[Review 909] Super delicious crab paste noodles @ 河內越南餐廳 Pho Ha Noi

14/11/2010
河內越南餐廳 Pho Ha Noi
佐敦白加士街61號地下
G/F, 61 Parkes Street, Jordan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/super-delicious-crab-paste-noodles-e2130230

I was surprised that there were not many reviews on this place, but after seeing the photos of the noodles topped with red crab paste, I just had to have it.

Before going in, I asked if they had the crab paste noodles, and the waitress said yes, so I went in.
After I sat down, the waitress pointed out the crab noodles on the menu for me, it was right at the bottom of the list and easily missed.

It was a bright bowl of Vietnamese noodles, decorated with spring onions, onions, tomato and coriander.
The taste of the herbs was a bit too overpowering for my liking especially the coriander.

The crab paste was very aromatic, it looked a bit like boiled egg white strands.
The soup was savoury and full of crab flavour and slight hints of tomato, and the vietnamese noodles were the best I have had, because they were thin, similar to angel pasta, and soaks up more flavour.

[Review 908] The smallest Das Gute shop in Hong Kong @ Das Gute

14/11/2010

Das Gute
將軍澳唐德街1號將軍澳廣場AEON超級巿場
Aeon, Tseung Kwan O Plaza, 1 Tong Tak Street, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/the-smallest-das-gute-shop-in-hong-kong-e2130216

In Hong Kong, space is limited everywhere, this bakery has three cabinets inside with a walking space enough for one person!!!

Got three sweet items, apple lattice, blueberry custard danish and a pineapple puff.
The apple and blueberry danish tasted quite nice, the pineapple one wasnt that nice, the pineapple was a bit too moist and made the pastry soggy.
The blueberry custard was protected by a clear sheet of plastic, cleverly stuck to the four corners of the pastry by a white dot of icing.

[Review 907] Perfect friday lunch for the homesick British @ Devil's Advocate

14/11/2010

Devil's Advocate 
灣仔駱克道48-50號地下E及F號舖
Shop E-F, G/F, 48-50 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/perfect-friday-lunch-for-the-homesick-british-e2130209

I have noticed quite a few times that they do Fish and Chips on a friday with mushy peas with pea and ham soup, yummy!!

Went on a Friday, when people usually go out for lunch before they breakup for the weekends, sadly not the case in HK.

Despite the restaurant was 80% full, the staff were very efficient at taking orders, serving the food, and the food arrived accordingly without any delayed waits.

For the starters ordered waldorf salad, pea and ham soup, and for the lunch, had fish and chips, chicken ala king.
Dessert and drinks were included, and there was no service charge at all!!

Starters:
Waldorf salad, this was a mix of lettuce, apple and celery, however I couldnt see any walnuts, it tasted ok, and the sauce had a slight hint of banana in it.
Pea and ham soup, this was nice and green in colour with lots of ham pieces lurking at the bottom of the bowl.
Bread, lovely bread that came with ANCHOR salted butter.

Fish and chips:
the fish was coated in breadcrumbs, a bit like fish fingers, it was quite a big piece of fish, the mushy pea's were gorgeous, thick and mushy with a few whole pieces of pea.
I would have preferred the chips not to be that crunchy, but otherwise it was terrific, especially sprinkling lots of sarsons vinegar and salt.

Chicken a la King:
This was also delicious containing chicken, peas, green peppers, I would have liked more sauce too,
I dont know why, but it felt a bit chinesey the way it was cooked.

Dessert:
This was also terrific, moist chocolate cake with extremely smooth velvety chocolate on top.

Overall it was perfect from starter to dessert, the music was slightly too loud, but acceptable for a friday.

[Review 906] My new insight into soft-serve ice-creams @ 菓匠茶屋 Kasho Chaya

13/11/2010
菓匠茶屋 Kasho Chaya (Sweets House Cha Cha)
銅鑼灣勿地臣街1號時代廣場B1樓 cookedDeli by city'super
cookedDeli by city'super, B1/F, Times Square, 1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/my-new-insight-into-soft-serve-ice-creams-e2130149

Amazing soft serve ice-cream

In England, soft-serve ice-cream is everywhere, especially in the seaside towns, there are lots of ice-cream vans.
It is usually served on a wafer cone with a chocolate flake.
Apart from ice-cream vans, McD’s has them too, but I never liked soft-serve, because the taste lacked vanilla and it was too milky.

