[Review 216] Poutine dans L’Hong Kong @ New York Fries

14/12/2008
New York Fries
尖沙咀廣東道3-27號海港城港威商場2樓2602號舖
Shop 2602, 2/F, Gateway Arcade, Harbour City, 3-27 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/poutine-dans-lhong-kong-e1957273

Finally more variety of chips in Hong Kong, I first encountered gravy and chips at the Cul De Sac joint or back home with the traditional gravy and chips or Curry sauce and chips.

Next came The Big Bite, rather crunchy chips. Then Ireland’s potato, a Taiwanese joint packaging itself to be Irish.

Now, the notorious New York Fries are in town, even looking at the pictures from OR users, it looked good, the cheese on the Poutine were not Mozzarella, the substitute commonly used, but lumps of cheese curds. Although the fries look rather brown, not like the regular golden fries elsewhere, that how they are meant to be, not so crunchy on the outside, but soft and piping hot in the inside, as they are freshly cut, just like the ones in France. The famous Poutine originates from Canada, later being popular all over the world.

Anyway, the Poutine served at NYF is so good, the fries are slighty soft, and adhering to the gravy, and the cheese curds adds some punch to it.

Apart from Poutine, I also tried the plain fries with extra cheese sauce, a thick cheddar sauce, which is different to the quick hardening cheese at Irelands potato, then the remaining fries, I went crazy and sprinkled so much vinegar on it, just like the chips in UK. The condiments there were also good too, such as the Cajun, and California sweet BBQ powder.

We shall hopefully see more branches in HK, as it is a franchise, and a minimum of ten are supposed to open in Hong Kong and Macau within 5 years.
Despite the name, there are no branches in New York!!

[Review 215] Mochified snowy mooncake~! @ Mochi Cream

Mochi Cream
13/12/2008
銅鑼灣軒尼詩道555號崇光百貨地庫
b2-29 SOGO Causeway Bay Shop B2-29 555 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/mochified-snowy-mooncake-e1956888

After reading the review by FoodieWil, I just had to try for myself.
Totally agree with FoodieWil’s comment that it is a Japanese version of ChineseGoGo.

ChineseGoGo is a high-end version of the glutinous sweets with various fillings, and now top class Mochi has appeared.

There are 19 flavours: Apple pie, Chocolate banana, White chocolate, Mango, Peach Yoghurt, Bluebery Yoghurt, Sweet Potato, Darjeeling tea, honey cranberry, Café Au lait, Rum n Raisin, Chocolate, Green Tea, Black Sesame, Green Soybean, Red Sweet Potato and Sakura.

I am not really into Adzuki beans, or the conventional Japanese flavours such as green tea, sweet potatoes etc, so I chose six flavours APPLE PIE, PEACH YOGHURT, DARJEELING TEA, HONEY CRANBERRY, CARAMEL PUDDING, and RUM RAISIN.

I tried the APPLE PIE first, the texture was interesting, just like eating eggshells, like the sugar shells on the mini Easter eggs, then oozing with apple sauce with bits of apple in it, and exploding with fluffy light whipped cream.

Then I tried the honey cranberry, also oozing with sweet cranberry liquid, this one contained bean paste, same with the Darjeeling Tea, packed with strong Tea flavour.
The Rum raisin one also surprised me with a strong Rum infusion with the cream.
I didn’t like the Peach Yoghurt one, because the Peach was a bit perfume like, not natural giving an aftertaste, I would assume the same for the blueberry one too.

However the Caramel Pudding was the best along with the Apple pie, it was thick smooth custard filling inside, with a strong bitter caramel syrup in the centre. The brown syrup tasting and looking EXACTLY like the real caramel puddings.

Anyway if your not a fan of Adzuki beans, then Apple pie or Caramel pudding would be the choice, its sweetness is different to the sweetness of the bean paste. Although both are as sweet as each other.
To me the ones with bean paste inside remind me of the Snowy moon cakes during moon cake festival, both full of bean paste. Maybe one day, they will have cheesecake flavours!

[Review 214] Eating on a BOG! @ 便所主題餐廳 Modern toilet

12/12/2008
便所主題餐廳 Modern Toilet
旺角砵蘭街240-244號旺角文華3B室
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/eating-on-a-bog-e1956856


Didn’t have a clue on what to eat in MK, so decided to try the Modern toilet.
Personally I wasn’t expecting it to be fantastic, rather just something to fill me up that evening.

Didn’t have to queue, the restaurant next door was stealing its show.

Basically furbished by toilet seatings, and basins as the dinner table, and the food was served on mini toilets and basins. The dishes offered were Taiwanese style,
I ordered the Mexican chicken lasagne and baked Indonesian curry with rice.

The lasagne was not Mexican at all, no kidney beans, or anything along those lines, just mushroom, chicken and baby sweetcorn, as for the curry, just tasted like ordinary curry from the Chinese styled cafes.

Finally for the drink, had Ice-cream jasmine tea, hmm quite a weird drink, I was expecting milky jasmine shake with a scoop of ice-cream, but in fact it was pure jasmine tea, just jasmine flavoured water with ice-cream.

