[Review 1074] The world of cumin spices @ 青藏牛肉麵 Qinghai Beef Noodles

20/04/2011

青藏牛肉麵 Qinghai Beef Noodles
北角錦屏街41A號地舖
G/F, 41A Kam Ping Street, North Pointhttps://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/the-world-of-cumin-spices-e2163700

Whenever there is lamb, there is usually Cumin in it!
Apart from lamb, a lot of their other dishes served there contained cumin too.

I was really looking forward to the Cumin fried chicken wings, but they have discontinued it!
Picture of the cumin fried chicken I was looking forward to from 愛食's review:http://static3.openrice.com.hk/UserPhoto/photo/2/1SY/00CU0TC55A8DEB4D7CA69Am.jpg
This is different to the current chicken wings they serve, because the chicken is cut from one of the wing bones and turned inside out and fried.

In the end, I ordered the noodles in spring onion sauce, beef noodles, fried beancurd roll, and Osmanthus wine dumplings.


Noodles in spring onion sauce wiv dried prawns
It was very fragrant when it arrived, the smell of deep fried spring onions, and the dried prawns,
The dried prawns were slightly soft and chewy. Not as dehydrated as the dried shrimps.
The noodles were tasteless at first, it needed heavy and rigorous mixing with the sauce at the bottom.
The noodles were dense and clumped together, which was tiring to pick up with chopsticks.
Overall, this was very good, but my hands were very tired afterwards.

The soup had a layer film of oil on top, and the cumin was very strong.
Nothing spectacular about it.

This was a bigger version of the ones found in Chinese restaurants, it was flatter and bigger in size, and cut into four quarters, filled with the usual julienne carrots and black fungas.
Slightly too oily, but after the addition of vinegar and chilli, it was ok.

I have never tried this before, but it turned out to be OK, the Osmanthus flavouring was subtle.
I felt the smell was like flowered scented bath liquid or soap.
There were lots of cute flowers and the dumplings were slightly too soft for my liking.
The osmanthus soup was slightly thick and a little too sweet.

The spoon for the dessert was interesting, on the bottom side, it looks like an ordinary chinese spoon, and the top side, it is rounded.

The can of coke had a cute design, the bamboo pan that they used for the bill was interesting too, reminded me of those pans in the market selling vegetables and Vietnam.

[Review 1073] Best congee filled with goodies @ 鋒少甜品 Fung's Dessert

18/04/2011
鋒少甜品  Fung's Dessert
北角書局街7號地下
G/F, 7 Shu Kuk Street, North Point
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/best-congee-filled-with-goodies-e2163228
Oyster congee at Kau Kee was good, but congee here is amazing.

Review at kau kee:
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=1968176

The congee here has two items that contribute strongly to the taste in the congee, pork bone with meat still on, semi-dried oysters and dried vegetables.
The colour of the congee came from the dried vegetables, and the pork meat was fresh and well flavoured, the meat fibres were distinct and pink.

Apart from these ingredients, the congee was packed with other goodies, such as preserved egg and chicken gizzards.
It was 55% congee, and 45% of the other items such as oyster, pork etc.
The shop next door also serves Congee with the same ingredients, however I found that shop too chinesey and this shop looked friendlier and inviting.
The only downside were the brittle pork bones.

[Review 1072] Husband Roll @ 張財記蝦醬 Sun Kwong Cheung Choi Kee

18/04/2011
張財記蝦醬 Sun Kwong Cheung Choi Kee
大澳吉慶前街41號地下
G/F, 41 Kut Hing Street, Tai O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/husband-roll-e2163227

Havent got a clue why its called Husband roll, but maybe the way its called in chinese sounds similar to husband.

Prawn pork roll in chinese is pronounced Hah ju beng, and the Chinese way of pronoucing Husband is "Hah si Ban", so maybe they thought it was similar.

Anyway, the husband roll is basically a roti with pork, lettuce and prawn paste filling.

The roti is flaky and crispy on the outside.

The prawn paste wasnt salty at all.

However, if it was chicken instead of pork, I would have liked it more, as I find pork a bit too fatty, and the roti was slightly greasy.

[Review 1071] Orange squid / cuttlefish @ 大慶燒味飯店

18/04/2011

大慶燒味飯店
灣仔盧押道13號地舖
G/F, 13 Luard Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/orange-squid-e2163196

I usually complain that the food portions are not big enough, however the portions they sell here are big.
The rice and meat is generous and crammed into the box.
I ordered rice with red sausages and orange squid for $37 including a soup or soft drink.
The red sausages taste how it should, and the orange squid tasted nice, however I did'nt like the smell, because they were marinated with intestines at the same time, so they smelt of that.
The soy sauce which they normally put on the rice was luckily not oily or salty, because I forgot to tell them not to put it in.
As for service, the food was ready in a flash.

[Review 1070] A big piece of pumpkin but not smashing @ 特式三文治專門店 Deluxe Sandwiches Express

特式三文治專門店  Deluxe Sandwiches Express
灣仔盧押道9號地下
G/F, 9 Luard Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/a-big-piece-of-pumpkin-but-not-smashing-e2163026
Ordered the pasta with tomato and pumpkin sauce.
I was expecting the pumpkin to be cut to smaller pieces, but it was two massive pieces that took covered up the box.
The pumpkin still had its skin on!!

[Review 1069] Egg Tarts @ T & G bakery 天將麵包

18/04/2011
天將麵包
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心3期地下
G/F, MCP Discovery, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/egg-tarts-at-t-g-bakery-e2163010
Got some egg tarts, nothing spectacular, just tasted how they should.
Buttery crust, not the flaky type.

[Review 1068] Modernised Chinese tea joint @ Leaf Tea Boutique

18/04/2011
Leaf Tea Boutique
中環威靈頓街83號地下
G/F, 83 Wellington Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/modernised-chinese-tea-joint-e2163008

I am not a coffee person, but I do love tea, especially English Tea, Chinese tea is also nice as well.

My favourite is Jasmine, but I needed something to tone down my thirst from the noodles at Butao.

I chose "Phoenix tea" with a slight bitter taste, because with Jasmine, it just makes you drink more.

The shop was quite modernised with those Chinese drawers you find in Herbal medicine shops but with a lighter shade of wood.
There were jars of tea, so you could smell before you choose your drink.
They even sold macaroons.
The teas cost around $30 per cup, which is similar to the prices of cofffee at Starbucks and Pacific Coffee, there were magazines as well.
Although, there was quite a choice for tea, it was still not as comprehensive as the choice at J Marriot (Canton Tea Shop), although it costs more at JW at $65 per pot.
The tea selection was divided into Green, Black and Red.
For takeaway tea's, the cups look like the coffee ones at SB and PC which are very modern.
I drank my tea there, but was slightly disappointed by the teaware they used, it was so modern, but then I suppose they were used to match the environment.
I was looking forward to those mini teapots and tiny cups.
Overall, I really liked this shop as it gives me an alternative to drink tea instead of drinking tea at coffee shops and they have an English menu too.