[Review 4850] Maria’s purple egg tart @ 超羣麵包西餅 Maria's Bakery

04/12/2015
超羣麵包西餅 Maria's Bakery
太古康山道1-2號康怡廣場南座AEON超級巿場地下009號
Shop 009, G/F, AEON, Kornhill Plaza South, 1-2 Kornhill Road, Tai Koo
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/marias-purple-egg-tart-e2519293

I don’t think I have ever liked their egg tarts because the Earl Grey egg tart wasn’t good and this time the purple potato was way too sweet.
The crust is always horrible because it is too buttery, hard, thick and smelly.

It looked different to the product shot as well because it was only half dusted with purple powder whereas the one on the photo was all dusted.

[Review 4754] Earl Grey Tea custard egg tart @ 超羣麵包西餅 Maria's Bakery

29/10/2015
超羣麵包西餅 Maria's Bakery
太古康山道1-2號康怡廣場南座AEON超級巿場地下009號
Shop 009, G/F, AEON, Kornhill Plaza South, 1-2 Kornhill Road, Tai Koo
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/earl-grey-tea-custard-egg-tart-e2506650

I don’t really eat Chinese egg tarts but tried this one because of the earl grey filling.
There was not much filling but when I got to the Earl Grey bit, the egg tart was much more palatable but the Earl Grey could have been stronger because the butter crust was too buttery and overpowered the Earl Grey.

I would have liked it if the egg custard and Earl grey were mixed together so that the Earl grey taste would be more balanced.

As well as eggtarts, they also have Earl Grey eggettes.

[Review 4450] Maria’s Molten buns @ 超羣麵包西餅 Maria's Bakery

10/07/2015
超羣麵包西餅  Maria's Bakery
中環干諾道中23號香林大廈地下A舖
Shop A ,G/F Heung Lam Building, 23 Connaught Road, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/marias-molten-buns-e2467801


Maria’s Molten buns
2015-07-10  1944 瀏覽
Saw on their Facebook that they had these molten chocolate buns so I decided to try them out.
 2 讚好

As well as molten chocolate buns they had the original molten custard ones so I got both.
 2 讚好

These size of these buns were smaller than expected which was good because I didn’t fancy having a big one.

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Molten custard bun:
 4 讚好

 4 讚好

The molten custard bun was really nice and the filling was runny with a sweet salted yolk custard taste.
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Molten chocolate bun:
 4 讚好

 4 讚好

The chocolate bun was not as good as expected because the chocolate filling was too strong and starchy.
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[Review 1972] A visit to see Uncle Fong's bakery @ 超羣麵包西餅 Uncle Fong by Maria's (太子)

06/11/2012
超羣麵包西餅  Uncle Fong by Maria's
太子太子道西182號金寶樓地下A舖
Shop A,G/F,Cambo House,182 Prince Edward Road West, Prince Edward
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/a-visit-to-see-uncle-fongs-bakery-e2267882

I did not know that this was a branch of Maria's but the bakery looked good so I wanted to go there.
However this branch is quite far from the MTR station so it takes alot of walking.
The most convenient branch of Maria's is the one in Central because it is near the MTR exit.

I went with Ivy to this large scale bric-a-brac fair nearby and passed this branch.
She got the muffin herself and got me the bun with the runny custard centre because since I tried it last time I have been craving for again.
I wanted to buy more than one because it was cheaper but I was too lazy to carry them so I just got one.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Runny custard filled bun:
The buns here were slightly bigger than the ones in Central and not so burnt.
It actually tasted better because there was more filling but it is a shame that this branch is inconvenient.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 1951] Cheap high tea selection @ Maria's Bakery 超羣麵包西餅

03/11/2012
超羣麵包西餅 Maria's Bakery
中環干諾道中23號香林大廈地下A舖
Shop A ,G/F Heung Lam Building, 23 Connaught Road, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/cheap-high-tea-selection-marias-bakery-e2267290

