Showing posts with label mong kok. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mong kok. Show all posts

[Review 7814] Low sugar mooncakes by Royal Plaza hotel @ 帝京餅店 Cake Shop

20/09/2020
帝京餅店 Cake Shop
旺角太子道西193號帝京酒店大堂
Hotel Lobby, Royal Plaza Hotel, 193 Prince Edward Road West, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/low-sugar-mooncakes-by-royal-plaza-hotel-e3812264
Finally more and more people are health conscious these days hence the demand of low sugar products.

Saying that cakes and desserts at Royal Plaza Hotel are always at the right sweetness but being labelled Low Sugar is a peace in mind when you give them to people especially elderly and children.

This year, tried the low sugar White Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake with Pine Nuts. They were not as sweet as promised hence you can taste the white lotus seed paste better complimented by the pine nuts.



[Review 7813] Honey BBQ Crispy Chicken Thighs @

18/09/2020
麥當勞 McDonald's
旺角彌敦道612-618號好望角大廈地庫B1舖
Shop B1, B/F, Good Hope Building, 612-618 Nathan Road, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/honey-bbq-crispy-chicken-thighs-e3809912
Evidently the Crispy Thighs are successful but pricey in Hong Kong.

I have had the crispy thighs so many times since it was launched because the quality and taste is better than KFC.

This time I fell for the new Honey BBQ crispy thighs.

If you have tried their honey BBQ wings, the taste is exactly the same but in the form of a chicken drumstick and chicken thigh.

The crispy thigh version is much better because it is meatier compared to the wings so it is more moist compared to the wings.

Overall worth trying but I still prefer the original Crispy thighs because the coating is nicer than BBQ!





[Review 7811] 2020 Nutritious Zongzi combo at Royal Plaza Hotel! @ 帝京餅店 Cake Shop

11/06/2019
帝京餅店 Cake Shop
此店前身為麥萄坊
旺角太子道西193號帝京酒店大堂
Hotel Lobby, Royal Plaza Hotel, 193 Prince Edward Road West, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/2020-nutritious-zongzi-combo-at-royal-plaza-hotel-e3746687










2020 Nutritious Zongzi combo at Royal Plaza Hotel!
2020-06-11  213 瀏覽
I am sure there are many omnipork zongis around but this is the first year Royal Plaza Hotel has omnipork in the nutritious combo which includes:
-Morel Mushroom, Chestnut and Omnipork
-Matsutake, Dried Longan and Coix seed
-Osmanthus Quinoa and Red bean
The omnipork one is amazing because the pairing of morel mushrooms and chestnut make it tasty as well as festive.

Tried the Matsutake with dried longan and coix seed last year along with the osmanthus quinoa and red bean which are both nourishingly light as well as fulfilling.
The Morel Mushroom with chestnut and ominpork was definitely the star of the show because the flavours of the morel mushrooms which are earthy with a strong umami taste complement the omnipork nicely.
Then we have the nutty chestnuts that are wholesome and festive to add a little sweetness to the taste!

[Review 7798] Quiet afternoons @ 美滋鍋 Beauty in The Pot

23/12/2019
美滋鍋  Beauty in The Pot
旺角登打士街56號家樂坊8樓803號舖
Shop 803, 8/F, Gala Place, 56 Dundas Street, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/quiet-afternoons-e3624323












Quiet afternoons
2019-12-23  25 瀏覽
Gala place which used to be a commercial building houses a floor of restaurants on the 8th floor which is nice and dead quiet during the afternoons as the hotpot are not on promotion.
Anyway, as I had a HKD250 voucher to use, I decided to go myself because it was more cost effective that way in the sense that you only get charged one set of sauces.

Sauces, salad and fruits are unlimited in the bar area so if you just order a bowl of rice you are sorted.
As it was lunch, I tried all four soups with rice as I wasn't hungry.
The four soups are cooling coconut, herbal chicken, spicy nourishing and Beauty collagen.
The coconut was too sweet for my liking so out of the four my favourite was the beauty collagen which was savoury.
Also orded snow fungas which was a good source of collagen.


Overall, quite a nice place for hot pot in the afternoon if you are looking for a quiet environment but it might get busier if they do some afternoon specials.

