[Review 1491] Stinging nettles used for food in Hong Kong? @ 潮人飯堂 T-Pot Bistro

08/03/2012

潮人飯堂 T-Pot Bistro
將軍澳坑口重華路8號東港城1樓188號舖
Shop 188, 1/F, East Point City, 8 Chong Wa Road, Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/stinging-nettles-used-for-food-in-hong-kong-e2223159

As always there is no customer service and and their service is slow.
Came here again and ordered: Chicken with deep-fried Perilla leaves, Fish, Deep-fried tofu with Chiu Chow sauce
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Chicken with deep-fried Perilla leaves
This is a popular dish served in most Chiu Chow style restaurants.
The one here was too salty and too oily.

I felt that the deep fried perilla leaves were not real perilla leaves because it gave my tongue a weird sensation.
I suspect that they were stinging nettles because when they are raw, they look the same.
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Stinging nettles

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Deep-fried tofu with Chiu Chow sauce:
The tofu was fried nicely and it was a nice golden yellow.

The sauce that came with it was really nice, it had chopped chives in it and there was a slight garlic taste.

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Fish:
As always the fish tastes ok.

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Crispy tofu rolled sheets:
These were complimentary with the fish, in Chinese they are called “hengling” which means some sort of bell.
I did not hear any noises except that it makes a crunch when you bite into it, however when you dip it in the broth, it becomes soft and elastic.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 1490] Sweet tofu with green tea almond @ 聰嫂私房甜品 Cong Sao Star Dessert

08/03/2012
聰嫂私房甜品 Cong Sao Star Dessert
將軍澳常寧路2號TKO Gateway西翼地下W003-W004號舖
Shop W003-W004, G/F, West Wing, TKO Gateway, 2 Sheung Ning Street, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/sweet-tofu-with-green-tea-almond-chungs-dessert-e2223120

Tried the Sweet tofu with green tea almond.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Sweet tofu with green tea almond
The tofu was silky smooth but it lacked the taste of soybean, it was no different to the ones that can be brought from the supermarket.
There was some sauce covering the tofu which tasted like watery condensed milk, and the green tea konjac was nice but slightly too sweet.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 1489] Attn: To expats n overseas born Chinese! Comfort Food @ 友膳坊 Charlie's Place

08/03/2012

友膳坊 Charlie's Place
灣仔蘭杜街2號麗都大廈8號地舖
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/attn-to-expats-n-ovaseas-born-chinese-comfort-fd-e2223117


The food here is fantastic and every dish is good.
Here you will find the menu the same as the takeaways in England and many expats, ABCs and BBCs dining here.

They have all the comfort foods you would find at home and cooked with the familiar ingredients such as baby sweet corns, green bell peppers and those sweet onions.

The must try item is the crispy duck, it is not the Cantonese type with the thick fatty skin. The crispy duck served here and in the UK has crispy skin and soft supple duck meat inside to be eaten with those pancakes.
The pancakes are made by themselves too.
The price of the duck is about the same served in quarter and half portions with the same number of pancakes, which cost about £6.75 for a quarter of a duck and around £12 for half a duck! Here it costs $75 for a quarter and $120 for half a duck.
Likewise extra pancakes costs a few dollars extra.

The curry has the stuff you get in UK such as sweet onions and baby sweetcorns .

As well as Western Chinese food, they also do some Cantonese food, which is quite nice too.

They have duck leg noodles in a herbal soup with Angelica sinensis (donggwai) with wolfberries which I like, but unfortunately it gives me the nosebleeds the day after.
The drunken chicken leg is also good.

Even the Laksa matches the quality of the Laksa served in Singaporeoan places except it lacks the blood clams and prawns, but the taste is good enough and you can choose egg noodles to go with it instead of the boring vermicelli.

Although I usually order the comfort food, the eggs with prawns or roast pork is brilliant as well, especially with extra spring onions.

Apart from this place, I heard Cheung Kee is also good which I will try some time.

[Review 1488] A picture tells a thousand words @ 上海真美豆漿大王

07/03/2012
上海真美豆漿大王
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心3期地下G22號舖
Shop G22, G/F, MCP Discovery, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/a-picture-tells-a-thousand-words-e2223105

If it had not been the pictures in the previous review I would not have considered this restaurant.
The preserved vegetables served with the rice and the savoury soymilk looked good so I decided to give it a try.

Originally I was going to order the traditional Shanghai style pork chops but because it came with preserved vegetables, I ordered the five spice ribs instead.
I also ordered rice with the tofu stuffed with meat because I wanted to try their tofu.
I ordered sweet soymilk with dumplings and savoury soy milk which both could be considered as soup and dessert.

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Fried tofu stuffed with minced meat
The oil was not fresh and the tofu lacked the taste of soybean.

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Pork ribs marinated in five spices
With the preserved vegetables that came with the rice, it tasted similar to Tung Po style meat but without the fat.

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Savoury soymilk
This was item that I came for and it did not let me down.
There was generous amounts of tiny shrimps, preserved vegetables and fried dough sticks in the soymilk.
It reminded me of Western soup because it was thick and quite wholesome.

