[Review 1730] Hot dogs ready in a flash! @ 永樂園餐廳 Wing Lok Yuen Restaurant

28/08/2012

永樂園餐廳  Wing Lok Yuen Restaurant
中環昭隆街19 號地下
G/F, 19 Chiu Lung Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/hot-dogs-ready-in-a-flash-e2254310

Previously I dined here and this time I got takeaway.
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2144293

When you approach the shop, on the left are a set of stairs which take you down to the restaurant and on the right is the takeaway section.

There was a long queue that day.

Last time I did not know you could get a double dog so this time I ordered the double which only costs $12 and for the single $10.
My last visit was in Jan 2011 and now 1.5 years later I was surprised to see the prices are still the same.
Not only that, their ordering system was new to me, but perhaps sentimental to others.
Not sentimental for me in Hong Kong but they remind me of raffle tickets, funfair tickets and cinema tickets.

You could call it high tech or low tech!

Basically they had these really cute pads with $10, $2 printed which I didnt get an opportunity to take a pictures because the service was so efficient.
After you have paid, they will rip these $10, $2 and you collect them and pass them to the collection counter.
Its a bit like cash coupons, so I suppose you could pay today and collect the food another day if they use the same printed pads every day and provided they do not increase the prices.
I wouldn't mind paying for a few and collecting a hot dog when I walk by.

I really regret not taking a photo of these as I never expected the queue to move so fast after I had collected the pieces of paper, but luckily the review below has a picture.

On my way out, the hot dog counter collected the pieces of paper and my hot dog was already ready.

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Double hot dog:
The same as before, it had a sweet cucumber sauce inside, and the sausages tastes slightly different to the usual ones, they taste like Chinese luncheon meat wrapped in a sausage.
Last time the sausages were piping hot and really soft inside however this time the sausages were not that hot so I preferred the hotdog last time because the texture was really soft.

[Review 1729] Delicious beef rice rolls @ 潮城燒臘粥店

潮城燒臘粥店
灣仔駱克道139號地下
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/delicious-beef-rice-rolls-%E6%BD%AE%E5%9F%8E%E7%87%92%E8%87%98%E7%B2%A5%E5%BA%97-e2254101

I do not really eat beef but I love the beef rice rolls here.
The beef filling inside the rice rolls have been grounded so finely and reconstituted with flour that it is no longer like beef.
The texture of the filling is similar to steamed pate.
The appearance of the rolls was really good too because they were really thin and flat and the filling contains a lot of dried fruit peel.

For takeaways the beef roll tastes even better because they put a ladle of soy sauce and rice rolls absorb the soy sauce because of the shape of the box but you have to be careful when carrying it because the soy sauce always spills out.

[Review 1728] Hope they keep their standards @ 京川滬風味小食坊 (太子)

25/08/2012
京川滬風味小食坊
太子砵蘭街379號地下
G/F, 379 Portland Street, Prince Edward
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/hope-they-keep-their-standards-e2253699

Came here again because the food was good the first time, however the food was slightly bland this time and the hygiene needs to be improved because you can see things crawling.

Anyway, the chili sauce was really nice and it had large beans in it.
The chicken was slightly fatty and the sauce was not strong enough.

[Review 1727] Slow cooked steak selection @ 大快活 Fairwood

24/08/2012
大快活 Fairwood
灣仔駱克道138號中國海外大廈1字樓D1舖
Shop D1, 1/F China Overseas Bldg., No 138 Lockhart Road,, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/slow-cooked-steak-selection-fairwood-e2253686''

After trying the slow cooked beef with pasta, I was looking forward to the slow cooked steak for more meat because the lunch version only had a few slices of beef.
Sadly the steak was quantity and not quality, whereas the lunch was quality and not quantity!
Although there was more meat in the steak, it had lots of tendons so there was alot of wastage when I ate it.
The vegetables tasted slightly dehydrated.
The plate was annoying because it was not a flat plate, it was concaved in the centre making it hard to eat!

[Review 1726] Qing bu liang drink @ 鴻福堂 Hung Fook Tong

24/08/2012

鴻福堂 Hung Fook Tong
將軍澳坑口培成路15號連理街144號舖
Shop 144, the Lane, 15 Pui Shing Road, Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/qing-bu-liang-drink-hung-fook-tong-e2253642

I was attracted by the size of the bottle so got this drink.

It costs $3.5 if you buy other products in the store but as there was nothing else I wanted, I just got the drink which costs $4.5 so you are only saving $1 if you buy other items.

Anyway, I just tried it for fun not for its herbal properties but the taste was light and pleasant and not too sweet.
The drink contains longgan and jobs tear seeds.

[Review 1725] Red velvet cake @ Ginger bakery

24/08/2012
Ginger Bakery (已結業)
灣仔莊士敦道55號地下
G/F, 55 Johnston Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/red-velvet-cake-ginger-bakery-e2253610

The red velvet cake was new so tried that, as well as that there was the rocky mountain pie which I would like to try as well but that looked solid and hard.

The cake tasted nice and the buttercream complemented it well, however the cake itself was too hard.
I would prefer it softer.

[Review 1724] C'est la Vie @ C'est la B

24/08/2012

C'est la B
大坑銅鑼灣道110-114號地下3號舖
Shop 3, G/F, 110-114 Tung Lo Wan Road, Tai Hang
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/cest-la-vie-cest-la-b-e2253608

I have always wanted to go to the branch in Central but I never managed to find it, but luckily there is a branch in Tai Hang which was great. But now there is another branch in Admiralty.

I nearly walked past this place because it was black and dark.

As expected, it was visually stunning inside, lots of black with colourful butterflies, cushions and chairs to contrast it.
The layout of the Admiralty branch is almost the same as this one too.

Even the cutlery they had matched the cake house. Their cutlery was dark shiny black chrome which gives it an expensive touch to it compared to normal silverware and it really fits in with the black theme.

On the wall were a display of colourful acrylic cake servers.

On the left they had lovely hanging tea ware lights and pretty butterflies on the ceiling.

Anyway finally went to choose my cakes, there were so many colourful artisan cakes on display.
However they were not labelled so it was a bit intimidating to ask about every cake and luckily it was not busy that time.
I wish they were labelled because it would make my life easier making the right choice because they were expensive too.
I checked the photos for the Admiralty branch and the cakes are not labelled there as well.
I thought it was a waste of great ideas as well because according to the reviews and their website, each cake has a special and beautiful name which was not labelled.

I only found out the cake names from the previous reviews.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Madame Butterfly:

This was visually stunning and since it was not busy that day, the lady was able to tell me what each layer was.
The red was beet root, the pastel green was pistachio and the last layer was chocolate.
Overall I loved this cake, the sweetness was light and the cake was super soft.
The dried apricots at the top were nice too and a better ingredient to use than mango.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
SunShine


I liked this one too it was lemon and poppy seed which was so refreshing.
The poppy seed was a good complement to the light lemon cake and gave it some slight crisp texture.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Next time I will get a takeout from the Admiralty branch as well because the cake box is so beautiful, for special occasions the cake comes with a funky cake server knife and candles, for pictures of the box and candles see the other reviews.