[Review 920] Starbucks 2010 Christmas cake series part 2 @ 星巴克咖啡 Starbucks Coffee

26/11/2010
星巴克咖啡 Starbucks Coffee
灣仔軒尼詩道314-324號 W Square 地下A舖
Shop A, G/F, W Square, 314-324 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/starbucks-2010-christmas-cake-series-part-2-e2132547

White Christmas cake

This was a round cake, dusted with coconut, it was pure white and quite Christmassy.
If it was shaped like a snowball, even better!

The mousse surrounding it was white chocolate flavoured, and inside there were berries, initially I was alarmed because they looked like red beans, but they were berries in the end.

Overall, the proportion of mousse, berries and cake could have been better, there was too much mousse in comparison to the cake.
The sweet berry filling was ok.

Starbucks 2010 Christmas cake series part 1
Cranberry chocolate cake
https://supersupergirl-openrice.blogspot.com/2020/04/review-912-starbucks-2010-christmas.html

[Review 919] Another good place serving fresh sushi @ 和花亭壽司 Nagoyaka Tei

24/11/2010
和花亭壽司 Nagoyaka Tei
將軍澳重華路8號東港城1樓113號舖
Shop 113, 1/F, East Point City, 8 Chung Wa Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/fresh-and-yummy-sushi-e2132243
Another good place serving fresh sushi.

Basically they have gunkans, sushi, rolls and every now and then, they will broadcast a daily special at a promoted price, the way you order is quite amusing, as if you were bidding for something.

Ordered the grilled sushi, which come with various salts such as curry, grapefruit etc.

The soba was also good, no flouryness in the taste.

Squid urchin/crab meat n paste gunkan

 Six treasures

 Grilled salmon sushi with curry salt

 grilled beef sushi

 Buckwheat noodles:

 Grilled beef hand roll

 Miso crab soup

 salmon roe n urchin gunkan

[Review 918] Ultimate fried chicken in cheung chau @ 正生樂滿堂 Joyful Palace

21/11/2010
正生樂滿堂 Joyful Palace
長洲大新海傍路117號地下
G/F, 117 Tai San Praya Street, Cheung Chau
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/ultimate-fried-chicken-cheung-chau-e2131664

It may sound extreme to go all the way to the Cheung Chau island for fried chicken, but it was truly worth it.

It was my first stop for food, the cosy restaurant seats about 16 people.

The tables have a display compartment beneath the glass, exhibiting watches and other items.

Luckily they had an English menu for westerners.
So ordered fried chicken with rice, and fried chicken with mini potato has browns.

The prices were such a good deal, the above items including drinks came to $43.
A single piece of fried chicken only costs $8, which is cheaper than KFC and tastes far better than KFC.
The drinks that come with the meal are coffee, HK style tea or soft drinks, it was not stated on the menu that it was the glass bottles of coke, or I would have definately had that.
I felt that it should be stated on the menu that it is bottled coke, because it gives it that wow factor,
especially they serve the best fried chicken, and the meal also includes a glass bottle coke!!

When the chicken and rice came, the presentation reminded me of Jolibee's, and the hash browns reminded me of the breakfast ones at Burgerking.
Overall I felt the rice set tasted better, the rice tasted like the rice with chicken oil served with hainan chicken, and it was covered in yummy sauce, although it was mushroom sauce there was not much mushrooms, but it was creamy and the rice was nice and soft.

The chicken was so good, the coating was so crispy and wasnt oily at all.
It reminded me of the chicken at the Green waffle diner, except the chicken here is smaller in size, and it actually has flavour.
After finishing it off, I didnt feel thirsty as you do with KFC or other fried chickens!!

I will definately come here again and also try the chicken wings.

[Review 917] Massive fish balls at Cheung Chau @ 時來食坊 Welcome Food Court

21/11/2010
時來食坊 Welcome Food Court
長洲新興後街150號地下
G/F, 150 San Hing Back Street, Cheung Chau
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/massive-fish-balls-cheung-chau-e2131574

These fish balls are roughly the size of golf balls.
Tried the spicy version, and only the outside of the fishball was hot.
The shape of it is not exactly perfectly round, bit like a fat round droplet.
As for the taste, it tasted of cuttlefish and fish, but it didnt taste that fresh.

