[Review 1652] European breakfast @ 翠華餐廳 Tsui Wah Restaurant

13/07/2012

翠華餐廳 Tsui Wah Restaurant
灣仔駱克道54-62號博匯大廈2樓1B號舖
Shop 1B, 2/F, The Broadway, 54-62 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/european-breakfast-tsui-wah-restaurant-e2245526

I don't know why, but I always think the food at TW is over priced.
Anyway I tried their breakfast which costs $35.

As I do not drink the Chinese style Milk tea it was pointless getting the noodle set, so I opted for the European breakfast because it comes with orange juice.

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Orange Juice:
It was sweetened orange juice and it seems to be the Tropicana brand.
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European breakfast:
Egg:
It was tasteless and needed condiments, it tasted like McDonalds scrambled egg.
I was really disappointed with the egg because other places such as fairwood the egg tastes nice without salt.
Baked beans:
Just the usual baked beans but definately not the Heinz brand.
Fish cutlet:
The fish was nice and tender however it was slighty over fried.
Pumpkin:
The pumpkin was not soft enough and sweet.
Crispy bun:
This was something I liked because the bun was not sweet and it was buttered.
Sauce:
I thought it was salad cream but it turned out to be Japanese mayonnaise which saved the tasteless egg.
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[Review 1651] Egg and ham six inch sub @ Subway

13/07/2012

Subway
灣仔盧押道20號其康大廈地下
G/F Dannies Hse Bldg., 20 Luard Rd.,, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/egg-and-ham-six-inch-sub-subway-e2245442

Got the egg and ham sub because the product shot showed the egg was omelette style, however when I got my sub it was egg and mayonnaise and not the omelette style.
It was quite nice but egg and mayonnaise is a little too heavy for breakfast.

[Review 1650] Lovely tea and relaxing time @ 川善茶居 Sinmei Tea

12/07/2012

川善茶居 Sinmei Tea
上環永樂街50號昌盛大廈5樓
5/F, CS Tower, 50 Wing Lok Street, Sheung Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/lovely-tea-and-relaxing-time-sinmei-e2245339

I was planning to come here a while ago but this place was fully booked so came here another time late in the afternoon with IVYCWK.
The decor of this place is really nice featuring lots of traditional Chinese teaware and prized tea leaves.

They even have their own brands.

I ordered the matcha snow white which has ice-cream floating on top and IVYCWK ordered the Rose Island.
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matcha snow white

I was really impressed with the drink, the sweetness was just right and even after the ice-cream melted it did not make the drink too sweet.
First I drank the green tea and left half of it to mix with the ice-cream to get two different tastes.
The green tea was not too bitter or grassy which was good.
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Rose Island
IVYCWK's drink was fun, but since I am allergic to Rose and Lavender I could not order that, but it comes with Perrier to be added in the drink.

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I wanted to try the food as well but I had dinner afterwards so I couldn't, it was so nice of them to let me try their earl grey cup cake and it was delicious, the earl grey was really strong and I loved the icing on top.
It really reminded me of the cupcakes at school.
While I was sitting there I could smell their cooked eggs which made me hungry so next time I shall order their eggs.

[Review 1649] Shame this restaurant has packed up @ 富記飯店

08/07/2012
富記飯店
旺角彌敦道628號瓊華中心5樓
5/F, King Wah Centre, 628 Nathan Road, Mong Kok

https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/shame-this-restaurant-has-packed-up-e2244423
Came here in March and a week after I decided to go again and it had already packed up.

There were so many other dishes I wanted to try such as the fried oysters in port wine.
Anyway the stuff that I had was the French sliced chicken skin.
It is a piece of mantao with sliced chicken liver and crispy chicken on top.
"法式片皮雞 –由春雞‧鵝肝‧炸饅頭組成" quoted from the previous review.

I really liked the chicken liver and the crispy chicken, however I did not like the chinese mantao because it was sweet.
As well as this dish, ordered other items, but they were not as good as this dish.

[Review 1648] Egg white and salmon ciabatta @ Pacific Coffee 太平洋咖啡

08/07/2012

太平洋咖啡 Pacific Coffee
中環畢打街1-3號中建大廈2樓203號舖
Shop 203, 2/F, Central Building, 1-3 Pedder Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/egg-white-and-salmon-ciabatta-pacific-coffee-e2244420

After trying the delicious Starbucks egg white delight ciabatta I discovered that Pacific coffee had a similar version.
It was egg white with pieces of salted salmon and spinach.
Basically it was quite nice, the egg white with salmon and spinach is similar to their quiche filling.
The ciabatta was nice because it was topped with pieces of grounded wheat.

Chicken and Leek pie
This however did not taste so nice and explains why it is the last item to be sold.
The chicken is not that fresh and the pie crust and pastry is really hard and dry.

[Review 1467] Inconsistent and Differing Frappuccinos at different branches @ 星巴克咖啡 Starbucks Coffee

08/07/2012
星巴克咖啡 Starbucks Coffee
太子彌敦道750號始創中心2樓Kiosk A & B舖
Kiosk A & B, 2/F, Pionner Centre, 750 Nathan Road, Prince Edward
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/differing-frappuccinos-at-different-branches-e2244419

Ordered the green tea frappuccino at Starbucks located at Pioneer Centre.

I was expecting slushy frappuccino but it was not and I liked it.

The cream on top at this branch was stiffer and airy and not the smooth ones at the other branches.
But I liked the cream like this because it tasted like clotted cream.

The Pioneer branch is interesting because the tables are scattered around the balcony.

[Review 1646] Caramel Frappuccino HKD34 @ 星巴克咖啡 Starbucks Coffee

08/07/2012
星巴克咖啡 Starbucks Coffee
旺角登打士街56號家樂坊地下G01-02號舖
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/caramel-frappuccino-starbucks-coffee-e2244416

Got bored with the green tea frappuccino and hojicha, so this time I got the Caramel Frappuccino.

I assumed there was no coffee in it, but it tasted bitter.
After asking the barrister it turns out that you need to tell them beforehand.

But overall, the drink was quite nice and not too sweet and the caramel was nice and strong.