[Review 272] Thai food in an isolated part of town @ 泰屋 (元朗) Sawadee Thai Restaurant

09/04/2009
元朗坳頭東成里1號(新港酒店後面) 1 Tung Shing Lane, Yuen Long
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/thai-food-in-an-isolated-part-of-town-e1987023

The food here is ok but the location is in the middle of no where.

It is good to sit outside, but there are many mosquitoes as well as aroma oils which I am a bit allergic to, hence blocking my senses tasting the food.

The selection is the normal selection you would find at any Thai place, apart from that, there is also a fresh seafood bar to order seafood and cook it the style you want.

The best dish was the prawn fried rice, from the picture, you can see tiny dried sakura shrimps, adding saltiness to the rice.

[Review 271] The art of Sushi @ 山之花料理 Yamanoka Restaurant

09/04/2009 山之花料理 Yamanoka Restaurant
灣仔摩理臣山道17號地下 17 Morrison Hill Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/the-art-of-sushi-e1987020

I was attracted here by the pictures of sushi, almost like art, and the restaurant name sound simple yet attractive.

Ordered the paper tofu sushi, sushi ball, crab paste sushi, globe fish.
All tasted good, all marks go to presentation.
The tofu sushi was wrapped in green tofu paper, like a thin rubber sheet, sweet in taste, and there was toro and a jelly cube in the middle, which we were told was the sauce.
The other sushi that tasted good, was the crab paste sushi, dark grey/green paste, strong in taste, good enough without soy sauce.
As for the globe fish, it is basically like dry grilled beef jerk, sweet in taste.

[Review 270] shake da lil buns @ Shake'em Buns

Shake'em Buns 07/04/2009
灣仔莊士敦道60號嘉薈軒5號舖
Shop 5, J Residence, 60 Johnston Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/shake-da-lil-buns-e1986707


I am not really a beef lover, but sometimes I will eat beef burgers. I am impressed with the range at this place, so many flavours to try.
When I saw the little buns, it totally satisfied my hunger and greediness, because they are small enough not to stuff you up, and there are three of them in a set, each of different flavours.

I ordered the Mushroom lovers, three little burgers all with mushroom but different sauces, neatly presented in a cute little box.
There are three sets, which I have all tried, Mushroom is on the lighter side, Southern hospitality will send your tastebuds on a spicy sensation, and the Hawaiian Threesome is a good mix with some chicken, and Philly beef.

I also tried the Tater dongs too with onion gravy, potato croquettes with silky smooth mashed potato inside. Although a little pricey, but so far, I haven’t found any good potato croquettes around the area.
Fried things are good by chance, ie the oil isn't old, and it isn't overfried.

As for the milkshakes, they cant go wrong with vanilla ice-cream, so it tasted OK.

[Review 269] Gunge like taiwanese noodle thread @ 漁民魚蛋王子

07/04/2009 漁民魚蛋王子
將軍澳坑口連理街114號舖
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/gunge-like-taiwanese-noodle-thread-e1986703

Decided to try the Taiwanese noodle threads, as the only other two I have tried are from Ar To and Ar Sing.

However the one here is not as good, firstly the staff didn't even know, they are supposed to offer the condiments such as coriander, vinegar, hot radish etc.
Secondly the quality of the noodles is a bit gunge like, the noodles are so chopped up, and the whole thing is so thick.

As for the taste, it just tasted strong in pepper.

[Review 268] Flame Grilled sushi @ Nagoyaka Tei 和花亭壽司

07/04/2009 Nagoyaka Tei 和花亭壽司
將軍澳重華路8號東港城1樓113號舖
Shop 113, 1/F, East Point City, 8 Chung Wa Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/flame-grilled-sushi-e1986701

After a long wait, finally sat down. I thought the waiting time was a bit long, considering, the location is not even in Kowloon, but some small mall in Hang Hau, but I suppose people will queue for any Japanese food.

Slightly higher priced than the usual Genki restaurant, but anyway I liked the range of sushi they had, even for the flame grilled ones, they had interesting flavours like curry.
My favourite one was the Crab liver and crab meat warship, the last time I had it was in Wanchai.
One of the plates was pretty, a glittering gold plate.

[Review 267] Shake Shake Chicken @ 麥當勞 McDonalds

07/04/2009 麥當勞 McDonalds
灣仔駱克道151號2樓
2/F, 151 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/shake-shake-chicken-e1986700

I was expecting the Shake Shake chicken to be a chicken burger with Shake Shake powder, but it turned out to be a fried piece of chicken breast. Even without the powder it tasted good, you can see bits of black pepper on the coating.

After the powder was put in, it enhanced the chicken even more, the black pepper and the sweetness in the honey BBQ went well.

The quality of the chicken was good too, tender and juicy.

[Review 266] Glistening Egg Tart @ 百事吉餅店 Pak See Kut Cake Shop

06/09/2009 百事吉餅店 Pak See Kut Cake Shop
灣仔莊士敦道141號地下B舖
Shop B, G/F, No. 141 Johnston Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/glistening-egg-tart-e1986241

Got an egg tart from here, because it glistened with glaze, the pastry is short crust pastry, priced at $3.
Not much egg tart filling, as it has collapsed down after being taken out from the oven.
Anyway it tasted good, overall.