[Review 573] Hotpot @ 正東火煱 (太子)

正東火煱 (太子) 13/12/2009
103 Prince Edward Road West
太子道西103-107號
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Not really my cup of tea, but my friends went there, so I went.
Ordered a lot of stuff as shown, the best was the mini abalone at $38 each.
The prawn paste was also quite good.
The location of the restaurant is quite far fetched, so a bit hard to locate.

[Review 572] Lamb hot pot @ 太興 Tai Hing

太興 Tai Hing 13/12/2009
銅鑼灣謝斐道470-484號信諾環球保險中心1號地舖
Shop 1, G/F, Cigna Tower, 470-484 Jaffe Rd.,, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/lamb-hot-pot-e2049389

As usual, their lamb hotpots are good, rich beancurd sauce with pieces of water chestnuts, mushrooms, dried beancurd and lamb.
There was also a separate plate of lettuce to put in too.

The lamb was quite tender, but a knife and fork was needed, as chopsticks were useless.

The beancurd sauce that was provided was good also, but slightly too sweet.

[Review 571] 55% Belgian chocolate cherry cake @ 聖安娜餅屋 Saint Honore Cake Shop

聖安娜餅屋  Saint Honore Cake Shop
13/12/2009
西貢親民街18/32號錦華大廈地下D舖及閣樓
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/55-belgian-chocolate-cherry-cake-e2049387

Had one of those coupons for half a dozen of complimentary cakes, so decided to get a whole cake instead and pay extra.

Got the 55% belgian chocolate cherry cake.

Basically the cake was quite rich, same with the sauce.
Compared to Maxim's Valhrona, the maxims one has the chiffon texture, and the St Honore is richer.

I only liked it because of the cherries.

[Review 570] cheese crunchies @ 美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop

美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop
11/12/2009
荃灣眾安街68號荃灣城市中心地下G14及G69號舖
Shop G14 & G69, City Landmark, 68 Chung On Street, Tsuen Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/cheese-crunchies-e2048996

Needed something to go with my Pate, so I got the Maxim's cheese crunchies, sticks of savory biscuits, with crispy baked cheese bits on it.
I selected this one, as the cheese flavour isnt that strong, and light enough to eat with the pate.
On it's own, the crunchies taste ok, the crispy cheese gives it flavour.

[Review 569] McD's prawn burger is back @ 麥當勞 McDonald's

麥當勞 McDonald's 11/12/2009
灣仔軒尼詩道1號熙信樓1樓C舖
Shop C, 1/F, Asian House, 1 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/mcds-prawn-burger-is-back-e2048994

The prawn burger was my favourite last year when it was launched, so had to get it again as they are serving it this year.
Same as before, but better with the option of the double patty one.
I just felt the sauce should be proportionate, ie more sauce for the double patty.
The patty is moist, slightly gelatinous with bits of prawn in it.
It would be good if it was permanently on the menu.

[Review 568] The expanding dragon @ 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
09/12/2009
紅磡馬頭圍道43號C
43C Ma Tau Wai Road, Hung Hom

https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/the-expanding-dragon-e2048629

Quite interesting, they have been opening various branches in HK within the second half of this year.

I have always felt that this is a better option compared to "Baat fong", the choice of soup and noodles is much better, and the condiments are good quality too to go with the dumpling.

Same as North point, the dine-in experience is much better than the food court experience.

[Review 567] Hip dinner @ 壽司派 Hip Sushi

壽司派 Hip Sushi 08/12/2009
銅鑼灣告士打道280號世貿中心平台1樓L1層110店
Shop P110-111, P1, World Trade Centre, 280 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/hip-dinner-e2048333

Got the $148 light dinner set that includes miso soup, boltan sashimi, fat tuna sushi, foie gras sushi, baked oyster, some other sushi and dessert which was cherry tomatoes and sake jelly.

Since I was full from lunch, It was just the right selection to have.

The miso soup tasted like normal miso soup, but had cute enoki mushrooms in it, with the stalks chopped off, so it looked like mini mushrooms!
The baked oyster was ok, however I thought the sauce that went with it could have been better, it was just plain baked japanese mayonnaise on top with dried paprika peel.

The rest of the sushi was really good and lastly the dessert, I wasnt expecting it to taste good, because tomato is not really a dessert fruit, but it turned out to be good as well, the tomato was sweetened, and the jelly went well with it too.