[Review 916] Just to see it visually! @cheung chau @ 天然甜品 Tin Yin Dessert

21/11/2010
天然甜品 Tin Yin Dessert
長洲大興堤路9號海景樓C座地舖
G/F, 9 Tai Hing Tai Road, Cheung Chau
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/just-to-see-it-visually-cheung-chau-e2131571

I dislike chinese desserts, but I only came here for the transparent mango dumplings.
I didnt expect to like it, but from the photos, they looked like marbles, so I just had to see it for myself.

The desserts there are quite natrual as its shop name suggests, the fruit is just fruit served in the bowl, and the syrup/sugar is optional for you to add.
Although the transparent dumplings were slightly too sweet, and it was too chewy, I would have prefer that texture similar to agar jelly (dye choi go).

[Review 915] Crunchy tofu with prawn patty @ cheung chau @ 甘永泰魚蛋

21/11/2010
甘永泰魚蛋  營業中
長洲新興街106號地下
G/F, 106 San Hing Street, Cheung Chau
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/crunchy-tofu-with-prawn-patty-cheung-chau-e2131569

Again, saw pictures of this crunchy tofu and the lovely white filling inside, I just had to try it.
The filling inside is grounded de-gutted prawn, hence it is spotless.
The exterior of it, looks similar to smelly tofu, and the surface is very interesting, a bit like loofah/bamboo pith.
This texture is done by cutting the tofu puffs and turning it inside out, putting the grounded prawn paste inside, placing them on the skewers and then deep fried.
There were alot of reviews that said it was tasteless, but as I didnt eat anything with strong taste before, it tasted really nice.
The outside is extremely crunchy, then when you bite into the part near the prawn, it is slightly chewy, and the into the prawn patty which is then softer.
It costs $10 per stick, and they wrap a tissue around it, my fingers were kept nice and clean, the tofu was not greasy at all.
I think without sauce, it tastes good, but if there was lemon or vinegar to put on it, it would taste much nicer.

[Review 914] Classroom desserts @ TKO @ 嚐糖

18/11/2010 嚐糖
將軍澳寶盈花園商場地下S1B舖
Shop S1B, G/F, Bauhinia Garden Commercial Complex, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/classroom-desserts-tko-e2130912

As well as this dessert house that is furbished like a classroom, there is also one in Sheung Wan called Sweet Classroom.
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/reviews.htm?shopid=31815
I have always wanted to go to the one in Sheung Wan, but its too far, but I do intend to try it as they serve mostly western desserts and souffles.
I have a feeling that Sweet Classroom opened before this one opened.
The classroom at Sheung Wan is much bigger.
Anyway, I have decided to give this one a try and compare it with Sweet Classroom later. The menu design is similar to Sweet Classroom, it is one of those school exercise books.

This little dessert shop is located at the end of some dark street in TKO, passing some restaurants, mechanics to get to it.
When you finally get there, the place is quite tiny, there are about 5 school tables inside, sitting approximately 10 people.
Although it is a tiny shop, the decoration inside was quite nice, I couldnt help taking pictures, although not all are posted here.

For the dessert range, it is mostly the usual Chinese range and Bird's nest dessert, so I picked the papaya served with young coconut agar jelly, and the durian with agar jelly, but the owner said both had the same jelly, even though one says coconut agar jelly, and the other one is just plain agar jelly.
In the end, I just picked the Durian because I don't eat Papaya anyway.
When it came, it was durian meat served in the middle with pieces of young coconut agar jelly squares placed around it.

I ate the durian and the agar jelly separately, and I do not advise to eat them together, because you cant really taste what the agar jelly tastes like.
Anyway, the durian was just durian, so there was nothing much to write about that, but the agar jelly was really nice, it was made of young coconut juice, and not too sweet, so it was quite fragrant, and it had pieces of young coconut in it.
Now looking forward to SWEET CLASSROOM @ Sheung Wan, souffle and apple crumble, here I come!!