[Review 982] Flattering McWings platter @ 麥當勞 McDonald's

12/02/2011
麥當勞 McDonald's
黃大仙正德街103號黃大仙中心南館1樓123號舖
Shop 123, 1/F, Temple Mall South, 103 Ching Tak Street, Wong Tai Sin
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/flattering-mcwings-platter-e2149092

Tried the chicken wing platter a la carte for $24.4.

It contains six chicken wings: Original McWings, BBQ Wings, and the new Honey and Lemon wings. ( 2 pieces of each flavour)

The Original McWings are just the normal fried chicken wings on the McDs menu and the BBQ wings have been recently been introduced before along with Grilled salt and pepper wings.

Previous review on BBQ wings:
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2113086
I previously mentioned that they didnt have Lemon flavouring, now they have it finally.

The taste of the honey lemon wings was quite nice, the honey was not sticky and not too sweet, and the lemon was not the refreshing lemon flavour but slightly bitter, like lemon zest.

Apart from that, the packaging for the chicken platter was good, the wings were well separated, so the flavours did not get mixed up.
The fried wings were in the middle compartment, and the darker ones were BBQ and the other one was Lemon and Honey.

[Review 981] Daily special of that day, sharkfins soup @ 正村壽司 Masamura

09/02/2011
正村壽司 Masamura
灣仔莊士敦道181號大有廣場2樓218號店舖
Shop 218, 2/F, Tai Yau Plaza, 181 Johnston Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/daily-special-of-that-day-sharkfins-soup-e2148521

Been here numerous times, in general the food is always good.
They will feature specials every day which is not on the menu.
The special for the day was sharks fin soup at $28, before they had grilled "octopus suction cups" which was surprisingly very good, so I didn't hesitate to try the sharks fin soup.
It was slightly disappointing though because the soup for the sharks fin was very sweet rather than savoury.
As well as that ordered Japanese rice cake, which tasted like sweet potato cakes those made by villagers in HK.

[Review 980] All chinese 'chinese new year' menu @ 意粉屋 The Spaghetti House

09/02/2011
意粉屋 The Spaghetti House
將軍澳坑口重華路8號東港城160舖
Shop 160, East Point City, 8 Chung Wa Road, Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan Ohttps://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/all-chinese-chinese-new-year-menu-e2148518

The interior of this Spaghetti house looked good, so went in for dinner.
However the promoted Chinese New Year menu was all in Chinese and put me off that I didn't even want to look at it.
Ended up ordering the sets which included asparagus soup, lasagne and rice.
The asparagus soup was very good, it contained fresh asparagus and the taste was as good as Bachelor's instant asparagus soup.
The rest of the food tasted how it should.
It would be great if there was an English menu for the seasonal set dinners!

[Review 979] YLK's a la carte items @ 椰林閣餐廳 Yeh Lam Kok Restaurant

09/02/2011
椰林閣餐廳 Yeh Lam Kok Restaurant
尖沙咀厚福街49號地下
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/ylks-a-la-carte-items-e2148474

Decided to try their a la carte items as well as the mains, tried the pumpkin and crab soup which was surprisingly nice.

In general pumpkin soup always tastes good if done nicely not with added sweeteners as the Chinese like it, it contained plenty of crabmeat.

The cheese and ham toasted sandwich was also good, but it looked different to the product shot.

[Review 978] Herbal tea replaced by Taiwanese tea @ CoCo都可茶飲 CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice

28/01/2011
CoCo都可茶飲  CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice
灣仔軒尼詩道84號地下
G/F, 84 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/herbal-tea-replaced-by-taiwanese-tea-e2148374

Previously this corner shop used to serve herbal teas and herbal eggs.
No one can escape that herbal concoction smell when you walk past.
The unnoticeable grim corner has been replaced by Coco Fresh drinks, unmissable being bright orange.
Before it opened, it stood out already but I couldn’t quite guess whether it was drinks or a froyo joint.
Finally Coco opened, so I came during its first few days of business and there was a promotion going on.
For every cup of Taiwanese tea with pearls you get a free green tea with cream on top, essentially buy one get one free.
The Taiwanese tea was only $13 so I paid $13 for two big cups of drinks at 500cc.
There were staffs from Taiwan to train the locals and a big sign promoting their current offers.
The pearl tea was ok, not too sweet, but then all Taiwanese drinks can be personalised these days with the level of sweetness and the amount of ice you want.
The green tea with the milk cap tasted ok too, except the cream was not as thick as Gong Cha, it was more like foamy milk.
The design printed on the cup is interesting, instead of volume markings, it has a Taipei building with various heights representing different volumes, although it is meaningless ie ABCD’s.
I was also surprised that they have a branch in New York too! People holding drinks with the Taipei tower printed on the cup in the big apple!

[Review 977] McDonald quality fries @ 東京便當 Tokyo Bento

02/02/2011
東京便當 Tokyo Bento
將軍澳坑口培成路15號連理街商場110B號舖
Shop 110B, The Lane Shopping Centre, 1/F, 15 Pui Shing Road, Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/mcdonald-quality-fries-e2148053

The bento boxes were Ok, but this time I tried the fries, which is slightly unusual to find in a Bento place, there was fried chicken a few shops away with fries, but I picked these fries because they are sprinkled with Perilla (Ji-So in Chinese) and these are the fries you get at McD’s.

Initially I thought they were sprinkled with seaweed, but they turned out to be Perilla (Ji-So). I have never tried it before, but in Asian cuisine they use a lot of it.

When I looked it up, it seems that Basil is also called Ji-So in Chinese, but Ji-So doesn’t taste like Basil.
Basil is mostly used in Italian dishes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perilla

The picture of Perilla is like a nettle leaf, and the reason for confusion is that Basil is Lor Lack in Chinese, and the Perilla is also called Japanese Basil, hence when I looked for Perilla, results of Basil also turned up.

Anyway, the fries were nicely fried, golden yellow and not over done, they were seasoned reasonably with salt, however I could not taste the Perilla despite there was quite a fair amount on the fries.

[Review 976] Why is it temporarily not on the menu!! 我這篇不是食評! @ 正宗上海生煎皇 King of Sheng Jian

26/01/2011
正宗上海生煎皇 King of Sheng Jian
旺角西洋菜南街178-182號捷利大廈地下A舖
Shop A, G/F, Chip Lee Building, 178-182 Sai Yeung Choi Street, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/why-is-it-temporarily-not-on-the-menu-%E6%88%91%E9%80%99%E7%AF%87%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E9%A3%9F%E8%A9%95-e2146861

Why is it temporarily not on the menu!! 我這篇不是食評!
Came all the way for the massive dumpling filled with soup (三骨大湯飽) that is drunk through a straw, but it was not available!!
Why has it been discontinued!!
三骨大湯飽!! 三骨大湯飽!!!
I want to try the 三骨大湯飽!!!