[Review 342] Limited service for takeaway @ sun King Yuen Curry 新景園咖喱小廚 (灣仔)

sun King Yuen Curry 新景園咖喱小廚 (灣仔)
28/07/2009
灣仔春園街20號地舖
G/F, 20 Spring Garden Lane
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/limited-service-for-takeaway-e2015704

Dined in before, so this time tried their take-outs.

In general, it is half the price, and the choices are either curry, tomato, or sweetcorn, with pork cutlet, fried chicken, or fried fish fillet.
Basically the chicken, pork, fish fillets are crunchy, so it will go well with any of the options.
The only item that is not available for take out is the fried noodles with beef.

The service is appalling for takeout, if you pre-order on the phone, they force you to collect at a specific time, to benefit themselves, so there is a collection batch at certain times.

Secondly dont expect any good phone manners, as soon as your order is through, they end the call immediately, so there is no chance of requesting a collection time to suit you or any additional extra requests that you may want.

Thirdly, on collection, you should be careful how much change they give you, for some bizarre reason, they were adamant, they gave me more change, in which I had to give it back, so I will not be back for a while.

[Review 341] Strawberry frappe and Strawberry iced tea 麥當勞 (金鐘) McDonalds

23/07/2009 麥當勞 (金鐘) McDonalds
金鐘海富中心地下1-41號舖
Shop 1-41, Admiralty Centre,, Admiralty
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/strawberry-frappe-and-strawberry-iced-tea-e2014321
Tried both the strawberry frappe and the iced tea, both mixed with strawberry puree/syrup, it contained bits of strawberry seeds.

Strawberry frappe just tasted syrupy and very sweet, very cold due to the crushed iced.

I thought the strawberry tea was much nicer, frothy foam made from the cocktail shaker.
The sweetness of the strawberry complemented the delicate tea.

[Review 340] Cheesy chicken 肯德基家鄉雞 (KFC) (Kentucky Fried Chicken)

22/07/2009 肯德基家鄉雞 (KFC) (Kentucky Fried Chicken)
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/cheesy-chicken-e2014030

Got the fried chicken with cheesy coating, it was just like the advertised picture.

I was assuming the cheese bits would be melted during the cooking process, but you can actually see cheddar bits on the coating.
(well actually it is cutlet powder coated in cheese powder, so thats why it didnt melt)

On its own, the chicken isnt that cheesy, only a slight hint from the cheese powder.

The sauce that came with it, was quite nice, strong creamy liquid cheddar, but it was slightly spicy, with red bits of spices in it, probably chili.

The tub of sauce was quite sufficient for the chicken, the plastic used for the tub was good grade, good for packaging but bad for the environment.
But anyway, quite a nice little tub, so I have kept it for future use.

[Review 339] Tofu Burger @ Freshness Burger (尖沙咀)

Freshness Burger 20/07/2009
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/tofu-burger-e2013443
尖沙咀廣東道3-27號海港城海運大廈2樓OT242號舖
Shop OT242, 2/F, Ocean Terminal, Harbour City, 3-27 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui


Finally tried the Tofu and avocado burger.

Visited the TST branch, the service there was not as efficient as the one in Causeway bay.
Anyway, the tofu burger was 80% similar to one shown on their advertised picture.

The only discrepancy was the avocado, I was looking for traces of avocado lumps as shown in their advertised picture, I felt that because it was Tofu and Avocado, the amounts of avocado should be as much as the tofu.

Anyway, I like the burgers at Freshness, because of the butter lettuce, the special mayonnaise that is slightly tangy served with the fish burgers.

The tofu burger also had that lettuce and mayonnaise, the only thing I didn’t like was the Teriyaki sauce, and it didn’t go well with it.
The Teriyaki sauce was a bit over powering, slightly sweet and strong in smoked aroma, and the mayonnaise was creamy, so I felt it didn't complement that well.

