[Review 7564] White Peony tea cream cake @ 美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop

09/07/2019
美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop
荃灣海壩街120A-120B號安樂樓地下C舖
Shop C, G/F, On Lok House, 120A-120B Hoi Pa Street, Tsuen Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/white-peony-tea-cream-cake-e3468594

White Peony tea cream cake
2019-07-09  62 瀏覽
Spotted the White Peony tea cake at Maxims so decided to try it.
It looked quite nice with a layer of tea jelly, cream and cake.
Overall, the cake was soft and light and not too sweet.
I could taste red tea so it was definitely not White peony.
Anyway, I hope they will have other tea flavoured cakes soon like Earl Grey.

[Review 6630] Cheesy series: 2 out of 3 were good @ Bakery Café by Maxim’s

22/06/2018
Bakery Café by Maxim’s (已結業)
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心1期2樓241, 250&251號舖
Shop 241, 250&251, 2/F, MCP l, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/cheesy-series-2-out-of-3-were-good-e3077333

Cheesy series: 2 out of 3 were good
2018-06-22  126 瀏覽
Went past and saw Maxim's new cheesy series so decided to get them all.

I had high expectations especially the cheese toast which looked delicious.

Cheese Potato Boat:
The Cheese Potato boat was quite good because there was silky potato in the middle.
Stretch Cheese Toast:
The Stretch Cheese Toast was disgusting and a waste of good cheese.
In the middle it was lovely gooey cheese but the whole thing including the bread and cheese was sweet.
Stretch Cheese Ball:
The cheese ball tasted ok but the texture was a little hard and dry.

[Review 6312] Earl Grey cloud cake @ 美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop

30/11/2017
美心西餅  Maxim's Cake Shop
尖沙咀港鐵尖沙咀站TST 1號舖
Shop TST 1, Tsim Sha Tsiu MTR Station, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/earl-grey-cloud-cake-e2926414

Earl Grey cloud cake
2017-11-30  399 瀏覽
I love Earl Grey so got the Earl Grey Cloud Cake which looks like the chiffon cake base made into cake smothered in Earl Grey cream.
The cake itself was good but a little too sweet and there was way too much cream.
In the middle there was some Earl Grey flavoured pudding which was rather milky and heavy.
Basically, there wasn't much cake in it as I hoped.

[Review 6307] Mochi bread @ 美心西餅 (已結業)Maxim's Cake Shop

28/11/2017
美心西餅 (已結業)Maxim's Cake Shop
中環德輔道中20號德成大廈地下3號舖
Shop 3, G/F, Tak Shing House, 20 Des Voeux Road Central, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/mochi-bread-e2924816

Mochi bread
2017-11-28  707 瀏覽
Unfortunately, I needed to grab something quick for food and only this place in Central didn't have a queue so went here.
As well as jacket potatoes made from bread, they also had real jackets at the back.
The eggs were the best, I love the shape.
Anyway got the strawberry mochi bread as I like chewy textures.
Sadly it was a square block of bread which was hollow in the middle filled with sweet custard and a blob of mochi.
The top of the bread was garnished with jam.
If it was just jam and bread, the taste would be more forgivable but it was a bit too buttery like a croissant so I didn't like it.

[Review 5865] Chinese Apple crumble @ 美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop

26/03/2017
美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop
將軍澳港鐵坑口站HAH 3號舖
Kiosk HAH 3, Hang Hau MTR Station, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chinese-apple-crumble-e2754750

I was surprised to see that they had apple crumble and other new items.

Decided to get it anyway.
The buttery smell was a bit too overwhelming because the butter they use in HK smells strange.
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I was impressed there was actually cubes of apple in cinnamon sauce at the bottom and not coconut tart filling.
It was quite nice but the sweeteners they use was too sweet and different to the ones you get in UK.
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There is some white sauce in the middle as well.

