[Review 1257] Korean Walnut shaped Taiyakis filled with red bean @ 韓國皇帝胡桃紅豆餅 Korean Walnut Cookie

韓國皇帝胡桃紅豆餅 Korean Walnut Cookie
北角馬寶道1A地下3號舖
Shop 3, G/F, 1A Marble Road, North Point
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/korean-walnut-shaped-taiyakis-filled-with-red-bean-e2230290


I am not a fan of red bean paste but I decided to give it a try.
The owner was really friendly and there were other items as well to try but since I am allergic to the Kimchi I just tried this.
The outer layer of this walnut snack was similar to the Taiyaki, so I expected it to taste soft and slightly tough on the skin with sweet red bean paste in the middle with the occasional pieces of walnut.
For red bean lovers this would be a great snack because they are bite sized and if they are freshly done they taste nice warm as well.

[Review 1256] Egg tarts with a spoon @ Yamazaki Bakery

19/04/2012
山崎麵飽 Yamazaki Bakery
鑽石山龍蟠街3號荷里活廣場3樓322號舖
Shop 322, Level 3, Plaza Hollywood, 3 Lung Poon Street, Diamond Hill, Kowloon, Diamond Hill
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/egg-tarts-with-a-spoon-yamazaki-bakery-e2230288

Got four egg tarts from Yamazaki, there was a choice of the normal egg tarts or egg tarts made with egg whites and milk.
So got two of each.
They were $5 each, marked down from the regular price of $6.5

The appearance of these egg tarts are slightly different from the usual egg tarts, they are taller and deeper.
They look the same as the ones sold at TIT*F.
All the egg tarts here are supplied with a disposable spoon.

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Egg Tarts:
The egg tart filling was firmer than the usual Chinese egg tarts and the crust was hard and also very sweet.
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Egg Tarts made with Egg white and milk:
The filling was not as yellow as the egg tart because it was made with egg white and milk, the taste was much milkier and not so sweet.
Overall I preferred the taste of this one.
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For both egg tarts, the base was very thick and almost made up for a third of the egg tart height.

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[Review 1525] Waffles that are sometimes soft and sometimes hard @ 山崎麵飽 Yamazaki Bakery

18/04/2012

山崎麵飽 Yamazaki Bakery
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心2期UG樓005號舖
Shop 005, UG/F, MCP Central, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/waffles-that-are-sometimes-soft-and-sometimes-hard-e2229879
I attempted to buy them previously but when I used the bakery tongs to pick them up they were rock hard so I left them.

However on this visit they were fresh and much softer so I bought the Green tea with red beans waffle and the original waffle.
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Original waffle:
This one was not as sweet as the green tea one but still quite sweet.
It was firm on the outside and soft in the inside.
The waffle had a very buttery smell and taste too.
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Green tea and red beans waffle:
The buttery smell and taste for this waffle was not as strong as the original however it was much sweeter that you could not really taste the green tea.
There were quite a few red beans in the waffle.
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[Review 1524] Tea eggs 茶葉蛋 @ Hung Fook Tong 鴻福堂

18/04/2012

鴻福堂 Hung Fook Tong
將軍澳港鐵坑口站11號舖
Shop11, Hang Hau MTR Station, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/tea-eggs-%E8%8C%B6%E8%91%89%E8%9B%8B-hung-fook-tong-e2229878

Havent had a tea eggs in a while so decided to get some.
They were 2 for $10 so I got two.

One had an open crack that the sauce was able to seep in during its time in the pot, and the other was not severely cracked.
I preferred the cracked one because the taste was stronger and saltier, while the other one was much more bland.
There was a hint of soy sauce and star anise in the egg.

[Review 1523] Chocolate tarts and egg tarts @ 美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop

13/04/2012

美心西餅  Maxim's Cake Shop
沙田港鐵沙田站 SHT 2&3號舖
Shop SHT 2&3, Shatin MTR Station, Sha Tin
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chocolate-tarts-and-egg-tarts-maxims-e2229145

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Chocolate Tarts:
I think this was quite weird because it is called a chocolate tart but the inside is filled with chocolate cake.
Anyway, the whole thing was chocolate coloured, even the base of the tart was chocolate coloured.

It was very messy to eat because chocolate on the top melted.
The tart and the cake in the middle was too dry and the sweetness itself was too sweet that you could not taste the cake or the chocolate flavouring.

There were chocolate crunchy toppings on top which makes it even drier with the dry cake.
Personally I would have preferred a cherry or no topping at all.
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Egg Tarts:
The egg tarts were acceptable, but the crust let it down, it was made with lard that had a horrible smell.
It was so strong that the smell came back up from burping!
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[Review 1522] Chinese style Vietnamese food @ 越興苑越南美食菜館 Vietnam Garden Restaurant

11/04/2012

越興苑越南美食菜館 Vietnam Garden Restaurant
旺角花園街107號
107 Fa Yuen Street, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chinese-style-vietnamese-food-e2228813

Tried this Vietnamese restaurant in Mong Kok, but felt that the food was more Cantonese.
I seem to get the impression that most foods served in the Mong Kok area are Cantonese style even though they are not meant to be.
Ordered the stir-fried vegetables which was cabbages, broccoli and carrots and it tasted like Chop Suey!
As for the noodles, the noodles were not in long strands, most of them were broken which can be seen in the bowl.
The bowl of noodles were really amateur and presented in a mess.

[Review 1521] KFC's Spudastic tomato flavoured Potato party @ 肯德基家鄉雞 (KFC)Kentucky Fried Chicken

11/04/2012
肯德基家鄉雞 (KFC)Kentucky Fried Chicken
旺角山東街38號38廣場地下A舖
Shop A, G/F, 38 Plaza, 38 Shantung Street, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/kfcs-spudastic-tomato-flavoured-potato-party-e2228792

I love potatoes so i just had to try this, however the KFC in Hong Kong is not as good as the KFC in UK.
In UK, we have fries/chips and not the Criss-cut Fries that come as a standard in Hong Kong, and they also have chicken gravy as an option for chips.
Anyway, since the Potato party was slightly different I decided to try it.
They are hash browns in the shape of discs and stars which are bite sized.

I was disappointed they also had the criss-cut fries with them because the star of the snack is really the hashbrowns.
I can understand they are trying to give you more variety because it is called potato party, but I dislike these criss-cut fries.

When you open the box there is a tomato scent and the tomato flavouring is sweet and artificial.
If you have tried the Walker's tomato crisps you can actually taste ketchup, but the tomato flavour on these hash browns tastes neither like tomato or ketchup.
The taste is very sweet and not sour at all, it tastes of paprika and carotene flavouring.