[Review 489] 21/10/2009 Chinese style Pizza Hut @ 老富昌色彩 Le Fauchon Color

老富昌色彩 Le Fauchon Color
旺角太子道西193號新世紀廣場1樓187號舖
Shop 187, 1/F, Grand Century Place, 193 Prince Edward Road West, Mong Kok, Hong Kong, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chinese-style-pizza-hut-e2038026

Whenever there is a salad bar, it reminds me of Pizza Hut, the popular salad bar for people to grab their greens at their hearts content.

However the food here has never appealed to me, although there are some side dishes worth ordering, but a matter of its availability.

I didnt find the food that Westerny at all, more like the Yeh Lam Kok which also pretends to be western.

The Paella is much more creamy than how the Italian ones should be, and the vegetables in the meat dishes are frozen ones.

[Review 488] 20/10/2009 Baked Sago and Taro Pudding @ 富臨酒家 Fulum Restaurant

富臨酒家 Fulum Restaurant
灣仔灣仔軒尼詩道73-85號熙華大廈地下及1樓
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/baked-sago-and-taro-pudding-e2037860

Got the baked sago and taro pudding, it was presented in a tin foil cup, the appearance reminded me of a portugese tart, the golden yellow and oven crisp brown bits at the top.

The taro puree was a layer in between the sago custard.

The sago custard wasnt that sweet, but the taro was, and had a very velvety texture.

But overall if it wasnt that sweet, it would of tasted good.

[Review 487] 19/10/2009 Rolled Pancakes @ Mazuzu Crepe

Mazuzu Crepe
銅鑼灣告士打道280號世貿中心P303號舖
Shop, P303, World Trade Centre, 280 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/rolled-pancakes-e2037562

Thanks to Felicityli, found out about this little pancake joint, so tried the chocolate banana one and blueberry cheesecake one.

It is slightly different to the western pancakes that are eaten on a plate, these are rolled up like the Japanese sushi hand rolls.

The cream inside the pancakes were a bit thick and sticky like, so the chocolate banana one turned out to be sickly, whereas the blueberry one was much fruitier and light.

It was slightly messy to eat, as the top was topped with lots of cream, sauce and filling, but tastes OK, especially the blueberry one.

The only drawback is that the stools are very high, so if you’re wearing a mini skirt, it is a bit troublesome.

[Review 486] Cookie crust egg tarts @ 泰昌餅家 Tai Cheong Bakery Express

灣仔莊士敦道74-80號地下2號舖
泰昌餅家 Tai Cheong Bakery Express
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/cookie-crust-egg-tart-e2037560

Saw the new honey green tea ad for $5 so went in and grabbed a bottle, then these fresh egg tarts came out of the oven, so I asked what pastry it was assuming it was the short crust of flaky pastry, but they said it was the cookie one.

So got one to try, also on promotion at 3.8 dollars each.

I drank the drink first, the egg tarts were piping hot, and you cant really taste anything when it is hot.
The green tea tastes a bit like the honey green tea by Tao Ti but tastes stronger of Cane sugar, hence doesn’t really taste of honey.

As for the egg tart, the pastry is a bit strong in butter, and not that cookie like, but different to shortcrust, it is harder and brittle, a bit like wheat crunch.

[Review 485] 18/10/2009 Second Visit @ B哥小廚 Uncle B Kitchen

B哥小廚 (藍田) Uncle B Kitchen B哥小廚
藍田啟田道51-67號啟田大廈地下太平街市M22舖
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/second-visit-e2037400

After the first visit, came here again, this time the food we ordered wasnt that Sichuan style, especially the egg and beef and tomato,

The chicken was presented nicely surrounded in Chili oil, and quite spicy, an equal portion of chicken leg, breast rather than odd bits.

The egg and tomato was a bit like home cooked style, strong in tomato flavour and the egg wasnt that greasy.

[Review 484] Not MEGA at all @ KFC 肯德基家鄉雞

肯德基家鄉雞 (KFC)  Kentucky Fried Chicken
金鐘夏慤道18號海富中心地下42-68號A舖
Unit A, Shop 42-68, G/F, Admiralty Centre,18 Harcourt Road, Admiralty
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/not-mega-at-all-e2037186

Just felt like having KFC, so got the new Mega burger, the one with chicken, egg salad, bacon and a choice of sauce.

Got two sets, one with criss cut fries, egg tart, chicken hot shots, picnic bite sized bar, chicken wings and drink.
Ordered two Mega burgers one with barbecue sauce and one with Tangy cheese sauce.

The chicken in the burger was not that dry, still soft and tender, the complaint being it was warm, not hot at all, so it had probably been cooked for a while.
Also from their promotional pictures, there is lots of sauce, but in the real thing there was only one tiny splodge in the centre same with the egg salad. The chicken was only half the size of the bun.

Their hygiene should also be improved, because the table cloth they used to wipe the table was smelly, which really puts you off.

[Review 483] 16/10/2009 Interesting shop @ 撈麵王

 撈麵王
灣仔謝斐道155號地下D2舖
Shop D2, G/F, 155 Jaffe Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/interesting-little-shop-e2037065

I first noticed this shop when I saw their shop name meaning King of noodles in sauce, so got a leaflet but was not tempted to pay a visit, because the noodles are just the same ones and choice from other noodle joints, and the topping are also the same such as beef brisket, pork liver, chicken wings, fish balls, ham etc, nothing special which I hadn’t tried before.

The appearance of the shop is not attractive at all, but the staff looked a bit out of place, prettier and neater than the shop, in fact I felt they looked a bit like office people, the one that takes the order.
The shop is very small, and it was quite cute there was one table behind the counter, with only one customer eating inside!
There were also some interesting bottled sauces on the table, but couldnt see what they were, but not the common ones.

I ordered the pan fried dover sole with Maggie sauce, it literally is what it is, pieces of dover sole and a separate bag of Maggie sauce. A bit different to what I thought it was, especially when you compare it to the Maggie steak at Sun Chu Koon.

The portion of fish was big, more than the portion of rice, I think the fish portion was one whole doversole in the box. The rice was a little too hard, and the fish was too soft from the marinade. Although it was frozen fish, but acceptable to have it once in a while.

The meal also came with a drink, a bonus to the locals as they have bottled soy milk and Common selfheal fruit spike.