[Review 1400] Marshmallow hot dog @ 愛爾蘭瘋薯 Ireland's Potato

29/12/2011
愛爾蘭瘋薯 Ireland's Potato
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心2期UG樓百佳超級市場
Parknshop, UG/F, MCP Central, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/marshmallow-hot-dog-e2212468

I do not usually go to this branch of Ireland's Potato because their frying oil is not changed often and their service is not as efficient as the city branches.
I decided to try the new marshmallow hot dog and the deep fried macaroni and cheese.
The macaroni and cheese was the same as the one served at BEE TWO, however the version at BEE TWO is much nice because their frying oil is changed regularly.
There was still so much oil in it that I had to use tissue to soak it off.
The oil totally ruined the taste

As for the marshmallow hot dog it was as good as expected.
The marshmallow was lovely and gooey, however I did not like the butter on the bun.

At the moment Ms Penguin and Ireland's Potato are doing a joint promotion.

The cutlet items were interesting because they were called GILLET .........

[Review 1399] Tomato broth noodles @ 吉野家 Yoshinoya

29/12/2011
吉野家 Yoshinoya
灣仔軒尼詩道303號協成行灣仔中心地下B號舖
Shop B, G/F, Office Plus@Wan Chai, 303 Hennessy Road,, Wan Chai

https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/tomato-broth-noodles-e2212467

Most of the items on the Yoshinoya menu are beef, however tomato broth noodles were new on the menu for breakfast.
There was a choice of beef or chicken, which both include a frankfurter as well.
I thought the scrambled eggs was included in the set, but you need to pay extra for it.
The noodles was served in tomato broth, topped with sweetcorn and tomato puree on top and a boiled frankfurter.
The chicken was served separately in a bowl.

I felt the portion size was quite small for the chicken because there were only three pieces, but it did not taste that nice. Anyway the noodles were too soft.
The tomato broth was made from tomato puree and not that sour and it tasted very bland.
The frankfurter was the gritty type and too salty for my liking.

As for the scrambled eggs, it tastes the best, however it was strange there was sweetcorn in it,
The tomato broth noodles is also available for afternoon tea, however the frankfurters are replaced by crab meat.
After finishing the noodles, I went to their toilet, it was cleaner than expected, however when I flushed the toilet I thought I was seeing an illusion because the water overflowed from the toilet and I had to scram fast!!

[Review 1398] Curly Noodles @ 泰國路邊街美食

27/12/2011
泰國路邊街美食
九龍城城南道26號地舖
G/F, 26 South Wall Road, Kowloon City
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/curly-noodles-e2211925

This was not what I wanted to order because I just wanted the curly noodles with the "boat soup" broth.
However I was given the "rainbow soup" broth, which is OK but does not go well with these curly noodles.
Anyway, the "rainbow soup" was slightly sour, but the rainbow soups I have tried at other thai places were not sour.\

[Review 1397] KFC's midnight feast @ 肯德基家鄉雞 (KFC) Kentucky Fried Chicken

26/12/2011
肯德基家鄉雞 (KFC) Kentucky Fried Chicken
灣仔港灣道30號新鴻基中心1樓101-103A舖及111舖及140舖
Shop 101-103A, 111 & 14, 1/F, 30 Sun Hung Kai Centre, Harbour Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/kfcs-midnight-feast-e2211684

Had not had a midnight feast in ages, so decided to get the KFC snack combo and the chocolate brownies.
I expected the delivery to take a long time which was part of the plan of having a late night feast!
Anyway, the fried snacks arrived with two sauces: a white one and tomato ketchup, the white one was the sauce used in the chicken burgers.

The snack combo was part of KFC's Christmas snack combo and only available on the delivery menu.

A midnight feast is a British kids thing having a food feast late at night eaten in secret, well not a secret anymore as I have already disclosed it on Openrice!
So go on have fun and be rebellious!
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Crispy shrimp and Cheesy roll

Crispy shrimp:
This was basically fried shrimp coated in cutlet, as well as cutlet on the outside, there was an extra layer of grounded prawn in between the prawn and the cutlet.

