[Review 1383] Saizeriya Italian Restaurant's winter menu @ 薩莉亞意式餐廳 Saizeriya Italian Restaurant

08/12/2011
薩莉亞意式餐廳  Saizeriya Italian Restaurant
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心1期地下C16-24號舖
Shop C16-24, G/F, MCP I, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/saizeriya-italian-restaurants-winter-menu-e2209505
As always the food at Saizeriya is cheap, fast and good.

They have changed their menu, and there are quite a few new items that are Japanese such as spicy whelks, seaweed and the pork belly in black vinegar.

Not a fan of Japanese food but ordered the pork belly, fried chicken, mushroom and cream risotto, spaghetti bolognese cherry tomatoes and buffalo cheese.
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Fried chicken
The iron plate was covered with oil hence the fried chicken was slightly oily where it had touched the plate.
Apart from that, the coating was thin and the chicken inside was tender and tasty.
The sauce that came with it was the famous sauce they use in their prawn salad.
The sauce was slightly too creamy for the chicken, but luckily the sauce was runny so you can control the amount of sauce you want.

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Pork belly in sweet vinegar sauce
It reminded of the Hangzhou dish called Dongpo pork, a square piece of pork belly with layers of fat and lean meat.
The belly is braised in sweet vinegar sauce, similar to the sweet vinegar and ginger pig's trotters.
I only ate the lean part of the meat , but it was slightly dry and coarse.

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Garlic bread
This is new on the winter menu which replaces the foccacia.
Overall it tastes OK, but I prefer the foccacia.

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Cheese and mushroom risotto
This is my favourite Asian cooked risotto Italian style because it was not too creamy and it contained lots of finely diced onions and parsley.

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Spaghetti bolognaise
This was disappointing because it looked nothing like the product shot, and it did not taste like bolognaise sauce.

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Cherry tomatos and buffulo cheese
The portion size was quite small, but the buffulo cheese was really nice with the olive oil drizzled on top.

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Spaghetti grenovese
Although the sauce was green, it was not Pesto sauce but THAI BASIL!!
It was an interesting dish because Thai basil was used instead of Basil which is commonly used in Italian dishes.

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Garlic foccacia from previous menu
This is no longer on the menu, but it was nice eating it with olive oil.

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creme pudding
It was not too sweet and the texture of the pudding was slightly firm with an eggy taste.

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[Review 1382] Italian pasta at the Chinese local Cafe @ 銳記茶餐廳

09/12/2011

銳記茶餐廳
灣仔蘭杜街2號2號舖
Shop 2, 2 Landale Street, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/italian-pasta-at-the-local-chinese-cafe-e2209279

Although the previous review on the pasta here was negative I came here especially for the Pasta!

It was quite interesting to see pasta on the menu in a Chinese cafe.

For the pasta, it is basically a multitude of combinations.

First you need to choose the sauce
: cream or tomato.
Secondly, there are three ingredients to pick from the choice of five, namely: ham, mushroom, tuna, clams, sausage.
Then finally, you pick your pasta from a choice of: fusilli, angel hair, spinach fettuccine or Penne.

I tried the same combination of spinach fettuccine cooked with tuna, clams and mushrooms cooked in cream sauce and tomato sauce.
Both were not bad, however the one in cream sauce was slightly too creamy, but after adding pepper and salt it made it better.
The tomato one was also good too.

On the side of the table, there were compartments with condiments, the best one was Sesame oil!
Not many places will have sachets of sesame oil for you to use freely.
Similar to adding Olive oil to pasta, I added sesame oil to my pasta for fun, and it tasted quite nice.

One of the waiters here was also interesting, he himself was a very tidy and clean fella, his uniform was pure white and spotless.
He was probably in his late 50s but took pride in his appearance as well as keeping the tables neat and tidy!

[Review 1381] BBQ pork mini puffs @ Pie & Tart Specialists 批&撻專門店

09/12/2011

批&撻專門店 (將軍澳)
將軍澳港鐵調景嶺站TIK 16舖
Shop TIK 16, Tiu Keng Leng MTR Station, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/bbq-pork-mini-puffs-e2209272
Tried the mini puffs which costs $10 for four.

They were quite Asian because they were topped with sesame.

Anyway, I didn't like it because the pastry was too buttery and the BBQ filling was too sweet.

[Review 1380] Marinated goose @ 鹵八鵝店 Lo Pak Restaurant

08/12/2011
鹵八鵝店 Lo Pak Restaurant
灣仔春園街20號富國大廈地下C舖
Shop C, 20 Spring Garden Lane, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/marinated-goose-e2209204

Usually I order the goose breast but this time I just ordered goose with rice.
It tastes Ok, but goose breast is lean and healthier.

The goose this time was too oily and fatty.

[Review 1379] New menu and prices increased @ 昌發泰國粉麵屋 Cheong Fat Thai Food

8/12/2011

昌發泰國粉麵屋  Cheong Fat Thai Food
九龍城城南道25-27號地下
G/F, 25-27 South Wall Road, Kowloon City
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/new-menu-and-prices-increased-e2209203

Since my last visit, the menu has changed,
It used to be a piece of card that was laminated.
The new menu has improved in terms of layout and it now has English.
However the prices have slightly gone up.

I think it used to cost $23 for a bowl of noodles and now it costs $26.
I ordered the boat noodles and it was as good as before, however it was slightly spicy.
The first time I tried it, it was not spicy at all.

Previous review:
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2052215

[Review 1378] Braised beef brisket noodles @ 太興新世代 (將軍澳) Tai Hing New Century

08/12/2011
太興新世代 Tai Hing New Century
將軍澳唐俊街9號君薈坊G02-03號舖
Shop G02-03, The Edge, 8 Tong Chun Street, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/braised-beef-brisket-noodles-e2209191

Made the mistake of eating Chinese food again.

Anyway this time came here for lunch because the locals only ate Chinese.

Ordered the steamed pork patty with salted fish and the braised beef brisket with e-fu noodles.

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steamed pork patty with salted fish
It was so salty. I know Salted fish is meant to be salty but pork itself was oversalted.
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braised beef brisket with e-fu noodles
I think I made the wrong choice as well ordering this.
Since e-fu noodles are fried before they are packaged it reeked of oil, and it absorbed the gamey smell of the beef.
The real thing was not as good as the product shot, the sauce was not even visible.

[Review 1377] Sicilian meatball and spaghetti pasta @ 必勝客 Pizza Hut

08/12/2011
必勝客 Pizza Hut
灣仔太源街8號海源中心1樓
1/F, Yanville, 8 Tai Yuen Street, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/sicilian-meatball-and-spaghetti-pasta-e2209187

This was not on the delivery menu before so decided to try it.
It costs $62 which qualifies for delivery.

It tasted better than I expected, the sauce for the pasta was rich tomato sauce infused with basil.
It has a tangier taste than the bolognaise sauce.
It also tastes like Heinz tinned spaghetti, but the texture of spaghetti is not as mushy as the tinned one.

As for the meatballs I liked them as well, they were soft, and it tasted like the Italian sausage meat use in their supreme pizza.