[Review 1177] Instant Noodle Bolognese @ 特式三文治專門店 Deluxe Sandwiches Express

20/06/2011
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/instant-noodle-bolognaise-e2177242
Literally it is just bolognaise with instant noodles!!

I never had bolognaise with any other noodle than pasta, but this place did instant noodles, so gave it a try.

The taste in general is ok, but because it is instants noodles, it is not so al-dente, and it gets clumped together in the box.

[Review 1176] Prince of dipping sauce @ 八王子餃子店 Prince Dumpling

20/06/2011
八王子餃子店 Prince Dumpling
旺角通菜街73號地下
G/F, 73 Tung Choi Street, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/prince-of-dipping-sauce-e2177241

This restaurant has two branches, Prince Ramen and Prince dumplings.

I came here twice, on my first visit I tried Lamb dumplings and on my second visit I had the curry dumplings with edamame spring rolls.

On my first visit, one of the staff was trying to be customer friendly like asking how the food was etc, he would ask, but he wasn’t really taking in or listening to the customers feedback.
However on my second visit, they still had this type of service but it wasn’t so annoying, they were not pushy as the first visit.

For a small business, it is worth commending that they put effort in the restaurant decoration and T-shirts uniforms with their restaurant logo.

There were so many varieties of dumplings but in the end I got lamb and curry.

Lamb dumplings:
The dumplings are the same as the usual Japanese dumplings except with minced lamb, there were finely chopped spring onions in the dumplings, they have used the bulb part of the spring onions which gave it a strong taste.

Curry dumplings:
These were the normal pork dumplings served on a grilled plate covered with curry sauce.
The curry sauce wasn’t spicy, but it contained minced meat and finely diced carrots.

Edamame spring rolls:
This was interesting because they have taken edamame beans, lined the beans on a straight line and then wrapped them into a long thin spring roll.
The spring rolls came with wasabi paste and I mixed some sauce from the table and it tasted really good.

The sauce was tangy and made the wasabi paste really appetising.
Usually its just savory and hot when you mix soy sauce and wasabi together.

Anyway the sauce in the pot was really nice, it was a really appetising sauce that contained sesame and finely grounded garlic in it.

[Review 1175] Mayonnaise and chips! I'll be dammed @ Devil's Advocate

Devil's Advocate
灣仔駱克道48-50號地下E及F號舖
Shop E-F, G/F, 48-50 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/mayonnaise-and-chips-ill-be-dammed-e2177148

The set lunch was southern fried chicken with chips so I just had to go in!

Usually with fried chicken I would hesitate because fried chicken can be very dry and it depends which part of chicken they use.

However, there was no hesitation, the food here is consistently good in my experience and I love SOUTHERN fried chicken because it contains lots of herbs and spices.

Anyway, the starter came quickly, followed by the main course.

It was such a treat because there was a huge dollop of mayonnaise! MAYONNAISE! Real mayonnaise, not the disgusting chinesey mayonnaise/salad cream that ruins everything!

The chicken was coated with breadcrumbs and off bones, slightly different to what I expected.

Usually the coating of Southern fried chicken is aromatic and contains paprika and herbs, however this one was plain.
Although it was not what I was expecting, the quality of the chicken was brilliant, it was presented like an escalope.
The chicken was tender and juicy inside, it was the thigh part of the chicken.

The chips were light golden yellow too, and not overly crispy.
I immediately began dipping the chips in the mayonnaise, a much missed thing I did in the UK, especially eating fried chicken and chips from PFC in East London, mayonnaise always comes with it.

Even though the chicken could have been better, I was happy just having chips with REAL mayonnaise.

[Review 1174] Not as good as my first visit @ 上海婆婆 Shanghai Po Po

19/06/2011
上海婆婆 Shanghai Po Po
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心2期2樓2013號舖
Shop 2013, 2/F, MCP Central, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/not-as-good-as-my-first-visit-e2177075

On my previous visit, the food was good, so decided to give it a revisit.

This time ordered a thick soup, chicken in wine, stir fried crystal flour noodles and dumplings in chili sauce.

Chicken in wine:
The pieces of chicken was too bony, there was not much chicken on it.

Dumplings in chili sauce:
This was quite nice and not too spicy, however I felt that the dumplings were over cooked and the dumpling wrap was too soft.
The sauce was slightly too sweet.

Thick soup with fish, black fungus and preserved snow vegetables:
There were other soups as well, I should have chosen the plain version with fish.
I chose this one because it contained preserved snow vegetables, but as you can see the black fungus is more dominant and the preserved snow vegetables are no where to be seen.

