[Review 7798] Quiet afternoons @ 美滋鍋 Beauty in The Pot

23/12/2019
美滋鍋  Beauty in The Pot
旺角登打士街56號家樂坊8樓803號舖
Shop 803, 8/F, Gala Place, 56 Dundas Street, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/quiet-afternoons-e3624323

Quiet afternoons
2019-12-23  25 瀏覽
Gala place which used to be a commercial building houses a floor of restaurants on the 8th floor which is nice and dead quiet during the afternoons as the hotpot are not on promotion.
Anyway, as I had a HKD250 voucher to use, I decided to go myself because it was more cost effective that way in the sense that you only get charged one set of sauces.

Sauces, salad and fruits are unlimited in the bar area so if you just order a bowl of rice you are sorted.
As it was lunch, I tried all four soups with rice as I wasn't hungry.
The four soups are cooling coconut, herbal chicken, spicy nourishing and Beauty collagen.
The coconut was too sweet for my liking so out of the four my favourite was the beauty collagen which was savoury.
Also orded snow fungas which was a good source of collagen.


Overall, quite a nice place for hot pot in the afternoon if you are looking for a quiet environment but it might get busier if they do some afternoon specials.

[Review 7797] Tea Time burgers @ 漢堡王 (已結業)Burger King

15/12/2019
漢堡王 (已結業)Burger King
中環蘇豪士丹頓街6-8號地舖
G/F, 6-8 Staunton Street, Soho, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/tea-time-burgers-e3616997

Tea Time burgers
2019-12-15  1039 瀏覽
Only went here because they were doing a tea promotion so the selected burgers were HKD22 each.
Ordered the junior whopper and  cheeseburger.

To summarize, the junior whopper fared better as it was a better ratio of burger patty to bun and sauce while the whopper annoyed me with the salad in it.

Junior Whopper:
 0 讚好

 0 讚好


Cheese burger:

 0 讚好

 0 讚好



Receipt:

[Review 7796] From YL to CWB @ 一哥點故 Dim Sum Heritage

15/12/2019

一哥點故  Dim Sum Heritage
灣仔摩理臣山道1號地舖
G/F, 1 Morrison Hill Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/from-yl-to-cwb-e3616995

From YL to CWB
2019-12-15  231 瀏覽
From the new territories yuen long to the city.
DS heritage has branched out to CWB with a shop on the corner according to the staff gossiping with family in the UK as well.
Anyway, expect this shop to be busy during peak hours as dimsum is always popular at any quality.


Tried the rolls which were crispy and oily inside.
 0 讚好





The dumplings were a bit bland.


The only thing I liked was the soup.

[Review 7795] HKD63 Pork Knuckle @ 宜家家居餐廳及咖啡室 IKEA Restaurant & Café

15/12/2019
宜家家居餐廳及咖啡室  IKEA Restaurant & Café
沙田鄉事會路138號新城市中央廣場L6
L6, Grand Central Plaza, 138 Sha Tin Rural Committee Road, Sha Tin
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/hkd63-pork-knuckle-e3616669

HKD63 Pork Knuckle
2019-12-15  539 瀏覽
Pork Knuckle is served almost every where in Western style restaurants in Hong Kong because they are easy to serve and readily available from suppliers.

The pork knuckle at IKEA is probably worth trying because it does not come from local suppliers and it only costs HKD63.

I thought it was definitely good because it came with potatoes, gravy and sauerkraut.
The knuckle meat was soft inside with a nice salty flavour to it that wasn't over salty while the sauerkraut complimented it nicely.

[Review 7794] Beef donburis @ 滋味屋日本家庭料理 Yummy Yummy

15/12/2019
滋味屋日本家庭料理  Yummy Yummy
荔枝角長義街9號D2 Placee一期3樓307號舖
Shop 307, 3/F, D2 Place One, 9 Cheung Yee Street, Lai Chi Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/beef-donburis-e3615605

Beef donburis
2019-12-15  670 瀏覽
As I was in D2 decided to try this joint as I have already tried the others.
This joint is on the corner specializing in Japanese style food.
 0 讚好

Had the beef bowl with rice which comes with miso soup.
The beef slices were tender and covered with a good amount of Teriyaki sauce with chunky onions beneath it.
Under that was the usual Japanese rice which was firm and not too soft.
The miso soup had a good saltiness to it so you might feel a bit thirsty afterwards.