[Review 213] HO(oyster) HO (oyster) delicious @ 阿土麵線

12/12/2008
旺角亞皆老街107-111號皆旺商場地下G3A號舖
ShopG3A,Richmond Commerical Building,107-111Argle Street, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/ho-oyster-ho-oyster-delicious-e1956839

It would be rare to see me eat on the streets of HK, but I had to try this Taiwanese oyster noodles. The last time I had it, was in some Taiwan style restaurant in Wanchai, the portion there was small, and I just couldn’t get enough of it.

Luckily, the weather is not so hot these days, nice and breezy, perfect for eating out in the streets, but the only downside is that being located on the corner of a busy MK road, there is so much car fumes and dust, but anyway, just had to try.

It is good that you can pick other ingredients in your noodle, although oyster noodles is the signature dish in Taiwan, you have pay extra for the oysters here.
Other optional ingredients include: Baby oysters, scallops, clams, prawn, pork intestine, crabmeat, sausages etc.
The basic ingredients are grounded garlic puree, pork intestines and coriander.

For mine, I chose oysters, baby scallops and clams, and I had all the basic ingredients except for the coriander. I also added some vinegar and chili radish from their condiments bar.

Anyway yummy yummy, tasted like a thick soup filled with noodles all over, and the occasional oyster incorporated with the zing and tangyness from the chili radish and vinegar.
It reminded me of the fake sharks fin soup, but even better, because there are many variations of the fake sharks fin soup, and different standards everywhere in Hong Kong.
But so far, there is no other place that can compare to this, being fast food and delicious!!
I also tried the winter melon tea, no extra ice was added, so it was pure melon tea, for me it was slightly sweet.

I will definitely be back, well at least during the winter, or frequently if they open up in a food court.

[Review 212] Executive fine lunch @ Dap JP‧Wine‧Dine

12/12/2008
Executive fine lunch @ Dap JP‧Wine‧Dine
灣仔皇后大道東202號QRE Plaza 23樓
23/F, QRE Plaza, 202 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/executive-fine-lunch-e1956837

I have been meaning to go to DAP for along time, just that it’s a bit of a trek from Wanchai station, through the sunny congested roads of Spring garden lane.

Anyway with the coupon from Openrice, and Openrice holding an event there, this place must be good, so this was the final momentum making me go!

After my first visit, I was given another discount, so I have been twice already for lunch.
The first visit, I didn’t take any pictures, but the setting and furniture was relaxed European French style. The modern tables were facing the large windows with long curtains and the sun shining through, over looking some tall buildings in front of the green hills.

On my first visit, I had 4 courses.
Amuse: Oyster
Entrée: Asparagus with Cod roe
Main: Salmon
Dessert: Cheesecake

The oyster was fresh, and I liked the effort the chef stuck the oyster shell on the plate with sticky dough, so that it doesn’t slide about. The oyster was detached from its shell drenched in its lovely sauce, so it was easy to eat.

Then came the Asparagus with salmon roe, tender asparagus with large salmon roe sprinkled on top.

After the Entrée was finished, I was served the Salmon, a reasonable chunk of pink juicy salmon, and I do mean juicy, it wasn’t dry at all, very soft and supple, almost like jelly!

As for dessert, the cheesecake was served with berry sauce, not too sweet, and smooth that it melts in the mouth.

On my second visit, I had 4 courses which I did take pictures:
Amuse: Kimamoto oyster with ponzu
Entrée: Antipasti (Parma ham and melon, sautéed black mussels, Tomato and mozzarella)
Soup: Chicken consommé with inaniwa and Spring onion
Pasta: Orecchiette with river prawn and lobster cream sauce.

The oyster was as good as the first week, but this time even better with the salmon roe.
Then came the Entrée, which was fun to each, I firstly at the Parma ham and melon, soft ham with sweet melon, then I ate the tomato and mozzarella, creamy cheese with tomato, and finally the mussel, I was surprised they were fresh and soft, not the frozen ones.

As for the soup, I just had to check it out, because it had noodles in it, after having the soup, I had the pasta shells with prawn and lobster sauce, there were many prawns in it, and the sauce was quite rich.

Overall, I like Dap, because what is stated on the menu is what you get, and I credit the menu, because the chef/management have actually researched into it with all these fancy Japanese and French vocabs!

[Review 211] White chocolate green tea! @ Délifrance

01/12/2008

Felt like drinking something sweet, so ordered the Delifrance white chocolate green tea.
It was presented as displayed on the pic, with frothy milk and chocolate sauce drizzled on the top.

As for the taste, far too syrupy.
When I finished the drink, I found residues of tea leaves, so I guess this drink was made with real tea leaves.

Délifrance
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/white-chocolate-green-tea-e1954247
灣仔告士打道38號中國恆大中心地下A舖
Shop A, G/F, China Evergrande Centre, 38 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai

[Review 210] Choc-Marshmallow Pie cute packaging @ 肯德基家鄉雞 (KFC) (Kentucky Fried Chicken)

30/11/2008

Saw the advert for the new chocolate marshmallow pie, didnt really have any expectations, but the packaging was nice.

The chocolate filling and marshmallow, was hot and gooey.
But the pastry had a strong taste in wheat, almost like McVities digestive biscuits.
After eating the pie, I thought the pastry had a more prominent taste than the filling.

I would have preferred a more chewy marshmallow.

肯德基家鄉雞 (KFC) (Kentucky Fried Chicken)
將軍澳重華路8號東港城1樓185號舖
Shop No.185, 1/F, East Point City, 8 Chung Wa Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/choc-marshmellow-pie-cute-packaging-e1953900