[Review 4042] Year of Goat Special Edition Cookie Gift Tin @ 龍島 Lucullus

25/01/2015
龍島 Lucullus
中環港鐵中環站14號舖
Shop 14, Central MTR Station, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/year-of-goat-special-edition-cookie-gift-tin-e2420642

My colleague was sent a tin of cookies by one of his clients so I got to eat them as well.
Apparently they are worth $238 and they come in a nice tin in a festive red bag.
In the tin, there are 5 chocolates with a sheep, Chinese gold coin and a peach blossom tree.

The flavours were Almond, Strawberry Marble, Chocolate Almond, Coffee Chocolate, Cranberry, Flax Seed, Blueberry and Original.
It was great fun sharing these cookies which were crumbly and delicious with a buttery scent.

[Review 3766] Yuzu brown sugar cake @ 龍島 Lucullus

19/10/2014
龍島 Lucullus
將軍澳坑口重華路8號東港城1樓Food Point小食王國7-8號舖
Shop 7-8, Food Point, 1/F, East Point City, 8 Chung Wa Road, Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/yuzu-brown-sugar-cake-e2400042

Walked past and was drawn to this cake because it had a small macaron on top.
It was a nice combination of Yuzu and brown sugar so I decided to get it.
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Yuzu brown sugar cake:
Tried the Macaron first which was quite hard with Yuzu jelly jam in the middle.
Then I tried the cake which tasted like a strong lemon mousse that was refreshing but at the same time quite sweet.
The brown part was brown sugar jelly which tasted delicious with the citrus tones of the cake.
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The bill: $39

[Review 3698] Push Pops Dessert @ 龍島 Lucullus

26/0/2014
龍島 Lucullus
將軍澳坑口重華路8號東港城1樓Food Point小食王國7-8號舖
Shop 7-8, Food Point, 1/F, East Point City, 8 Chung Wa Road, Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/push-pops-dessert-e2394845


Push Pops are an 80s hard candy contained in a simple cylindrical stick a plastic tube.
It allows you to control the amount of candy you have by pushing the candy up from the bottom of the base.

I am not sure if this was available in Hong Kong but you can google it to see what it looks like.

Anyway, when I walked past Lucullus I was surprised to see they had desserts in a Push Pop form!!!

At Lucullus, they are called DESSERT TUBES.
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There were three flavours: Strawberry mousse, mango mousse and chocolate.

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Strawberry mousse:



The strawberry one was quite sweet but the strawberry flavour was strong with delicious strawberry jelly on top.
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Chocolate mousse:


The chocolate was my favourite because there was a delicious layer of tart berries in the middle which went nicely with the chocolate mousse and cake layers.
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Mango mousse:

I didn't try this but my friend said it was very fruity with a strong mango taste and mango fruit pieces in the middle layer.
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Aftermath!!:

The container was really cool so I have kept it for making jellies!!
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[Review 2117] Hazelnut chocolates pretty in pink @ 龍島 Lucullus

30/11/2012
龍島 Lucullus
銅鑼灣軒尼詩道555號崇光百貨B2樓
B2/F, Sogo, 555 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/hazelnut-chocolates-pretty-in-pink-lucullus-e2272436

Got this lovely box of chocolates from Mjqueen7e which were in a really pretty pearl pink box.
The lid was pearly pink and the bottom of the box was silver.

I just couldn't wait to devour them and winter is the best time for chocolates in Hong Kong because they are not melted.

The chocolate on the left was milk chocolate, and the chocolate on the right was dark chocolate made up of four chocolate spheres co-joined together to form a square.

Usually I start off with the bitter chocolates first but this time I started with the milk chocolate one first because I wanted to taste the full bitterness of the dark chocolate after.
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Crispy hazelnut milk chocolate:

The chocolate was made up of crispy toasted rice pieces and hazelnut pieces held together by milk chocolate.
I really liked it because the hazelnut had hazelnut taste because some hazelnuts these days can taste stale and tasteless yet these hazelnuts still had that crunch too.
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Dark chocolate covered whole hazelnuts:

This one was even more likeable, it was made up of four chocolate covered hazelnuts joined together to form a square with white chocolate in the middle.
This one was much simpler compared to the first chocolate that every taste was distinct.
The whole hazelnuts and the taste of dark chocolate formed a nice bitter and nutty taste to complete my chocolate hazelnut experience!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 1298] Super sour chocolates @ 龍島 Lucullus Gourmet Shop

03/10/2011
龍島 Lucullus Gourmet Shop
新蒲崗太子道東638號Mikiki地下1A號舖
Shop 1A, G/F, Mikiki, 638 Prince Edward Road East, San Po Kong
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/super-sour-chocolates-lucullus-e2198232

Went during the opening and they were giving out free chocolates.
The one I got was the super sour chocolate series.
Inside the chocolate was hard jelly and the chocolate outside is coated with extremely sour particles.
Overall the taste is quite sour as the name suggests.
The blackcurrant chocolate bomb had really nice iridescent dark/blue purple dusted powder on top which reminds me of eye shadow!

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Price: FREE!
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[Review 1259] Lucullus cakes sticks @ 龍島 Lucullus Gourmet Shop

29/08/2011
龍島 Lucullus Gourmet Shop
尖沙咀彌敦道63號iSQUARE國際廣場LG層4B號舖
Shop 4B, LG/F, iSQUARE, 63 Nathon Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/lucullus-cakes-sticks-e2192137

After trying the cake slices, I wanted to try the other cakes, the ones I got this time were called STICKS!
They reminded me of the thin slices of cake sold at Stick Stick's

Photos of cake sticks @ Stick Stick'S
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2095395

The ones sold here looked more like rectangle slices.
Anyway, the stick's tasted better than the slices.
The whole thing was much lighter, and there was no heavy dense chocolate mousse base at the bottom.
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[Review 1246] Lucullus cake selection @ 龍島美食店 Lucullus Gourmet Shop

22/08/2011

龍島美食店 Lucullus Gourmet Shop
將軍澳重華路8號東港城1樓Area B
Area B, Level 1, East Point City, 8 Chung Wa Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/lucullus-cake-selection-e2190743

Lucullus are famous for chocolates but I decided to try their cakes.
I chose the black forest and chocolate cake with berries.
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Black forest
The cake and cream was dry, especially the cream, it was so dehydrated that it felt crumbly.
It was lacking cherries and the wine taste.

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Chocolate cake with berries
I was expecting the black forest to taste better, but actually this one tasted better.
It had more berries but the chocolate was stronger.

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Overall, the chocolate cakes have a heavy chocolate base which gives it weight and stability when it is being transported.
Then the top part of the cake is sponge and the cream.

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Price: around $25 per slice.
English menu: yes, I was surprised the staff knew their products!
Service: OK
Yummy factor: OK
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