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[Review 944] Chips made of mushroom @ Absolute Burger

29/12/2010
Absolute Burger (已搬遷) 新店位置
銅鑼灣新會道6-10號京城大廈地庫
B1, Capital Building, 6-10 Sun Wui Road, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chips-made-of-mushroom-e2139618

When I saw Mushroom poutine, I just had to try it.

It is not fries with mushroom sauce, but actually huge chunks of mushroom cut into the shape of thick cut fries.

The mushroom fries come covered in gravy and cheese, the gravy tastes like bistro gravy, however I would not call it poutine because there should be far more gravy than a few drops which is such a joke.

The mushroom fries are not crunchy, but slightly crispy on the exterior with dense mushroom texture on the outside, the taste and texture is similar to mushrooms served for breakfast that are fried in golden oil.

Interestingly, there was a slight potato taste on the mushroom fries.

The service was quite good overall, and they offer you water, the staff were friendly.
For takeaway, they do not charge the 10%
The restaurant was slightly different to what I was expecting, because I thought it was going to be similar to Shake-em Buns, but it turned out to be a pub.

I really liked the gigantic beer glass!!

[Review 943] Over priced with hidden charges @ 潮家海鮮酒家

19/12/2010
潮家海鮮酒家
將軍澳唐俊街9號君薈坊1樓26-27號舖
Shop 26-27, 1/F, The Edge, 9 Tong Chun Street, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/over-priced-with-hidden-charges-e2139216

Went to some gathering, hence the location wasnt selected by me, and I didnt know what place we were going to eat, so I couldnt check on OpenRice for comments.

Arrived there pretty early and there were no waitors at the entrance, so we had to walk into the middle of the restaurant to ask for a table, and the waitress reluctantly gave us a table.

The waitors asked what tea we would like, so asked for the Jasmine, but they gave us Pu Erh. What a great start.

Ordered the set dinner which includes steamed prawns, chicken, soup, sugar snap peas and ostrich meat, fish and dessert.

As we were early and it was the winter solstice, they tried to get two rounds of tables by serving us the food fast.
However, we sat down at 5.55 and all the dishes arrived except for the fish at 6.15, so we finished all the dishes around 6.40.
There was a long gap between then and the last dish.

The amusing thing was that three different waitors came 5 minutes after each other to check if only the fish was to come.
It would have been amusing if I had filmed it, having three waitors ask the same question but no follow up.

What was worse, the tables that came after us got the fish first, while we were bored we started playing with the soy sauce and found a floating thing in it, so used a toothpick and found out it was a tiny insect, the worst thing was that we had already dipped the prawns in that sauce.

We told the waitors and the reaction was " oh yes" let me check it and pretended nothing happened.

After waiting an hour, the fish finally came, slightly undercooked because the fish stuck to the bone.

Food:
All tasted ok, one of the prawns was weird it had some white stuff on the head.
some stuck to the shell and were not fresh.
All the food was a bit under portioned.

THE SET DOES NOT INCLUDE RICE, AND THE MENU STATES THERE IS A 10% SERVICE CHARGE WHICH I EXPECTED, BUT IT DID NOT STATE CHARGES FOR THE PEANUTS N CHILI SAUCE.

AFTER THE MEAL, FOUND OUT THE NAME OF THE RESTAURANT AND SAW THAT THERE WERE ALOT OF NEGATIVE REVIEWS WHICH IS TRUE, HENCE OPENRICE IS A RELIABLE SOURCE!

[Review 942] Strawberry kisses @ MOS Burger

27/12/2010
MOS Burger
將軍澳唐俊街9號君薈坊地下33-34號舖
Shop 33-34, G/F, The Edge, 9 Tong Chun Street, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/strawberry-kisses-mos-e2138791

A fun wintery snack that I got from MOS burger for $39.9.

Usually, they are chocolate covered strawberries, but these are frozen strawberries that are filled with creamy white chocolate.

