25/08/2011
Nana Banana
灣仔駱克道117號地下
G/F, 117 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/worth-paying-a-visit-for-a-four-course-meal-e2191176
Came here randomly because there were not many people dining there that day.
Usually it is packed with people.
As it wasnt planned I forgot to bring my camera.
The service here is extremely efficient, when I entered, there was'nt a table but I was allowed to sit on a big table and browse the lunch menu whilst the smaller table was being cleared.
Then I was allocated the smaller table, and within minutes there was a bowl of soup placed on my table.
The soup was wintermelon soup, there were generous pieces of wintermelon and lots of spring onions, it was quite peppery and slightly too salty.
For $65 there are about ten choices of dishes, the ones that I could remember were:
sliced chicken hainan style with rice
sweet and sour pork
stir fried beef in black pepper and rice
satay chicken with fried rice
thai fried noodles in sauce
thai fried cambodian noodles with chicken
green curry with rice
I chose the green curry and thai fried cambodian noodles with chicken.
The food came very fast, but because some of the dishes came really quickly it made the other dishes appear slower, but in any rate the slow ones were still faster than the usual places.
The green curry was served on a big piece of lettuce draped on the plate with a side of rice, in the curry was green aubergines.
The green curry was lightly drizzled with some coconut sauce.
As for the noodles, it was thoughtfully served because the crushed peanuts and chili were put on the side of the plate which saves the trouble for people who request it without peanuts or chili.
The noodles were slightly too greasy for me, but it tasted Ok, a mixture of sweet, sour and spicyness, but I found it too sweet.
There was a drink included so I chose tea, and lemon tea.
The tea was not the HK type served with condensed milk, but both the tea and lemon tea tasted interesting, it was not the normal tea.
The colour of the lemon tea was reddish brown, but it tasted like black tea, it tasted like strong Assam tea and Darjeeling.
The tea with milk was also the same but with fresh milk added.
Both were very appropriate after having really spicy food because they had a natrual sweetness to it.
When the food was nearly been finished, the desserts were placed on the table.
The dessert looked like birds nest , but it was congee, except that the grains of rice were glutinous rice which were translucent.
It had longan berries in it too (dragon eye/lung ngan) which were quite nice because they were not that sweet.
Overall the dessert was brilliant because it wasnt that sweet and it was very light in taste. I could also taste some pandan essense in it as well.
For $65, it was quite a good deal because it came with soup, drink and a dessert.
The menu states that only a drink comes with a meal, so maybe it was a bonus for a limited time.
There were also two menus outside, one excluding 10% charge with sets priced around $62, and the other is $65 per lunch set without service charge, both prices work out to be roughly the same.
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Price: $65 per lunch set, No 10% included
Service: Brilliant
Yummy factor: OK
English menu: Yes and they speak English
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[Review 1253] Maxim's California Berries series Part:1 Mini Berry Tart @ 美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop
24/08/2011
美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop
中環德輔道中20號德成大廈地下3號舖
Shop 3, G/F, Tak Shing House, 20 Des Voeux Road Central, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/maxims-california-berries-series-part-1-e2191018
Maxim's has introduced a summer berries series which uses berries as a theme for their products.
The berries used in this series are: blueberry, strawberry, raspberry and blackberry which sourced from Driscoll.
I was attracted by their California berries series which has four items:
- 8" berries tart with Frangipane
- Summer angel [angel chiffon cake topped with berries]
- Berry mousse dessert
- mini berry tart
I wanted to try the 8" tart but as it was too big I bought the mini version.
The difference is that the mini version does not have Frangipane and blackberries.
Anyway, the tart was light, and the berries were not sweetened which was refreshing, but it was not too sour because there was a thin layer of clear sweet jelly masking the fruit together, and the cream and tart was sweet enough.
A light and refreshing tart that reminded me of strawberries n cream @ wimbledon.
Since, the smaller version was nice, I intend to try the bigger version and the berry mousse dessert.
The Summer angel is basically the angel chiffon cake topped with berries, but the chiffon cake did not taste that nice, so I will not try this cake.
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Price: $15
Service: OK
Yummy factor: OK
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美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop
中環德輔道中20號德成大廈地下3號舖
Shop 3, G/F, Tak Shing House, 20 Des Voeux Road Central, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/maxims-california-berries-series-part-1-e2191018
Maxim's has introduced a summer berries series which uses berries as a theme for their products.
The berries used in this series are: blueberry, strawberry, raspberry and blackberry which sourced from Driscoll.
I was attracted by their California berries series which has four items:
- 8" berries tart with Frangipane
- Summer angel [angel chiffon cake topped with berries]
- Berry mousse dessert
- mini berry tart
I wanted to try the 8" tart but as it was too big I bought the mini version.
The difference is that the mini version does not have Frangipane and blackberries.
