[Review 1035] HK style Saucy garlic roast chicken @ 肯德基家鄉雞 (KFC) Kentucky Fried Chicken

28/03/2011
肯德基家鄉雞 (KFC) Kentucky Fried Chicken
尖沙咀金馬倫道2-4號地下及1樓A舖
G/F & Shop A, 1/F, 2-4 Cameron Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/hk-style-saucy-garlic-roast-chicken-kfc-e2158016

Tried the saucy garlic roasted chicken, which was part of the KFC HK style series.
Overall, the roasted chicken tasted ok, but there was not as much sauce and garlic as shown on the product picture.
It tasted like the flava crava roasted chicken and also the grilled honey chicken wings.
Out of the KFC HK series, the tomato and chicken baked rice was the best.

RELATED REVIEWS:

Saucy garlic chicken soft roll:
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2158019

Tomato and chicken baked rice:
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2158015

[Review 1034] KFC HK style Tomato and Chicken baked rice @ 肯德基家鄉雞 (KFC) Kentucky Fried Chicken

28/03/2011

肯德基家鄉雞 (KFC) Kentucky Fried Chicken
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心2期2樓2057-2059號舖
Shop 2057-59, 2/F, MCP Central, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/kfc-hk-style-tomato-and-chicken-baked-rice-e2158015

I never was a fan of baked rice at KFC, but this one really surprised me.

The ones that I have had at KFC were the usual mushroom rice and chicken a la king, they just tasted like airplane meals, the rice would be too soft, and for the mushroom rice, it was just strongly flavoured with black pepper and served with canned mushrooms.

The chicken a la king tasted slightly better, but it tasted like frozen ready meals.

Anyway, this time I tried the Tomato and Chicken baked rice. IT WAS AMAZING!!

I would never order baked rice from Chinese Cafes because I hate the bed of egg fried rice beneath it.
I find the egg fried rice rather sickening, especially since the rice is stir fried and then baked.
The baked rice at Chinese cafes usually has cheese on top which makes it weird, not Chinesey or Western.

Back to the KFC baked rice:

The portion was quite big, presented in a foil dish, and the tomato sauce was thick and rich containing tomatoes, pineapples, and a de-boned chicken thigh filet.

The sauce was generous; I had sufficient sauce throughout to last till the last spoonful of rice. The tomato sauce was rich and heavy, it was perhaps slightly too strong, but it tasted good, the rice matched very well, it was not too soft like their usual rice dishes.
Although the bed of rice tried to be egg fried rice like the chinesey cafes, it was actually pieces of egg mixed in with the rice, which I felt the rice was very healthy and not oily.

Interestingly, the garlic chicken, which is on promotion, is meant to be the Chinesey style, but I felt that this baked rice was more Chinesy, and tasted the best out of them.

To finish the meal, I had a cup of tea from KFC, which was the Chinesey HK style tea. Although it is not my cup tea, in this case, it matched the Chinesey mood I got from the baked rice.
This is the first time I enjoyed a delicious baked rice, coming from KFC!!!!!!

IMPROVEMENTS:For improvement, I think the chicken should be sliced, because the cutlery at KFC is plastic and hard to use.

Out of the KFC HK style series the baked rice was the best.

RELATED REVIEWS- KFC HK style series:

Saucy garlic chicken soft roll:
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2158019

Saucy garlic roasted chicken:
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2158016

[Review 1033] Yellow curry vermicelli @ 泰妃雞 Thai

26/03/2011 泰妃雞 Thai
灣仔三角街3號地下
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/yellow-curry-vermicelli-e2157999

I felt that this Thai joint was interesting, especially the pricing, you could say it was expensive because the usual dishes such as sliced chicken with rice, pork knuckle and rice cost around $43.
In most places it costs around $30-$40 including a soup and drink.

Anyway, on their menu for slightly more at $50+ they were serving fish maw thick soup and stir-fried fish maw.
I think on my next visit, these are worth trying rather than the ordinary dishes.

The pork knuckle and rice was ok, and the Yellow curry vermicelli which I thought was interesting was just plain Singapore fried vermicelli, but slightly sweeter being yellow curry.