I actually wanted to come here for the eggettes because I read somewhere that they were doing curry, but they only had original today.
Anyway, they only do eggettes at certain times of the day, and their egg tarts are baked at certain times of the day too, so you have to be there at the right place and right time to get their bakery products.
Maria's bakery in general is really good and sometimes their bakery tastes better than anticipated.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Custard bun with runny custard filling:
This bun totally surprised me, the filling inside was delicious and runny and the whole bun overall was not too sweet.
They used the same method as their runny eggtarts by enclosing the runny filling in a glutinous mochi sack.
As well as keeping the runny filling together so that it does not get absorbed into the bun, the chewyness of the mochi filling in the bun was delicious.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Chocolate souffle:
This was just a plain chocolate bun with dense cocao paste inside.
At first when I took a bite I thought it had two layers of filling, then after the second bite it was not.
The filling tasted like the biscuit part of moistened oreo cookies.
The overall bun was not too sweet.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Mini apple crumble:

The size of the apple crumble was quite cute and it contained raisins and diced stewed apples,however it was too sweet.
I was expecting the colour of the filling to be a lighter colour.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Chocolate king muffin:

This was too dry.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Improvements:
The shop space was too small even after rennovation, it was hard to get to the cabinets without knocking people about hence the queue outside the shop.
It would also help if they answered their phones too as I have tried to call them many times to make some enquiries.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 1902] Delicious large matcha sponge cake @ 超羣麵包西餅 Maria's Bakery

超羣麵包西餅 Maria's Bakery
太古康山道1-2號康怡廣場南座AEON超級巿場地下009號
Shop 009, G/F, AEON, Kornhill Plaza South, 1-2 Kornhill Road, Tai Koo
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/delicious-large-matcha-sponge-cake-marias-e2265120

Originally came here to get their eggettes because I read somewhere that they had taro flavour but when I got there it was peanut.
Browsed around for other items and saw these big cakes and they looked delicious.
They were really soft and had three flavours: Original, green tea and chocolate.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Matcha sponge cake:

As always the bakery here never fails and I regret not getting the chocolate one as well.
When I started eating it, I felt that it should have been called a chiffon cake because it was incredibly soft, almost like cotton.
I did not expect cream in it but the cream made the cake even more delicious because it balanced out the sweetness of the matcha.
The only problem is that the cake it too soft so you have to be careful of falling pieces of cake.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 1453] Surprised by the filled egg tart! It's bleeding chocolate @ 超羣麵包西餅 Maria's Bakery

21/02/2012
超羣麵包西餅 Maria's Bakery
中環干諾道中23號香林大廈地下A舖
Shop A ,G/F Heung Lam Building, 23 Connaught Road, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/surprised-filled-egg-tart-its-bleeding-chocolate-e2220493

I have always wanted try Maria’s because of their egg tarts with runny centres.

I was hoping to try all their flavours, but they only had chocolate that day.
Other flavours I have heard of are: Mocha, Custard and Cheese.

The egg tarts were in a special cabinet at the takeaway counter, so I went to that counter to make an order.
I was waiting for a while and was not served.
It appears that the counter was not in service and you have to queue inside to get the egg tarts.

I wish there were some notice in English saying please queue inside and that the counter window should be closed because it was quite misleading. There were also other people who queued there and then found out you have to queue inside.
It would have been helpful if the staff could have redirected people inside the shop when they tried to order.

In the end, I got two chocolate egg tarts and a mini chicken pie!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Chicken Pie HKD7:
I don’t eat Chinese chicken pies, but it looked too cute, so I got one.
The size of this pie was really small about 4cm in diameter, there was mini BBQ pork as well as other mini pastries.
I was surprised I liked it, the taste was similar to the one I had at North Point.
There was a huge chunk of chicken thigh meat inside and the pastry was so flakey and crispy that it was like eating a piece of western roast chicken with crispy skin!

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Chocolate Egg Tart HKD3.8
On the way back, I found out the hard way that it was REALLY filled with Liquid chocolate.
When I opened the box, I found that one of the tarts was already oozing chocolate liquid because there was a hole for it to seep out!

Woops!! Its Bleeding with chocolate!!!!!!!!
I wasn’t sure how to eat this egg tart because it was going to be messy, so I just used a spoon and dug in the centre.
I then realised there was mochi in the centre of the egg tart, which was really cool, it was the mochi that was holding the liquid chocolate inside.
I really liked this tart because there is less egg tart filing in proportion to the egg tart and there is yummy gooey mochi and liquid chocolate inside.
The sweetness was just right and I really regret not getting more because I hardly ever come here.
The base of the egg tart was short crust, which I prefer as well.
I just loved the chewiness of the mochi and the short crust pastry crumbling in my mouth with the liquid chocolate giving it flavour.
The tart does not look appetizing, but it tastes better than it looks.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★