Anyway, the tart was light, and the berries were not sweetened which was refreshing, but it was not too sour because there was a thin layer of clear sweet jelly masking the fruit together, and the cream and tart was sweet enough.
A light and refreshing tart that reminded me of strawberries n cream @ wimbledon.
Since, the smaller version was nice, I intend to try the bigger version and the berry mousse dessert.
The Summer angel is basically the angel chiffon cake topped with berries, but the chiffon cake did not taste that nice, so I will not try this cake.
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Price: $15
Service: OK
Yummy factor: OK
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[Review 1252] Black mystery at the Hide Chan hide-out: Part 2 @ 秀拉麵 Hide-Chan Ramen
24/08/2011
秀拉麵 Hide-Chan Ramen
中環威靈頓街33號The Loop地下上層
UG/F, The Loop, 33 Wellington Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/black-mystery-at-the-hide-chan-hide-out-part-2-e2191008
This was my second visit to Hide-Chan and I felt that the noodles and soup were much more delicious this time.
Last time when I came, I had already eaten Butao beforehand, so I was probably slightly full but still had appetite for another bowl.
Anyway, from the pictures, the black sauce is so thick, you can see it not dispersing in the soup.
The black sauce and thick soup was clearly separated, whereas in my previous visit, the soup was thinner and it was burgandy.
black hide on second visit
black hide on first visit
The soup impressed me this time, because it was properly thick as described in the reviews, the previous bowl I had was not that thick.
Overall, I really liked it and I will come back, the green yuzy pepper sauce is a must try for the dumplings, because it is really packed with flavours from sourness to spicyness.
Previous visit:
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2177744
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Price: $7x per bowl of noodles, about the same as Butao.
English menu: yes, and they have pictures!
Service: OK
Yummy factor: OK
MSG levels: slight
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秀拉麵 Hide-Chan Ramen
中環威靈頓街33號The Loop地下上層
UG/F, The Loop, 33 Wellington Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/black-mystery-at-the-hide-chan-hide-out-part-2-e2191008
This was my second visit to Hide-Chan and I felt that the noodles and soup were much more delicious this time.
Last time when I came, I had already eaten Butao beforehand, so I was probably slightly full but still had appetite for another bowl.
Anyway, from the pictures, the black sauce is so thick, you can see it not dispersing in the soup.
The black sauce and thick soup was clearly separated, whereas in my previous visit, the soup was thinner and it was burgandy.
black hide on second visit
black hide on first visit
The soup impressed me this time, because it was properly thick as described in the reviews, the previous bowl I had was not that thick.
Overall, I really liked it and I will come back, the green yuzy pepper sauce is a must try for the dumplings, because it is really packed with flavours from sourness to spicyness.
Previous visit:
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2177744
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Price: $7x per bowl of noodles, about the same as Butao.
English menu: yes, and they have pictures!
Service: OK
Yummy factor: OK
MSG levels: slight
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[Review 1251] Well hidden Chinese Cafe @ 香港茶餐廳 Hong Kong Tea Time
24/08/2011
香港茶餐廳 Hong Kong Tea Time
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心2期L1樓1021號舖
Shop 1021, L1/F, MCP Central, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/well-hidden-chinese-cafe-e2190907
This restaurant is well hidden that every time you walk past it, there are not many people inside.
Anyway, it serves the usual Chinese food that are found in Chinese cafes.
But as I do not really eat Chinese food, by my standards, it just fared OK.
The dish I ordered was pigs trotters in red beancurd sauce.
It came in a big metal bowl garnished with coriander.
The coriander was actually quite strong that my chopsticks were stained with its aroma after picking out the coriander.
The colour of the dish was dark brown and looked like the vinegared version of pigs trot.
As for the taste, there was no red beancurd taste, it tasted like pigs trotter in oyster sauce.
The soup was ok, nothing spectacular about it.
However comparing the prices of this restaurants and other Chinese restaurants I found it to be slighter more expensive and it is not even located in the city.
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Price: $4X per dish
English menu: Nope!
Service: OK
Yummy factor: OK
MSG levels: Not much
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香港茶餐廳 Hong Kong Tea Time
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心2期L1樓1021號舖
Shop 1021, L1/F, MCP Central, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/well-hidden-chinese-cafe-e2190907
This restaurant is well hidden that every time you walk past it, there are not many people inside.
Anyway, it serves the usual Chinese food that are found in Chinese cafes.
But as I do not really eat Chinese food, by my standards, it just fared OK.
The dish I ordered was pigs trotters in red beancurd sauce.
It came in a big metal bowl garnished with coriander.
The coriander was actually quite strong that my chopsticks were stained with its aroma after picking out the coriander.
The colour of the dish was dark brown and looked like the vinegared version of pigs trot.
As for the taste, there was no red beancurd taste, it tasted like pigs trotter in oyster sauce.
