[Review 1589] Hainan chicken & Beef rendang @ 亞來街 Old Street Kobiteh

11/06/2012
亞來街 Old Street Kobiteh
將軍澳唐賢街9號PopCorn商場1樓F54號舖
Shop F54, 1/F, PopCorn, 9 Tong Yin Street, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/hainan-chicken-beef-rendang-old-street-kobiteh-e2239271

I did not have any expectations for this place because the previous reviews were negative and the food on the photos did not look that good.
When it initially opened it was packed but now there is no need to queue.

I expected it to be a been there tried that visit.

The items on the menu were standard items that you would find in a Singaporean restaurant ie Laksa, Hainan chicken, Rendang beef etc.
However the pricing for these dishes were slightly too expensive.

Ordered the Hainan style chicken and the rendang beef.
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Hainan chicken:
When it arrived the portion of the chicken looked stingy and the rice just looked awful.
I have never seen the rice accompanying Hainan chicken as dark and as oily as that.
The rice bowl had grains of rice all over it and the dish of chicken had chicken oil surrounding the chicken.
The chicken was disappointing because the pieces of chicken were all stuck together despite that fact that it has been cut already.
It just seemed like the portion of chicken was cut and left there for a while before serving.
The texture of the chicken was chewy and tasteless even though there was sauce to go with it and the rice was just oily and soft.
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Rendang beef
The sauce was dark and thick and the beef had been marinated for so long that there was a strong beef taste in the sauce as well as the taste of the rendang sauce.
Apart from the coconut taste being too strong I thought it was the best Beef rendang I have tried.
However if it were not on the daily special it would seem a bit over priced.
The presentation of the beef could have been better without sauce on the side of the bowl too!
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[Review 1588] Chung Kee Dessert now in Po Lam and addictive @ 松記糖水店 Chung Kee Dessert

10/06/2012
松記糖水店 Chung Kee Dessert
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心3期地下G11號舖
Shop G11, G/F, MCP Discovery, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O

https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chung-kee-dessert-now-in-po-lam-and-addictive-e2238903

I rarely go for Chinese desserts but tried this place because it is famous and found it addictive after trying it.
The other famous chinese desserterie in Sai Kung failed to impress me.
Chung's dessert in Po Lam is also good but inconsistent so hopefully they will cope with the new competition.
The lighting in this branch felt slightly unnatural and surreal.
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Chinese HALO!
I hardly eat Chinese desserts so I do not know much about them but this reminded me of the Philipino dessert called Halo-Halo which is also a mixture of things. (see below for more information on Halo Halo)
Anyway the locals said that this dessert was a Chinese dessert called Ja Ja with mango added to it.
It was interesting because there was sweetcorn, black eyed beans in it.
This is not really my cup of tea but wrote about it because it reminded me of HALO HALO.

Halo-halo is a popular Filipino dessert that is a mixture of shaved ice and evaporated milk to which are added various boiled sweet beans and fruits, and served in a tall glass or bowl. Ingredients include boiled kidney beans, garbanzos, sugar palm fruit (kaong), coconut sport (macapuno), and plantains caramelized in sugar, jackfruit (langkâ), gulaman, tapioca, nata de coco, sweet potato (kamote), pounded crushed young rice (pinipig). In terms of arrangement, most of the ingredients (fruits, beans, and other sweets) are first placed inside the tall glass, followed by the shaved ice. This is then sprinkled with sugar, and topped with either (or a combination of) leche flan, purple yam (ubeng pula), or ice cream. Evaporated milk is poured into the mixture upon serving.
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White Jelly with aloe
It looked interesting on the menu so ordered it, when it arrived it looked really angelic but does not show up on the photo.
The lychee noodles looked really nice because they were transparent and glistened in the light.
Basically it is cubes of almond pudding, white pearls, aloe and lychee noodles on top.
I liked most of elements in this dessert apart from the lychee noodles because I found it slightly too sweet.
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Purple rice with sea coconut dessert
The purple rice was nice and cooling and the sea coconut was sweet.
Also not my cup of tea but if it was not so sweet it would be a good source of fibre.
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Purple rice custard dumplings
I rarely like Chinese sweet dumplings but I loved them.
There was also other flavours as well from traditional to green tea with custard.
The dumplings were served in sweet ginger soup which was had a nice strong fiery ginger tone which balances out the sweetness of the dumplings.
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There was am interesting fly on the bill. When I took a picture of the bill it turned itself to the camera and did not fly away! What a poser!
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[Review 1587] Grilled squid and batter grilled shrimp @ 薩莉亞意式餐廳 Saizeriya Italian Restaurant

10/06/2012

薩莉亞意式餐廳 Saizeriya Italian Restaurant
將軍澳坑口培成路8號南豐廣場1樓R1B號舖
Shop R1B, 1/F, Nan Fung Plaza, 8 Pui Shing Road, Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/grilled-squid-and-batter-grilled-shrimp-saizeriya-e2238887

Felt like going to Saizeriya and was glad I went because there was new items on the menu.

