[Review 1721] Soft scrambled egg curry @ Izumi Curry

24/08/2012

Izumi Curry
銅鑼灣軒尼詩道500號希慎廣場11樓Kitchen 11
Kitchen 11, 11/F, Hysan Place, 500 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/soft-scrambled-egg-curry-izumi-curry-e2253599

When they had their first restaurant at Tsim Sha Tsui I never noticed it on OpenRice because the eggs at that branch did not look so good, but after seeing the photos of food from this place, their eggs looked really nice.
I just assumed the Japanese style eggs would be the omelette type which are tasteless.

Anyway I just came here for the egg so if the curry was good then it would be a bonus.

I also wanted to try the scotch egg which I will try next time, the only big regret was not ordering extra cheese because it looked like melted chedder cheese and not tasteless mozzarella cheese.

Tried two curries: Beef curry and Soft scrambled egg curry.

As this place has just newly opened the Suntory brand oolong tea was complimentary.

The style is similar to the usual Japanese restaurant where the cutlery and tissues are contained in a small tray, however there was only one piece of tissue between two people (for the wet tissues there was two).

A glass of water was provided.

The ceiling was nice and high with nice decor.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Beef curry:


The portion was quite small, but the curry sauce was nicer than the one for the soft scrambled egg which had a darker colour and tasted spicier.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Soft scrambled egg curry

The curry sauce was disappointing because it did not taste as good as CoCo Ichibanya which is less expensive.
The staff did not offer the level of spicyness of the curry which seems to be an option from the menu.
The curry was definitely different to the one used in the beef curry because the beef one was sweeter.
But since I came just for the egg, the egg was what I expected but slightly bland and there was no salt on the table to give it taste.
I really regretted not ordered the one with cheese because it might have been a nice combination.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 1720] Goodbye for now and see you at Cyberport @ Eski Mo's Frozen Yogurt

24/08/2012
Eski Mo's Frozen Yogurt
北角英皇道225號國都廣場地下02號舖
Shop 02, G/F, Olympia Plaza, 255 King's Road, North Point
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/goodbye-for-now-and-see-you-at-cyberport-e2253598

Found out from Spicygal's review that they are going to move to Cyberport so I just had to get their yogurt again.
However found out that they do pizza's as well so I hope to come again and try the pizzas before they move.

Cyberport is really far away so I hope they open another branch, but I think Cyberport would be a good location for them because their vibrant themes and designs would match those settings.

I love their froyos but last time I could only try two flavours so I did not try the original.

This time I ordered the Original Tart and I wished they had Taro too because that was my favourite as well.

The Original Tart had a really nice natrual yogurt taste and for the toppings I chose Honey Mochi which was so lovely and soft and not too sweet.

It was the softest mochi topping I have tried and it was cut to reasonably big size pieces.
I am also really gutted I havent their other wacky froyo flavours such as:
Chocolate mint toothpaste, hazelnut chocolate, pistachio and greet tea!

Anyway, I hope to try their pizza soon before they move because they are all VEGETARIAN!! and I was surprised by the vegetarian beef and chicken ingredients, If I do make it before they move I hope I can try some other froyo flavours too.

[Review 1719] Why was it sprinkled with sesame? @ 豪星咖啡店 Ho Sing Coffee Shop

24/08/2012
豪星咖啡店 Ho Sing Coffee Shop
灣仔軒尼詩道87號地下
87 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/why-was-it-sprinkled-with-sesame-e2253575

On my first visit I found something in my fried rice but I decided to give it a revisit.
It seems that I was not the only one to find something, ChanJan also found an ant in the drink!

This time I did not find anything extra however I was given an extra topping!

I ordered the fish shaomai which was from their steamer, as with all fish shaomai they put chili oil/sauce or soy sauce on it and the dark red sauce that is used for rice rolls if you ask for it.
Anyway, he asked me if I wanted soy sauce and chili sauce so I said Yes so I was just expecting those two, but before I could even stop him, he had already sprinkled sesame seeds on the fish shaomai.

