[Review 1147] Sweet Treats Part 2 @ Quezon Pinoy Food Express

03/06/2011

Quezon Pinoy Food Express
灣仔石水渠街1號其發大廈地下11號舖
Shop 11, G/F, Luckifast Building, 1 Stone Nullah Lane, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/sweet-delicious-snacks-part-2-e2173821

As I ventured for more Filipino food, I discovered some items were very similar to Chinese food, and many other items were Spanish and Malaysian.

In the cabinet I saw these white buns looking like the Chinese steamed buns, it turns out they are the same called Siopao.
There are several fillings, Asado (Meatball), bola-bola (Pork), chicken, beef, shrimp or salted duck eggs.


I prefer the presentation of the Filipino buns because they were hygienically wrapped in wrapping.

Anyway, the two items I had were taro Swiss roll and the chocolate Swiss roll.


Taro Swiss roll:

Chocolate Swiss roll:
I do not think anyone could possibly not like it, the chocolate taste was so rich. The roll was soft and not moist.
The roll had chocolate sauce in it NOT chocolate cream! The sauce was just heaven, it was like liquid chocolate. The texture of the sauce in the roll and on top of the roll was gooey and viscous, a bit like liquid yolk.

[Review 1146] Delicious but stingy on the second order @ 和花亭壽司 Nagoyaka Tei

03/06/2011
和花亭壽司 Nagoyaka Tei
將軍澳重華路8號東港城1樓113號舖
Shop 113, 1/F, East Point City, 8 Chung Wa Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/delicious-but-stingy-on-the-second-order-e2173747

Been here many times before because the food was good.

This time ordered the sliced conch and wasabi warship and a grilled salmon head.

The sliced conch warship was so nice that I decided to have a second order, but on the second order the amount of conch meat was barely visible.
I wish they had said to me it was sold out instead of giving me one that dosnt really contain any Conch meat in it at all.

The conch warship was rice wrapped in seaweed paper and topped with conch and algae.
The first one was really nice, there were at least two slices of Conch meat on the sushi.
There was snow fungus in it as well mixed in sweet wasabi sauce that is not spicy.

The second one was so disappointing, I could only find one tiny piece of conch meat
Anyway the conch meat and algae basically has a slippery texture.

The salmon head was burnt, you could see the black and broiled skin!!
I had the fun of bursting one of the broils!

fish with skin broils!! its burnt LOL

The salmon head was not on the a la carte menu, but featured outside, it was a bit stupid that they had all these promotions outside, but when you order you can't find it anywhere inside the restaurant!
I had to take a photo of the promotion otherwise I wouldnt know what promotions they had.

I wonder if anyone else has walked in without realising the deals featured outside!??

[Review 1145] You will know....???? @ 陸金記瓜子大王

28/05/2011

陸金記瓜子大王
灣仔莊士敦道106號地下
G/F, 106 Johnston Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/you-will-know-e2172265

I am not keen on Chinese snacks, so I did'nt try the dried nuts and fruits.

However, saw some interesting pastries in the cabinet, so tried those.

There were two types that both cost $2 each.

One was round in shape, the other was long and round.
The round one was called "yaat hau so" (bitesized puff), and the long one was called "muck dim so" (wheat dot puff).
I just knew they were both savoury, so asked them what the different was, and they said the round one was made with sesame, and the long one was made of spring onions and sesame.
To be honest, I do not like sesame, but I like sesame oil.
I feel that sesame dosnt have a function apart from its crunchy texture.
It also comes out of the digestive track undigested!
But anyway tried it for fun.

After paying, they asked me if I have tried it before, and of course I had'nt because if I had, I would know what they were.

Anyway, after replying no, the person at the shop said "After eating it, you will know (sick goh lei wui ji)"
I was left dazzled, what will I know...........?????
Did I miss out any words in his sentence??

So........
I will know its delicious??
I will know my future??
I will know my what??
Hmmm very interesting!!

Maybe its a Chinese fortune puff instead of a fortune cookie.

Anyway, the answer, the answer from the snack!

I broke the puff in half to take a picture, amazingly, I couldnt see any whole sesame seeds which was good because I dont like them.
As for the spring onions, there was one piece in it.
The dot must be the pink ink dot at the top of the puff.

