[Review 1282] Despicable service @ 海港酒家 Victoria Harbour Restaurant

20/09/2011

海港酒家 Victoria Harbour Restaurant
將軍澳唐德街9號將軍澳中心G24B號舖
Shop G24B, Park Central Tower, 9 Tong Tak Street, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/despicable-service-e2195898

Usually I will post pictures of food, but the service so despicable that I can't be bothered.

The other branch at MaOnShan was not that irritating.

Anyway, I went to reception on behalf of someone who had booked the table, and the receptionists were busy ignoring me, so I patiently waited.
However the people behind just jumped the queue and spoke to the dragon ladies and somehow they responded so maybe this is the way in Hong Kong, there is no such thing as civilization in Kowloon.
To be precise this branch is in TKO which is not even in Kowloon but the New territories~!
But not most Chinese people are not civilized

To be served at this restaurant, you must jump the queue and force them to serve you just like in China.
Or wait til the queue dies down and try again which I did.

Anyway, this booking was booked a week ago for EIGHT people, so when we went to our table we were expecting 8 seats!
The whole purpose of booking was to ensure a table and seats of course!
Went to the table and there was ONLY five seats, so asked the waiters about the other three and they just grabbed some round stools to make up for it.
I thought it was a big insult to pre-book and not get what is expected!
What is their stupid booking service for.

Next on was the food, it wasn't bad, but some dishes were slow to arrive.

One of the dishes was a joke, it was spareribs in hawthorn sauce, there was only three pieces of meat and the rest of it was shallots.
It was about 70% vegetables and 30% meat and spareribs is considered as the main!???!!!

[Review 1281] Flamed grilled pork sausage burger @ Burger King 漢堡王 (將軍澳)

20/09/2011


Flamed grilled pork sausage burger @ Burger King 漢堡王 (將軍澳)
將軍澳南豐廣場1樓R1A號舖
Shop R1A, 1/F, Nan Fung Plaza , Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/flamed-grilled-pork-sausage-burger-burger-king-e2195837

I have never tried the pork burgers at BK apart from breakfast, so decided to try the new flame grilled pork sausage burgers at BK.

There were three in that series:
Flame grilled pork sausage burger with onion rings
Flame grilled pork sausage with crispy onion pieces
Flame grilled pork sausage with fried egg.

I tried the pork sausage burger with crispy onion and the pork sausage burger with fried egg.

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Pork sausage burger with crispy onion pieces
I expected this one to taste nice and I really liked it because they put BBQ sauce in it, and the crispy onion pieces gave it some crunch and flavour.
The BBQ sauce was great with the pork sausage.

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Pork sausage burger with fried egg
This was also nice because it had mayonnaise and cheese.

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For both burgers, I did not like the bun because it had sesame seeds and the bun itself was hard.
The pork patty is slightly drier and firmer than McDonalds one.
There are less fatty bits in the BK one.
Overall the pork sausage burger with crispy onions was the best in my opinion.

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Price: $2X
English menu: yes, and they have pictures!
Service: OK
Yummy factor: OK
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[Review 1280] Mooncakes for the eldery by Chi Lin 2011 @ 志蓮護理安老院小食店

18/09/2011
志蓮護理安老院小食店
鑽石山志蓮道5號地下
G/F, 5 Chi Lin Drive, Diamond Hill

https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/mooncakes-for-the-eldery-by-chi-lin-2011-e2195495
Just realised I have not written any reviews for 2011 mooncakes.
I do not like traditional mooncakes same as those steamed buns with white lotus paste.
Anyway, the one I am writing about now has a pretty peaceful looking lotus flower on the lid.

It had a proper English nutritional label.
This mooncake is filled with lotus paste and ginger filling.
Ginger is usually quite beneficial for the elderly and most people.
The ginger taste was very prominent that it made me forget about the white lotus.
Although it was for the elderly [ie reduced sugar], I still felt that it was slightly too sweet.

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Price: Gift
Yummy factor: OK
Sweetness levels: Slightly too sweet
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[Review 1279] Noodles in tomato soup at Sai Kung @ 西貢真味越南小廚

17/09/2011

西貢真味越南小廚
西貢福民路58-72號高富樓8號舖
Shop 8, Ko Fu Building, 58-72 Fu ming Road, Sai Kung
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/noodles-in-tomato-soup-sai-kung-e2195394

After trying the beef with rice previously, it was not impressive and worst of the other two places I tried.
Pho' 1988 review
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2193108
Sun Chuk Yuen Vietnamese Restaurant
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2195392
I decided to try the noodles which most people recommended on OR just to see if I had chosen the wrong dish the first time.