I was expecting myself not to like the soft-serve here, I only ordered it because I felt like something sweet and I didn’t feel like froyo.

I picked number 9 because I don’t like green tea ice-cream, red beans, I just wanted to try the plain hokkaido milk ice-cream. It also came with green tea jelly and japanese mochi.

The portion was rather big, the japanese mochi and green tea jelly were put on the bottom of the cup, and the ice-cream on top.
The colour of it was white and smooth, the icy particles were not visible.
The ice-cream looked very thick, it reminded me of toothpaste!!

I tried my first spoon of it, and I was amazed, the taste was totally different to the McDs soft-serve and the ones in UK, it was truly creamy and not the milky type.
The ice-cream was very dense and thick, yet very airy, with fine air bubbles infused inside.
It was very interesting, because it was like cold thick mousse.

The green tea jelly was really good too, it was a mixture of kanten jelly and agar texture.
The Japanese mochi wasn’t that nice, I thought the size was too big, I would have preferred mini ones.

[Review 905] Not worth trying @ 味吉拉麵館 Mikichi

14/11/2010

味吉拉麵館 Mikichi
將軍澳唐德街1號將軍澳廣場AEON超級巿場3號舖
Shop 3, Aeon, Tseung Kwan O Plaza, 1 Tong Tak Street, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/not-worth-trying-e2129970

The restaurant is situated along the others at Jusco, this one offers quite spacious seating inside, and modern Japanese interior.

Ordered the udon and buckwheat noodles to try, the udon is thinner than the usual Japanese ones, the beef and sauce was nothing extraordinary, same with the buckwheat noodles, the soup base reeked of oil.
The tempura was even worse, it was overly greasy and sickly.

The minced garlic in the jar was foul, I think it had gone off too.

The only good point I found was the bowl for the noodles was hot, so it kept the noodle warm all the way through and only the smoked egg tasted nice.

[Review 904] Rainbow noodles are the deal @ 同心泰國菜館 Ruamjai Thai Restaurant

12/11/2010
同心泰國菜館 Ruamjai Thai Restaurant
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/rainbow-noodles-are-the-deal-e2129740

Compared to Cheong Fat, this restaurant is big business, they have their own personalised bowls and plates.
The signature dish here is the grilled fish with exotics sauces, but I was not here to try that today, I was here to try the noodles to compare it with Cheong Fat noodles, ordered duck noodles, rainbow noodles and braised pig’s trotter with rice.
Duck noodles:Very bland and the duck meat wasn’t as nice as Cheong Fat.
Rainbows noodles:This was a winner, strong soup with rich red beancurd flavour.
Pig’s trotter:Tasted like duck, but it didn’t give me any surprises.

[Review 903] Parisien delights @ 麥當勞 McDonald's

12/11/2010

麥當勞 McDonald's
灣仔港灣道30號新鴻基中心地下G1號舖
Shop G1, Sun Hung Kai Centre, 30 Harbour Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/parisien-delights-e2129737

While watching the beginning of the McD's commercial, the music was such a big give-away that the new burger theme was going to be a French one, then a girl appears wearing black and white stripes an iconic image of France.

Having been to France, the McD’s there do not serve any burgers like that, however they have a CROQUE McDo, which is like a Croque Monsieur in burger form with ham and emmental cheese.

The McD’s in Italy however serves a burger similar to that.

I just felt that McD’s new French Le Grande burger is more Italian, the bread used is CIABIATTA is Italian, and the emmental cheese is from Switzerland according to Wiki, although France popularly serves it too.

SIZE:

Overall, the Ciabatta was very big, the beef patty inside it was as big as a Quarter pounder, but since the patty was round and the Ciabatta was rectangular, not all the beef patty was sandwiched in between the ciabatta.

TASTE:

Frankly it tasted like a Double Cheese quarter pounder, and the cheddar cheese was far stronger than the Emmental, so I couldn’t taste the emmental cheese.

The garnishing was a good match of onions, tomato and cheese.

After finishing the burger and washing my hands, there was still a strong smell of beef on my hands from the beef oils!!