I tried eating it, and was surprised the filling inside was grounded so finely that it was velvety.
The texture was similar to those chinese peanut things, that are dry, sandy and velvety.
Although the spring onions couldnt be seen, you could really taste it.
If it was less salty it would taste better, and they should be eaten fresh before the oil flavour takes over.
So the answer I got was......
I ate a puff, and I could taste real spring onions~

[Review 1144] Sugar free Grosvenor Momordica fruit drink @ 鴻福堂 Hung Fook Tong

28/05/2011

鴻福堂  Hung Fook Tong
銅鑼灣港鐵銅鑼灣站E8號舖
Shop E8, Causeway Bay MTR Station, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/sugar-free-grosvenor-momordica-fruit-drink-e2172251

Got this drink from Hung Fook Tong because it claims to be sugar free like many other "so called" health drinks.
It was truly sugar-free, the taste was pleasant with some bitter taste, but there was natural sweetness in it.
Next time I will try the other healthdrinks.

[Review 1143] Cream soda flavoured shaved ice drink @ 楚塋小食

27/05/2011

楚塋小食
將軍澳毓雅里9號慧安商場地下A35號舖
Shop A35, G/F, Well On Shopping Centre, 9 Yuk Nga Lane, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/cream-soda-flavoured-shaved-ice-drink-e2171806
Got this cream soda shaved ice drink because I havent tried it in this flavour before.

The product shot was green, but I thought it was an old photo and the picture probably went green.
However when I got the drink, it really that colour, the product shot didnt lie!

Basically when the drink was made, it was ice crushed into fine pieces and put in the cup, the cream soda syrup was added to give it cream soda flavouring.
The syrup was dark green which gives it the bright green colouring.
The syrup bottle had thai letters on it.

Anyway, the drink didnt taste that good, the cream soda didnt taste like the usual ones, it was too artificial.

[Review 1142] Pandan Cheesecake @ 泰昌餅家 Tai Cheong Bakery Express

26/05/2011


泰昌餅家 Tai Cheong Bakery Express
灣仔莊士敦道74-80號地下2號舖
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/pandan-cheesecake-tai-cheong-bakery-e2171801
Walked past and saw they had a new pandan flavoured cheesecake, so decided to get one.

When I found it, it was huge, enough for 4 people.
I suppose it was cheap for $38 for a huge cheesecake if you compared it with high end cakes for one that cost $25+

There were other potential customers that ended up not buying it because it was too big, especially with refrigerated cheesecakes.
After buying the cake, they offered to cut it for me, so I asked them to cut it into six slices.

There were two flavours Pandan Cheesecake and the Original Cheesecake.
These were Asian cheesecakes, the typical lemon coloured cheesecake with a browned surface.
The texture is light and spongy, not dense like the Western ones.

The taste of the cheese was light, same with the Pandan, although there was a slight hint of it in taste and smell.
The sweetness level was just right.
The colour of the Pandan cheesecake was lemon with a slight twinge of green in it.

Overall, the Pandan Cheesecake was nice, but the pandan flavouring could have been stronger.
It would be good if they could make smaller portions.

[Review 1141] Cute labelling! Read the finest Ultra FINE print! @ Phoebe's Treats

25/05/2011
Phoebe's Treats
灣仔皇后大道東182號地下
G/F, 182 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/cute-labelling-read-the-ultra-fine-print-e2171700

Walked past this cute shop on Queen's Road East, it was small but had lots of tins and boxes of cookies.

I found it colourful, and the various cookies had interesting names such as "Lemon Snowball".

I should have taken pictures there, but I was too busy trying out the cookies, I also forgot to take a picture of the cookie out of its packaging.

Anyway, there were lots of flavours, even tea cookies such as earl grey and iron buddha.

I tried most of them, and found they were strong in butter, which overpowered the rest of the flavours.
The Lemon snowball was also made of cookie, I was expecting meringue, probably because snowball gave me the impression it was white.

I got the Cranberry and pistachio cookies, which was also strong in butter, but at least I could taste the chewy cranberries and pistachio.

I liked their cookies and flavours but if the butter was not so strong, then the flavours would taste more prominent.

Finally the packaging was soooooooooo cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was a clear plastic box with wrapped cookies inside, at the bottom of the box was the labelling!
It was so cute, the print is even smaller than millimeters.
You need a magnifying glass to see it, also I had to set my camera in macro mode to take the picture!
Anyway, the printer that printed that is also good too, not many printers are able to print stuff as fine as that.