The soup was ok, nothing spectacular about it.
However comparing the prices of this restaurants and other Chinese restaurants I found it to be slighter more expensive and it is not even located in the city.
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Price: $4X per dish
English menu: Nope!
Service: OK
Yummy factor: OK
MSG levels: Not much
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[Review 1250] Into the woods of Wan Chai Part 2 @ 悅木 The Vietnam Woods
23/08/2011
悅木 The Vietnam Woods
灣仔莊士敦道22號York Place 1號舖
Shop 1, York Place, 22 Johnson Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/into-the-woods-of-wan-chai-part-2-e2190843
Decided to give this place a revisit.
Previous visit and review:
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2149985
On this second visit, the restaurant was busier than before, more tables were filled and noisier that you could only hear a faint sound of their recorded birds chirping.
Ordered the noodles in tomato soup as before, however this time there was chili in the soup which made it really hot.
I wondered if they have changed the recipe, because from the other reviews of that noodles there is not any chili just like the first time I had it.
As for the stir fried vermicelli in satay sauce, it is similar to Singapore fried vermicelli but slightly sweeter and I found it too oily and greasy.
The menu has been changed slightly, not available items have been removed which is good.
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Price: Slightly more expensive than the average priced Vietnamese.
English menu: yes, and they have pictures of highlighted items!
Service: OK
Yummy factor: OK
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悅木 The Vietnam Woods
灣仔莊士敦道22號York Place 1號舖
Shop 1, York Place, 22 Johnson Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/into-the-woods-of-wan-chai-part-2-e2190843
Decided to give this place a revisit.
Previous visit and review:
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2149985
On this second visit, the restaurant was busier than before, more tables were filled and noisier that you could only hear a faint sound of their recorded birds chirping.
Ordered the noodles in tomato soup as before, however this time there was chili in the soup which made it really hot.
I wondered if they have changed the recipe, because from the other reviews of that noodles there is not any chili just like the first time I had it.
As for the stir fried vermicelli in satay sauce, it is similar to Singapore fried vermicelli but slightly sweeter and I found it too oily and greasy.
The menu has been changed slightly, not available items have been removed which is good.
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Price: Slightly more expensive than the average priced Vietnamese.
English menu: yes, and they have pictures of highlighted items!
Service: OK
Yummy factor: OK
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[Review 1249] Scallops scallops scallops donburi @ 爭鮮外帶壽司 (將軍澳) Sushi Take-Out
23/08/2011
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/scallops-scallops-scallops-e2190840
The variety of sushi and bento's are quite good at this Sushi takeaway.
This time I tried the scallop donburi, the scallops were cooked, but the texture and taste was like Scallop Sashimi which was good.
In the bowl, it contained shredded egg and seaweed to compliment it.
Overall, the sushi here is impressive, the pick a mix is cheap as well at $3 per sushi.
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/scallops-scallops-scallops-e2190840
The variety of sushi and bento's are quite good at this Sushi takeaway.
This time I tried the scallop donburi, the scallops were cooked, but the texture and taste was like Scallop Sashimi which was good.
In the bowl, it contained shredded egg and seaweed to compliment it.
Overall, the sushi here is impressive, the pick a mix is cheap as well at $3 per sushi.
[Review 1248] Macaroni and cheese @ Pasta Mio
22/08/2011
Pasta Mio (中環)
中環荷里活道27-29號
27-29 Hollywood Road, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/macaroni-and-cheese-e2190824
Wanted to try their lasagne and macaroni and cheese, but only the macaroni was available today.
The macaroni cost $48 per portion.
When you order it the macaroni is reheated and then served.
The macaroni was the ribbed macaroni.
It was nice to have some comfort food but it could have tasted better, the cheese was tasteless but at least it was proper cheese.
The local macaroni and cheese is basically macaroni in cream sauce.
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Price: $48 per portion.
English menu: yes!
Service: OK
Yummy factor: OK
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Pasta Mio (中環)
中環荷里活道27-29號
27-29 Hollywood Road, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/macaroni-and-cheese-e2190824
Wanted to try their lasagne and macaroni and cheese, but only the macaroni was available today.
The macaroni cost $48 per portion.
When you order it the macaroni is reheated and then served.
The macaroni was the ribbed macaroni.
It was nice to have some comfort food but it could have tasted better, the cheese was tasteless but at least it was proper cheese.
The local macaroni and cheese is basically macaroni in cream sauce.
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Price: $48 per portion.
English menu: yes!
Service: OK
Yummy factor: OK
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[Review 7821] Kaya toast @ 一粥麵 Super Super Congee & Noodle
19/12/2020 一粥麵 Super Super Congee & Noodle 樂富聯合道198號樂富廣場1樓1113-1114號舖 Shop 1113-1114, 1/F, Lok Fu Shopping Centre, 198 Junction Road, L...