Cheesy roll:
I was expecting it to be plain cheese inside, but indeed the description was correct, it was surimi meat roll filled with cheese.

Although the crispy shrimp and cheese roll were not crispy by the time it was delivered, it still tasted nice.
Both were nice dipped with ketchup, but I would have preferred lemon with the shrimps.
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Chocolate brownies
Basically it was chocolate brownies deep fried, it was too dry for my liking.

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[Review 1396] Sakura shrimp ramen @ 味千拉麵 Ajisen Ramen

26/12/2011
味千拉麵 Ajisen Ramen
將軍澳重華路8號東港城2樓236號舖
Shop 236, 2/F, East Point City, 8 Chung Wa Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/sakura-shrimp-ramen-e2211681

Went to Ajisen because of the new noodles, both were stone bowls, one was pork udon, the other was ramen with sakura shrimp.
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Pork udon stone pot
This tasted bland compared to the ramen. However the pork was not that fresh with a strong off smell!
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Sakura ramen stone pot
The amount of sakura shrimp was amazingly generous, however the soup was too salty that I had to add two cups of water to dilute it down.
I think the chef did not add enough water to the soup because when it came the soup level was not even half full.

[Review 1395] Christmas 2011 series @ BreadTalk 麵包新語

25/11/2011

麵包新語 BreadTalk
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心3期1樓132號舖
Shop 132, 1/F, MCP Discovery, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
港鐵寶琳站 A1 出口, 步行約1分
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/christmas-2011-series-breadtalk-e2211651

Tried the Christmas series at Breadtalk which were just the same items as sold in A1 Bakery, however they both had a Holly leaf stuck on which made it Christmassy.

The first item was a sweet baguette dusted with sugar and soaked with egg and baked, similar to bread pudding.
The other item was a chocolate bread roll filled with custard.

[Review 1394] Layered chocolate cake by Cova @ Cova Ristorante & Caffe

25/12/2011
Cova Ristorante & Caffe
金鐘金鐘道88號太古廣場3樓301號舖
Shop 301, 3/F, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/layered-chocolate-cake-by-cova-e2211649

After trying the Quintuple cake by Arome bakery, decided to try the richer version by Cova.
It was rich and strong.
However it was slightly too hard and not as soft as Awfully chocolates version.

[Review 1393] Chicken wings singled out!! @ V8美食軒

25/12/2011

V8美食軒
灣仔柯布連道4號地下B舖
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chicken-wings-singled-out-e2211648

Chicken wings singled out!!
2011-12-25  128 瀏覽
Again a treat from the locals, there was a choice of Salt and Pepper chicken wings, Honey chicken wings and these chicken wings on single bones.

I chose these because they were on single bones which made it more convenient to eat.

Surprisingly they tasted quite nice, however there were some stringy bits on the batter.
Not sure whether they were part of the batter or feathers from the wings.

[Review 1392] Maxim's touching series - Nice packaging @ 美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop

25/12/2011
美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop
尖沙咀港鐵尖沙咀站TST 1號舖
Shop TST 1, Tsim Sha Tsiu MTR Station, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/maxims-touching-series-nice-packaging-e2211647


Saw some interesting items at Maxim's which looked like packets of crisps, but when I went closer I found out they were cookies and puffs.
The rest of the range had tubes of cookies and other stuff.
The design was nice, mainly white with some colours on it.
On the back, I think it saids something about the designer or the designs.
Anyway, the puffs were not what I was expecting, they were baked puff pastry in butterfly form.
The brown sugar taste was strong, but I did not like the strong buttery smell which is typical of the Chinese bakery.
As well as that was passed a chocolate cake by someone.
It just tasted like the usual Maxim's cake.

[Review 1391] Delaney's carvery @ Delaney's Wanchai

18/12/2011
Delaney's Wanchai
灣仔盧押道18號海德中心地下及1樓
2/F, One Capital Place, 18 Luard Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/delaneys-calvery-e2210670

As always you can always find your comfort roast right here!