The whole packaging is very pretty, from the clear crystal shaped box to the crispy clear bag, both imported from Japan, and each strawberry is individually wrapped with a gold twist tie.

When I got box of strawberries, it contained an ice pack to keep the strawberries cold, I asked if they were to be eaten straight away or defrosted, and the guy said they are supposed to be eaten straight away.

Anyway, undid the cute gold twist ties and popped one of the strawberries in my mouth, and my mouth was numbed by the coldness of the strawberry. It was rock hard too@!

Slowly I could taste the strawberry and the sweet creamy filling.

Although it is recommended to eat them straight away, I let them thaw for a while and ate it to compare the taste.

It tasted much better slightly thawed, the texture of the strawberry was slightly slushy with the ice cold filling oozing out, and as it wasn't so frozen you can get a more impactful taste of the strawberry tartness and sweet white chocolate creamy taste.

Interesting variations of MOS products in Taiwan, Singapore and Japan.

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[Review 941] Silver needle noodles @ 漁民魚蛋王子

22/12/2010
漁民魚蛋王子
將軍澳坑口連理街114號舖
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/silver-needle-noodles-e2138054

The noodles were harder than I was expecting and not chewy at all.

The soup was quite thick, but after a while it went watery.
It was very spicy containing pickled chili vegetables and peanuts.

The other dish was fish patty in soup and it was strong in MSG.

[Review 940] Orange chocolate cake @ McCafe

22/12/2010

McCafe
中環港景街1號國際金融中心商場1樓1026-1028號舖
Shop 1026-1028, IFC Mall,No.1 Harbour View Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/orange-chocolate-cake-e2137974

Tried the new chocolate and orange cake, which was similar to the earlier orange and mousse version.

McDonald's orange and mousse cake.
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2041186

The cake tasted a bit like McVities Jaffa Cake and orange peel.
The cake is basically a hard coating of dark chocolate on the outside with layers of chocolate sponge and orange cream.

Jaffa Cakes are circular and have three layers: a sponge cake base, a layer of orange flavoured jelly and a coating of chocolate.

Overall, I preferred the orange and mousse version.

[Review 939] Better impression this time @ 椰林閣餐廳 Yeh Lam Kok Restaurant

19/12/2010

椰林閣餐廳 Yeh Lam Kok Restaurant
將軍澳唐德街9號將軍澳中心117號舖
Shop 117, Park Central, 9 Tong Tak Street, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/better-impression-this-time-e2137187

I first came across YLK at Mong Kok, but the food was crap, it was like the Chinese version of Western dishes, so I never came back.

The YLK at TKO seemed OK, so tried it, and the food was nicer than MK, although the rice varies.

Ordered the beef steak with fries, and pork knuckle with rice.

The bread came first, which is the usual chinese sweet bread with butter (yuck).

The steak and fries was surprisingly good, similar to Steak Expert, the pork knuckle was a bit disspointing, the skin was sticky and the meat was tasteless, but the rice was gorgeous, however on my second visit, the rice disappointed me because it had bacon in it.

YLK is quite interesting because it has an English website, also the Christmas menu sounds good and they serve the portabello mushroom.

[Review 938] 95% flour fish siu mai @ 金牌麵家

17/12/2010

金牌麵家
將軍澳唐德街9號將軍澳中心1樓美食廣場
1/F, Food Court, Park Central, 9 Tong Tak Street, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/95-flour-fish-siu-mai-e2136898

This was my "original review" that I submitted.
$5 for 5 fish siu mai, it tasted totally awful, most of it was flour, and not much fish and very dry.

was suggested by OR to add more contents into the review
請加入更多有關食物的味道或賣相等的描述，或其他內容，例如服務﹑環境等

味道
tasted totally awful, most of it was flour, and not much fish and very dry
其他內容
$5 for 5 fish siu mai
服務
It is a food court, so I just ordered and paid $5 and they gave me the food.
環境
Food court.