[Review 300] Very scarily full @ 馬泰 Ma Thai

馬泰 Ma Thai 30/05/2009
將軍澳重華路8號東港城197A舖
Shop No.197A, East Point City, 8 Chung Wa Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/very-scarily-full-e1999598


Finally there is some real Asian cuisine in Hang Hau, a suburb part of the Hong Kong offering Malaysian/Thai food.

Originally wanted to try their Laksa and Buk Ku Teh, but I gathered I could try these later as a quick dinner in the future.

There is a wide yet limited range on the menu, a wide selection, but not all available, most probably due to the location, the people in the suburbs will probably choose the basic and ordinary dishes known to them, rather than adventuring on specialized dishes.

Anyway we ordered the dinner for two, which includes a starter platter, soup, choice of 2 mains courses with rice or roti.

Our choices were as follows:
Starter platter
Soup
Scrambled egg with baby oysters
Hainanese chicken
2 x Rices

Some of the staff were quite efficient and ready to explain their dishes and some were just doing their job.

Anyway first to arrive was the Scrambled egg with oysters, very fragrant, and lots of oysters in it. There was a dish of chili sauce accompanying it too, which went well together, and tasted like the Big elephant brand chili sauce.

I scoffed the egg with rice as I was hungry, but the order of the dishes arriving was a bit messed up, after stuffing myself with that, I was a little bit full.
I would have preferred to have the appetizer first, which would be more appetizing, but the order of the dishes arriving were:
Scrambled eggs with oysters, soup, rice, starter platter and then the chicken.

The soup was placed on top of those artificial heaters, and it was scary, because the little burner kept making crackling and exploding noises, so I sat well away from it.
There were two choices of soup, Tom Yum and Seafood, so I got the seafood, which tasted strong of seaweed.

The starter platter contained thai style chicken feet, crispy roll, prawn cake, and fish cake.
The chicken feet were quite spicy, the prawn cake tasted ok, and the fish cake, I never like due to the herbs in it.

The Hainanese chicken was slightly dry, and the sauces were not as good as other places.

As well as our table, it seemed the scrambled egg with oysters was a popular pick, they were serving many tables with this dish.

But for two people, it was a bit too much, or it may have been just right, if the order of food arrived accordingly. It included a dessert too, which tasted of coconut, and a chewy texture like the Chinese desserts. All that food for $202.





[Review 299] Cold Pie @ HABITŪ caffè

29/05/2009 HABITŪ caffè
灣仔告士打道77-79號華比富通大廈地下2Ba號舖
G/F, Fortis Bank Tower 77-79 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/cold-pie-e1999437



Initially came to try their sea salt chocolate cake, but it was rather cold that day, so decided to eat a pie and feel warmish and leave the cake for the next visit.

Was greeted by a rather busy waiter, who was talking on his cell phone, after he finished his conversation, I ordered breakfast tea and chicken pie.

The food arrived, but I wasn't very impressed, because parts of the pie was still cold, but I was too lazy to asked for it to be reheated.
For the tea, I wasn't given any sugar, so I had to ask for a sachet.

Anyway for heated foods, this has given me a bad impression. Compared with pacific coffee, 99% of their heated stuff is piping hot.

[Review 298] Mac fight back with quarter pounder and Banana Pie @ 麥當勞

麥當勞 McDonalds
29/05/2009
灣仔駱克道151號2樓
2/F, 151 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/mac-fight-back-with-quarter-pounder-e1999432


With all the new burger shops opening and large burger varieties, McDonalds introduces the Quarter pounder.

A more filling burger with melted cheese.

I am not sure if it is new in HK, but recently there has been a lot of promotion on it, but in England, it has always been on the menu since it opened.
I was too hungry and forgot to take a picture.

Also tried the banana pie, actually I don't like Banana, but I like to try anything new,
tasted rather sweet, with a cooked banana taste.

[Review 297] Pierce chicken @ California 加州紅Green Box

29/05/2009 California 加州紅Green Box
旺角登打士街56號家樂坊地庫
Basement, Gala Place, 56 Dundas Street, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/pierce-chicken-california-e1999430


Firstly I am not a Green box person because I only go to Neway.
So basically I was already biased towards their karoake system and food before I even sat down.

We got there late in the afternoon, opted for the buffet and was told the buffet starts at 7.
I wasn’t very pleased, because Neway’s buffet starts at 6.30, and we were told, we could stay till 8.30 depending on how busy they were and 1.5 hours isn’t a very long time for food.

