[Review 4946] Dimsum at Happy Valley @ 壹玖捌叁 Hong Kong Cuisine

11/01/2016
壹玖捌叁  Hong Kong Cuisine
跑馬地載德街2-4號1樓
1/F, 2-4 Tsoi Tak Street, Happy Valley
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/dimsum-at-happy-valley-e2532557

I have always wanted to come here for dimsum but I rarely go to Happy Valley.
Finally went because one of my friends moved here.
When I arrived the lady at the reception was a bit weird because she was rushing me to tell her if I had made a booking when I was all wet from the rain and trying to fold my umbrella.

Anyway, it was all fine when I got upstairs but it was a bit noisy for my liking hence the reason I do not go to eat dimsums much.

It was great, they had a digital ordering system with photos of each dish and a summary at the end to show what you have ordered.
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Although you order through the touchscreen, it is officially ordered when you tell the waitors.

Here was what I had:
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Pan fried julienne taro and mashed pumpkin:

This tasted like a delicious Chinese rosti with a mix of taro and mashed pumpkins but it would taste even better if the oil was fresh.
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Cuttlefish in spicy sauce:

Although this was very spicy, I really enjoyed it with the savory salad.
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Marinated jelly fish:

I loved the jelly fish slices which were big and had a nice crunch, but I didn't like the oil they used to marinate the jelly fish because it tasted like oil that had been used to cook something.
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Steamed dumplings with mashed black eyed peas, dried shrimp and conpoy:

These dumplings had a light taste with a very starchy filling.
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Deep fried whitebait and enoki mushrooms in butter batter:

This was a nice appetizer of crispy enoki mushrooms and whitebait.
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Vermicelli in fermented red beancurd sauce:

The vermicelli was disappoining because it tasted oily and it was stirfried rather than braised.
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Deep fried sesame balls with purple potato and custard filling:

I am not keen on sesame but this was delicious especially the mochi like texture of the sweet potato and custard filling.

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steamed sago dumplings:

There were three different fillings: pandan, red bean and custard.
I liked the custard and pandan but the sago on the outside was a bit hard.
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[Review 4884] All u can eat for $128 @ 香江冰室 Cafe Hong Kong

17/12/2015
香江冰室 Cafe Hong Kong
中環荷李活道15號地下
15 Hollywood Road, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/all-u-can-eat-for-128-e2524186


All u can eat for $128
2015-12-17  3393 瀏覽
Personally I rarely eat in a Cha chaan teng/bing sut/Chinese café because the place is usually old and grubby and the people are rude.

I only dined here because of the all you can eat promotion for $128.
The all you can eat gave me a chance to sample everything that is commonly served.

The place was clean and the staff were nice so it was ok and you will find a good variety on the menu ranging from dimsum, baked rice, stir fried noodles, French toasts, steamed rice, typical drinks and even beer.
I liked the dimsum and I will probably go again on festive dates because the prices won’t go up!!
The size of the dimsum was really cute but they could be cuter if they were smaller.
This is a great place for tourists to sample food in Central which is located conveniently near the escalators.

[Review 4875] 飲Cha Yum 茶 @ 飲茶 Yum Cha

13/12/2015
飲茶 Yum Cha
尖沙咀加連威老道20-22號瑞生尖沙咀酒店3樓
3/F, Attitude on Granville, 20-22 Granville Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/%E9%A3%B2cha-yum-%E8%8C%B6-e2522617

飲Cha Yum 茶
2015-12-13  3916 瀏覽
To be honest, there are not many places worth recommending for dimsum in Hong Kong because the quality is just a sloppy mess laced with oil.
I am glad my list of good yum cha places in Hong Kong has increased to four with this one.
As well as the lovely presentation, which gives me motivation to take pictures, the dimsums are not oily or too sweet.

Yum Cha has a huge open kitchen where you can see them prepare food.
They had cute bowls with goldfishes in them.
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Eye catching wet tissues packaged like condoms!@
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Here were the dishes we had:
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Orange wintermelon:
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Wintermelon is considered bland but here it is soaked in orange juice which gives it an appetizing taste bursting with orange juice.
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Pickled cucumber:

These are baby cucumbers which still have their flowers attached.
Crisp and crunchy in delicious vinegar.



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Shrimp rolls:

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Sticky rice dumplings:

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BBQ piggy buns:

The boring bbq pork buns have been turned into cute piggy buns filled with delicious bbq pork inside.
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Hot custard buns:

These are custard buns that will ooze out with custard cream that was not too sweet.
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Crispy pineapple puffs:

The bird shaped pineapple pastries are served inside the birdcage but to be honest it is not a puff as the menu suggests because the pastry is not filo or puff pastry.



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Shrimp and vegetable dumplings:

Colourful and glistening prawn dumplings with springy prawn inside.

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Organic kale with garlic:

It makes sense to cook organic kale with garlic because kale is quite similar in appearance and taste to Chinese kale.
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Baby cabbage with parma ham:

The broth to this was really nice and the parma was presented beautifully like a rose.
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Black peppered wagyu beef:

Although the beef was the star, I quite liked the crispy lotus root slices.
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Oatmeal prawns:

Didn't try
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Egg white and seafood fried rice:

I love the rice because it was stir fried in squid ink so it had a nice squid flavour to it.
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Green tea and cotton cloud:

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Apple egg tartlets:

This was pretty but the chopping board reminds me of the ones used in the Chinese takeaways in the UK.

It was nice the egg tart was different because it was thinly sliced apple shaped into a rose on top of a normal egg tart.

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