[Review 1291] Teppanyaki with pomelo sauce @ Yoshinoya 吉野家

26/09/2011

吉野家 Yoshinoya
將軍澳厚德邨厚德商場1樓135號舖
Shop 135, 1/F, Hau Tak Shopping Centre,, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/teppanyaki-with-pomelo-sauce-yoshinoya-e2196716

Not my usual fare because I dislike grills and Teppanyaki's because of the grease.
I just tried this for fun, but the restaurant's air conditioning was FREEZING!!!!!!!!
It was Teppanyaki with pomelo sauce.
Butter was used on the plate to grill the food.

The set consists of beef, bacon wrapped frankfurters, onions, green pepper, sweetcorn, egg and crab.

Basically anyone can cook this without any cooking knowledge, but you just have to know if the meat is cooked or not.

Overall it tasted OK, the sauce was thick and the beef remained juicy.
The pomelo sauce was slightly syrupy though.
The service was rubbish because I was not given the cooker until I requested one from one of the waiters who was clearing the tables.

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Price: $46.5
Service: crap
Yummy factor: OK
Air con: freezing
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[Review 1290] Baker’s Boy bakes his way from Malay with Mex buns @ 貝克男孩 Bakers Boy

26/09/2011

貝克男孩 Bakers Boy
將軍澳重華路8號東港城1樓Food Point K2號舖
Kiosk K2, Food Point, 1/F, East Point City, 8 Chung Wa Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/bakers-boy-bakes-his-way-from-malay-with-mex-buns-e2196715

Baker’s Boy opened in 2003, Kuala Lumpur selling Mexican buns.
This is their first branch in Hong Kong!
I wonder why they chose Tseung Kwan O for their first branch in HK?!?!
As well as Hong Kong, they have bakeries in Taiwan, China, Singapore, Korea and Thailand.

I have never come across Mexican buns in UK, Europe or even Mexico so it must be an Asian thing.

Anyway, the appearance is similar to the crispy milk bun, but the top crust is much thinner and lighter.
Their buns attracted me because they are small and available in eleven flavours.
I did not buy on my first visit because the Pandan flavour was out of stock.

The eleven flavours are: vanilla, peanut, orange, chocolate, strawberry, coconut, pandan, durian, banana, mango and coffee.

The buns cost $10 for 3, so I chose pandan, banana and coffee.
The flavouring was really strong that you could smell it from a distance.
Baker's Boy reminded me of Jimcus Donuts because at Jimcus they also have lots of flavours but flavoured powders were used instead of the essenses at BB.
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Pandan flavour

This was my favourite, It was not green, but the Pandan flavour was strong.
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Coffee flavour

This was also another strong flavour. I only got this because it was recommended on the Baker's Boy website.
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Banana flavour

This was the worst, I think I will not choose fruit flavours because the taste was exactly like Banana chewing gum!
It was so fake and smelt of solvents!
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It would be fun if it these buns had real fruit in the middle or flavoured cream according to the flavour of the bun.
Previous review on Jimcus Donuts:
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=18994
Baker's boy website:
www.bakersboy.com.my
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Price: $10 for 3
English menu: yes, and they have pictures!
Service: ok
Yummy factor: Very
Sweetness levels: Just right
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[Review 1289] Blueberry danish @ BreadTalk 麵包新語

26/09/2011
麵包新語 BreadTalk
馬鞍山鞍祿街18號新港城中心3樓3066號舖
Shop 3066, 3/F, Sunshine City Plaza, 18 On Luk Street, Ma On Shan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/blueberry-danish-breadtalk-e2196714

In general the pastries at BreadTalk are really good.
This particular blueberry danish is always sold out.
The shape of this danish is like a bowl, in the centre there is custard cream, and on top it is topped with blueberry jam with lots of real blueberries.
I like to eat the edges of the pastry first with the blueberries then moving to the centre with custard cream and some blueberry jam.