Usually at the carvery there is beef or lamb and nearer Christmas there is Turkey as well.
However the stuffing is different to the stuffings served at other pubs.
The stuffing here is not baked.
For the greens, there is boiled spinach, pea and sprouts, and for the asian choice you will find shitaake mushrooms and sweetcorn.
Before the roast there is a choice of salad or soup. I usually get the salad but sometimes the soup is also good such as tomato and crab.
To finish off there is proper tea brewed with fresh leaves and not teabags.

[Review 1390] Quintuple chocolate layered cake experience @ 東海堂 Arome Bakery

18/12/2011

東海堂 Arome Bakery
將軍澳坑口培成路15號連理街143號
Shop 143, the Lane, 15 Pui Shing Road, Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/quintuple-chocolate-layered-cake-experience-e2210620

Tried this because it was made of five different layers of chocolate, it costs $20 per slice and it is not that big.
Basically the five different layers were: the crunchy base, dark chocolate sponge, milk chocolate sponge, chocolate mousse and the chocolate cream covering it.
Overall, it tasted nice but I wished there was more cake instead, the dark truffle filling in the middle was extremely hard and too rich.

[Review 1389] Hokkaido milk froyo with reminiscence of Yoplait @ kiss n' joy

13/12/2011

kiss n' joy
尖沙咀厚福街7A號地下D舖
Shop D, G/F, 7A Hau Fook Street, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/hokkaido-milk-froyo-with-reminiscence-of-yoplait-e2210050


I have always wanted to try this place for the Strawberry yoghurt.
But twice I couldn’t find it because I went the wrong direction.

At the end of Hau Fook Road, I turned left where all the snack bars were located when I should have walked to the right hand side!

As there were four flavours, I did not know which flavour to get, so I asked to try the Strawberry because I wanted to get that anyway.
The staff must have read my mind because I wanted to try the hokkaido one as well and they gave me a sample of that too.

Samples
The décor of the shop was really nice, the colour theme was white and apple green.

The only disadvantage was the standing area was quite small, so it was easy to trip down the steps when it got packed.

In the end I decided to get the golden kiwi drink because golden kiwi is not always available.

As it was a cold day the drink was extremely thick. It tasted just right without the honey because the yogurt was sweet.
There was a strange feeling from drinking kiwi because kiwi seeds have enzymes on it, and after the blending process, the seeds got grounded releasing more enzymes.
It is very similar to biting into white grape seeds.

Next time I’ll be back for the froyo.
From the samples, the froyo was nice and thick, it was slightly lumpy.
The strawberry one tastes exactly like Yoplait’s strawberry fromage frais so I really liked it.

One of the toppings was interesting.
Parsley!

[Review 1388] Mandarin splash out @ 文華餅店 The Mandarin Cake Shop

文華餅店 The Mandarin Cake Shop
中環干諾道中5號香港文華東方酒店閣樓
M/F, Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, 5 Connaught Road, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/mandarin-splash-out-e2210033

I have always wanted to try their cakes so I was really chuffed that I could splash $100 on their bakery with a $100 gift certificate from Openrice.

It was tempting to try their cakes and their savory items, but in the end I decided to get the savory items and a donut because the cakes should be indulged there with a cup of nice tea.

Before I went, I checked their online menu and reserved the ones I wanted through phone.

When I got there my order was packed and ready to collect.
I really liked their paper bag and lavish packaging.

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Custard donut
It was dusted with castor sugar and inside there was generous custard filling.
The sweetness was just right.

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Beef pie
I was expecting the beef to be chunks but it was minced beef inside and the gravy was rich.

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Sausage with XO sauce quiche
This was interesting because it was made with XO sauce which is Chinese.
The sausage used was proper western sausage, and the filling of the quiche was quite eggy and cheesy.
It also contained pieces of scallop which must have come from the XO sauce.

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The receipt

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Apart from the above, these were also on my wish list!
Spinach quiche
Apple turnover
Donuts
Cassis mousseline and bavaroise with sago
Cream horn
Carrot cake
Raspberry apricot mousse
Lychee raspberry mousse
Sacher cake