[Review 7739] Not Tai Cheong egg tarts but food @ 泰昌餅家 Tai Cheong Bakery

09/09/2019
泰昌餅家  Tai Cheong Bakery
鑽石山鳳德道111號鳳德商場2樓203號舖
Shop 203, 2/F, Fung Tak Shopping Centre, 111 Fung Tak Road, Diamond Hill
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/not-tai-cheong-egg-tarts-but-food-e3532644

Not Tai Cheong egg tarts but food
2019-09-09  106 瀏覽
Tai Cheong Bakery is just a bakery known for egg tarts and their Japanese inspired cheesecakes.

All of their shops are just bakeries but a few serve simple cha chaan teng style food.

This branch along with the one at TKO serves simple dishes like fried egg with rice, sandwiches etc.
Went here and had the fried egg with luncheon meat with curry sauce.
When it came they forgot to give the curry sauce so requested for it.
The curry sauce is evidently microwaved as the bowl is scorching  and the surface of the curry sauce has fine bubbles and and a solid layer.

What took the piss was the luncheon meat, the menu says THICKLY SLICED and how thick was it???!!!!
Apart from that, it was all delicious.
The lady suggested that curry sauce does not go well with it but it tasted much better than the thick saliva sweet soy sauce that was given.
Will be back if I am in the area again or possibly try the other restaurant branches.

[Review 7665] Ramen and Curry @ 札幌拉麵 Miso No.1 x 辛味屋 Sapporo Ramen Miso No.1 x Karami Curry

21/08/2019
札幌拉麵 Miso No.1 x 辛味屋  休息中
Sapporo Ramen Miso No.1 x Karami Curry
鑽石山龍蟠街3號荷里活廣場3樓325號舖
Shop 325, 3/F, Plaza Hollywood, 3 Lung Poon Street, Diamond Hill
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/ramen-and-curry-e3511164

Ramen and Curry
2019-08-21  173 瀏覽
When a friend wants ramen and the other wants curry then come here if you are in Diamond Hill as it serves both!
There was quite a lot of choices as this restaurant serves ramen from Miso No1 and Karama Curry.
Friend had the pork bone ramen which came in a rich broth.
He also had the gyozas which were only HKD1x extra.

I had the omelette with fried chicken curry.


The portion was quite big and it comes with soup and sweetcorn.
The fried chicken was succulent and crispy while the egg was semi cooked.


As for the curry sauce I found it a bit too sweet.

Overall, this place is good for curry and ramen but it gets quite busy so you have to allow time for the food to arrive and check up to see if they missed your order.

[Review 7608] Refreshing pasta @ 風月堂 洋菓子BAR

25/07/2019
風月堂 洋菓子BAR
鑽石山龍蟠街3號荷里活廣場3樓402室
Shop 402, 3/F., Hollywood Plaza, 3 Lung Poon Street, Diamond Hill
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/refreshing-pasta-e3486194

Refreshing pasta
2019-07-25  56 瀏覽
I am always at Hollywood Plaza so I was going to try this joint at some point.
Orchard Garden Cafe used to have a few branches in Kowloon but now this is the last surviving one,
Although the same sounds familiar I am not quite sure if I have visited the other branches.


They serve pastas, crepes, waffles and teas.
I remember these crepes used to be really popular a few years ago

Started with the blueberry tea which tasted strangely rancid which definitely has gone off.



The clams and tomato pasta fared better and it was actually really good especially the tomato sauce which wasn't lame sweet like other places.



The only complaint were the clams which were fishy.
It is rather difficult to get fishy clams so I wonder how long it has been in that state.
Finished with the banana split which I consider to be a luxurious one for HKD70 as it had three scoops of Movenpick icecream.



Overall, quite nice except for the synthetic cream which is why I didn't choose the crepes as it would be full of it.

[Review 7513] Local snacks @ 南國小喫 Nam Kok

13/06/2019
南國小喫  Nam Kok
鑽石山龍蟠街3號荷里活廣場地下G102B號舖
Shop G102B, G/F, Plaza Hollywood, 3 Lung Poon Street, Diamond Hill
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/local-snacks-e3441814

Local snacks
2019-06-13  59 瀏覽
Not really my thing but tried it anyway.
Tried the five spice meat with noodle.
The fish shaomai is the usual stuff made with flour so it is just eating chewy pieces of flour wrapped in yellow pastry.
The five spice meat was definitely canned stuff which was hard and dry, but nicely spiced.
The noodles were Indomie which you can just taste by that tell tale sweet sauce it was in.

[Review 7217] Delish veggie mushroom buns @ 唐記包點 Tong Kee Bao Dim

15/02/2019
唐記包點 Tong Kee Bao Dim
鑽石山鳳德邨鳳德商場2樓202B號舖
Shop 202B, 2/F, Fung Tak Shopping Centre, Fung Tak Estate, Diamond Hill
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/delish-veggie-mushroom-buns-e3305904

Just like McDonalds, Tong Kee Bao Dim has varying prices depending on location.
To be honest, I confuse this joint easily with Tong Bao Dim.
As I was still hungry I got two vegetarian mushroom veggie buns which turned out to be bigger than I expected.
They cost HKD7.5 each but at some other stores you can expect the buns to range from HKD6.5-7.5.
These buns can be identified by pieces visible carrots which the other buns don't have.
If you're a fan of Shanghainese Veg buns then you will love these as they are much bigger loaded with carrots, black fungus and some other crunchy veg inside.
The only thing I didn't like was the bun as it was sweetened but the texture was fluffy and soft.

