.... If only it was a little closer.Oh, in case you were wondering, our visit to Sunday's Grocery was ironically on a Saturday.A couple of gourmet sandwiches for lunch!The chicken schnitzel burger was the pick of the optionsIndeed we didThere were lots of drink options, as well as plenty of beers and hard liquor Yep, you could become a Sunday's Grocery fanatic - get the t-shirt And we wereI only just noticed the photo bombers A fairly light menu and I hear the Scotch Egg Sando is a killer. Maybe next timeDont forget to follow me on Facebook and Twitter continue reading