[Review 1298] Super sour chocolates @ 龍島 Lucullus Gourmet Shop

03/10/2011
龍島 Lucullus Gourmet Shop
新蒲崗太子道東638號Mikiki地下1A號舖
Shop 1A, G/F, Mikiki, 638 Prince Edward Road East, San Po Kong
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/super-sour-chocolates-lucullus-e2198232

Went during the opening and they were giving out free chocolates.
The one I got was the super sour chocolate series.
Inside the chocolate was hard jelly and the chocolate outside is coated with extremely sour particles.
Overall the taste is quite sour as the name suggests.
The blackcurrant chocolate bomb had really nice iridescent dark/blue purple dusted powder on top which reminds me of eye shadow!

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Price: FREE!
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[Review 1297] Sausage Roll @ 太平洋咖啡 Pacific Coffee

01/10/2011
太平洋咖啡 Pacific Coffee
灣仔駱克道41號東城大廈UG4-5號舖
UG 4-5, 41 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/sausage-roll-pacific-coffee-e2197749

Cant remember the price, but hopefully if I have a sausage roll craving again I will remember not to get it.
The one at Starbucks tastes better.
The sausage meat was a bit too firm and it didn't taste so fresh.
It tastes nothing like the ones in UK.

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Price: $1x
Service: OK
Yummy factor: Not that nice
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[Review 1296] Not as good as the Hung Hom branch @ 豪江豆業 Macau Soya Bean

01/10/2011
豪江豆業 Macau Soya Bean
灣仔石水渠街
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/not-as-good-as-the-hung-hom-branch-e2197748

Not as good as the Hung Hom branch
After trying the green pudding at HH, I decided to get one from Wan Chai because I loved the taste.
The texture and taste was no where as good as the HH one.
It was too sweet and soft.
If I had been here first, my first impression would be that these puddings are too sweet.

The pudding here was pre-wrapped in plastic and warm, whereas the one at HH had been made a while ago and was contained in a white bowl.
The colour of this one was jade green, the one at HH was mint green!
Previous review if you want to see the colour difference!
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2196939
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Price: $4
Service: OK
Yummy factor: OK
Sweetness levels: Too sweet
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[Review 1295] Standards getting lower @ 元気寿司 Genki Sushi

29/09/2011
元気寿司 Genki Sushi
將軍澳常寧路2號TKO Gateway東翼1樓E139號舖
Shop E139, 1/F, East Wing, TKO Gateway, 2 Sheung Ning Street, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/standards-getting-lower-e2197448

Years ago when there was not much sushi restaurants about, Genki and G.Sushi were the only choice.

Sushi is getting cheap these days, you can get cheap sushi for $3 each at Sushi Express, most of the items at Genki can be bought there.
I was a bit shocked the sushi here didn't taste as fresh as Sushi Express and it was slightly more expensive as well.

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Price: $1xx
Service: OK
Yummy factor: OK
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[Review 1294] Too Salty @ 正村壽司 Masamura Sushi Restaurant

29/09/2011
正村壽司 Masamura Sushi Restaurant
將軍澳將軍澳廣場商場2 樓吉之島
Jusco, 2/F, Tseung Kwan O Plaza, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/too-salty-e2197440

The food used to be good, but when I went this time the sushi was too salty.
The seaweed used for the Handroll had gone off, it was not crispy and very chewy.
The soup was too salty that it needed diluting.

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Price: $70
Service: OK
Yummy factor: OK
Sweetness levels: Too sweet
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[Review 1293] A green 缽仔糕!!!!!! A real head turner @ 濠江豆業 Macau Soya Bean

27/09/2011
濠江豆業 Macau Soya Bean
紅磡蕪湖街32號B
No. 32B Mo Wu Street,, Hung Hom
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/a-green-%E7%BC%BD%E4%BB%94%E7%B3%95-a-real-head-turner-e2196939

I hardly ever buy from this place, because all the products are too Chinesey such as glutinous desserts, silky tofu, etc. There were a few green items I wanted to get, but to my dismay they told me it was Green Tea and not Pandan.

Despite the fact I do not like Chinesey green tea combinations such as green tea and red bean.
I got this mint green 缽仔糕 expecting it would be green tea and red bean! The usual boring combination.
To be honest I never eat 缽仔糕, they are usually too sweet and I hate red beans.

To my surprise when I was taking the photo I could smell coconut, a good sign!
The pudding was firm, and the beans were nice and hard, not too starchy.
The sweetness was just right and the texture was like dense jelly.

As I am not really a red bean lover, it would be cool if it the red beans were chocolate chips.
They should be more adventurous and make more flavours!!!

Flavours I think they should make:
Mint with chocolate chips, Strawberry with strawberry pieces, Chocolate with crushed peanut, coffee.
The list could be endless.

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Price: $4
Service: OK
Yummy factor: Very
Sweetness levels: Just right
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No. 32B Mo Wu Street,, Hung Hom

[Review 1292] The best chippy in Hong Kong and it is true @ Chippy

26/09/2011
Chippy
中環威靈頓街51A地下
G/F, 51A Wellington Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/the-best-chippy-in-hong-kong-and-it-is-true-e2196717

Being an expat, the most missed thing is roast dinners, fish and chips and the English style Chinese takeaway foods.
I have read numerous reviews that this place is the best for fish and chips but I was not familiar with Central and those narrow streets similar to THE LANES in Brighton.

Anyway, finally managed to locate it one day and it looks and smells the same as the British Fish and Chip shops.
They even had pickled eggs and gherkins in glass jars.
The familiar boards with chalk writings and the local catch of the day were there as well.

After I sat down, I was given a menu.
There were so many choices of fish as you would expect.
On the table, there was the good old Sarson’s vinegar bottle! [not sure if it was real Sarson’s vinegar inside though.]

It was hard deciding what to order and they had my favourite chips with curry sauce or gravy too.
In the end I chose Fish cake and chips and Cheese and onion pie with chips.

The food came quite fast.

Although the chips looked over done and dark, they tasted amazing.
The potatoes are freshly cut and fried.
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Fish cake and chips
This was a REAL fishcake!! The ones I had at school, ground fish with herbs and some mashed potato inside a crispy crumb coating. I went mad with the vinegar and put loads on the chips and fishcake.
Along with the fishcake there was the classic mushy peas and real tartar sauce.

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Cheese onion pie
It was the same as the school ones, thick gooey cheese inside with slivers of molten onion.
Its hard to explain but it is not sickening or creamy, but really cheddary and gooey but not stringy.
The cheese becomes firm after it has cooled down for a while.
It came with gravy too!

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Freshly squeezed lemon drink which was very refreshing.

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It was really comforting because they had deep fried mar’s bars, although I was really hoping to see Bubble and squeak on the menu too!
Let’s hope that will be on the menu soon.
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Price: Bit expensive but its worth every penny
Service: OK
Yummy factor: Very
English menu: Of course!
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