[Review 1443] Seriously thoughtful of Fairwood @ 大快活 Fairwood

06/02/2012
大快活 Fairwood
灣仔駱克道138號中國海外大廈1字樓D1舖
Shop D1, 1/F China Overseas Bldg., No 138 Lockhart Road,, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/seriously-thoughtful-of-fairwood-e2218045


After trying the pumpkin congee, I came back to try the chicken croquette.

The set I got had a potato, chicken and bacon croquette, which comes with a piece of chicken and a bowl of macaroni.
On the product shot, the piece of chicken looked like a piece of chicken cutlet.

When I got my breakfast, I realised it was grilled chicken and not cutlet, anyway, it did seem odd having two fried items in a set.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Grilled chicken:
The grilled chicken was slightly oily but the chicken tasted ok and there was some MSG in it too.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
There was Chinese salad cream for the croquette but I did not use it.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Croquette:
The croquette was oily as well, but the croquette filling was nice, it was creamy mashed potato with pieces of chicken and bacon.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Macaroni:
The macaroni tasted average to me because it was not soft enough and I don’t like ribbed macaroni.

macaroni and ham
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
As for the waiting time between ordering, it took nearly 10 minutes, which is quite a long wait in the mornings.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Hygiene:
I was extremely impressed by their hygiene because Fairwood has invested on some really good face shields for their kitchen staff.
The face shield protects the food from saliva droplets when their staff need to communicate verbally at the food counter such as ordering the food from the kitchen and informing the customers that their food is ready.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
As usual their colour theme is energetic and vibrant.

[Review 1442] Maxim's countryside breakfast set @ 美心MX Maxim's MX

05/02/2012
美心MX Maxim's MX
將軍澳重華路8號東港城1樓108舖
Shop 108, East Point City, 8 Chung Wa Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/maxims-countryside-breakfast-set-e2217837


I tried the Countryside breakfast because I like potatoes and not many places serve this style of potatoes with breakfast unless you are in spain.

When I saw the advert for this, I felt that the breakfast was more Spanish than European.

 Anyway, the countryside set comes with stir-fried potatoes and their so called "European sausage" with a choice of bacon, egg or ham.
I ordered the set with egg.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Stir fried potatoes:
The potatoes were cut with a crinkle knife.
They were fried for a bit and then stir fried with onion, however I found it too sweet.
I was really looking forward to the potatoes but they did not taste as nice as I expected.

 ★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Continental sausage:
It looked like a European sausage but the texture was exactly the same as a Frankfurter.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Toast with butter:
I had no expectation for the toast but the butter that came with it made it delectable because it was salted butter.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Although the breakfast is continental style, I felt that most of the items were localized especially their sausage and potatoes.
Perhaps, they should rename it call it the Hongkie style breakfast

[Review 1441] Pumpkin congee @ Fairwood

05/02/2012
大快活 Fairwood
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心1期2樓204-207號舖
Shop 204-207, 2/F, MCP l, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/pumpkin-congee-at-fairwood-e2217737

The pumpkin and pork congee is surprisingly nice from Fairwood.
It tastes better than Ocean Empire's version.
There are generous amounts of pumpkin in the congee and visible pieces of spring onions.
The ratio of pumpkin to congee is about 50:50.
The texture of the pumpkin is not too soft and I like the way it has been chopped into tiny pieces.
I love the golden colour of the congee and the green pieces of spring onions which make this congee colourful and fun.
I would recommend this congee to the elderly or babies.

[Review 1440] Cute birds paying a visit to Birdland at KFC @ 肯德基家鄉雞 (KFC) Kentucky Fried Chicken

05/02/2012

肯德基家鄉雞 (KFC) Kentucky Fried Chicken
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心2期2樓2057-2059號舖
Shop 2057-59, 2/F, MCP Central, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/cute-birds-paying-a-visit-to-birdland-at-kfc-e2217734

Went to KFC to try the new Honey Oats So Sweet fried chicken .
While I was there, I saw some cute birds at KFC.★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
:Honey Oats So Sweet fried chicken:
Just tried it because it was new on the menu.
Honey oats so sweet is the usual fried chicken covered with oats and honey.
I did not like it much because I found it too sweet.
After eating the chicken my hands were sticky and oily.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 1439] Contradicting menus without any small print @ 馬泰 Ma Thai

02/02/2012
馬泰 Ma Thai
將軍澳重華路8號東港城197A舖
Shop No.197A, East Point City, 8 Chung Wa Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/contradicting-menus-without-any-small-print-e2217364

Went in thinking I was dining the Happy-Hour session according to their menu shown and also according to their POS system it was 14:00:53

However on the bill they issued there was no discount because they said it was the weekend, but there was no fine print or even a teeny weeny misleading print to indicate that weekdays and weekends are different.

Ordered stir-fried dry curry flat noodles and prawn noodles in gravy.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Vermicelli starter
This was complimentary but the taste was too spicy as starter.
It tasted like vermicelli tossed in chili and lemon dressing.
The starter ruined my appetite because it was too spicy and left my tongue burning so bad that I could not distinguish whether the main food items were too hot in temperature or whether it was the spiciness that was stinging my tongue.
After drinking some water, the burning sensation was reduced.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Stir fried dry curry ho-fun:
Initially I could not taste anything, but after drinking some water, I could taste that the sweetness of the curry powder used. The scrambled egg strands in the noodles were surprisingly quite nice. The oil odour was not that strong.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Prawn ho fun in gravy:
This was basically stir-fried noodles topped with prawns and vegetables cooked in clear gravy.
The noodles were stir-fried as well like above but tasted greasier and smelt of oil.
I would have expected this to be slightly healthier than the curry ho-fun, but this was so much oilier.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Chilli sauce:
The chili sauce was contained in a cute ceramic pot with a cute spoon. Not quite sure what was in the sauce but there seemed to be some grounded pork in it and it was slightly sour.
The sauce was quite nice and not that spicy.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Although this place has been awarded many awards, I found the food average.

[Review 1438] Korean Strawberry cup @ 美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop

02/02/2012
美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop
將軍澳坑口重華路8號東港城1樓180號舖
Shop 180, 1/F, East Point City, 8 Chung Wa Road, Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/korean-strawberry-cup-e2217363

The Korean strawberry cup looked really nice so I got it to try.
It reminded me of the Berry mousse cup in the Maxim’s summer berries series last year.
However this one is visually better and tastes nicer.

It is just a simple dessert that consists of crushed jelly at the bottom with chocolate sponge on top, then strawberry mousse topped with strawberry jelly cubes and a fresh strawberry.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Korean Strawberry Cup
I liked this because there was lots of strawberry jelly. The sponge was not too sweet and the mousse did not taste of artificial strawberry.
It is a nice dessert for someone with a strawberry jelly craving, especially for those who only pick the strawberry jelly pieces in a mixed jelly bowl!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 1437] Delicious ham and egg sandwich @ 美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop

13/01/2012

美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop
灣仔軒尼詩道145號安康商業大廈地下2號舖
Shop 2, G/F, 145 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/delicious-ham-and-egg-sandwich-e2217066

I did not expect to get anything from Maxim's, but they had these egg and ham sandwiches which looked really inviting because there was runny egg in the middle.
There were quite a few of them like that because the egg had not been cooked properly, but I like part of the egg still in liquid form.
The colour of the egg was a nice yellow and the egg did not have that old oil taste like they do in Chinese Cafes.
The ham was good as well, not fried because Chinese Cafes like to treat them like bacon and fry them. The British don’t do that, apart from the Chinese people from HK who go over to the UK.