[Review 1032] The curry is always sold out @ 華南粉麵茶餐廳 Wah Lam Noodle Restaurant

26/03/2011

華南粉麵茶餐廳 Wah Lam Noodle Restaurant
灣仔譚臣道5-11號地下
G/F & 1/F, 5-11 Thomson Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/popularly-sold-out-e2157727

Went here to try their curry, but it was sold out.
Then tried to order other items and it was sold out too!
In the end, had instant noodles with beef.
The beef was rather expensive and its the typical food you get from noodle stalls in HK.
Anyway, I can't really make a fair comment until I try the noodles in curry sauce.

[Review 1031] Fung Shing confusion at the cross boundary @ 鳳城新鴻苑 Fung Shing Sun Hung Yuen

25/03/2011
鳳城新鴻苑  Fung Shing Sun Hung Yuen
灣仔交加街18號地下 18 Cross St,, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/fung-shing-confusion-at-the-cross-boundary-e2157648

It makes me curious whether 鳳城小食 and 鳳城新鴻苑 are owned by the same owner, the shops are a few doors away from each other and the names both have Fung Shing to begin with.
The reviews from the two restaurants appear to be mixed up, some that belong in the other one are in this one and some that belong in the other one appear in this one.
Anyway 鳳城小食 serves mainly snacks such as instant noodles, pork chops, and hot dogs, while 鳳城新鴻苑 serves Fung Shing dumplings and noodles.
I ordered the signature Fung Shing dumplings and fish skin dumplings.
The Fung Shing dumplings were nice, they seem to be a prawnier version of wonton with less meat and more prawns and some black fungus.
The shape is slightly longer not like the round wontons.
The fish skin wrapped dumplings were slightly too oily, but if they were deep fried, it would probably taste nicer.
Instead of noodles they offer macaroni which is cool, I've never had macaroni with the traditional wontons!!

[Review 1030] Tea Buffet @ cafe TOO

23/03/2011

cafe TOO
金鐘金鐘道88號太古廣場二座港島香格里拉酒店7樓
7/F, Island Shangri-La Hong Kong, Two Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/cafe-too-tea-buffet-e2157265

I was looking forward to the buffet at Café TOO, but it turned out to be a disappointment.
It seems that the Brunch and Dinner sessions had a better variety according to the reviews.
Quite a number of dishes were not labelled, so unless they were blatantly obvious or you are a local from HK, you wouldn’t know what they were.
The dim-sum was quite nice, and the fruit salad was the best, it was finely chopped pineapples, sweet strawberries, melons in orange juice.
The appetiser crystal noodle in sesame sauce was interesting, because the crystal noodles were thinner than the usual types.
In the hot section, there were some delicious things looking like green larvae, made of flour and green vegetables, but again they were not labelled.
The dessert section didn’t do very well, they were not very popular with the diners, and no one really took them.
There was some taro paste thing, which was pretty, but tasted too sweet, the red discs on it were Hawthorn cakes.
The chocolate éclair, which I thought was good, was a bit too sickly, the chocolate cream inside was a bit too sweet.

[Review 1029] 500th Ajisen Ramen store in the mainland @ 味千拉麵 Ajisen Ramen

23/03/2011
味千拉麵 Ajisen Ramen
銅鑼灣駱克道508號地舖
G/F, 508 Lockhart Road, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/500th-ajisen-ramen-store-in-the-mainland-e2157264

Ajisen Ramen celebrates its 500th store in Japan, so there is some sort of promotion going on.

Tried the new products: Volcanic spicy noodles: and the Grilled minced chicken with cheese:.
Volcanic spicy noodles:
The noodles were paler than the product shot.
On the menu it was rated not so spicy, and the taste was Ok, not that spicy.
The pork turned out to be more delicious than they looked.
It reminds me of the braised pork belly in beancurd sauce, however the taste was that of “mouth watering chicken” [hau shui gaai].
The chilli they used was exactly the same as the “mouth watering one” leaving a minty feeling on the tongue.
The noodles were too sweet and the other flavouring could have been stronger.

Grilled minced chicken with cheese:
This tasted like the grilled minced chicken at Yoshinoya, but they were made of patties and two of them skewered on the stick with cheese on top.
There were some vegetables present in the minced chicken.
Overall, it tasted OK