[Review 5041] Be naughty @ 美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop

10/02/2016
美心西餅  Maxim's Cake Shop
中環港鐵香港站HOK 29號舖
Shop HOK 29, Hong Kong MTR Station, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/be-naughty-e2542525


Maxim's have launched three stylish cakes for Valentines day which are all different in their ways to suit your lover.
The strawberry one is rather girly, while the red one is glamourous.
I went for the matcha and chocolate because it was down to earth and I liked the pairing of the chocolate and matcha.
I loved the presentation of this cake because I liked the chocolate dripping on the side of the cake.
There were layers of moist chocolate cake in the middle surrounded by thick velvety green tea mousse which had a bitter aftertaste.
This is definitely a nice cake that was not too sweet.

[Review 4901] V.I.C.T.O.R.I.A cake RULES! @ 美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop

27/12/2015
美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop
上環港鐵上環站SHW 6號舖
Shop SHW 6, Sheung Wan MTR Station, Sheung Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/v-i-c-t-o-r-i-a-cake-rules-e2526925

V.I.C.T.O.R.I.A cake RULES!
2015-12-27  571 瀏覽
I was quite surprised that Maxim’s have launched the Victoria Cake because it is not their style to have English cakes.
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A Victoria cake is also known as the Victoria sandwich or Victoria Sponge cake is basically two layers of sponge cake with raspberry/strawberry jam and whipped double cream or vanilla cream in the middle.
The top of the cake is decorated and dusted with icing sugar.

Photos of a Victoria sponge cake from UK's Sainsbury.
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The one at Maxim’s doesn’t quite look like a Victoria cake because it is topped with berries and these berries are probably there to make it worth $80 (small)/$148 (large).

Frankly $80 is overpriced and in general ALL bakeries in Hong Kong are overpriced.
You can get Victoria cakes for around HKD$20-40 in the UK and the high-end cakes are still cheaper than Hong Kong.

There were two Victoria cakes, a chocolate version and a Vanilla version but to be honest, there is no such thing as a Chocolate Victoria cake although it may be a modern thing.

Anyway, I didn’t have any expectations because most of their cakes are local style but I tried both anyway.
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Vanilla Victoria Cake:

Pretty good with decent cream but the jam was in the middle and not evenly distributed.
The sponge cake was light and fluffy.

I would have given top marks for this cake if it wasn’t for the silly strawberries on top and the stupid biscuit base.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Chocolate Victoria Cake:

Evidently a delicious Black Forest cake filled with delicious cherries in the middle which tastes better than their so-called Black Forest cakes that they sell!

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[Review 4866] Imagining it was a real trifle @ 美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop

11/12/2015
美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop
MEF 3號舖
Shop 3, Mei Foo MTR Station, Mei Foo
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/imagining-it-was-a-real-trifle-e2521270

Saw some fancy cakes at Maxim’s so took a look.
They had meringue tarts and these desserts which looked like Trifles.
Even though it was not a trifle I still decided to try it.
It was nice that it was similar to a trifle but the yellow part on top was not custard but crème brulee which tasted like sweet white chocolate.
Not my cup of tea but you can get a delicious trifle at Marks and Spencers for only $20

[Review 4837] Fake baked potatoes @ 美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop

01/12/2015
美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop
將軍澳港鐵坑口站HAH 3號舖
Kiosk HAH 3, Hang Hau MTR Station, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/fake-baked-potatoes-e2518270

There are not many branches of Maxim’s that sell these fake baked potatoes because they need a heated cabinet.
In the cabinet there are also other items such as hotdogs and puffs.

I suspect that they look too much like real potatoes hence people are fooled and don’t buy them because Hong Kongers don’t like spuds.
Anway there are three flavours:

Bacon:

Tuna:

Triple cheese:

The bacon and tuna visually can fool you but I got the triple cheese and tuna because I don’t like bacon.
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Triple cheese:

I didn't like the bun because it was sweet.
(The usual Chinese type of bread/bun that it is sweet).

I loved the filling because of the mash and cheesy sauce.

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Tuna:


The tuna was ok but on the sweet side.

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As well as fake baked potatoes, they had a meat roll that looked like a Sausage Roll.

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MEAT Roll:


Full marks on presentation because it looks exactly like a sausage roll but does not taste like a sausage roll because they have used the wrong herbs and the sausage meat needs to have an equal mixture of fat and pork.