I have never seen any other shop sprinkle sesame seeds on fish shaomai but only on rice rolls from my experience.

As the taste, the fish shaomai were not hot enough, the sauce was quite nice apart from the sesame seeds.
Although the sauce was plain soy sauce and chili, it had other sauces mixed in which I hope wasnt left over sauces from other stuff!

The price was really expensive as well, usually fish shaomai ranges from $10 to $12 but here it costs $16 not including a drink.

[Review 1718] WYSIWYG - What you see is what you get @ 超級咖啡奶茶

24/08/2012

超級咖啡奶茶
灣仔柯布連道7號地下
柯布連道7號地下, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/wysiwyg-what-you-see-is-what-you-get-e2253573

A the shop, they have samples of their meals they serve each day.

Basically what you see is what you get and its really good they have at least one vegetarian meal.
However the meals are sold out really fast!
Even the last display item it reheated and sold, but the good thing is if it is not on display you won't get disappointed for ordering something and then being told it is not available.

The food tastes home cooked and the soup is the best.
My favourite one is the vegetarian chicken steak because I get the occasional craving for the unami taste that you get from vegetarian steaks.
However the oil was not fresh, so the vegetarian chicken steak had a slight oil odour.
The soup is nice and light and it does not contain MSG.

[Review 1717] Good selection of sushi @ Take Out Sushi 壽司屋的Q仔

24/08/2012
壽司屋的Q仔 Take Out Sushi (灣仔)
灣仔春園街1-11號春暉大廈地下7號舖
Shop 7, G/F, Chun Fai Building, 1-11 Spring Garden Lane, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/good-selection-of-sushi-take-out-sushi-e2253572

Found out about this branch when I picked up a leaflet from their branch in Fortress Hill.
The sushi price is around $4 - $6 per piece which costs slightly more than Sushi Express.
However there is more choice here such as ark shell sushi and raw scallop sushi which I cannot choose at Sushi Express unless I buy the pack which has a fixed selection.
As well as sushi they sell some really cute sushi stickers which are tiny.

The sushi was nice and fresh especially the ark shell clam and the scallop and the rest were as good as Sushi Express.0
Although I am not fond of cooked scallop but I picked it because it had the orange part.

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Price: $31

[Review 1716] Stir fried thick noodles @ 美食吧

美食吧
灣仔駱克道146-148號裕安大樓地下C2號舖
Shop C2, G/F, Yue On Building, 146-148 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/stir-fried-thick-noodles-%E7%BE%8E%E9%A3%9F%E5%90%A7-e2253526

I was surprised the whole set of staff had gone and there are a new set of faces.
The menu is slightly different too!
They had stir-fried car noodles [鐵板炒車仔粗麵] which was interesting so I tried that.
I tried the stir fried thick noodles and it was a different taste because these noodles are usually served in soup or boiled and served with oyster sauce.

There was no alkaline taste and after it was stir-fried there was a nice aroma from the other ingredients such as the five spice pork cubes and satay beef.
The noodles were also stir-fried with julienne carrots and beanshoots.

[Review 1715] Fried chicken @ 暖粒粒 Cube Square

23/08/2012
暖粒粒 Cube Square
灣仔柯布連道3號地下
G/F, 3 O'Brien Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/fried-chicken-cube-square-e2253523

Came back for the fried chicken which costs $18 for two pieces.
I was expecting it not to be spicy but it was, there was some chili powder on the outside.
The MSG taste was quite strong and there was strong aniseed taste as well.
The inside was not cooked thoroughly because there was still some blood near the bones.

IMPROVEMENTS:
I feel that they should have an order slip or some sort of instruction because they share a cashier with the drinks joint next door. Last time I paid they did not know what products they had so the staff had to waste time to tell them so that they could enter that item in the system.