[Review 582] yoghurtcool@misocool

misocool 20/12/2009
尖沙咀河內道18號K11購物藝術館B231-B233舖
Shop B231-B233, K11, 18 Hanoi Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/yoghurtcool-misocool-e2050802

Previously tried their Quarry bay branch, went all the way there to dine, and then a few days later they opened a branch in Central! Ahh I didnt need to go all the way there to quarry bay, and that branch is no where near the mtr.

Recently was at K11 to check out how artistic it was, but not that artistic.

Saw the separate yoghurt section at misocool, so tried it.

As expected it tasted like the soft yoghurt at Berrygood and Yo mama, however the choice of topping were less, from my memory there were 10 choices, but I can only remember the following, toasted coconut, diced strawberries, mango, chocolate crunch balls, and crispy star crunchies.

The yoghurt is slightly sour, so chose toasted coconut to sweeten it. However it is not the proper frozen yoghurt like the Apollo fruit yoghurts.
The portion of yoghurt could have been more, the center was a hollow hole (as shown on picture).

[Review 581] Firefly delights @ 螢火蟲小食

18/12/2009 Firefly delights 螢火蟲小食 (將軍澳)
將軍澳慧安商場A134舖
Shop A134, Well On Shopping Arcade, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/firefly-delights-e2050439

Just felt like having some instant noodles, so got a large portion of Indonesian noodles in sauce.

I was told it was 2 packets of noodles for the large portion but the portion quantity was more like one bag of instant noodles.

The noodles were not that soft, and the garlic mixed well in it.

Was given two thin satay skewers as chopsticks to eat the noodles with!!

[Review 580] Consistently good white curry @ 沙嗲王 Satay King

沙嗲王 (已結業) Satay King 17/12/2009

銅鑼灣軒尼詩道489號銅鑼灣廣場一期9樓

9/F, Causeway Bay Plaza 1, 489 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay

https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/consistently-good-white-curry-e2050265

Didn’t know what to have for dinner, so decided to eat at Satay King, the food here is always good if you pick the right stuff.
On the way there, the queue to the elevator was long, I was expecting it to be quite full on arrival, however on arrival, the restaurant was only 70% full, so got a seat without waiting.

As a basic choice, I always go for the white curry, tastes consistent every time, this time I chose the Japanese crunchy chicken to go with it, when it arrived it was a bit different to how I imagined it to be.
The Chinese description was “K Chui chicken”, so I thought it would be like chicken nuggets in steak form, but instead it was fried pieces of chicken, the chicken tasted better than I thought, it tasted like chicken dipped in red beancurd sauce and deep fried.
The white curry is always as good as usual, and it was good the sauce and chicken was separated.

The chicken curry set came with fried salt and pepper tofu and passion fruit tea.
The tofu was a bit soft and silky, I would have preferred the firmer type, and as for the drink it was quite good, not artificial fruit essence.

As for the other starters, one was a mistake, it was called Golden potato, which I should of guessed was sweet potato not lovely savoury potato.
Then also had the clams in black bean sauce, which was surprisingly good for a place like that, it was slightly gritty, otherwise it was good.

Finally the prawn cakes were a bit over fried, and a bit boring too, the prawn patty was tasteless.

[Review 579] One-stop cooking oil for everything @ 西貢德興麵家 Sai Kung Tak Hing Noodles

西貢德興麵家 Sai Kung Tak Hing Noodles
16/12/2009
西貢福民路42-57號
42-57 Fuk Man Rd, Sai Kung
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/one-stop-cooking-oil-for-everything-e2050082

As mentioned before, I still havent eaten any good food at Sai Kung, apart from McDonalds or Starbucks which is just the same as anywhere else.
I havent been to Sai Kung for ages, but quite alot of restaurants have shut down, so hopefully the future ones will be better.

This noodle joint serves noodles and western food.

I ordered the sausage with egg, not really worth paying $45 for it, I knew I wouldnt be full after eating it but I didnt order the sausage platter for $52 because its my first visit, and to be on the safe side I ordered less.

It was a bit strange, there was stir-fried legumes and onions as a side.
The vegetables reeked, it tasted of fried beef ho-fun, so i suspected they cooked the vegetables after cooking noodles.