[Review 7793] Avocado milk @ 我是珍奶狗

14/12/2019
我是珍奶狗 
荔枝角長沙灣道883號億利工業中心地下2B1號舖
Shop 2B1, G/F, Elite Industrial Centre, 883 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Lai Chi Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/avocado-milk-e3614913

Avocado milk
2019-12-14  553 瀏覽
As I was in the area decided to come back for the avocado milk drink.It is supposed to come with pearls but I requested them without because the pearls are annoying.
 0 讚好


The drink was quite nice as it was blended with avocados so it was thick and creamy.
It was also quite icy as there was a lot of ice in it.

[Review 7792] Delicious custard donuts @ Marks & Spencer 食品專門店

21/11/2019
Marks & Spencer 食品專門店
Marks & Spencer Food Store
灣仔告士打道88號其昌大廈地下B舖
Shop B, G/F, China Underwriters Centre, 88 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/delicious-custard-donuts-e3598318

Delicious custard donuts
2019-11-21  727 瀏覽
Went to Marks and Sparks for some bakery.
Ended up getting a custard donut and a cinnamon swirl.
 0 讚好

I would definitely get the custard donut again because the custard was silky and loaded with vanilla seeds.
The texture of the donut was non oily and fluffy.
As for the cinnamon swirl it is best reheated so that the swirl is nice and flaky.

[Review 7791] Best Kept Secret @ 新波記茶餐廳

21/11/2019
新波記茶餐廳
上環太平山街25號地下
G/F, 25 Tai Ping Shan Street, Sheung Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/best-kept-secret-e3598314

Best Kept Secret
2019-11-21  582 瀏覽
This joint is round the corner from the famous pork chop place that has two furry cats.
Although not many people know about this joint, it has already been filmed by a few people.

I was captivated here by the fried chicken leg because it looked good in this golden coating and it was not cut.

When I got there, the staff were friendly but then everyone is generally friendly on the Sheungwan side.

Ended up coming here quite a few times.
On the first visit, had the fried chicken leg and chicken wings.

The fried chicken leg was as good as expected because the coating was even and crunchy while the chicken was tender.
 0 讚好

The chicken wings were the best chicken wings ever because they were infused with Chinese wine and served hot.
Most chicken wings which are marinated in wine are served cold but these wings were hot and springy.
 0 讚好

On the second visit, tried the bap which is basically an Irish bap.
As there isn't really a name for it in Chinese, they just named it the "mut bau" as in the What bun!
Ordered the pork chop bap and had it with the chicken wing meat which was much nicer.

Will definitely come back again for the wings and as well as other items on the menu.

[Review 7790] Ruby Chocolate suspicions confirmed @ The Nest Coffee Shop

19/11/2019 dining
The Nest Coffee Shop 
尖沙咀彌敦道138號聖安德烈堂地下
G/F, St. Andrew Christian Centre, 138 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/ruby-chocolate-suspicions-confirmed-e3597205

Ruby Chocolate suspicions confirmed
2019-11-19  313 views
At the beginning of the year, had the best pink chocolate drink from here.Decided to revisit for some more pink hot chocolate.

It was a different person there that day so asked if it was ruby chocolate that was used and it was.
Ruby chocolate is the fourth chocolate following white, milk and dark introduced in 2017 by Barry Callebaut.

The hot ruby chocolate drink is made by melting the ruby chocolate pellets and mixing with milk.


It was my lucky day as I got to try the melted Ruby callets which were sugary sweet with a note of raspberry.

The actual ruby hot chocolate drink is sweet and dreamy almost like drinking raspberry hot chocolate so I definitely recommend it.