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Sweet soymilk with dumplings
This was inconsistent, I came here twice for it because the first time the dumplings were chewy and delicious and the soymilk was not so sweet, however the second time the dumplings were too soft and the soymilk was too sweet.

On my first visit, when the staff placed the bowl of dumplings on my table, there was a piece of spring onion in the the bowl, and I was impressed that she admitted there was something in the bowl and told me to ignore it.
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The chili sauce was also quite good for complimenting the food there.

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[Review 1487] No expectations for good food here @ 香格格酸辣米線

07/03/2012
香格格酸辣米線
將軍澳常寧路2號TKO Gateway東翼1樓E169-E170號舖
Shop 169-170, 1/F, East Wing, TKO Gateway, 2 Sheung Ning Street, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/no-expectations-for-good-food-here-e2223096

Ordered a bowl of noodles and a main dish.
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Instant noodles with pork trotters
The bowl of noodles were a mess, the beansprouts, spring onions and chives were dumped on top.
The smell of the broth was off.
The pork trotters were extremely soft and came off the bone easily.

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Beef with spring onions and shallots
This was disappointing because the beef was cooked in oyster sauce and the spring onions and shallots were garnished on top.
The name of this dish in Chinese was "gingchung" which does not look like this

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[Review 1486] Euro Go Go Go Go Go Go Go Go @ euro go go

07/03/2012

euro go go
將軍澳重華路8號東港城1樓106號舖
Shop 106, 1/F, East Point City, 8 Chung Wa Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/euro-go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go-e2223095


I have always wanted to try this place, but it is always packed with people and service seems slow!
I finally tried it and the service WAS slow!!

The shop is basically decorated with vector illustrations of Europe, the one outside reminds me of the small towns in UK, and the ones inside make you feel like you are in France.

Anyway, when you enter the shop, the counter is right at the entrance that when you are ordering you are almost standing in between the restaurant and the mall.
[SEE profile picture for this restaurant]

On the left, there is a mini shop selling biscuits, sweets, marshmallows and other packaged goods. There is a glass cabinet with cakes in it too.

The menu is right behind the counter, which only accommodates the person at the front ordering to see.

They have tea lattes in five fun flavours!!

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Spring chicken with mashed potato
It was roasted spring chicken seasoned with rosemary and black pepper.
This was quite cheap for $38 but the portion of mashed potato was so small.
The spring chicken was tender and had crispy skin.

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Tea Latte with macaroon syrup
The tea latte was really nice with foamy milk on top and the taste of macaroon enhanced the tea and it tasted like candyfloss tea.

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Deluxe Pizza
The pizza deluxe pizza had Black Pepper Beef, Pepperoni, Pineapple & Bacon.
The bacon was weird it was grounded bacon and there was a strange taste and smell.
The bacon tasted like those crunchy bacon bits used as toppings soaked in water.

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Bacon, Sausage & Mushroom with Marinara Sauce
Same as the pizza, the bacon was weird.
The marinara sauce was nice and had strong tomato taste.

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Mushroom & Sweet Corn with Cream Herbs Sauce
This was bland and not too creamy.

[Review 1485] Hokkaido Dairy experience at Wan Chai @ 北海道牧場餐廳 Hokkaido Dairy Farm Milk Restaurant

07/03/2012

北海道牧場餐廳 Hokkaido Dairy Farm Milk Restaurant
灣仔莊士敦道211號地下A-B舖
Shop A-B, G/F, 211 Johnston Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/hokkaido-dairy-experience-at-wan-chai-e2222973

Last time I came, this branch was closed and now they have extended the opening hours so I decided to give it a try.
After dining at the Admiralty branch there were other items I wanted to try.

The ordering style at this branch is different to the Admiralty branch.
You find a seat first and order at the table.
However the setting of this restaurant was not as comfortable as the Admiralty branch.

This time ordered the scrambled eggs with mushroom and the scrambled eggs with tomato set.
The set comes with coffee or tea but you can order drinks that are the same price as the coffee or tea, which they do not tell you.
I only found out because I do not drink HK style tea or coffee so there is no point ordering the set.
In the end I ordered the Almond tea with the set.

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Scrambled eggs with tomato
The scrambled egg was nice and the tomato was just tomato puree, however there were pieces of eggshell in the egg.

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Scrambled eggs with mushroom
The amount of mushroom was stingy compared to the Admiralty branch.
The mushroom and sauce was extremely nice.
Again found eggshells, there is one piece of evident eggshell which can be seen on the lower part of part.

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Macaroni
The amount of soup was stingy compared to the Admiralty branch

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Roast pork and spaghetti:

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Eggshells
Not often served with food, but there were a few pieces in the egg.
It had a very gritty texture, which contrasted the lovely smoothness of the scrambled egg!
If your lucky you might come across some!

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Almond tea
I was surprised it was really nice, the sweetness was just right.
There was slight curdling on the surface of the almond tea.

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