[Review 1736] 3.6 hokkaido milk scrambled egg with Ciabatta @ 東海堂 Arome Bakery Room

30/08/2012
東海堂  Arome Bakery Room
金鐘金鐘道93號Lab Concept 金鐘廊F03號舖
Shop F03, LAB Concept, Queensway Plaza, 93 Queensway, Admiralty
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/3-6-hokkaido-milk-scrambled-egg-with-ciabatta-e2254924

Found out about this new branch from IVYCWK's review.
Initially I thought it was a Cafe because it served scrambled eggs with ciabatta for breakfast and I thought there was a sit in area too, however it is just a takeaway shop.

It would be great if they had an Arome Bakery Room Cafe in the future, the cakes and selections could be more extensive since they are now serving milkshakes at this branch too.

The breakfast set costs $22 but luckily you can buy the items separately because I do not drink HK style milk tea or Coffee.

The scrambled egg with ciabatta comes with ham, cheese or mushroom.
Ham was sold out so I was limited to a choice between cheese or mushroom, however I could not decide so I ended up getting both.

After unwrapping the Ciabatta bun which was wrapped like a burger, the appearance of the bun was just a dusted bun and not really a ciabatta bun which is much harder.
Although it was not the real ciabatta, I preferred this bun because it was soft and dusted and light for breakfast.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
3.6 hokkaido milk scrambled egg with mushroom and Ciabatta:

I tried this one first, when it was unwrapped, the egg had a brownish colour which is normal because of the mushroom juices.
The scrambled egg was soft and fluffy and the mushrooms were earthy hard button mushrooms which were fresh and not the canned typed of mushrooms.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
3.6 hokkaido milk scrambled egg with cheese and Ciabatta:

This one tasted slightly strong because of the cheese but it was also nice as well.
It would be great if they had a mega ciabatta with scrambled eggs, mushrooms and cheese!
The eggs in both buns were fluffy and not greasy.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 1735] Ice shaken Lemon Tea @ 星巴克咖啡 Starbucks Coffee

30/08/2012
星巴克咖啡  Starbucks Coffee
灣仔告士打道77- 79號華比富通大廈地下1號舖
No 77-79 , Gloucester Road, Wanchai, HK, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/ice-shaken-lemon-tea-starbucks-e2254783

After trying the COOL LIME I decided to try the Ice shaken lemon tea $24 which has been on the menu for a long time.
In comparison to the COOL LIME I found this drink much more refreshing and natural.
As for the tea, there is a choice of green tea and red tea for this drink.

[Review 1734] Tastless noodles @ 文輝墨魚丸大王 Man Fai

30/08/2012
文輝墨魚丸大王 Man Fai
銅鑼灣渣甸街22-24號
22-24 Jardine's Bazaar,, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/tastless-noodles-man-fai-e2254748

There used to be three branches of this restaurant and now there was only one in left in Causeway Bay.
The noodles this time were extremely tassels but extremely healthy.
Anyway, the tables at this branch were crowded but you were allowed to sit where ever you wanted.
I tried to order the items I ordered last time but could not find them and the octopus tasted rubbery and tasteless.

Previous Review:
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2162895

[Review 1733] Prices have gone up! and its Hot Hot Hot!! @ 莎巴馬來西亞餐廳 Sabah Malaysian Cuisine

30/08/2012
莎巴馬來西亞餐廳 Sabah Malaysian Cuisine
灣仔謝斐道98-102號仁文大廈地下4及5號舖
G/F., Shop 4-5., 98-102 Jaffe Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/prices-have-gone-up-and-its-hot-hot-hot-e2254742

Ordered the tea set: Tom Yum Kung Vermicelli with Orange juice and Pork Bone Tea instant noodles with Coffee.
The Pork bone tea set used to be $25 but now it costs $38.
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Pork Bone Tea instant noodles
The broth is always nice with strong dong gwai herbs.
However I do not like the instant noodles they use which are foamy and rough and not springy at all.
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Tom Yum Kung Vermicelli with chicken
This was too spicy so if you can eat spicy food this would be the item to pick.
The soup base was really strong and on top of the vermicelli there were lots of onions, chicken and herbs.
If the spicyness could be reduced it would be perfect.
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Orange juice
This was freshly squeezed orange juice which was good but unfortunately it was sweetened by syrup.
Coffee
No comment
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Previous Pork Bone Tea Instant noodles review:
Singmalay 21;
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2065657

[Review 1732] Cool Lime and cheese and broccoli pie @ 星巴克咖啡 Starbucks Coffee

28/08/2012
星巴克咖啡 Starbucks Coffee
將軍澳唐賢街9號PopCorn商場1樓F45號舖
Shop F45, 1/F, PopCorn, 9 Tong Yin Street, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/cool-lime-and-cheese-and-broccoli-pie-starbucks-e2254312

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Cool lime
The drink looked quite nice when I got it, lots of frothy bubbles on top.
However there was some solid bits which I thought was lime but then it turned out to be plastic when I took it out, perhaps part of the lid.

As for the taste, there was nothing wrong with it, but not my cup of tea because it had mint and lemongrass which I do not like but the poster just said Cool Lime so I was expecting Lime to be in it and not those ingredients.
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Cheese and broccoli pie
I expected the pie to be nice and cheesy and did not expect to use the ketchup however the pastry had a really strong butter taste and smell so in the end I needed the ketchup because the cheese and broccoli filling was tasteless.

[Review 1731] Soft Raspberry cheesecake @ 太平洋咖啡 Pacific Coffee

28/08/2012
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/soft-raspberry-cheesecake-pacific-coffee-e2254311

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I got this raspberry cheesecake because the raspberry layer looked light and airy and I thought it would be soft because its name said so.


However, the cheesecake did not turn out to be soft and it was quite heavy.

The raspberry taste was not strong enough and the cheese was quite heavy.

[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.