Anyway, sat down in the room, and ordered their Fruit punch, the only good drink they have, syrupy fruit punch, that isn’t very sweet, with bits of orange fruit in it.

After a while, a waiter came in with two large piping hot baked oysters, which was quite a relief, as I was very hungry and eagerly waiting for it to turn 7, so I could go out and get the food.
The oyster was topped with melted cheese, and the oyster surrounded with white mushroom sauce.
It all combined well together, and I felt a little bit better after that, not so hungry.

I took a look at their promotional flyers on the desk, and was amazed they have Pierce chicken, and serve their snacks, so I was wondering if that would be included in the buffet.

Finally it turned 7pm, and so I went out and collected the food, I picked stir fried instant noodles, and the chicken wings (which seem to be from Pierce). They tasted like the ones at Pierce.

For the dessert, I got this Thai thing with coconut milk, which contained sea coconut and these pandan flour things. The dessert was ok, a bit sweet, so I only scooped out the pandan things, which tasted good.

Overall, I got a better impression of the Green box, and they also issue you with an official receipt too.

I also saw them have a team meeting on how to improve things, which seems reassuring for their patrons, improving the floor standard, so that its not so slippery.




[Review 296] French toast @ kfc 肯德基家鄉雞 (KFC) Kentucky Fried Chicken

29/05/2009 KFC
灣仔莊士敦道112號雙喜樓地下4&5舖及1樓A&B舖
Shops 4 & 5 on G/F and Shops A & B on 1/F, Sheung Hei House, 112 Johnston Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/french-toast-kfc-e1999427

Went to KFC for breakfast, already had in mind to order the chicken and cheese muffin, however saw this new sandwich, chicken, egg, hash brown sandwiched in between the Chinese French fried toast, the one dipped in egg and fried.

It looked big on the picture, but not that big when I got it, the chicken, egg, potato were not on top of each other, but laid side by side, so the sandwich was manageable.

Tasted ok, but the bread was slightly wet and soggy. There could have been more sauce, and the sauce wasn’t as orange as shown on their product photo.
I think if the muffin, had these ingredients, I would opt for muffin, not a great fan with french fried toast.

[Review 295] wat a gd answer @ 羅坤發粉麵食店 Lo Kwan Fat Noodles Food Shop

羅坤發粉麵食店 Lo Kwan Fat Noodles Food Shop
旺角花園街149號地下
G/F, 149 Fa Yuen St,, Mong Kok
29/05/2009
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/wat-a-gd-answer-e1999425

After seeing the appetizing pictures posted on Openrice, I was there to try the spinach noodle in tomato soup, honestly if the noodle had been white or yellow, I probably wouldn’t have read the review in much detail, but it turns out the green noodle is spinach noodle.

When I got there, I poked the picture of it, and didn’t know what “ngau gan” was, as I couldn’t see clearly from their picture, so asked the waitress.
Anyway I got this very impressive answer; well “ngau gan” is just “ngau gan”!

It turns out when I got the noodles, the “ngau gan” is just beef tendons.

The bowl was filled with halved tomatoes, plenty of beef tendons and the green spinach noodles.

Took a sip at the soup, not very sour, but not artificial tomato soup, as for the noodles not that tasty, but after waiting a while for it to soak up the soup, it was ok.
As for the beef tendons, I selectively ate them, as they usually contain animal hair in them.
It was quite soft, and strong in that beef belly marinade.

The place was not as clean as described, but OK to eat there.


[Review 294] Tofu drink 豪江豆業 Macau Soya Bean

豪江豆業 19/05/2009
灣仔石水渠街
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/tofu-drink-e1997207

Usually sweet tofu is served from the wooden buckets and into bowl, with yellow sugar added according to each persons taste.

I was intrigued by this place, as they have it in drink form.

For $5 I got a cup of sweet tofu with tapioca pearls in it. I have tried Soya milk before, but not Sweet tofu as a drink.
Apart from tapioca pearls, you can also choose red beans in it, as the other option.

The whole drink is not aesthetically pleasing, it looks like puke, but it tastes good, not sweet, but a bit savory, almost like cooked tofu. There was however a slight tinge of sourness.

As for the staff, they assume you know what it is, not that willing to explain.
I had to guess the price of the drink, as she didnt tell me how much it was.



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