[Review 1402] More and more Arabic dishes on the menu @ Oh Food Arabic Halal Cuisine 清真阿拉伯料理 (灣仔)

04/01/2012
Oh Food 清真阿拉伯料理 Oh Food Arabic Halal Cuisine
灣仔盧押道11-13號修頓商業大廈11樓A,B室
Flat A & B, 11/F, Southern Commercial Building, 11-13 Luard Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/more-and-more-arabic-dishes-on-the-menu-e2213291

Just as I am writing this review, there are new dishes on the menu which I havent tried yet.

Anyway ordered my favourite starters which you would expect to see in an Arabic restaurant.

I have previously tried them at Habibi in central and its supermarket counter at Gourmet.

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Tabouleh:
This is a finely chopped salad containing wheat, tomato, cucumber, parsley, mint, onion and garlic seasoned with olive oil, lemon juice and salt.
The salad is so finely chopped that you can just eat with a spoon.
I love the colours in this dish, green with hints of grain and tomato.
It is very refreshing to start the meal with, however the wheat could be softer.

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Mutabal:
This is pureed Egg plant mixed with lemon juice.
Again another one of my favourites that go nicely with pita bread.

[Review 1401] Stirring belgium chocolate Xmas edition @ 許留山 Hui Lau Shan Healthy Dessert

01/01/2012

許留山 Hui Lau Shan Healthy Dessert
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心2期2樓2028-2029號舖
Shop 2028-2029, 2/F, MCP Central, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/stirring-belgium-chocolate-xmas-edition-e2212740

I really liked their stirring chocolate series, so when the Christmas edition came out I did not hesitate to try it.
On the product shot, the Christmas edition is chocolate with nuts which look green on the product shot.
I thought they were pistachios.

However when you get the drink, the nuts cannot be seen as nearly as the product shot and they are not green.
It would have been nice if the nuts were pistachios.

Anyway, the milk was luke warm so it did not melt the chocolate properly.
But other than that, the new drink is as good as the other drinks in the Stirring chocolate series.

[Review 1400] Marshmallow hot dog @ 愛爾蘭瘋薯 Ireland's Potato

29/12/2011
愛爾蘭瘋薯 Ireland's Potato
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心2期UG樓百佳超級市場
Parknshop, UG/F, MCP Central, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/marshmallow-hot-dog-e2212468

I do not usually go to this branch of Ireland's Potato because their frying oil is not changed often and their service is not as efficient as the city branches.
I decided to try the new marshmallow hot dog and the deep fried macaroni and cheese.
The macaroni and cheese was the same as the one served at BEE TWO, however the version at BEE TWO is much nice because their frying oil is changed regularly.
There was still so much oil in it that I had to use tissue to soak it off.
The oil totally ruined the taste

As for the marshmallow hot dog it was as good as expected.
The marshmallow was lovely and gooey, however I did not like the butter on the bun.

At the moment Ms Penguin and Ireland's Potato are doing a joint promotion.

The cutlet items were interesting because they were called GILLET .........

[Review 1399] Tomato broth noodles @ 吉野家 Yoshinoya

29/12/2011
吉野家 Yoshinoya
灣仔軒尼詩道303號協成行灣仔中心地下B號舖
Shop B, G/F, Office Plus@Wan Chai, 303 Hennessy Road,, Wan Chai

https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/tomato-broth-noodles-e2212467

Most of the items on the Yoshinoya menu are beef, however tomato broth noodles were new on the menu for breakfast.
There was a choice of beef or chicken, which both include a frankfurter as well.
I thought the scrambled eggs was included in the set, but you need to pay extra for it.
The noodles was served in tomato broth, topped with sweetcorn and tomato puree on top and a boiled frankfurter.
The chicken was served separately in a bowl.

I felt the portion size was quite small for the chicken because there were only three pieces, but it did not taste that nice. Anyway the noodles were too soft.
The tomato broth was made from tomato puree and not that sour and it tasted very bland.
The frankfurter was the gritty type and too salty for my liking.

As for the scrambled eggs, it tastes the best, however it was strange there was sweetcorn in it,
The tomato broth noodles is also available for afternoon tea, however the frankfurters are replaced by crab meat.
After finishing the noodles, I went to their toilet, it was cleaner than expected, however when I flushed the toilet I thought I was seeing an illusion because the water overflowed from the toilet and I had to scram fast!!

[Review 1398] Curly Noodles @ 泰國路邊街美食

27/12/2011
泰國路邊街美食
九龍城城南道26號地舖
G/F, 26 South Wall Road, Kowloon City
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/curly-noodles-e2211925

This was not what I wanted to order because I just wanted the curly noodles with the "boat soup" broth.
However I was given the "rainbow soup" broth, which is OK but does not go well with these curly noodles.
Anyway, the "rainbow soup" was slightly sour, but the rainbow soups I have tried at other thai places were not sour.\

[Review 1397] KFC's midnight feast @ 肯德基家鄉雞 (KFC) Kentucky Fried Chicken

26/12/2011
肯德基家鄉雞 (KFC) Kentucky Fried Chicken
灣仔港灣道30號新鴻基中心1樓101-103A舖及111舖及140舖
Shop 101-103A, 111 & 14, 1/F, 30 Sun Hung Kai Centre, Harbour Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/kfcs-midnight-feast-e2211684

Had not had a midnight feast in ages, so decided to get the KFC snack combo and the chocolate brownies.
I expected the delivery to take a long time which was part of the plan of having a late night feast!
Anyway, the fried snacks arrived with two sauces: a white one and tomato ketchup, the white one was the sauce used in the chicken burgers.

The snack combo was part of KFC's Christmas snack combo and only available on the delivery menu.

A midnight feast is a British kids thing having a food feast late at night eaten in secret, well not a secret anymore as I have already disclosed it on Openrice!
So go on have fun and be rebellious!
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Crispy shrimp and Cheesy roll

Crispy shrimp:
This was basically fried shrimp coated in cutlet, as well as cutlet on the outside, there was an extra layer of grounded prawn in between the prawn and the cutlet.

Cheesy roll:
I was expecting it to be plain cheese inside, but indeed the description was correct, it was surimi meat roll filled with cheese.

Although the crispy shrimp and cheese roll were not crispy by the time it was delivered, it still tasted nice.
Both were nice dipped with ketchup, but I would have preferred lemon with the shrimps.
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Chocolate brownies
Basically it was chocolate brownies deep fried, it was too dry for my liking.

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[Review 1396] Sakura shrimp ramen @ 味千拉麵 Ajisen Ramen

26/12/2011
味千拉麵 Ajisen Ramen
將軍澳重華路8號東港城2樓236號舖
Shop 236, 2/F, East Point City, 8 Chung Wa Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/sakura-shrimp-ramen-e2211681

Went to Ajisen because of the new noodles, both were stone bowls, one was pork udon, the other was ramen with sakura shrimp.
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Pork udon stone pot
This tasted bland compared to the ramen. However the pork was not that fresh with a strong off smell!
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Sakura ramen stone pot
The amount of sakura shrimp was amazingly generous, however the soup was too salty that I had to add two cups of water to dilute it down.
I think the chef did not add enough water to the soup because when it came the soup level was not even half full.