[Review 1700] Thai style pork knuckle @ The Spice House Restaurant

09/08/2012
The Spice House Restaurant
灣仔廈門街35號地下
G/F, 35 Amoy Street, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/thai-style-pork-knuckle-the-spice-house-e2250743

Came here randomly on a hot day but it was quite stuffy inside that restaurant.
As I did not know what to order, I ordered the set for $40 which includes a drink and pork knuckles with gravy.
The drink came first, it was Lemon tea.
It ruined the start because it was syrupy sweet.
Not long, the pork knuckle arrived but it was luke warm. I was expecting it to be burning especially because it was such a hot day that day.
Anyway, the pork knuckle was dry and tough it seemed like it had been cooked for a long time and left around.
The sauce was a bit too sweet and salty.

[Review 1699] Hot Pot @ Taste Full Kitchen

09/08/2012

真味鮮廚 Taste Full Kitchen
將軍澳培成路18號海悅豪園商場地下10號
Shop 10, G/F, Maritime Bay, 18 Pui Shing Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/hot-pot-taste-full-kitchen-e2250737

Located in Hang Hau, I was surprised this restaurant was quite nice especially the interior.
When I entered the restaurant, the logo reminded me of Megan's Kitchen 美味廚 in Wan Chai.
Both these places share the Chinese characters 美味 in the name and they both offer some unique items for the hot pot.
In the end I found out that this restaurant is part of the Victoria Harbour restaurant group.

I chose the broth with pork bones and when it came it was white with some sweet corns, shitaake mushrooms and chives in it.

I was expecting it to be tasteless but it was really strong, it was as nice as the broths at Little Fat Sheep so for people who do not favour red meat, the veggies and other items did not turn out to be tasteless due to the broth.
There were lots of spices in the broth too.
As well as the nice broth, they had nice sauces.

Although I am allergic to the sichuan sauce, the sichuan sauce was really nice, it was not that spicy but the taste and smell was really aromatic.
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Dumplings with truffle:
It was such a waste with the pieces of truffle placed on top, when it is in the hot pot the truffle pieces float away.
The truffle pieces should have been wrapped inside.
The skin was really thick so the filling was hard to cook.
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Oysters in the tub:
I was disappointed with the size of these because I have seen bigger before, however I found a tiny pearl that was forming.
The taste was creamy but slightly too mushy.
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Hiroshima Oysters:
Surprisingly these taste better than the ones in tubs.
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Fish maw and fish belly:
These were nice just plainly blanched in the hot pot because the soup broth was strong but after adding the sichuan sauce it was really nice as well.
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Apart from Hot Pots I will be back for their dinners because they had some interesting items such as oysters, steamed Alaskan crab legs with huadiao wine.

[Review 1698] Hotpots and lovely sauces @ 稻香超級漁港 Pier 88

09/08/2012

稻香超級漁港 Pier 88
將軍澳厚德商場東翼2樓204號舖
Shop 204, 2/F, Hau Tak Shopping Centre,, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/hotpots-and-lovely-sauces-pier-88-e2250721

I am not a fan of hot pots because it is just meat, meat and meat balls and getting my mouth burnt and not knowing when the food is cooked.

Unless the hot pot broth has a strong flavour, most of the food is tasteless and relies on the sauces.

In this case, they had so many sauces here to enhance the food.

The only item I tried was the fish noodles which are squeezed out from the pouch, forming noodles when it comes into contact with the boiling broth.
The broth was bland so the sauces were heavily relied on.
The noodles were nice and soft and there was some slight MSG in it.
My favourite sauce was the scallop and the bean sauce.

[Review 1697] Italian style grilled skewers @ 薩莉亞意式餐廳 Saizeriya Italian Restaurant

09/08/2012
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/italian-style-grilled-skewers-saizeriya-e2250674

Tried the new skewers here which reminded me of the satays served with peanut sauce because the ones here were also served in peanut sauce.
The satays come in fours or eights.

Although it was Italian style I felt that it was quite Malaysian because of the satay sauce but only Italianised because of the onion sauce.

On the menu, you can see part of the name has been tippexed out, on closer inspection it looks like the word chicken has been tippexed out.

When I ordered, I asked what meat it was because it does not say on the menu and it turns out to be pork so I ordered four skewers only, had it been chicken I would have ordered eight.

Apart from me, I found other people asking whether it was chicken and getting disappointed when they found out it was pork.
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Italian style grilled stick
The pork itself was relatively moist but some pieces came with fat which I thought were onion because it was white.
The two sauces that came with it were sour onions in oil and satay sauce.
The satay sauce tasted the better of the two.
The satay sticks looked like if they were reused because of the blackness of the skewers, I doubt they could get that black in one grilling without the meat being more grilled than the sticks!!

[Review 1696] Chinese Bakery @ 金星麵包店 Golden Star Bakery

09/08/2012
金星麵包店 Golden Star Bakery
黃大仙彩虹道121號啟德花園商場二期地下2號舖
Shop 121, G/F, Phase 2, Kai Tak Garden Shopping Arcade, 121 Choi Hung Road, Wong Tai Sin
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chinese-bakery-golden-star-bakery-e2250632

Chinese bakery is not really my cup of tea, but anyway got the pineapple buns and they had the usual taste and crispy topping which is just like shortbread crumbs on top.
The bread was clumped together and it had the usual sweetness with a hint of saltiness.

There was a bun with ham inside, again the exterior of the bun was sweet.

[Review 1695] Earl Grey Chocolate mousse cake @ CEO Gateau

09/08/2012
CEO Gateau
銅鑼灣糖街2-8號CEO地下
G/F, CEO, 2-8 Sugar Street, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/earl-grey-chocolate-mousse-cake-ceo-gateau-e2250630

This was my first time trying a cake from CEO Gateaux and it was not bad.
In general the food served at CEO is good.
I tried the chocolate and earl grey mousse cake and I really liked it.
The cake was light and there was a perfect balance of cake to mousse and chocolate to earl grey flavouring.

[Review 1694] Noodles under the heavy rain @ 家記茶餐廳

09/08/2012

家記茶餐廳
大坑浣紗街11A號
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/noodles-under-the-heavy-rain-%E5%AE%B6%E8%A8%98%E8%8C%B6%E9%A4%90%E5%BB%B3-e2250625

Only came here because LAB MADE was not open yet and heavy rain started pouring.
Anyway, ordered the noodles with spicy pork.
I was not expecting it to taste nice but it tasted ok, the temperature of the noodles were piping hot.
There was a layer of spicy oil on top of the noodles and lots of lettuce.
The noodles were just right softness but slightly bland because it did not absorb the broth.
I think I was the last customer because the main door was closed and I had to exit from the side!