The seating in this place is rather cramped, hard wood tables and stools.

[Review 578] Dinky Yummy Kaya Buns @ Ra Cha Moo Yang 超級食得開心

Ra Cha Moo Yang 超級食得開心 (灣仔)
灣仔軒尼詩道87號AB舖
Shop AB, 87 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/dinky-yummy-kaya-buns-e2050076

This is the first time I purchased a non savory item, they don't usually have Kaya for Thai food, but they had these cute little buns with Kaya paste inside.
Just as the picture shows, there is a generous dollup of Kaya inside.
It is thick, but not that strong in pandan taste, and a little too sweet.

[Review 577] 2009 Roast Turkey Part 3 @ Maya

Maya 15/12/2009
灣仔駱克道68-70號地下 68-70 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/roast-turkey-2009-part-3-e2049919

This is the cheapest Christmas lunch I have had so far, but not that British, firstly the starter was quite oriental, containing sugary sweet papaya.

Then the mains came with baby sweetcorn too.
I get annoyed when I order TEA and they ask if I want it with Lemon or Milk, because then the whole place doesn't feel that British, and tea is with milk traditionally.

Anyway, just another option for people I guess.

Overall, it was turkey roll with dates, gravy, broccoli, cauliflower, half baked/boiled potatoes and mash.
The mash was the pre-made ones where you add water to it.

The dessert was dense sponge with peel and currants and vanilla sauce, although it was meant to be brandy, I couldnt taste it.
I think I would only recommend the Christmas lunch to Hong Kongers, It is value for money since it is a five course for $98 (bread, starter, soup, main, pudding and tea).

[Review 576] This place should survive @ 溏苑 Tong Yuen Food & Dessert

溏苑 Tong Yuen Food & Dessert
旺角廣華街3號百利達廣場地下1號舖
Shop 1, G/F, Paradise Square, 3 Kwong Wa Street, Mong Kok
13/12/2009
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/this-place-should-survive-e2049396

Before this dessertery, there were quite a few beforehand before they closed down.

The design of this one is rather vibrant, and the variety is different and good.

I got the 3.6 hokkaido milk pudding in chocolate milk with Baileys.
It was served rather neatly on a mini tray, and quite thoughtful of them to provide a small glass of water, especially when some desserts can be quite sweet.

The milk pudding tasted better than the one at Michelin desserts in sheung wan.
The chocolate milk was a bit boring, but when the baileys was added, it made the whole dessert light up.
The amount of baileys given was quite a fair bit too.

[Review 575] Good food with tacky chopsticks @ 藏戶概念館 Kulako Japan Concept Food

藏戶概念館 Kulako Japan Concept Food
13/12/2009
旺角西洋菜街1號兆萬中心9樓
9/F, CTMA Centre, 1 Sai Yeung Choi Street South, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/good-with-but-tacky-chopsticks-e2049394

Food here is good, but service and chopsticks are not that acceptable.
Firstly had to eat with disposable wooden chopsticks, ready to snap in half at any time.
One of the waiters stunk of BO!
Anyway back to the food.
Whelks in sauce:
a bowl of four whelks in sauce, I thought they would be chewy, but they turned out to be sweet and tender.
Mussels in miso and sake sauce:
was impressed the mussels were fresh, not the frozen ones.
Sakura shrimp and veg tempura:
was not the item I wanted to order, but it tasted ok,
Sakura shrimp and peach roll:
This one tasted the best, ground raw shrimp inside with sweet peach slices inside.
The roll was coated in sakura shrimps, but the thing that let it down was that it didn't stay in one piece when you picked it up with chopsticks.
Overall the food was good, but had difficulty eating mussels and whelks with only a pair of wooden chopsticks and mini fork.

[Review 574] Good breakfast @ 漢堡王 Burger King

漢堡王 Burger King
13/12/2009
將軍澳南豐廣場1樓R1A號舖
Shop R1A, 1/F, Nan Fung Plaza , Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/good-breakfast-e2049392

Found a burger place that does croissants instead of muffins for breakfast.
Got three items:egg, mushroom and cheese croissant and the sausage, egg, bacon burger with mini hash brown bites.
Drinks were included so got coffee and normal tea.
Drinks were ok, I thought the croissant was the best, the egg was tasteless and was tasty with the melted cheese and mushrooms.
As for the sausage and bacon burger, it was ok too, a sausage patty sliced in half and placed in the long bun. The bacon was a bit chewy.
The mini hash browns were quite good too, bite size much better than McD's.

