[Review 6935] Philippine Chinese Buns @ Victory 東南亞食品 Victory Supermart

26/10/2018
Victory 東南亞食品 Victory Supermart
中環中環環球大廈 134、136號舖
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/philippine-chinese-buns-e3196698

Philippine Chinese Buns
2018-10-26  494 瀏覽
I love going to WWH because it is similar to Chongqing mansions but they sell Philippine goods.
You can find DunkinDonuts there as well.

As well as Philippine foods, you will also find Chinese steamed buns Philippine style.
The packaging is impressive and modern.
There was a choice of roast pork or meatball in a plain or steamed taro bun by Eng Bee Tin.

Eng Bee Tin was established in 1912 on Ongpin Street by Chua Chiu Hong, a migrant from mainland China whose family decided to reside in the Philippines. The business started as a small stall selling Chinese delicacies.

The steamed bun is in a neat plastic pocket which keeps it clean while you don't get your hands dirty.
It is quite big in size and uniform so it is probably made by machine.

The ube pao was fluffy and the meat inside was quite tasty.


I hope to try the roast pork bun next time.
It might be pricey compared to local ones but the packaging and quality is much better.

[Review 3590] More Filipino food @ Quezon Pinoy Food Express

16/08/2014
Quezon Pinoy Food Express
灣仔石水渠街1號其發大廈地下11號舖
Shop 11, G/F, Luckifast Building, 1 Stone Nullah Lane, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/more-filipino-food-e2384809

I was craving for fish so came here for my favourite fried fish.
As well as fish, they had pork skewers, taro swiss roll and taro candies.
There is another branch in Central that I would love to visit because there is a bigger variety at that joint.
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Fish:

This fish is consistently good, almost 95% of it was edible because the bones are soft and the fish is delicately flavoured with vinegar which made it very appetizing.
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Pork skewers

The skewer was surprisingly nice because the sauce that it was marinated in was citrusy and sweet.
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[Review 3513] Pinakbet @ 金蒂小店 Cinta J Express

17/07/2014
金蒂小店 Cinta J Express
灣仔柯布連道2A號C2號舖
Shop C2,2A O'Brien Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/pinakbet-e2377447

Pinakbet is a northern Philippine dish made from mixed vegetables steamed in fish or shrimp sauce.
The one at Cinta J express consists of bittermelon, aubergines, French beans, pumpkin and some pork steamed in shrimp sauce which the bright pink colour is coming from the shrimps.
Overall, it was ok, but the vegetables were not soft enough and the pork was too oily for my liking.

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Price: $36

[Review 3437] $10 avocado ice candy @ Cinta J Express

13/06/2014
Cinta J Express
灣仔柯布連道2A號C2號舖
Shop C2,2A O'Brien Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/10-avocado-ice-candy-e2369271

Walked past and saw these interesting new ice candies which I have never seen before.
They were frozen in slim bags which were food grade I hope!
Anyway, got the avocado flavour which was quite nice but you need scissors to cut the top off or otherwise I don't know how you're meant to eat it.

I was really surprised it was not too sweet because most Philipino foods are too sweet and the icecandy was such a cooler because it turned into silky slush.
The taste was milky with a hint of avocado.
There were other flavours too but frozen avocado is rare!

** according to openricer Loklaw, the owner said it is made with mashed avocado, condensed milk and sugar **

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Price: $20

[Review 3117] Flipino congee @ 金蒂小店 Cinta J Express

26/01/2014
金蒂小店 Cinta J Express
灣仔柯布連道2A號C2號舖
Shop C2,2A O'Brien Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/flipino-congee-e2343765

I like getting takeaways from here because there isnt a queue.
At lunch, there is a MAKE YOUR OWN MEAL where you can choose the sauce and the meat you want to go with rice.
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MAKE YOUR OWN MEAL:

For sauces there were:
Tomato curry
carbonara
mushroom
bolognaise

For meat you can choose:
fish
chicken
cervelat sausage
pork chop
or mixed vegetables

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Fish with tomato curry sauce:
The rice was a bit too soft and mushy but the fish was good because it was succulent and not dry.
The sauce was really good because the tomato is really strong and tangy with a hint of curry that is not spicy.
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Flipino congee:

I was surprised they had congee in the Flipino cuisine but there are a lot Chinese items that they serve such as char siu baos and other dishes.
The only difference is that the congee is served with a wedge of lemon.
I tried it without the lemon and found the congee slightly oily with a really strong chicken taste.
It turns out that there are pieces of chicken in the congee which look like they have been fried/pan fried, hence this is why they give you lemon to balance out the oilyness and it makes the congee much more appetizing.

