[Review 1737] Pizza and Zaza with a Zing @ PizzaZaZa

30/08/2012
PizzaZaZa 此店之前身為Mist Pizzeria
大坑大坑浣紗街7號地下
G/F, 7 Wun Sha Street, Tai Hang
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/pizza-and-zaza-with-a-zing-pizzazaza-e2254985

Tried this nice joint in Tai Hang for Pizza previously known as Mist Pizzeria.
The decor was much the same as before.
Tried the Salcissa pizza which has italian sausage, pineapple, red onions, black olives and mushrooms.
When it arrived, they grate parmesan cheese on top if you want it.
The holes in the grater are really small, so the grated cheese comes out in fine strands.
The base was nice and thin and there was a good balance of italian sausage and the other ingredients.
After adding some grounded pepper it further enhanced the taste of the italian sausage.

On my next visit I hope to try the following items as the home-made ravioli was sold out:
Home-made ravioli stuffed with fresh burrata, guinea fowl meat sauce.
Roast french pigeon risotto with pistachio nuts.
Slow cooked egg with wild mushrooms potato puree and black truffle sauce.

[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.