[Review 573] Hotpot @ 正東火煱 (太子)

正東火煱 (太子) 13/12/2009
103 Prince Edward Road West
太子道西103-107號
(NO LINK)
Not really my cup of tea, but my friends went there, so I went.
Ordered a lot of stuff as shown, the best was the mini abalone at $38 each.
The prawn paste was also quite good.
The location of the restaurant is quite far fetched, so a bit hard to locate.

[Review 572] Lamb hot pot @ 太興 Tai Hing

太興 Tai Hing 13/12/2009
銅鑼灣謝斐道470-484號信諾環球保險中心1號地舖
Shop 1, G/F, Cigna Tower, 470-484 Jaffe Rd.,, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/lamb-hot-pot-e2049389

As usual, their lamb hotpots are good, rich beancurd sauce with pieces of water chestnuts, mushrooms, dried beancurd and lamb.
There was also a separate plate of lettuce to put in too.

The lamb was quite tender, but a knife and fork was needed, as chopsticks were useless.

The beancurd sauce that was provided was good also, but slightly too sweet.

[Review 571] 55% Belgian chocolate cherry cake @ 聖安娜餅屋 Saint Honore Cake Shop

聖安娜餅屋  Saint Honore Cake Shop
13/12/2009
西貢親民街18/32號錦華大廈地下D舖及閣樓
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/55-belgian-chocolate-cherry-cake-e2049387

Had one of those coupons for half a dozen of complimentary cakes, so decided to get a whole cake instead and pay extra.

Got the 55% belgian chocolate cherry cake.

Basically the cake was quite rich, same with the sauce.
Compared to Maxim's Valhrona, the maxims one has the chiffon texture, and the St Honore is richer.

I only liked it because of the cherries.

[Review 570] cheese crunchies @ 美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop

美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop
11/12/2009
荃灣眾安街68號荃灣城市中心地下G14及G69號舖
Shop G14 & G69, City Landmark, 68 Chung On Street, Tsuen Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/cheese-crunchies-e2048996

Needed something to go with my Pate, so I got the Maxim's cheese crunchies, sticks of savory biscuits, with crispy baked cheese bits on it.
I selected this one, as the cheese flavour isnt that strong, and light enough to eat with the pate.
On it's own, the crunchies taste ok, the crispy cheese gives it flavour.

[Review 569] McD's prawn burger is back @ 麥當勞 McDonald's

麥當勞 McDonald's 11/12/2009
灣仔軒尼詩道1號熙信樓1樓C舖
Shop C, 1/F, Asian House, 1 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/mcds-prawn-burger-is-back-e2048994

The prawn burger was my favourite last year when it was launched, so had to get it again as they are serving it this year.
Same as before, but better with the option of the double patty one.
I just felt the sauce should be proportionate, ie more sauce for the double patty.
The patty is moist, slightly gelatinous with bits of prawn in it.
It would be good if it was permanently on the menu.

[Review 568] The expanding dragon @ 四海遊龍鍋貼水餃專門店 Overseas Dragon

四海遊龍鍋貼水餃專門店 Overseas Dragon
09/12/2009
紅磡馬頭圍道43號C
43C Ma Tau Wai Road, Hung Hom

https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/the-expanding-dragon-e2048629

Quite interesting, they have been opening various branches in HK within the second half of this year.

I have always felt that this is a better option compared to "Baat fong", the choice of soup and noodles is much better, and the condiments are good quality too to go with the dumpling.

Same as North point, the dine-in experience is much better than the food court experience.

[Review 567] Hip dinner @ 壽司派 Hip Sushi

壽司派 Hip Sushi 08/12/2009
銅鑼灣告士打道280號世貿中心平台1樓L1層110店
Shop P110-111, P1, World Trade Centre, 280 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/hip-dinner-e2048333

Got the $148 light dinner set that includes miso soup, boltan sashimi, fat tuna sushi, foie gras sushi, baked oyster, some other sushi and dessert which was cherry tomatoes and sake jelly.