Tried the grilled squid and batter grilled shrimps which was not previously on the menu.
Also ordered the black pepper sauce and chicken combo.
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Grilled squid HKD25:
It looked nearly the same as the product shot, however I was worried it might not have been cooked thoroughly as the squid was huge and thick,
Anyway, the middle was not cooked long enough but edible.
The sauce for the squid was really nice, it was similar to satay sauce but with more savory tones in it.
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Batter grilled shrimps HKD19:
The shrimps were huge, they were the same length as the table spoon.
The coating for the shrimp was quite thick too, the sauce that came with it was the prawn cocktail sauce that is served with the prawn cocktail and fried chicken pieces.
The coating was slightly burnt and dark if you compare it to the product shot.
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Black pepper sauce and chicken combo HKD38:
This was a platter of fried chicken pieces, chicken wings and grilled chicken thigh with black pepper sauce which is quite good because you can sample all those items.
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The air conditioning was freezing, all six were set around 20 degrees Celsius.

[Review 1586] Marinated pork knuckle and spicy chicken @ 金雞去骨海南雞專門店 Golden Chicken

04/06/2012

金雞去骨海南雞專門店 Golden Chicken
西貢福民路(食街)34號地舖
Shop 34, Ko Fu Building, Fuk Man Road, Sai Kung

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Marinated pork knuckle:
I wanted to order this on my last visit, but it did not look appetizing when I saw the freshly marinated pork knuckles in the metal pan.
I did not know that the pork knuckle would be conveniently sliced and topped with delicious gravy.
Anyway, the pork was soft and the pork skin was lovely and gelatinous and matched perfectly with the gravy.
The sauce was nice and savoury and not sweet which was good.
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Spicy chicken:
I really loved this chicken as well because the spicy sauce was amazing, the whole dish tastes exactly like szechuan chicken (hau sui gaai)but it is not as spicy as that.
As well as boned chicken I found out you could request for skinned chicken so next time I will request for skinned chicken!
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[Review 1585] Sai Kung the worst McCafe-McDs branch in Hong Kong @ 麥當勞 McDonald's

04/06/2012

麥當勞 McDonald's
西貢親民街16號西貢花園地下1-3號舖
Shop 1-3, G/F, Sai Kung Garden, 16 Chan Man Street, Sai Kung
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/the-worst-mccafe-mcds-branch-in-hong-kong-e2237819

German chicken sausage burger:
I loved the chicken sausage and chicken patty which was more filling than the usual chicken burgers.
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This branch of McDs used to be OK before it got rennovated and now they have added a McCafe which has made it worse.
I have nothing against McCafe but in all the other branches where they have a joint McCafe and McDs the seating is well segregated.
For McCafe patrons it is really hard to find somewhere to sit and in a tourist town like Sai Kung.
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Here the seats are for both places.
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Clearly in the picture below there is no one eating McCafe food in the McCafe dining area.
The sliding glass doors facing McCafe have now been locked to seat more people so there is only one entrance like it used to be.
They now have tables outside which is good, but not so good when the tourists use them as a gathering point.

[Review 1584] Super Super Cold Air Conditioning @ 譽居 Praise House Congee & Noodle Cuisine

03/06/2012
譽居  Praise House Congee & Noodle Cuisine
將軍澳唐賢街9號PopCorn商場地下G01號舖
Shop G01, G/F, PopCorn, 9 Tong Yin Street, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/super-super-cold-air-conditioning-%E8%AD%BD%E5%B1%85-e2237799

Overall the food here is over priced and you need to pay a 10% service charge as well as a HKD4 tea charge per person.
The air conditioning was too cold that it gives you headaches!
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Red bean curd pork knuckles with rice
Very bland.
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Dried shrimps and spring onion rice rolls
Overall these were ok, but not smooth enough.
They were not too oily.
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 Congee wtih crab
The congee was appalling and there was so many pieces of tiny crab shells in it.
The odd crab shell here and there is expected but not in every mouthful!
I have had crab congee else where and it is not as bad as this and the crab was not fresh.
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Interesting chopsticks
The tips of the chopsticks are frosted.
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Great translation
Noodles with shrimps! I think they mean shrimp roe.
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[Review 1583] Super Super Cold Air Conditioning @ 一粥麵 Super Super Congee & Noodle

03/062012
一粥麵 Super Super Congee & Noodle
將軍澳尚德邨尚德商場2樓239號舖
Shop 238, 2/F, Sheung Tak Shopping Centre, Sheung Tak Estate, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/super-super-cold-air-conditioning-%E4%B8%80%E7%B2%A5%E9%BA%B5-e2237719

Overall the food here was reasonable and the set was really cheap for the late supper session.
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Noodles with luncheon meat
The noodles tasted how it should and it was not greasy, however due to the super cold air conditioning the noodles were cold which made it less tasty.
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Rice rolls with Chinese roast pork
These rice rolls were different from other rice rolls with pork, the usual ones have pork inside with the rice roll wrapped outside the pork.
The roast pork here was chopped up into tiny pieces and embedded in the rice roll.
Personally I liked the rolls here because the pork was distributed more evenly and there was lots of spring onions in it.
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