[Review 1100] Strawberry tricolor @ 東海堂 Arome Bakery

04/05/2011

東海堂 Arome Bakery
灣仔告士打道5號稅務大樓地下2號店
Shop 2, G/F, Inland Revenue Tower, No. 5 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/strawberry-tricolor-arome-cake-shop-e2167250

Got the strawberry series for $68, it was a set of three items made from strawberry.
They looked nice, but tasted cheap and artificial.
The cake was hard and tasteless.
Only the jelly dessert was good.
Nice concept, design and packaging.

[Review 1099] Six piece deluxe sushi set for $43 @ 爭鮮外帶壽司 Sushi Take-Out

04/05/2011
爭鮮外帶壽司  Sushi Take-Out
將軍澳坑口培成路15號連理街102號舖
Shop 102, the Lane, 15 Pui Shing Road, Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/six-piece-deluxe-sushi-set-for-43-e2167249

I suppose it is cheap to get a sushi set for $43 which includes Sea urchin, Salmon roe and Scallop.
I found it appealing because it was a combination of the three items that I liked.
I had the scallop sushi to start with because it had the lightest taste.
The taste was ok, not particular good or bad.
Next I had the sea urchin because the salmon roe is saltier in comparison.
The colour of the sea urchin was dull orange, and it was bitter.
This was the first time I have tried bitter sea urchin, usually it tastes sweet and creamy.

Lastly I had the cod roe, it was different to the cod roes I have had previously, the size of the roe was much smaller in diameter than the usual ones. It was roughly the size of BB guns pellets.
The colour of the roe was reddish orange, not the dark orange ones I have seen before.
The roe was all stuck together by a membrane and not loose like the ones I have seen.
The roe also had a bitter and salty taste.

[Review 1098] Ro-gurt @ Roll making u fit 4 rolypoly gymnastics

04/05/2011
Roll
尖沙咀加連威老道41C-D嘉威大廈地下
G/F, Granville Mansion, 41C-D Granville Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/ro-gurt-roll-making-u-fit-4-rolypoly-gymnastics-e2167241

Previously tried their delicious rolls and macaroons, now I am back for Froyo.

There is strawberry and original froyo served there, but every time I went it was strawberry.

Finally went on a day when the original was served.

The Froyo was thick, just like soft serve, except the taste is lighter and not as sweet as ice-cream.

There was some yoghurt taste to it, but not as tarty as Yogurtime and Crumbs.

They had new flavours to their macaroons, which were previously not available such as Baileys and white peach, so I tried the Baileys.
It was nice but I couldn’t taste any Baileys or any bitterness to it.

Previous Review:
Keep the rolls rolling: http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2071760

[Review 1097] Thank you for the excellent roast potatoes! @ 多謝幫襯 Thank You Very Much

04/05/2011

多謝幫襯 Thank You Very Much
深水埗欽州街37號西九龍中心8樓美食廣場8F18號舖
Shop 8F18, Food Court, 8/F, Dragon Centre, 37K Yen Chow Street, Sham Shui Po
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/thank-you-for-the-excellent-roast-potatoes-e2166637

This was also one of those shops on my to go list in Sham Shui Po.
It doesn't sell the "usual" type of food.
I think they are unique in Hong Kong, especially since they serve Pita bread stuffed with beef burgers and not kebabs.

The main items that they serve are pita breads filled with different choices of filling:
beef burger, prawn cutlet, duck breast, pork neck, fried fish filet.

I chose the beef one and got the combo which includes a choice of rice, salad, or fried potato wedges and a drink.

After ordering, I was given a letter "a" which was rather cute, it was much more memorable than those plastic coins with numbers written on it.
Due to the design or the shop and the food they served, I felt like I was at infant school playing shop keeper and customer role playing games.

Pita bread with beef burger:
This looked exactly like the product shot, the yellow sauce which I thought was cheese was actually sweet sauce.
The burger tasted really good, even better than I imagined.
I would have preferred less sauce, since it was a bit sweet.
The pita bread was the best, slightly chewy and soft and tastes better than a hamburger bun.
The whole thing feels light and healthy apart from the sauce.