[Review 7785] Ripped off @ Salad Cafe《NEO-ROMANTICISM》

02/11/2019
Salad Cafe《NEO-ROMANTICISM》
旺角彌敦道700號T.O.P This is Our Place 2樓 208-209號舖
Shop 208-209, 2/F, T.O.P This is Our Place, 700 Nathan Road, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/ripped-off-e3586116

Ripped off
2019-11-02  120 瀏覽
A while ago I saw cute pictures of a Matcha Latte with a cute chocolate doggy so had to try it.The product shot was the just like what I saw earlier posted by another person on SM so this had to be the drink.
There is a hot and cold, the hot comes with a chocolate dog while the cold comes with a marshmallow one as shown.
However, when it came, the dog was totally different.They said it should be the cold one.
Anyway, I believe the chocolate dog is too expensive hence they are cutting the budget by using marshmallow instead.
ANYHOW, THEY SHOULD CHANGE THE PRODUCT PICTURE AS WELL.
THE TASTE WASN'T REALLY WORTH RANTING ABOUT AS IT WAS JUST THE USUAL MATCHA LATTE MADE FROM MATCHA POWDER WHICH IS ALREADY SWEETENED BY DEFAULT JUST LIKE STARBUCKS.
A waste of money!

[Review 7758] Sheng Mian from TW branches to HK @ 勝面 Sheng Mian

05/09/2019
勝面  Sheng Mian
旺角亞皆老街8號朗豪坊11樓25-29號舖
Shop 25-29, 11/F, Langham Place, 8 Argyle Street, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/sheng-mian-from-tw-branches-to-hk-e3547771











Sheng Mian from TW branches to HK
2019-09-05  8 瀏覽
It seems that Sheng Mian is from Taiwan according to the media but photos of the food look very different.The menu offers noodles and the usual Taiwanese fare.
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I was curious of the Spicy noodles because photos showed that it looked like Laksa and Pork broth with Spicy oil over it so I ordered this item.
For noodles you get a choice of knife cut noodles, white noodles etc.
When it came, it looked like the other photos that people had here.

The beef slices were similar to the ones you get in Pho noodles, ie semi raw.
You could see that some of the beef was visually dry without trying.
Although the beef could have been better the noodles were fantastic, it was more like Japanese ramen!

Also had plain rice with spicy tofu.
The rice was hard and clumped together that you could use chopsticks to pick up the rice in the bowl.

The star of the show was surprisingly the Taiwanese roti which fellow foodies said were too sweet.
Inside it was taro mash, thin layer of fried egg and sticky mochi.
As the taro mash was quite sweet, I scraped some away and the whole thing was so damn good because the roti tasted like mille feuille pastry filled with sticky mochi.
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Unfortunately, the tea would have been good but it was sweetened.
Most cold brews are not sweetened but for some bizarre reason they were sweetened here which I didn't expect or perhaps its MK!
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Finished with the Grass Jelly dessert which was instaworthy but unfortunately it was canned grass jelly and you can even see the edge of the can.
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Overall the Taiwanese roti was the best.

[Review 7722] Delish skewers @ 一燒窰 Ichi Shio Kama

01/09/2019
一燒窰  Ichi Shio Kama
旺角通菜街1A-1L號威達商業大廈地下J舖
Unit J , Witty Commercial Building , No1A-1L Tung Choi Street ,Mong Kok , Klowloon, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/delish-skewers-e3523723













Delish skewers
2019-09-01  343 瀏覽
Discovered this joint hidden somewhere at ladies market.
I was captivated by the Vanilla Rhubarb as it was English but then it was unavailable as expected because it probably wasn't popular with the locals.

For mains, had the grilled cod with miso.



The miso sauce was sweet as expected but overall the cod was good with natural oils.
Moving on, the skewers are really recommended especially the minced chicken as they make it themselves.

You get two skewers per portion
The minced chicken skewers were the best I have had because they don't put cartilage in it.
The chicken wings had a lovely cumin aroma with a perfectly grilled crispy skin.
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It was good how they skewered it as the bones come off easily.

Finished with the juicy asparagus and bacon skewer.

For sweet treats and drinks had the purple potato milkshake and the purple potato mash with icecream.
The mash was served warm which contrasted nicely with the cold purple potato icecream.

The purple potato milkshake tasted good but it would be good if it was thicker for that milkshake feeling.

[Review 7821] Kaya toast @ 一粥麵 Super Super Congee & Noodle

19/12/2020 一粥麵  Super Super Congee & Noodle 樂富聯合道198號樂富廣場1樓1113-1114號舖 Shop 1113-1114, 1/F, Lok Fu Shopping Centre, 198 Junction Road, L...