Since I was full from lunch, It was just the right selection to have.

The miso soup tasted like normal miso soup, but had cute enoki mushrooms in it, with the stalks chopped off, so it looked like mini mushrooms!
The baked oyster was ok, however I thought the sauce that went with it could have been better, it was just plain baked japanese mayonnaise on top with dried paprika peel.

The rest of the sushi was really good and lastly the dessert, I wasnt expecting it to taste good, because tomato is not really a dessert fruit, but it turned out to be good as well, the tomato was sweetened, and the jelly went well with it too.

[Review 566] The Worst @ Kreta Ayer Restaurant 牛車水餐廳

Kreta Ayer Restaurant 牛車水餐廳
長沙灣長沙灣道680號麗新商業中心地下G28-34號舖
G28-34, G/F, Lei Sun Commercial Centre, No.680 Cheung San Wan Road, Cheung Sha Wan
08/12/2009
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/the-worst-e2048330

All my friends complain about it every time, yet they come back once in a while, I am amazed how they complain yet still come back!!!
Anyway the rice that comes with the steak or whatever mains they offered that day is fried rice, which really doesn't match.
The service is really bad too, the waiters always get the orders wrong and slow at bringing out the food.

[Review 565] Roast Turkey 2009 Part 2 @ Carnegies (灣仔)

Carnegies 08/12/2009
灣仔駱克道53-55號地下
G/F, 53-55 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/roast-turkey-2009-part-2-e2048329

Already had roast turkey last week, so this is part 2, too lazy to write about it, since I wrote about it last year, and its standards have remained
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=1963111

Last year I didn't go to Carnegies, either they didn't have the xmas lunch or it was so conveniently located, I could try it anytime.

I was surprised it all tasted really good, the stuffing was the best, strong with herbs, and there were bits of meat in it. The bacon wrapped sausage was good too, it was salty from the bacon.
The roast vegetables were slightly over roasted but ok, I liked the potatoes as they were cut to smaller pieces, and parsnips were good.
The Brussels sprouts could have been softer, they were so hard, my fork couldn't get through it!
As for the turkey, I was surprised it was tender and juicy.

Then for dessert, had minced pie, not baked but microwaved, as the pastry was soft.
To finish it off, had a nice cup of tea.

[Review 564] 2009 SB Christmas series part 3 @ 星巴克咖啡 Starbucks Coffee

星巴克咖啡  Starbucks Coffee
08/12/2009
灣仔港灣道30號新鴻基中心地下G12-G13
Shop G12-G13, Sun Hung Kai Centre, 30 Harbour Road,, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/sb-christmas-series-part-3-e2048328

Third cake I have tried in their Christmas selection, I am saving the ones that I think will taste the best till last.

This time had the hazelnut cheesecake, finely grounded hazelnuts amongst the smooth cheesecake paste, almost like grounded wheat.
There was slight hints of hazelnut in the taste, but also tasted of almond essence which was a bit weird.

Anyway looking forward to try the rest next time!

[Review 563] Fish sampling @ Fishing Bay 漁灣村

漁灣村 Fishing Bay 08/12/2009
將軍澳寶林村寶勤樓地下123-124號舖
Shop 123-124, G/F, Po Kan House, Po Lam Estate, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/fish-sampling-e2048316

This time tried their dinner set with a choice of two dishes with rice and soup.

The soup was a pot of herbal soup with lumps of pork and chinese herbs, didnt know what chinese soup it was, but it smelt like and tasted of savory coffee.

Each grain of rice was distinct and not too hard or soft.

The chicken in "three cups sauce" was basically stir fried with onion, the onions were caramelised and sweet by the soy sauce (Swiss chicken wing sauce), the chicken tasted really nice, but the only complaint was the chicken was chopped up bone parts with sharp bits of bone ready to pierce your mouth.

I don't know what is with Chinese cuisine, they just serve bones and called it chicken, even with spare ribs, there are no meat on them.

Lastly the fish was quite good, not overcooked.