[Review 2301] Strawberry cake at McCafe @ 麥當勞 McDonald's

08/03/2013
麥當勞 McDonald's
北角英皇道460-470號樂嘉中心地下5A號舖及地庫
Shop 5A, G/F&B/F, Roca Centre, 460-470 King's Road, North Point
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/strawberry-cake-at-mccafe-e2286441

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Strawberry cake HKD26:

Out of all the cakes I have seen at McCafe, this must have been the simplest cake with just cream, sponge cake, strawberry jam and garnished with half a strawberry on top.

The taste of this one was quite nice, it was soft sponge with cream and a hint of strawberry from the jam filling in the middle.

This cake is nice and simple for the afternoon with a cup of tea.

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Trainer or Trainee?:
When I ordered, the guy in the black shirt was being trained and I gave him a difficult task while he was on training because I wanted the outermost cake because the strawberry was more ripe.
He was instructed to take the whole plate of cakes out because he was not sure how to get it.
It was then that I noticed his badge said "Trainer" when it should have been "Trainee".

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Food studio and McDonalds employment centre:
After eating the cake, I was on my way out when I noticed that their Food studio and McD's recruitment centre are located here.

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[Review 2205] Golden Nutty Delights 2013 @ McCafe 麥當勞 McDonald's

16/01/2013
麥當勞 McDonald's
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心2期1樓1017號舖
Shop 1017, 1/F, MCP Central, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/golden-nutty-delights-2013-mccafe-e2279531

I was excited when I saw the new Golden Nutty delights at McCafe because I love hazelnuts and the souffle coffee seemed the best because of the souffle top even though I do not drink coffee.

There are three drinks in that series which are all hot: Golden Nutty Tea (red tea, chocolate and hazelnut), Golden Nutty mocha (coffee, chocolate and hazelnut), and Golden Nutty souffle coffee (hazelnut coffee with a souffle top).

I chose the Golden Nutty Tea and the Golden Nutty souffle coffee because I wanted to try the souffle.
When it was done it came in a paper cup and I never said that I was not dining there, especially for a delicate drink with foam, why would I want it served in a paper cup!
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Golden Nutty Tea:


The top of this drink was frothier than the souffle.
The froth was nice and sweet with a strong hazelnut taste.
The tea beneath it was not that sweet but was balanced with the sweetness of the froth.
However the drink was not hot enough.
Overall the taste was nice with hints of hazelnut, chocolate and tea!
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Golden Nutty souffle coffee:

Compared to the tea, this drink was much hotter and it had steam coming off it.
The souffle top was really nice and the bubbles were fine and dense which was a pity that it was served in a paper cup with the lid on because half the souffle was gone.
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[Review 1960] Soy ginger tea with brown sugar @ McCafe

05/11/2012
McCafe
鑽石山龍蟠街3號荷里活廣場2樓216號舖
Shop 216, 2/F, Plaza Hollywood, 3 Lung Poon Street, Diamond Hill
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/soy-ginger-tea-with-brown-sugar-mccafe-e2267633

Walked past and saw the new Soy ginger tea with brown sugar hot drink.
There was also the Molten chocolate cake which was really Christmasy too.
The ginger tea had all my favourite elements in the drink so I decided to get it, however there were no available tables.
I did not order it imediately until I found a seat or I would be standing there carrying the drink.

This branch of McCafe was really annoying just like the branch in Sai Kung because clearly there were people just eating McDonalds food and none from McCafe.
What really annoyed me was that some people got hot water from McDonalds to make their own instant coffee.
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Soy ginger tea with brown sugar HKD24:

The ginger and brown sugar taste could have been stronger.
As a drink overall it did not taste that nice, perhaps the combination of soymilk with ginger and brown sugar did not work.
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[Review 1672] Chili pomodoro sauce x Pineapple punch @ 麥當勞 McDonald's

麥當勞 McDonald's
將軍澳尚德商場2樓216號舖
Shop 216, 2/F, Sheung Tak Shopping Centre, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chili-pomodoro-sauce-x-pineapple-punch-mcds-e2246375

The new chili pomodoro sauce for the nuggets was launched so went there to try it.

This year the sauces are better, at least there are two that are not repeats: Chili pomodoro and BBQ chipotle.