Otherwise, I liked the solid tofu and the mayonnaise.
I thought the tofu size, could have been more generous, perhaps as thick as the beef patties, being a vegetarian burger, the tofu needs to be bigger in proportion to compensate for not eating meat. As well as that if there has been more avocado, the tofu could have stayed at that proportion.

Apart from this, the rest of the food was Ok, the pork burger had the signature thin shredded cabbage, dry and crunchy with refreshing sauce on it.
The Lemon tea surprised me too, light and not too sweet, with a subtle gentle tea taste in it.

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[Review 338] Chocolate truffle cake and Colourful lamingtons @ Pacific Coffee 太平洋咖啡 (灣仔)

Pacific Coffee 太平洋咖啡 (灣仔)
灣仔駱克道41號東城大廈UG4-5號舖
UG 4-5, 41 Lockhard Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chocolate-truffle-cake-and-colourful-lamingtons-e2012964


I love trying new things at Pacific coffee, so far I have tried their summer coolers such as the Cranberry and mixed berry, and the Cranberry and strawberry.

I tried the mixed berry one first, a bit of disappointed, the berry taste was a bit fake. The strawberry one was better, not that artificial. But in general the Chillinos served at Pacific coffee consists primarily of crushed ice and syrup. It doesn’t taste milky. It tastes Ok when you drink it immediately, but as I can’t, I drink it slowly, but when you leave it for a while, the ice and the liquid separates, so your left with flavoured watery liquid at the bottom.

The next thing I tried were the colourful Lamingtons, cube shaped sponged cakes, with cream in the middle, dipped in shredded coconut.
I think there are 8 flavours, passion (orange), mango (orange), blood orange (red), blackcurrant (purple), apple (green), guava (pink), chocolate, coffee (both brown.

The texture of the Lamingtons are nice and soft, with light cream oozing from the centre, the coconut is light and fresh, and not dry due to being in the fridge too long.

The latest cake I tried was the Chocolate Truffle cake, I was expecting a rich thick centre, but I was greeted with crunchy chocolate in the middle.
There was lots of chocolate mousse on the outside, not the bitter tasting one.
But overall it tasted OK.

[Review 337] Egg tarts @ Hoixe 凱施餅店 (灣仔)

凱施餅店 (灣仔) 17/07/2009

灣仔軒尼詩道143號 145 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai

https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/egg-tarts-e2012681
Felt a bit peckish, so I got an egg tart and a cake slice for tea.

I let the egg tart cool down for a bit, so there was less eggy taste in it, the egg tarts here are sometimes ok, and sometimes not.

Today was ok, the pastry was thin, and the filling was ok.
As with all egg tarts in HK, the pastry was very oily, a patch of my A4 sheet went see-through after i placed the egg-tart on it!!!

The cake slice was nice and moist.
Not sure how many days they are pre-made and then packaged, but it seems it has shelf life of a week before the Best before date.

[Review 336] lunchtime cravings for $69 @ Joe Bananas (灣仔)

Joe Bananas (灣仔) 16/07/2009
灣仔盧押道23號地下
G/F, 23 Luard Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/lunchtime-cravings-for-69-e2012565

Havent been to JB's for ages since their kitchen stopped, but recently read mandalay's review and saw they had buffets during lunch.

A wide choice of meats, salads, that were changed rapidly as soon as they were depleted. The tandoori chicken I had with yoghurt sauce was good, but that disappeared fast.

The mussels, which I had no expectations, tasted very juicy without that frozen bland taste. But of course they are the frozen ones. The fried rice was just as spicy as mandalay described.

I enjoyed the coleslaw as much as everything else, proper coleslaw, not the syrupy ones at KFC.

Apart from western food, they also had chinese food such as fish suimai's, mini wrapped glutinous rice with chicken.

The range of drinks was good as well, which were included and soft drinks that were refillable, I had the lime soda. There were also hot drinks such as coffee/ British tea at the drinks table.

Best of all was the piping hot bread and butter pudding. However I thought it had been slightly hongkongnised cos I could taste faint coconut in it. Although there was lumpy custard to accompany it, I was happy to see it.