[Review 731] The odd one out!! @ 利寶閣 Star of Canton Restaurant

25/04/2010
利寶閣 Star of Canton Restaurant
將軍澳重華路8號東港城2樓235號舖
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/the-odd-one-out-e2079122

Food here is deteriorating, even with the spring onion buns, you can see not all were cooked at the same time, the other two are nice and white, and the other one is over fried.

Anyway, while I was there, they had a staff meeting, they were trying to improve things with more deluxe items such as abalone, which I heard they sourced them for $7 each.

In a suburb town like TKO, I believe that appropriate things should be offered, too fancy and people wouldn’t try it, unless they saw people having it.
They should give food items realistic names rather than fancy names that not even their waiters would know what dish they are.
It's a real put-off for me, when I need to ask the waiter what a dish is because of its fancy name, and then wait for the waiter to ask the chef what it is, since the name is so fancy even their staff doesnt know.

Not everyone is that curious to find out or try their luck with a dish that doesnt say what they are.

It’s just so simple! They could just check Openrice and see what other restaurants are serving and get inspiration. V Cuisine is a good restaurant direction they could head for!

[Review 730] Truffle with scrambled eggs @ Chrisly Cafe 華星冰室 (灣仔)

華星冰室 Capital Café Chrisly Cafe 25/02/2010
灣仔克街6號廣生行大廈地下B1號舖
Shop B1, G/F, Kwong Sang Hong Building, 6 Heard Street, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/truffle-with-scrambled-eggs-e2079120

Came here just for the scrambled eggs with truffle.

Their scrambled eggs are perfect, so I thought with the addition of truffle it would intensify the flavours even more, as the egg itself was abit bland, so with truffle it would give it some saltiness.

Anyway, when it arrived I was a bit surprised, there was lots of truffle on top, yet I couldnt smell any of it, even the cheap one at Fairwood had a more pungent smell.

The truffle didnt have much taste, so I wondered if the truffle had not been in an air tight container hence loosing its smell and flavour.

Also tried the toast with kaya and jam.
The jam was a bit sweet.
The kaya was orange instead of green, but it seems the Chinese serve the orange ones.
The flavour wasnt as fragrant as the green one.
Anyway I had mine without butter, as I don't like sweet and salty flavours mixed together.

[Review 729] Ou la la, C'est formidable @ La Creperie

La Crêperie 25/04/2010
灣仔皇后大道東100-102號鉅芝樓1樓
1/F, Kui Chi Mansion, 100-102 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/ou-la-la-cest-formidable-e2078970

Mon première revue en français, Je suis anglais, pardonnez mon mauvais français.
J'aime beaucoup ce restaurant. Le cœur de la France à Wan Chai.
La nourriture était délicieux.
J'ai eu une crêpe (La krampouz) avec chausson pommes, caramel au berre salé et cannelle. Le caramel n'est pas trop sucré, il a été légèrement amer.
l'watress femmes a été très bonne et joli. Elle a dit merci pour l'argent au gratuite.
Le directeur Philip était attentif et charmant.

[Review 728] Nice variety @ 銀座蔵人 Ginza Kurando

銀座蔵人 Ginza Kurando
23/04/2010

灣仔駱克道57-73號香港華美粵海酒店1樓
1/F, Wharney Guang Dong Hotel Hong Kong, 57-73 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/nice-variety-e2078773

The cost here is slightly more than the other all you can eat Japanese places, but the food here is surprisingly better than their lunches.

Lots of varieties, the grilled scallops are the best, they have clams in sake too.

[Review 727] Scenic Place for dining @ Amuse Bouche

Amuse Bouche 23/04/2010
灣仔軒尼詩道256號The Hennessy 22樓
22/F, The Hennessy, 256 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/scenic-place-for-food-e2078603

Amuse Bouche has nice scenic views on a clear day, situated on the 22nd floor of the renovated Hennessy Building.

It claims to serve French cuisine, opened by the chef from Petrus (Mandalay tells me).
For my lunch, I had:
-Soft potato gnocchi with parmesan cheese, foie gras sauce
-Braised free range chicken leg served with green peas and mushrooms

The food was ok, but I just felt that it wasn’t very Parisien, it was a fusion of upper end western food and Japanese food, such as Salmon and soy wasabi, lobster and salted egg yolk, it doesn’t sound very french to me! Compared to Petrus, I would say that they offer more French food there.

The gnocchi were piping hot and smooth with potato inside and slightly cheesy, which seemed more Italian, anyway, I think French gnocchi are not supposed to contain potato.

The chicken was very soft, and came off the bone easily. It was covered in gravy containing sliced asparagus, peas, and mushroom. Again the mushrooms made it Asian, because they were shiitake mushrooms.

For starters I had bread with butter, the texture of the butter was just right, it was spreadable, also there was Volvanic lava salt too. The Volvanic lava salt was black, and looked like flakes of charcoal crystals.

I like the fact that this place has a functioning website, and the menu can be found there too.
The service was ok, after the starters, the waitors would brush away the crumbs from the table.

For beverages, I felt the tea wasn’t hot when it was brought out.

[Review 726] Melty Cheese burger @ MoS burger

22/04/2010
旺角亞皆老街8號朗豪坊4A樓1號舖
Shop 01, Level 4A, Langham Place, 8 Argyle Street, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/melty-cheese-burger-e2078408

The cheese burger tasted as good as I expected, the splodge of cheese tasted like melted cheddar, however I felt that it couldn’t have been pure melted cheddar, because it didn’t harden like normal cheese when they cool down, also the texture was slightly floury.

The texture of the melty cheese is different to the melted cheese slices, it tastes more like real melted cheddar, also the texture is a bit like gooey mochi but so much softer. The good thing about this cheese is that it isn’t has heavy as real cheese and it doesn’t harden if you eat it slowly.

The product shot and real product differs quite a bit, the amount of cheese is relatively the same, however the burgandy sauce featured in the product shot is actually diced tomato.

The chicken nuggets here are quite good too, better than McDonalds, they are powdery on the outside, and slightly bigger than the ones at M’s.

[Review 725] Cream cheese and pineapple puff @ 山崎麵飽 Yamazaki Bakery

山崎麵飽 Yamazaki Bakery
20/04/2010
灣仔軒尼詩道338號北海中心地下D舖
Shop D, G/F, CNT Tower, No.338 Hennessy Road, Hong Kong, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/cream-cheese-and-pineapple-puff-e2077973

Got two pastries: custard cube and pineapple cheese puff

Custard cube:
Tastes like an ordinary pastry, except in a shape of a cube filled with custard inside.

Pineapple and cream cheese puff:
I wished they just made it into an apple turnover, the pineapple was nice, but overly moist, just not as good as apple!
The puff pastry was perfect, you could smell how buttery it was, and it was nice and flaky topped with melted crunchy sugar on top.
The pastry was filled with sweet cream cheese and pineapple, just felt it was ruined by the pineapple.
Just plain cream cheese or cheese with apple would have tasted good!