[Review 407] Oysters with weird stuff covering it @ Bafang Dumpling八方雲集鍋貼水餃專門店 (灣仔)

10/09/2009 Bafang Dumpling八方雲集鍋貼水餃專門店 (灣仔)
灣仔軒尼詩道298號
298 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/oysters-with-weird-stuff-covering-it-e2028065

Previously I have visited their prince edward branch and tried their dumplings, so this time I came to try their taiwanese noodles with oyster and intestines.
honestly, this is my first worst experience with the Taiwanese noodles, also on the table, the usual condiments for this dish was not present either, ie the garlic puree, pickled chili.

the oysters were not the baby oysters, also I couldnt understand why their was opaque gel like stuff surrounding it, anyway I left it, didnt want to risk food poisoning.

I really wanted to ask the staff what it was, but I was too lazy, and past experience with all oysters, they never have that gel/flour surrounding it, unless it is fried.

[Review 406] Italian ginger grass jelly noodles @ Chung So 聰嫂私房甜品 (將軍澳)

10/09/2009 Chung So 聰嫂私房甜品

將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心1期地下G28號舖

Shop 28, G/F, MCP I, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O

https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/italian-ginger-grass-jelly-noodles-e2028064

I ordered the Italian grass jelly noodles as take out, because take-out is better than dine-in, the ginger sauce is separated, and you can control how much sauce to mix it.

Also dine-in, they only have spoons and plastic forks to use, and both are difficult to use as you can imagine the difficulty spooning the noodles.

Since that dessert is famous, I think it should be served with chopsticks to emphasize they are noodles.
Even "Sweet heart" serves their mango ho-fun with chopsticks to highlight the fact that the dessert is eaten as noodles.

Other than that, it tasted ok, the ginger was slightly too strong, or if served with chocolate sauce or ice-cream sounds good too.

[Review 405] Burger King in Hang Hau @ Burger King 漢堡王 (將軍澳)

09/09/2009 Burger King 漢堡王
將軍澳南豐廣場1樓R1A號舖
Shop R1A, 1/F, Nan Fung Plaza , Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/burger-king-in-hang-hau-e2027880


A few years ago, Burger King was almost wiped out, only available at the airport, now with burgers back in fashion, they are back, and at suburban areas such as Wong tai sin and Hang Hau.

I was very surprised to see them opening in Wong Tai Sin and Hang Hau.

Hang Hau is more of a surprising location, because it is near the New Territories, and not many branded restaurants nearby.

Anyway back the food, the menu is the same as offered in other branches, I could not make it for breakfast, so ordered the mushroom Swiss cheese and the bacon burger.

Both tasted strong in beef, however a little dry.
The drink was also upgraded for free.

[Review 404] Cold Tarts @ 蛋撻王 King Bakery

08/09/2009
荔枝角深盛路9號宇晴軒商場2樓9號舖
Shop 9, 2/F, The Pacifica Plaza, 9 Sham Shing Road, Lai Chi Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/cold-tarts-e2027507

King Bakery have introduced their selection of cold tarts claiming to be Hong Kong’s first, I agree they are the first for other flavours, but for the original egg tart flavour there is already one in Yau ma tei that does it called 小阮子 (油麻地)
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/quality-egg-tarts-and-pies-e1994945

There are various of flavours: Set A: (2 flavours) chocolate, ribena, Set B: (2 flavours) black sugar, Hokkaido milk, Assortment A (3 flavours): mango, tofu, black sesame, Assortment B (3 flavours): original, mango and grapefruit (yeung ji gum lo), coconut.

The tart itself, is basically like a wheat biscuit, similar to digestive biscuit, also it is rather sweet and more prominent than the tart fillings.

I chose the black sugar and Hokkaido milk selection; the rest seemed rather common, the Hokkaido milk was very creamy, and since the tart base was very sweet, I couldn’t taste the milk filling. As for the black sugar one, I liked it because the dark brown filling was see-through like jelly. It would have tasted great if the base wasn’t that sweet.

