[Review 442] New Territories part 2 @ 夢工房の七福神壽司和食屋 (元朗) Dream Maker Shichi Fuku San Sushi

27/09/2009 夢工房の七福神壽司和食屋 (元朗) Dream Maker Shichi Fuku San Sushi
元朗西菁街10號好順泰大廈30號舖
Shop 30, Ho Shun Tai Building, 10 Sai Ching Street, Yuen Long
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/new-territories-part-2-e2032536

Finally arrived in yuen long, so stopped by for a quick dinner, had the ramen, not that good, the soup was a bit gooey, and the rest of the stuff was standard.

The restaurant was quite full, as there is not many choices around, also Japanese food is often a popular pick.


[Review 441] New Territories Part 1 @ 彩虹甜品屋 (上水) Rainbow Dessert

彩虹甜品屋 (上水) Rainbow Dessert 27/09/2009
上水馬會道154號地下
G/F, 154 Horse Club Road, Sheung Shui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/new-territories-part-1-e2032533


New territories is a place I don't usually go, but stopped by here because Rainbow dessert house is famous in this area, the name sound fun, but the desserts wasn't that colourful as i imagined.

Most of the items were mango based, so my friends had the yeung ji gum lo, and mango pudding, whilst I had chocolate snowflake ice.

The chocolate snowflake tasted how it should, and so did the rest.


[Review 440] 2009 Monncake Part 1 -Mini Egg custard mooncakes! @ Peninsula boutique半島精品店 (尖沙咀)

26/09/2009 Peninsula boutique半島精品店
尖沙咀梳士巴利道22號半島酒店商場7-9號舖
Shop 7-9, The Peninsula Arcade , 22 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/mini-egg-custard-mooncakes-e2032131

Got the mini moon cakes from Peninsula boutique, eight cute moon cakes in a box, two layers of four.

The pastry was very buttery, and when the packet was opened, you could smell the butter from the pastry.
The pastry was about 4mm thick, and tasted like the Taiwanese pineapple roll pastry, but softer.

The egg custard in the middles was warm orange in colour, and the texture was dense like cheesecake.
It was not too sweet, with full creaminess of the custard.




[Review 439] Standards dropping @ 愛家 (灣仔) Loving Hut

愛家 (灣仔) 26/09/2009 Loving Hut
灣仔軒尼詩道256號地下
256 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/standards-falling-e2032130


This was my third visit, first I wrote a long good review, the second I did not write, the third time the standard had evidently dropped.

The last time I had the fatty pork with pickled vegetables it was topped with so much sauce, this time it was very dry, I had to ask for more sauce.
The imitation pork had an off taste too.

As for the dessert, had the orange, quite interesting, it was made up of orange and jelly, but had the texture of orange.

[Review 438] Chinese pina colada @ Hui Lau Shan 許留山 (將軍澳)

2609/2009 Hui Lau Shan 許留山 (將軍澳)
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心2期2樓2028-2029號舖
Shop 2028-2029, 2/F, MCP Central, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chinese-pina-colada-e2032129


These days I am beginning to like huilaushan, I have been trying mango free products.
(Mango is a popular in hk, yes i know, but i hate the taste of mango)

This time I got the Golden pineapple with crystal jelly to go with my dumplings from the new four seas dragon.

The layers of the drink was quite pretty, clear jelly at the bottom ( crystal jelly), layered by clear yellow, then coconut milk on top with some pineapple pieces.

After mixing the layers, I found notes of vanilla, then sweetness of pineapple and the crystal jelly.
Overall it was a bit like Pina Colada.

Althought HLS claims to be healthy, yes I do agree fruit is healthy, but sometimes I think too much sugar is not healthy.
I agree sugar should be added, but for naturally sweet fruits such as mango and banana there is no need, infact this is why i like smoothies, as the banana is a good natural sweetener to balance out the sourness of the berries.,

But anyway, I requested for less sugar in my pineapple drink, it was fairly sweet, so I would hate to imagine the the sweetness of normal one!!



[Review 437] dragon Queue at the food court @ 四海遊龍鍋貼水餃專門店 Overseas Dragon

四海遊龍鍋貼水餃專門店 Overseas Dragon 26/09/2009
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心2期3樓美食廣場
3/F, Food Court, MCP Central, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/dragon-queue-at-the-food-court-e2032126

Was a bit surprised they opened a branch in a food court.
As there is not much choice in metro city, it proved to be quite popular with a never ending queue.
The price seems to be slightly more expensive than the dine in at north point.
Quality wise, it is not as good as the one in North point, firstly is it more expensive and secondly its self service.
The dumplings fell apart easily, and rather floppy, unlike the crunchy rigid ones at north point.
Also due to the demand and so many customers waiting, I felt they were short staffed, and the dumplings were not cooked as thorough as they should be.
I would also avoid sitting at the tables near the shop, as there are so many people queuing and whizzing past.




[Review 436] Perfect pasta @ Pasta and Oyster Home 意蠔屋 (北角)

25/09/2009 Pasta and Oyster Home 意蠔屋
北角電氣道233號城市花園城市中心1-3號地下54-55號舖
Shop 54-55, G/F, 1-3 City Garden, 233 Electric Road, North Point
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/perfect-pasta-e2031904


Initially I wanted to try their branch at Hung Hom, however the location is hard to find and I rarely go there, later I found out there was a new branch at fortress hill, and decided to go there.

As they are located in Hung Hom and fortress hill, both are residential areas, I didn’t expect it to look posh. However the food selection in there have an extreme quality range, by that I mean the lower end of the food is the chachaanteng style food, and the upper end food is very good.

The restaurant was chachaanteng style as expected, the drinks, soups starters were also chachaanteng style.

I think for the people who have been and ordered the lower end items, I dont expect them to give good comments, in fact just so-so comments. So for people who plan to come here, I would recommend them to order the premium items such as the Jumbo oyster, as for the other items you can order them elsewhere.

I chose the beef in satay sauce as an insurance incase the pasta wasnt as good as expected, then ordered the Ink pasta in white wine sauce with Jumbo oysters, the pasta came with soup and a drink.
There were baked pastas, but since I wanted to try the quality of the oyster, I picked the white wine sauce. The cheese in the baked one would have overpowered the oyster.

Although the wait for the pasta was long, but it was worth it, by the time it arrived, the satay had already been finished.

The beef in satay sauce just tasted like chachaanteng stuff, however the mixed mushrooms in it were very good, not the canned ones.

When the pasta came, the Oysters were as huge as claimed, about 7-8cm in length and 4-5cm in width.
Both of the oysters were gently cooked, slightly creamy and runny in the centre, even its stomach contents were still in liquid form, usually it would be firm green/brown inside.
As the oysters tasted nice in its simplest form, the baked ones will also taste good.

However there was no wine taste in the pasta, but all the elements in the pasta were good, the garlic, onions, mushrooms, herbs, if other ingredients were added, it would have ruined the taste such as tomato.

[Review 7821] Kaya toast @ 一粥麵 Super Super Congee & Noodle

19/12/2020 一粥麵  Super Super Congee & Noodle 樂富聯合道198號樂富廣場1樓1113-1114號舖 Shop 1113-1114, 1/F, Lok Fu Shopping Centre, 198 Junction Road, L...