[Review 913] NipponXOrientalXNoodles @ 博多珍寶麵館

18/11/2010

博多珍寶麵館
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/nipponxorientalxnoodles-e2130869











Before dining here, it was clueless to tell what cuisine they did, the interior was very Oriental, and the dishes were similar to Shanghai food.
However when you sit down, it turns out to be Japanese food in Chinese style.
It is very interesting, most of their noodles are Ramen but cooked in Chinese style, ranging from Shanghai style dan dan noodles, to spicy beancurd meat noodles (ma pore doa fu), to chow mein, the crispy noodles just like the chinese style!!
The concept of crispy ramen noodles sounds interesting, but for the Chinese crispy noodles, I do not like them, so I wouldnt expect myself to like the Japanese style.
As well as noodles, they did Chinese stylemain dishes such as stir fried eggs with prawns, liver with chives, sweet and sour etc.
There were three noodles that I thought were worth trying: stir fried noodles, dan dan noodles with black sesame, and the beancurd meat noodles.


Pork stir fried grilled salt noodles:
It is unusual for ramen to be stir fried, but it was quite nice, although the oil was a bit too strong, there was lots of julienne vegetables in it, and tonnes of grounded fresh black peppar.

Black sesame dan dan noodles

This was the best, it was ramen in dan dan broth, with thick black sesame paste, topped with spicy minced meat on top and lot of spring onions.
The black sesame made the soup slightly thick, the flavours for this soup was quite intense, gritty black sesame, and slightly spicy minced meat.
It was strange, that the soup was slightly sour, but I tried it twice, and it seems to be sour.


Beancurd meat noodles:
If your a lover of beancurd and spicy meat (ma pore doa fu), this is worth trying, because it has thick soup with beancurds and spicy minced meat.



Almond tofu:
To round it up, dessert was good, it was almond pudding, the best almond pudding I have tried, because I do not like almond, and the pudding basically has no almond taste which is great for me.
It was so smooth, and not too sweet, basically it tasted like a milk pudding.
The only negative point about this place are some of the carriage seats, the gap between the table and chair is so small, it is so hard getting in and out!!
The gap to get in and out of is smaller than the length of an adult shoe!

[Review 912] Starbucks 2010 Christmas series part 1 @ 星巴克咖啡 (灣仔) Starbucks Coffee

17/11/2010

星巴克咖啡 (灣仔) Starbucks Coffee
灣仔港灣道30號新鴻基中心地下G12-G13
Shop G12-G13, Sun Hung Kai Centre, 30 Harbour Road,, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/sbc-2010-christmas-series-part-1-e2130792


It's drawing near Christmas again, and Starbucks has started their Xmas cake series, this year's selection seems better than last year.
The series last year was rather heavy, consisting of cheesecakes, cream cakes etc.

This year, I was attracted to the Cranberry chocolate cake and the white chocolate coconut, cranberry danish, cranberry scone with icing.

For my first xmas cake at SB's I decided to try the cranberry chocolate cake, because it is a popular pick and usually sold out.

Cranberry chocolate cake:
The chocolate cake consists of a chocolate cake base with fluffy white cream on top, decorated with cranberry pieces and a raspberry on top.
The chocolate cake contains candied orange peel, but you can't really taste it.

[Review 911] The best noodles in Happy Valley @ 喜喜車仔麵 Happy Noodle

16/11/2010

喜喜車仔麵 Happy Noodle
跑馬地奕蔭街33號地舖
G/F, 33 Yik Yam Street, Happy Valley
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/the-best-noodles-in-happy-valley-e2130604





Before this restaurant opened, they used to be located next to Freshness burger, a tiny joint that only sits about 6 people.
It was my favourite noodle place, but as it was small, I didnt go there often.
Now that they have expanded, it is much more accessible and the seating is much more comfortable with air conditioning.
Basically, they offer the basic noodles in noodle bars, but the soup base is brilliant, especially the Laksa base and the Tom Yum Kung.
The Tomyumkung has been especially formulated that you cant taste that annoying Lemon grass, and it has a piece of lemon served with it.
The tomyum soup tastes very similar to MAMA instant noodles, with a sour taste.
The Laksa is also good too, the soup base isnt too hot, and it has a strong prawn base.
The toppings I chose were really good, especially the pork liver, it was cooked just right, and full of flavour.
As well as the food, the drinks were good, the lemon tea dosnt have that bitter taste to it, and the job's tears with lemon is very natrual that dosnt leave a weird taste after drinking it. It was very soothing, and not too sweet.
The interesting thing is, that job's tears with lemon is a Chinese version of the English barley and lemon drink.
The menu is very user friendly and it has ENGLISH, yay~!!
Apart from the soup noodles, I have also tried the chow mein, and it is also the best, it dosnt need additional sauces such as soy sauce, the chow mein is packed with ingredients from ham, spring onion, chinese red sausage, although it varies from visit to visit.
Even though it is slightly expensive, the food is delicious and clean.

[Review 910] Looks delicious, but was not fresh @ 元綠壽司 G. Sushi

14/11/2010

元綠壽司 G. Sushi
將軍澳唐德街9號將軍澳中心商場G28號舖
Shop No.28, Park Central Shopping Arcade, 9 Tong Tak Street, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/looks-delicious-but-was-unfresh-e2130338










The G Sushi branch here always has no queue compared to other branches, but overall when you search for G Sushi on Openrice, it has more negative reviews than positive.

I tried it without expectations that the food to be great, but I was not expecting below the standard, even though the prices were slightly lower than other places.

All in all, out of the 10 items ordered, only two were OK.

They all looked normal when they arrived, but none of them tasted fresh, the foie gras was unbelievable, it was hard and rubbery, the first time I have tasted foie gras in such a crap state.
The prawn in the hotpot had gone off to the point that it was mushy, and the head began to smell.
Luckily the prawn was overcooked, or there would have been serious food poisoning.
Steamed egg was so bland it needed soy sauce.

The salmon still has skin attached to it.

The only thing that was nice was the squid tempura, but the oil wasnt that fresh and the tiny fishes tasted nice.

[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.

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