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[Review 2979] Divine Filipino Ube milkshake @ 金蒂小店 Cinta J Express

20/11/2013
金蒂小店 Cinta J Express
灣仔柯布連道2A號C2號舖
Shop C2,2A O'Brien Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/divine-filipino-ube-milkshake-e2332026

This place is normally closed during lunch, but it was open so I tried their set lunches.

There were four choices which were not really Filipino style but were Chinesey.
Tried the Pancit bihon with chicken and it was basically like the Chinese stir fried rice vermicelli with a piece of lemon.
I suppose their lunch options are targeted for the locals and not so much Filipinos.

They now sell icecream too and many other new items and drinks.

I spotted the milkshake maker which meant their milkshakes are made with icecream just like Caliburger.

I ordered the ube milkshake because I love UBE!
The ube milkshake (ube meaning Taro) was divine, it was not to sweet but extremely creamy with a strong taro taste.

Hopefully they are open again during lunch so I can try the Baby cocktail even though I don't have a clue what it is.

[Review 2767] Sizzzzzzzzzling Sisig @ 夠鑊氣 Kawali Filipino Kamayan Cuisine

23/08/2013
夠鑊氣 Kawali Filipino Kamayan Cuisine
灣仔廈門街百旺都中心7-17號2樓
2/F, 7-17 Amoy Street Hundred City Centre, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/sizzzzzzzzzling-sisig-e2316161

Came back for more Filipino food because this place has unlimited rice refills.


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Sizzling sisig:


Sisig is made from parts of the pig’s head and liver, usually seasoned with calamansi and chili peppers.

Previously I tried this before at Quezon which was really oily, but the Sisig here is actually quite good.
The pieces of pig's head are very gelatinous and sticky which is lovely with rice and it is very appetizing because there is lots of vinegar and calamansi seasoning.
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Adobo:

Chose the Adobo which I tried last time, it is chicken in a vinegary sauce.
The vinegar was quite strong but it made the chicken extremely appetizing and delicious with the rice.
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Next time I will try the Kare Kare!

[Review 2492] Top notch Filipino Kamayan Cuisine @ 夠鑊氣 Kawali Filipino Kamayan Cuisine

09/05/2013
夠鑊氣 Kawali Filipino Kamayan Cuisine
灣仔廈門街百旺都中心7-17號2樓
2/F, 7-17 Amoy Street Hundred City Centre, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/top-notch-filipino-kamayan-cuisine-e2296155

When I saw this place listed on Openrice, I really wanted to go, it is interesting that this place has a Chinese name too!
Compared to my usual Flipino fare, the prices at this place are quite expensive.

In Wan Chai, there are now three places where you can get Flipino food.
Cinta J which is quite Chinese during lunch, while the new Cinta J Express was more authentic but only open during the evenings and Quezon which provides really cheap authentic Flipino food.

The decor of this place is green and vibrant.
After browsing the menu, they had steak sets and chicken but I wanted some real native dishes.
The a la carte menu seemed a better choice.
The good thing about this place is that the rice is unlimited and the food was so delicious that I had two plates of rice!

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Chicken adobo:
Adobo is basically a vinegary sauce.
On first sight, it looked quite Chinese, it had lots of cracked black pepper.
The vinegar was quite strong but it made the chicken extremely appetizing.
Beneath the pieces of chicken, there were four chicken wings.
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Dinuguan:

This is basically pork and offal cooked in spicy dark gravy of pig blood, garlic, chili, and vinegar.
There were pieces of beef stomach as well.
I really liked it and expected it to taste good, the porks blood was fresh and the sauce did not have a rancid smell or taste.
The pork in this dish was lean so there was not much oil compared to other Dinuguan dishes from other restaurants.
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Luckily the rice is refillable so you can have as much as rice as you want!

[Review 2416] Corned beef and aubergine delights @ Quezon Pinoy Food Express

10/04/2013
Quezon Pinoy Food Express (已結業)
灣仔石水渠街1號其發大廈地下11號舖
Shop 11, G/F, Luckifast Building, 1 Stone Nullah Lane, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/corned-beef-and-aubergine-delights-e2291780

Came here again for my favourite Flipino food.
Basically you choose two items with rice.
This time I chose corned beef and aubergines in shrimp paste.

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Corned beef:

I have tried this before many times because it tastes delicious but I never knew what it was.
The texture of the meat is slightly different and I finally found out that it was corned beef.
It is different to the British corned beef in terms of texture and it had peas and sweetcorn which was delicious.
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Eggplant in shrimp paste:

Delicious soft eggplants in shrimp paste.
The shrimps in the sauce were really tiny!
It was delicious but slightly too salty.
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