Cambodian noodles in tomato soup with beef
When it was served, the soup looked nice and strong, however there
was some strange smell to the beef.
There was two big pieces of unmanageable beef.
The beef had so much fat and chewy parts that I gave up eating it.
Same with the carrots, two huge pieces of the carrot taking up most of the bowl.
I preferred the beef to be cut into smaller pieces.
Anyway, the noodles were edible but I did not like the soup because of the weird beef smell, luckily the herbs made it slightly better.
The noodles was not as good as the reviews said it was.

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Price: 3x
Service: OK
Yummy factor: Not very
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[Review 1278] Vietnamese at Landale street @ 新竹源越南餐廳 Sun Chuk Yuen Vietnamese Restaurant

17/09/2011
新竹源越南餐廳 Sun Chuk Yuen Vietnamese Restaurant
灣仔蘭杜街5號
5 Lan Dale Street, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/vietnamese-at-landale-street-e2195392

There are two Vietnamese restaurants on this street.
I came to this one because the pictures of the beef with red rice looked good.
The french beef with tomato is a localised hong kong vietnamese dish.

Anyway, the last one I had at Pho' 1988 was not impressive.
Pho'1988 review
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2193108
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French beef with tomato rice
The portion of rice was generous and the cubes of beef were tender.
They were cubes of sliced beef filet.
The quality of beef here was so much better than Pho' 1988.
As for the rice, it was slightly oily but acceptable.


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Sliced chicken with cambodian noodles
Overall, I felt there was nothing spectacular about it, however the chicken was not that fresh,
you can see it has slightly gone dark.

The skin of the lime edge has oxidised and gone brown,
hence it must have been sliced for along time and not served.

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Price: $5X
English menu: yes, and they have pictures!
Service: Ok
Yummy factor: Ok
MSG levels: none
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[Review 1277] Second chance to try the chicken pie @ 新鳳凰餅店 New Phoenix Cake Shop

14/09/2011
新鳳凰餅店 New Phoenix Cake Shop
北角七姊妹道206-208號昌利大廈地下
G/F, Cheong Lee Building, 206-208 Tsat Tsz Mui Road, North Point , North Point
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/second-chance-to-try-the-chicken-pie-e2194677

On my first visit to OR I noticed these chicken pies, but I assumed they were the typical Chinese type so I didnt try them.
But after reading HKE's review, they seemed worth trying because it contained Parmesan cheese.
Quarry Bay is not an area I usually go, so I just had to wait until the next time I was in the area.
Anyway, I had to go to Quarry Bay again thanks to OR

The chicken pie costs $6 and they had egg tarts too which I might try next time.
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Chicken Pie
It was slightly warm which was better than cold.
The pastry was the short crust type and you could smell the usual Chinese butter.
The crust was just right, not too hard and not too crumbly, it had the usual buttery and sweet taste of Chinese pies.
Anyway the filling was the best, it was simple, it was diced chicken thigh, onions and rich brown gravy.
The chicken was fresh and tender.
The parmesan could not be visually seen, but it worked well and made the whole pie taste nice.
The parmesan was really subtle and did not over power anything.
I really liked this chicken pie because it tasted the same as the gravy chicken pies in UK except for the sweet crust.
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Price: $6
Service: OK
Yummy factor: the filling was as nice as UK, apart from the pastry.
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[Review 1276] Creme brulee froyo @ Cherry on Top

11/09/2011
Cherry on Top
將軍澳唐德街1號將軍澳廣場1樓065號舖
Shop 65, 1/F, Tseung Kwan O Plaza, 1 Tong Tak Street, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/creme-brulee-froyo-e2194238

Sometimes when I walk past the flavours are boring, but today they had creme brulee so I stopped to try it.
Although it was probably due to creme brulee essence they used for the flavouring, it was quite nice and the taste of creme brulee was quite strong.
The vanilla one kept its standards.

But for any froyo flavour that isnt the original flavour, I do not have the expectation of real froyo taste.
I just expect it to taste like cold milky soft serve with flavour.

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Price: $12
Service: OK
Yummy factor: OK
English menu: YES and pictures
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