I wanted to try the chocolate and ribena one too, the chocolate one would probably tasted ok, but I wasn’t sure of the Ribena, depends on the ratio of ribena concentration, and if they had used real ribena or a substitute.

[Review 403] The Hidden Dragon @ 四海遊龍鍋貼水餃專門店 (已結業) Overseas Dragon

05/09/2009 四海遊龍鍋貼水餃專門店 (已結業) Overseas Dragon
北角英皇道376-380號地下A舖

King's Road
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/the-hidden-dragon-e2026653

This restaurant has been listed in my target list to try, however I have walked past it so many times I have never noticed it.

Firstly its menu is very confusing and from the outside it is hard to see what food they do.

Then recently I faintly noticed it, because they had a poster of snowflake ice, however it still did not draw my attention to look into it further, as the dessert was just an extension to their sets, and the picture still didn’t show me what food they did, so a bit risky to go in and have food because of their dessert. Usually I would do, if the dessert looks very good, but there are many snowflake ice specialists around.

Finally today, as the restaurant I wanted to have dinner was closed, and the weather was hot and sticky, and I was too lazy to walk, I decided to try this place.

The surroundings in the restaurant was very noisy, we sat close to the entrance, so it wasnt much cooler than the outside, also we could smell cigarettes and traffic fumes, perhaps a door would have been helpful???????

When I looked at the menu, I finally realised it was one of the restaurants I wanted to try, so it wasn’t that bad after all. I wanted to try this place because I have tried 八方雲集鍋貼水餃專門店 at prince edward, and this is just another version of it, however the choice of dumplings are fewer but the ordering list is just as confusing as that one. So I give them credit for copying the ordering sheet with exact complicatedness like that one!

Anyway ordered noodles with soup dumplings, and the Jade pan fried dumplings with noodles (instant noodles from their picture).

The instant noodles was the first to arrive, indeed they were the instant noodles, but flatter in shape and springy in texture, next to arrive was the soup dumplings, good quality meat inside the dumpling, and then the pan fried dumplings came, very crispy, and folded into long rectangular dumplings just like 八方雲集 instead of normal crescent shaped ones.

To compliment the dumplings there were four essential sauces on the table, ground garlic puree, chili sauce ( I really liked this concoction, it had whole black beans in it), vinegar and soy sauce.

[Review 402] The rise and fall of Gindaco @ 築地 GINDACO (旺角)

04/09/2009 築地 GINDACO
旺角山東街40號 40 Shantung Street,, Mong Kokhttps://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/the-rise-and-fall-of-gindaco-e2026391

Since my last visit, probably years ago, I found it less busy than it was, it used to be packed with long queues, and people crammed inside eating at the stand tables.

However there is plenty more choice for snacks in Mong Kok these days, especially Dundas street, the Taiwan food street of HK, at least 5 Taiwanese beverage shops have opened there.

Anyway back to the food, they have two more flavours than just the original one, the original with octopus filling topped with egg salad, and the prawn filled one with thousand island sauce.

I was deciding whether to order the Yuk Ji one or the Prawn one, I should of known Yuk Ji was egg! If I knew that was egg, I would have tried the Prawn one, probably would of had a different taste sensation.

The one I got just tasted like the original one, however with the egg salad, made it more rich and creamy.

[Review 401] Fried cheese with Olives @ Ireland's Potato 愛爾蘭瘋薯 (太子)

 04/09/2009

Ireland's Potato 愛爾蘭瘋薯
太子太子道西157號別樹華軒13號舖(太子站B2出口)https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/fried-cheese-with-olives-e2026386 

After my food bingeing trip at MK, this was my last stop, and to finish it off it wasn’t that nice.
I got the fried cheese with Olives, I love Olives, however there was a lot of Pesto mixed in it.

I thought it had been over fried, the breadcrumb was rock hard, and broke the plastic fork when using it to break the cheese ball in half.

Also if the shop had been more air conditioned, I would have liked it more, it was baking hot in there, and the fried cheese was piping hot too, had to wait ages for it to cool down.

Next time I will try the apple pie.