Stir fried crystal flour noodles:
It was tasteless the same as what the other reviews said.
The preserved snow vegetables were old and dry.


My previous review:
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2069865

[Review 1173] More more more more @ 魔麵

19/06/2011
魔麵
尖沙咀厚褔街8號H8 2樓全層
2/F, H8, 8 Hao Fuk Street, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/more-more-more-more-e2177071

This restaurant is situated in a newly built building at the end of Hau Fook road alley which is hard to miss.

It gives a comfortable dining experience.

The price range of their noodles are around $68 dollars with extra service charge on top.
The noodles come with a tiny side dish to accompany the noodles, that day it was spinach.

Basically there are five different soup bases to choose from: pork bone, miso, spicy, salted and soya.

In the previous reviews, there seem to be an order sheet similar to Butao where you can choose your noodle texture to be hard or soft.
But they didnt seem to have it that day.
Anyway ordered noodles in salted soup and the pork bone.

When the pork bone soup was served, you could see how thick it was.
The salted soup wasnt as good as the pork bone one, but the toppings were interesting, it had dried sakura shrimps and dried scallops.
I liked the broths served at this place. however the noodles were were not as nice as Butao even though they where thin.
I never liked Ramen before, but Butao has made me try other ramen places.

Overall the pork broth soup here was the best, but I have only tried the black king and green king at Butao, so I can't compare it with that.
However I did try the pork bone soup at Hide Chan which was also nice, but it tasted better here because I loved how viscous it was and how sticky it was.

[Review 1172] HLS Choco-series Part 1 (Choco-strawberry) @ 許留山 Hui Lau Shan Healthy Dessert

19/06/2011
許留山 Hui Lau Shan Healthy Dessert
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心2期2樓2028-2029號舖
Shop 2028-2029, 2/F, MCP Central, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/hls-choco-series-part-1-choco-strawberry-e2177061

Hui Lau Shan is getting impressive these days, it used to be boring mango and Chinese fruit desserts.

After discovering I could request for drinks to be less sweet, the drinks became nicer, and the last time I had HLS was the chocolate fondue.
It was nice to have chocolate fondue elsewhere rather than at a western dessert house.

Again, saw this chocolate drink which is unusual for HLS, quite different to its style.
This time a chocolate beverage!
The good thing about HLS is that the drink is guaranteed to contain real fruit rather than fruit syrups or essences.

After I tried all three flavours, I found that it tasted different in different branches, also the pricing was different!
In conclusion, the HLS at MetroCity is the best for the choco-series.
The other two at Hang Hau and Wanchai tasted like slushy blended ice milo with a powdery chocolate taste!
From the other two reviews, the photo shows that the chocolate is not as smooth as this one.

After trying the melon and banana from those branches I forgot how good it tasted, but when I went back to MetroCity, the taste was totally different.
The chocolate drink there is much smoother and velvety. The chocolate taste is extremely creamy and the texture is a bit like McDonalds chocolate shake with a significant amount of blended fruit.
The chocolate tasted like blended chocolate ice-cream and NOT like chocolate powder milkshake.

If you do go want to try the choco series and happen to be in MetroCity, here is the place to try, do not bother with other HLS branches because the proportions they use in blending the drink may be different, also the price could be $32.

My previous reviews on the choco-series
Choco-Melonhttp://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2175563
Choco-Bananahttp://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2176271

[Review 1171] ~Theres a flavour for everyone~ @ Tuttimelon

19/06/2011
Tuttimelon (已結業)
尖沙咀彌敦道100號The ONE 3樓L308號舖
Shop L308, 3/F, The ONE, 100 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/theres-a-flavour-for-everyone-e2177059

Came here a long time ago when it was closed due to some internal operations.

Anyway, finally came on a day when it was open.

The flavours they have now are much better, and there are ten different flavours, so there must be one of your desire.

The ten flavours that day were:
Honeydew Melon
Mixed berries
Chocolate
Honey and Jasmine
Ginger and Honey
Original
Yakult
Mango
Green Tea
Pina Colada

The flavours I tried were: honeydew, chocolate, honey and jasmine, honey and ginger, original, and pinacolada.

The ones that had a really strong taste were honeydew, chocolate, honey and ginger.
Pinacolada was the best, it tasted like Yoplait's fromage frais yogurt.
The original tasted like yakult which was disappointing because they already had a flavour for Yakult, so what is the point of having two flavours that taste similar?

There were lots of toppings but I purely wanted to try the yogurts, so maybe next time as I want to try the yogurt chips.
Hopefully on my next visit the flavours will all be different so I can try other flavours.