[Review 1914] Da ultimate fun flavoured limited edition eggettes @ 古法烘焙 Gu Fah Bakery

古法烘焙 Gu Fah Bakery
荃灣楊屋道1號荃新天地一期地下G31號舖
Shop G31, G/F, Citywalk 1, 1 Yeung Uk Road, Tsuen Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/da-ultimate-fun-flavoured-limited-edition-eggettes-e2265764

I rarely go to Tsuen Wan because it is really far but it was definitely worth the trek for the eggettes.

Last time I tried their delicious mint chips eggettes, however it was in the summer so the eggettes were a little too hot to handle, but now the weather is nice and cool which is perfect to eat freshly made eggettes.
Found out from Facebook that there were some new limited off menu flavours which I had to try, but some were upcoming flavours so I will have to try next time.
This week there was meatballs and Chinese BBQ pork and duck, as these were savoury flavours I decided to have them for dinner.
The upcoming flavour is Tuna which I really want to try as well because the owner said there is chopped celery in it too which would give it some crunch.
They are also going to do curry which I really want to try because I went to Maria's who were supposed to have curry but it turned out to be peanut when I got there.

While the eggettes were being made, there was a lovely smell in the air.

Since my last visit, there are so many people buying soeuvenirs from this place that there are stocks of their products ready to sell.
While I was waiting for the eggettes I took photos of the awards which I did not take last time and the opening hours notice.

When they were finished, the eggettes were moulded into shape.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Eggettes filled with meatballs:
I tried this one first and my first impression was pizza. I love the meat sauce inside because it had a rich meat sauce taste. The owner said he created this meat taste by using the broth from boiling beef bones.
There were also pieces of onions and mushrooms too which balanced it out.
Overall both flavours were amazing and because they were really delicious I forgot to take pictures of the cross section.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Eggettes filled with Chinese BBQ pork and duck:
This one was my favourite, the taste was intense, there were pieces of carrot and cucumber.
The carrot was slightly too hard.
It was really fun eating this one because sometimes it would taste like a Chinese BBQ bun but better because of the eggettes crispyness and sometimes it would taste like the duck in pancakes with Hoi Sin sauce from China Town as there was strong cucumber taste in it as well.
The smokiness flavour in this eggette was made from boiling turkey bones.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

I will be back for the other savoury flavours asap if it wasnt so far away........Both of these eggettes reminded me of obanyaki's but I prefer eating eggettes because it is fun breaking the pieces off and eating it..

[Review 1404] Weird but nice! Creamy garlic n black bean sauce @ 大快活 Fairwood

04/01/2012
大快活 Fairwood
銅鑼灣銅鑼灣道19-23號建康大廈地下1號舖及1樓
Shop 1 on G/F, the whole 1/F, Professional Building, 19-23 Tung Lo Wan Road,, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/weird-but-nice-creamy-garlic-n-black-bean-sauce-e2213294

Saw this weird Creamy garlic n black bean sauce dish so decided to get it.
It was a baked dish.
Usually the Chinese baked dishes are tomato sauce or cheese based with seafood or pork chops.
However this one was garlic and black bean, and usually in Chinese cooking it is in the form of a clear gravy, but the sauce for this dish was creamy!!!! Not like the traditional clear brown gravy with garlic and black beans.

I assumed it was going to be served in a ceramic dish with the rice beneath the fish, but the rice was served separately and it was plain boiled rice too which is better than fried rice.
The fish was on a bed of vegetables including Aubergine, carrots and potatoes.
The potatoes tasted and looked like English roast potatoes.
Although the baked dish tried to be slightly different to the usual Chinese baked dish, there was still a piece of processed cheese on top.
Without the cheese, it still would have tasted nice.

The sauce was quite nice, it was a bit like gravy with the black bean flavouring, however I would have preferred a stronger black bean taste.
The colour and consistency reminded me of Chinese black pepper steak gravy but without the pepperiness.

At the bottom of the dish there was about a teaspoon of oil.
Lastly the low sugar green tea was too sweet.

[Review 878] Unusual octopus soda!! @ 樂家蒸籠料理 Tanoshiya

01/10/2010

樂家蒸籠料理 Tanoshiya
觀塘觀塘道418號創紀之城五期(apm)3樓13號舖
Shop 13, 3/F, apm Millennium City 5, 418 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/unusal-octopus-soda-e2120647

Shame this drink doesnt have a website, but the Japanese have come up with these weird fizzy drinks that have a marble at the bottleneck, and you need to push the marble down into the bottle in order to drink it, the bottle neck is obviously smaller than the marble so the marble stays safely in the bottle when you drink it.

Anyway the cool thing about the drink is its unusual flavour, "grilled octopus"
There are nine flavours in total:
1)Original
2)Strawberry
3)Grapefruit
4)Apple
5)Melon
6)Kimchi
7)Chestnut
8)Grilled Octopus
9)Peach

I wish I got the Chestnut one too, maybe next time!!

After trying the grilled octopus flavour, I felt it tasted weird, there was a slight sweetness to it, and it somehow tasted like beer.

The aftertaste was horrible, it was a mix of wine and old oil.
I am open to unusual items, but if they are unusual, I don't think they should add the normal ingredients to normalise it.
Grilled octopus is meant to be savory, so why bother adding sugar to it.

Anyway I am looking forward to that savory ice-cream at the Ice cream gallery.