Tried the pomodoro sauce and the new pineapple punch drink.
This is a negative review because of the chicken nuggets which I shall explain later.
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Chili pomodoro sauce


I really loved this sauce and it was slightly spicy, there was herbs and onions in it as well although it is not listed on the ingredients list.
I can't wait until the chipotle one comes out!
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Chicken nuggets

First I thought they were over done because they looked so dark, but after pressing them on tissue I realised it was old oil that made the nuggets dark.
You can see the oil is not fresh (ie the oil has deteriorated) by the colour of the oil against the white tissue!
If it was fresh oil it should have been a lighter colour.

The taste was not that pleasant so I had to dip more sauce.
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Pineapple punch


The pineapple taste was rather artificial.
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Hot soy green tea

I have never tried the hot version of this drink so tried it.
I was really impressed because when you drink it, the foam and the soy tea gets mixed together and it makes the drink silky with fine bubbly foam.
Because it was hot the taste of soy milk was faint but the green tea was stronger.
However it was slightly too sweet!
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[Review 1644] Soy Green tea + Himalayan tea frappe @ McCafe

08/07/2012
McCafe (已搬遷)
中環港景街1號國際金融中心商場1樓1026-1028號舖
Shop 1026-1028, IFC Mall,No.1 Harbour View Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/soy-green-tea-himalayan-tea-frappe-mccafe-e2244313

After the successful launch of the asiaroma teas series, there are two new additions to the series.
The Soy green tea and himalayan tea are now available as frappes.
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Soy Green Tea Frappe
This tasted quite nice however the taste was not as strong as the tea version because of the blended ice and the soy milk was faint.
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Himalayan Tea Frappe
Basically it tastes icier than the tea version because of the blended ice and the taste was much milkier and powdery.
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In conclusion I prefer the tea version hot or cold because it is more concentrated but during the summer the frappe (blended ice) version cools you down more.
Although the normal version is tea but it actually tastes like a flavoured milkshake with ice cubes added.

[Review 1585] Sai Kung the worst McCafe-McDs branch in Hong Kong @ 麥當勞 McDonald's

04/06/2012

麥當勞 McDonald's
西貢親民街16號西貢花園地下1-3號舖
Shop 1-3, G/F, Sai Kung Garden, 16 Chan Man Street, Sai Kung
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/the-worst-mccafe-mcds-branch-in-hong-kong-e2237819

German chicken sausage burger:
I loved the chicken sausage and chicken patty which was more filling than the usual chicken burgers.
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This branch of McDs used to be OK before it got rennovated and now they have added a McCafe which has made it worse.
I have nothing against McCafe but in all the other branches where they have a joint McCafe and McDs the seating is well segregated.
For McCafe patrons it is really hard to find somewhere to sit and in a tourist town like Sai Kung.
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Here the seats are for both places.
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Clearly in the picture below there is no one eating McCafe food in the McCafe dining area.
The sliding glass doors facing McCafe have now been locked to seat more people so there is only one entrance like it used to be.
They now have tables outside which is good, but not so good when the tourists use them as a gathering point.

[Review 1528] Pandan Cake @ McCafe

22/04/2012
McCafe
旺角亞皆老街8號朗豪坊2樓32-37號舖
Shop 32-37, 2/F, Langham Place, 8 Argyle Street, Mong Kok, Hong Kong, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/mccafe-pandan-cake-e2230539

I was really looking forward to this because I love Pandan.

It was an interesting cake to be offered by McCafe because usually the cakes are chocolate, cookies, hazelnuts and berries so this was quite different from their usual range.

I bought this cake with the Himalayan tea, which I have already written about earlier, but the Pandan cake is a new item introduced on 19th April 2012.
A la Carte the cake costs $25 but with the tea, it costs $16.
The pandan and red beans in the cake were a strange combination! I am also quite biased because I do not like red beans.
Usually pandan is paired with coconut.
Anyway, I found the cake extremely sweet because after finishing the cake, the Himalayan tea was tasteless, so you can imagine how sweet the cake was if the tea tasted not sweet at all.
The cake tasted like those Chinese coconut and red bean puddings and the pandan taste was so faint I couldn’t taste it.
Perhaps the red beans and coconut taste was too strong that I could not taste any pandan.
Without the red beans the cake would have been nice, because I didn’t like the starchy sugary red beans!
The cake had biscuit base, layered with pandan sponge cake and cream.
On the top it was dusted with cake crumbs.
It would be great if one day McDs came up with a pie filled with Kaya or Pandan