Potato wedges:
Before I ordered, I saw them in the display cabinet and they looked delicious already.
Although they call them potato wedges, they are actually ROAST POTATOES to me.
The pita bread was good, but this was brilliant.
The shape of these potato wedges are actually like cubes, not wedge shaped.
The potatoes are uniformly crispy and golden on the outside, yet fluffy and soft in the centre.
It was so delicious, because it tasted like roast potatoes, but these had salt and spices sprinkled on the surface.
The only improvement is less salt, because it was slightly too salty.

Apart from that, customer service was excellent and friendly, the staff was patient with questions and answering the customer.

[Review 1096] Eating "out of this world" souffle in a food court @ 多之味熱狗屋

04/11/2011

多之味熱狗屋
深水埗欽州街37號西九龍中心8樓美食廣場8F26號舖
Shop 8F26, 8/F, Food Court, Dragon Centre, 37 Yen Chow Street, Sham Shui Po
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/eating-out-of-this-world-souffle-in-a-food-court-e2166636

In foodcourts, the most commonly served foods are noodles, roast meats with rice, Chinese cuisine, congee, but at this food court, there are so many stalls and varieties.
This stall sells hot dogs, but one item that I really wanted to eat most was the Souffle, two big pieces of souffle that look like cakes for $12.
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Whilst I was there, I saw the owner prepare more.
In the food cabinet there were some made earlier.

When they are ordered, they are taken out of the cabinet and baked for a bit, so the souffle rises even more.

Bratwurst hotdog
For hot dogs there are about six different types of sausage:
Bratwurst, Smoked Bratwurst, Spicy sausage, Jalapeno and cheese sausage, Sausage with cheddar cheese, and "Swithland" which I believe is Cervelat sausage.

On the left there are so many sauces and condiments, but just the usual sauces which are:
tomato sauce, french mustard, honey mustard, spicy salad sauce, thousand island, salad cream, mayonnaise and bbq.
For condiments they had:
jalapenos, sweet relish, pickles, cucumber and tomato.
The sauces and condiments rack was really good, it doesn't feel like you are in a food court, the racks is so big that the sauces are well spread apart it feels like you are in a US hot dog stall.

Souffle:
It was a nice generous portion, clean, white and fluffy, not too sweet.
There was no greasy taste or oiliness to it.
The cheapest and nicest souffle you can get
You don't need to go to hotels or desserts houses for them.

Hot dog:
tasted ok and it was fun choosing what sauces to put on the sausage.

[Review 1095] The magic cream that disappeared! Vanishing act! @ Tasty

03/05/2011

Tasty (已結業)
深水埗欽州街37號西九龍中心8樓美食廣場8F33舖
Shop 8F33, Food Court, 8/F, Dragon Centre, 37 Yen Chow Street, Sham Shui Po
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/the-magic-cream-that-disappeared-vanishing-act-e2166607

I was attracted to this TASTY joint because of all the "waffle" reviews with THICK CREAM.
I thought it was a good idea because the Hong Kong style ones are just peanut butter, ice-cream and red beans.
The product shot also showed thick cream too, but when I got mine there was only a tiny splodge, the cream was so meagre and it shows in the photo!!
I felt that the stingy cream filling is like Hong Kong sandwiches where there is nothing in the middle but only the edges to look like it had been filled.
Where did the cream go???????????
Anyway, it still tastes nice!
I hope on my next visit there will be lots of cream, at least 1 inch thick like the previous reviews~

[Review 1094] Super staff at Hong Kong Super Restaurant @ 香港超級餐廳

03/05/2011

香港超級餐廳
灣仔譚臣道13-15號萬利中心地下
15 Thomson Road, Wan Chai

https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/super-staff-at-hong-kong-super-restaurant-e2166498

The name for this restaurant in English is: Hong Kong Super Restaurant
I thought the food was OK, slightly overpriced, but the Singapore noodles were well flavoured but the noodles were too dry.
The staff were super though, while I was there, this taxi drove onto the pavement, and one of the superstaff spotted that and got the customer away from the taxi in time.