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Price: $10
Service: Self service
Yummy factor: Good
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[Review 1288] Salmon quiche loaded with salmon @ 太平洋咖啡 Pacific Coffee

26/09/2011
太平洋咖啡 Pacific Coffee
上環德輔道中199號無限極廣場地下G01號舖
Shop G01, G/F, Infinitus Plaza, 199 Des Voeux Road Central, Sheung Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/salmon-quiche-loaded-with-salmon-e2196712

This is one of the standard items I usually get at Pacific Coffee.
The quiches are quite decent, at least they taste like the ones in the UK.
They have three flavours: bacon and onion, spinach and mushroom, and Salmon.
My favourites are spinach with mushroom and the Salmon.
The Salmon quiche is a seasonable item.
Sometimes it can be very salty, and the one I had this time had so much Salmon in it.
There was about 70% of Salmon in ratio to the quiche.
If you do not like fish, the the spinach one is good too, but it has lots of black pepper.
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Price: $25
Service: OK
Yummy factor: OK
Saltiness levels: Very salty
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[Review 1287] Black truffle ramen @ 幸亭拉麵 Yukitei Ramen

26/09/2011
幸亭拉麵 Yukitei Ramen
灣仔皇后大道東118號聯發街C2舖
Shop C2, G/F, Lun Fat Street ,118 Queen 's Road East, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/black-truffle-ramen-yukitei-e2196711

Since my last visit, there has been an improvement which was quite foreseeable.
The dining area used to be in an open area.
In the winter it would be OK, but in the summer it is quite unbearable.

As well as the open area outside, you can now dine inside where it used to be part of the kitchen.

I got the Ramen with black truffle, a new item on the menu.

Usually I prefer my noodles al-dente, but these are not the same noodles as Butao/Ippudo/HideChan.
I chose the noodles to be served softer.
For these type of noodles, I like them soft so that the soup sticks on the noodles and I can taste the soup and noodles at the same time.

When the noodles came, you could see grounded truffle and truffle oil on top of the noodles.
I put some truffle on the egg and it tasted really nice.
As well as the truffle, there were grilled Japanese mushrooms.
It was good the mushrooms were grilled because it brought out the nice mushroom aroma.
Overall I felt there was a major improvement since my last visit.
The noodles here are similar to the noodles at 魔麵 and Daruma in terms of the thick soup base and the type of noodles.
Daruma Ramen House's soup base is not as slimey and gelatinous as Yukitei. The soup here is much the same as 魔麵.
Review at 魔麵
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2177071
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Price: $78
Service: OK
Yummy factor: OK
MSG levels: Slight
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[Review 1286] Tom Yum flavoured cold ramen @ 味千拉麵 (已結業) Ajisen Ramen

25/09/2011

味千拉麵 (已結業) Ajisen Ramen
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心2期1樓1015F-G號舖
Shop 1015F-G, 1/F, MCP Central, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/tom-yum-flavoured-cold-ramen-e2196547

This new ramen dish looked really delicious on the product shot (top corner of my picture).
The noodles looked thickly covered in sauce and dark in colour.

However when they were served, I realised they were the usual cold ramen topped with watery sauce.
The ramen was topped with lots of thinly sliced cucumber, prawns sliced in half through the middle and a few pieces of crab.
The noodle itself was too hard and the tom yum soup was just liquid and slid of the ramen.
The soup tasted strong of lemongrass and chili but because it was so watery it did not stay on the ramen and the noodles were tasteless and hard.
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Price: $48 + 10% on top
Service: OK
Yummy factor: OK
Air con: freezing
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[Review 1285] SiLvEr CuRrY @ 銀咖哩 Gin Curry

22/09/2011

銀咖哩 Gin Curry
將軍澳坑口重華路8號東港城1樓Food Point
Food Ponit, 1/F, East Point City, 8 Chung Wa Road, Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/silver-curry-e2196053

Before this place opened, the Kitchen area used to be some Taiwanese beverage and the dining area was part of MOS.
The other two branches of GIN Curry are located in Sham Shui Po and Kowloon City.
The seating environment here is the best of the three.
Ordered beef curry and curry with pan fried dumplings.
The staff here was extremely efficient, as soon as the food was ordered, the staff had already put the ingredients on the grill to cook.

On the table were some pickled condiments, they were mostly brown in colour.
I found about five different items: black fungus, lotus root, kelp, cucumber and one of them I didn’t know what it was.


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Beef Curry
The beef was very tender and it had lots of black pepper on it.

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Pan Fried dumpling
The dumplings were grilled just right.

A cheap fix for curry where you can choose most of the items you want from cheese to seafood and the fun of eating food from a metal plate!


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Price: $3X
English menu: yes, and they have pictures!
Service: efficient
Yummy factor: Ok
MSG levels: slightly
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