[Review 738] Cheers to no alcohol! @ Freshness Burger

04/05/2010
Freshness Burger
尖沙咀廣東道3-27號海港城海運大廈2樓OT242號舖
Shop OT242, 2/F, Ocean Terminal, Harbour City, 3-27 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/cheers-to-no-alcohol-e2081322



Apart from burgers, the drink selection is also quite good, from the usual teas I found a non-alcoholic beer.

There were three flavours: apple, peach, hibiscus and original.

I got the original one just to see how it tastes naturally, it was surprisingly similar to the real beer without the alcoholic content, also it had that bitterness but more bitter than the real thing.
I was surprised it also had the frothy white foam like the real thing too.

I also ordered Lemon Tea too, which I found to be too sweet, with the addition of the Bavaria drink mixed to it, it tasted quite nice, the bitterness diluted with the sweetness of Lemon Tea.

Having visited the other Freshness burger stores, it seems that only the TST branch serves this drink.

[Review 737] The best of the BEST!~ @囍囍車仔麵 Happy Noodle

30/04/2010

囍囍車仔麵 Happy Noodle
跑馬地奕蔭街33號地下
G/F, 33 Yik Yam Street, Happy Valley
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/the-best-of-the-best-e2080541


The food and setting was clean.
Best Lemon tea:
Even though I rarely drink it, I will here!!
Best Laksa soup.
Best Tom Yum Kung soup:
Again I never have this, but here it doesn’t have that lemon grass taste and the onions matched the soup base very well. It basically tastes lemony, and the soup tastes just like Mama’s brand Tom yum instant noodles.
Best chow mein:
All the strands of noodles were evenly covered with flavour and colour, every mouthful was packed with ingredients such as red sausage, sesame.
Best liver:
Tastes even better than Trusty gourmet, cut to small pieces, there was so much in my bowl, I thought I was on the last piece, but I kept discovering more at the bottom of the bowl
Best menu:
Nice and clear, with ENGLISH too!

[Review 736] Amazing @ 金裝燉奶佬餐廳 Daniel's Restaurant

30/04/2010

金裝燉奶佬餐廳 Daniel's Restaurant
銅鑼灣景隆街24-26號地下
G/F, 24-26 Cannon Street, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/amazing-e2080224

I was very surprised with this dessert, it tasted so good I would have expected it from a dessert joint rather than a Chinese cafe.
Came across the restaurant in Wan Chai, but went to the CWB branch.

I ordered the Sawdust with milk and egg white pudding, there were 5 flavours: original, pudding, mango, red beans and apple.
Basically the pudding is topped with the flavour of your choice.
For my dessert I had the apple.

The apple topping was very very sweet, its appearance was stewed diced apple pieces in thick golden apple sauce, exactly the same as the filling in McDonalds apple pie minus the cinnamon flavouring.
I tried the pudding initially without the apple, it was smooth and silky and even better than the milk pudding at Yee Shun. The sawdust was finely grounded biscuit crumbs, which were crunchier than the normal sawdust served in other places.
The milk pudding was not overly creamy and didn’t leave a sour taste like other dairy items.
The decorative cream at the top was good too, smooth and creamy.

Firstly it was like eating milk crumble, then it felt like apple crumble.

It would be good if they had more layers of the sawdust in between the milk pudding, and it would be milk crumble and then by adding another layer of apple, it would become apple milk crumble! Wouldn’t that be fun!

Overall there is wide variety offered there. However some dishes are plainly weird!
Soft pork bone with clams (bit strange pork served with shellfish)
Imitation abalone and fatty beef slices (bit weird beef and abalone).

The restaurant was very noisy, as with all Chinese places.
Also the staffs product knowledge could have been improved, I asked about a noodle dish as I wanted to know which noodles were served, and they answered “ordinary” noodles which really explains it considering there are many types ie egg noodles, wonton noodles, etc.

[Review 735] Quick Chinese junk food @ 華樂園

30/04/2010

華樂園
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心2期2樓美味坊
2/F, MCP Central, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/quick-junk-food-e2080220

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Cheap, with various combinations and sauces such as fried chicken/pork chop with basic items such as luncheon egg and ham.
Curry sauce was very watery, it was good that it was watery, because the fried items was very dry.
The onion sauce tasted like the tomato sauce from Heinz baked beans.

[Review 734] Found eggshell 2 consec days in two diff shops! @ 百事吉餅店 Pak See Kut Cake Shop

30/04/2010
百事吉餅店 Pak See Kut Cake Shop
灣仔灣仔道67號地下
G/F, 67 Wan Chai Rd, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/found-eggshell-2-consec-days-in-two-diff-shops-e2080192


I saw this blueberry cake after I bought the chocolate forest roll from Sakurashima Bakery.
As mentioned previously the chocolate roll contained eggshell pieces, I didn’t take any pictures because I ate it whilst walking.

The blueberry cake looked more like cranberry, pink in colour.

The cake tasted ok, but as with all Chinese cakes, it was spoilt by the signature Chinese salted cream.

I would have preferred plain cream or simply slightly sweetened cream.
The texture of the cake was a bit flat, not light or springy at all.
Overall I liked the cake, but felt put off after finding eggshell.

Anyway I can't believe over two consecutive days, I found eggshells in my cake and from two totally different bakeries!!

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What are the chances of finding eggshell in a cake from shop 1, and then the next day finding eggshell in a cake from shop 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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[Review 733] Black forest roll @ 櫻島麵包餅店 Sakurashima Bakery

29/04/2010
櫻島麵包餅店 Sakurashima Bakery
灣仔灣仔道55號B地下
Shop B, G/F, 55 Wanchai Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/black-forest-roll-e2080041

Felt like something sweet, so just got a cheap $5 chocolate roll from this place, they also had the black forest cake at $6 which was very cheap, but considering I didn’t like the white chocolate shavings on top and they didn’t even have a box to put theses cakes unless you bought a dozen, I got the chocolate roll which was the same as the black forest cake.

The location is very annoying too, located near the butchers and fishmongers, it is a bit hard to carry delicate bakery amongst slow walking housewives and people with kids.

Anyway, the roll was big and cheap, the sponge was ok, not that chocolatey.
The cream inside was the usual fake stuff, embedded with diced blackcurrant jelly.
It tasted ok, but then there was this crunch and I realised it was pieces of egg shell.
So I suppose, I can confirm 100% it contained egg.

[Review 732] Shroom Shroom! @ Freshness Burger

29/04/2010

Freshness Burger
尖沙咀廣東道3-27號海港城海運大廈2樓OT242號舖
Shop OT242, 2/F, Ocean Terminal, Harbour City, 3-27 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/shroom-shroom-e2080040




Portabello mushrooms are rare here, so when I saw pictures of it I just had to get it.

As with all burgers at Freshness, all the salad vegetables are too big and chunky, they make up for at least two thirds of the burger.

I think if the onion had been finely diced, it would have tasted much better as a whole, also the tomato was cut too thickly too.

Anyway I removed the tomato, onion, and lettuce and just had the mushroom sandwiched between the burger.

The mushroom was skillfully grilled in that it wasn’t dripping with oil or juices when served.
Although it wasn’t dripping, it was still very juicy at consumption.
The balsamic vinegar and mayonnaise complimented it very well too. The texture of the mushroom was meaty and earthy.

The last time I had a Portobello mushroom was at the burger joint in sheung wan, it was awful, it had been soaked in vinegar.

It is good that they have a vegetarian range too, the tofu burger and mushroom burger both taste nice.
The burger was 90% similar to its product shot, however there was extra mayonnaise, the tofu burger was a bit different to its product shot.


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