[Review 7215] Lime mousse cake @ Crostini Bakery & Cafe

12/02/2019
Crostini Bakery & Cafe
鑽石山龍蟠街3號荷里活廣場1層177號舖
Shop 177, 1/F, Plaza Hollywood, 3 Lung Poon Street, Diamond Hill
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/lime-mousse-cake-e3303340

As a fan of pandan I have been eyeing this Lime Mousse Pandan cake for a while but the combination was a bit odd just like the Mint Green Tea chocolate bread I had before.

The cake seemed like it had been in the cabinet for a while as the exterior of the cake was very elastic and dry.

The lime flavour was very artificial and overpowered the tiny piece of pandan cake in the middle!
Definitely not worth recommending but Crostini is a nice place to chill out and suited for people who just want to find somewhere to meet clients with no expectations.

[Review 7114] Worst Quattro Burger @ 麥當勞 McDonald's

11/01/2019
麥當勞 McDonald's
鑽石山龍蟠街3號荷里活廣場2樓216號舖
Shop 216, 2/F, Hollywood Plaza, 3 Lung Poon Street, Diamond Hill 
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/worst-quattro-burger-e3272785

Since the Quattro Burger was launched, I have it whenever they serve it because it contains 4 slices of cheese.
2 white and 2 American Cheddar according to the menu.

The Quattro burger is served one day only or whenever they decide to!
It always comes with a soft drink which I never drink because I just don't drink soft drinks so paying HKD16 for the burger is ok.
Anyway, when it came, I noticed there was only two slices of cheese so looked underneath the patty and there wasn't anymore cheese so exchanged it.

Here was the second burger which was cold when I unwrapped it.
It was so cold that you can see the slices of cheese distinctly that evidently the beef patties were not even hot when it was assembled.

The taste was bad because the bun wasn't soft and the cheese just doesn't taste as good when it hasn't melted.

[Review 6713] Cold Brew Teas @ 泰昌餅家 Tai Cheong Bakery

22/07/2018
泰昌餅家 Tai Cheong Bakery
鑽石山鳳德道111號鳳德商場2樓203號舖
Shop 203, 2/F, Fung Tak Shopping Centre, 111 Fung Tak Road, Diamond Hill
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/cold-brew-teas-e3102856

Tai Cheong Bakery is OLD SCHOOL and BORING.Although they do occasionally have some fun stuff like giant egg tarts which are actually cheese cakes.
Tourists flock there for Egg Tarts on Lynhurst Terrace.
I really do not understand why the HK style flakey pastry egg tarts in Hong Kong are so floppy that it guarantees it collapsing in your hand and falling to the floor! Hooray!!
Anyway, walked past and discovered they had cold brew teas so got the peach oolong as the Jasmine was sold out.
It was actually quite nice and not sweetened with a lovely oolong aroma and a hint of peach.

[Review 6545] Strawberries and cream @ 英王麵包店 A-1 Bakery

10/05/2018
英王麵包店  A-1 Bakery
鑽石山龍蟠街3號荷里活廣場3樓322號舖
Shop 322, 3/F, Plaza Hollywood, 3 Lung Poon Street, Diamond Hill
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/strawberries-and-cream-e3044841

I love strawberries and cream and cream cakes with strawberries so this Omelette cake appealed to me.It looked more like a hotdog though.
The colour of the cake was very yellow just like most cakes in Hong Kong.
For some reason they like to make everything yellow.
Anyway, the cream was good and it was whipped cream that was unsweetened, strawberries were not fresh as they had that mushy texture.
The cake part was disappointing as it was very coarse and crumbly.

[Review 6528] Great Lunch deals @ 札幌拉麵 Miso No.1 x 辛味屋

28/04/2018
札幌拉麵 Miso No.1 x 辛味屋  營業中
Sapporo Ramen Miso No.1 x Karami Curry
鑽石山龍蟠街3號荷里活廣場3樓325號舖
Shop 325, 3/F, Plaza Hollywood, 3 Lung Poon Street, Diamond Hill
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/great-lunch-deals-e3034399

Great Lunch deals
2018-04-28  41 瀏覽
There are quite a few branches of Sapporo Ramen Miso No.1 but at the Diamond Hill and TKO branch, they have curry on the menu.During lunch they serve the ramen and curry set which is really good because the size of the ramen is huge and you get a mini curry rice with it.

The ramen broth was surprisingly good because there was a strong miso taste and the ramen absorbed it well hence it was all tasty.
Also had the stir fried liver with spring onions which was quite Asian but the liver was slightly over done.

The mash on the side tasted a bit funny because the butter was too overwhelming.
Finished with the gyozas which were fragrant with lots of chives in it.