[Review 1769] Eat Kung Fu dimsum to practice Kung Fu on a fly @ 功夫點心 Kung Fu Dim Sum

14/09/2012
功夫點心  Kung Fu Dim Sum
北角渣華道98號地下1&2號舖
Shop 1, G/F, 98 Java Road, North Point
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/eat-kung-fu-dimsum-to-practice-kung-fu-on-a-fly-e2257789

Upon entering the restaurant, it was nice, clean and modern.
After I sat down, they put those glass bowls with hot water for you to clean the bowls, chopsticks and cups.
I was not expecting that in a modern looking dim sum restaurant or perhaps it was not so modern.

Anyway I generally avoid going to dim sum restaurants where you need to wash the cups because to me it means they were not prewashed before or they are dirty.

While I was looking at the menu I saw a black fly walking on the rims of a bowl so I think it was a wise choice to wash the bowls and chopsticks!!!!

Did'nt have much appetite after that so just ordered the Coconut layered pudding.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Coconut layered pudding:

I was not expecting this to be steamed but it was hot.
Instead of a fragrant coconut smell, there was a foul smell, so I strongly advise do not order this.
The smell was really weird, it was so artificial.
The texture of the jelly was really tough and sticky and on the top the pudding it had some weird white sauce which made it look revolting, it looks like some weird milky discharge.
The pudding which should have been four pieces was not cut properly into four pieces.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 1768] Sweet purple rice dumplings and pearls @ 松記糖水店 Chung Kee Dessert

14/09/2012
松記糖水店 Chung Kee Dessert
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心3期地下G11號舖
Shop G11, G/F, MCP Discovery, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/sweet-purple-rice-dumplings-and-pearls-%E6%9D%BE%E8%A8%98%E7%B3%96%E6%B0%B4-e2257772

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Purple rice dumplings in sweet ginger soup:

Overall these were quite good, the skin was chewy and the custard filling inside was nice.
However the size of these dumplings seemed smaller than the previous visit.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Pearls and grass jelly:

They put too much syrup so it was too sweet.
The pearls were al-dente and the grass jelly had the herbal taste it is expected to have.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 1767] Caramel sea salt yoppucino @ SillyBoo Frozen Yogurt

SillyBoo 
天后電氣道96號地下
G/F, 96 Electric Road, Tin Hau
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/caramel-sea-salt-yoppucino-sillyboo-frozen-yogurt-e2257498

I was not intending to try their froyo but they had the yoppucino, which was cappuccino with caramel froyo on top.
I was surprised to see they did a crossover with 酵母兵團 , as well as 酵母兵團’s yoppucino, they also had other drinks under the 酵母兵團 brand such as the green tea.

The concept was good but the sea salt was not sprinkled evenly so part of it was salty and I would have preferred natrual froyo instead of caramel.
The price of the yoppucino cost more at silly boo for $32, it only costs $26 at 酵母兵團.

[Review 1766] Delicious fillings @ 添記法式三文治 Tim Kee French Sandwiches

13/09/2012
添記法式三文治 Tim Kee French Sandwiches
佐敦渡船角文苑街30號文耀樓地下A號舖
Shop A, G/F, Man Yiu Building, 30 Man Yuen Street, Jordan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/delicious-fillings-in-the-tim-kee-french-baguette-e2257476

I have always wanted to try the baguettes here, but the location is far from the nearest MTR stations.

As I was coming by MTR, I could only choose between Jordan or Austin station to get off.
Made the mistake of choosing AUSTIN even though it was slightly nearer because you need to interchange trains about three times and the trains run on a five minute frequency which I could have walked from the Jordan stop.

What made it worse was that it was raining heavily that day when I got there so I couldn’t exactly give up!

Anyway finally got there and ordered the baguette.
Basically there were only three choices: garlic bread, small baguette and large baguette.

While I was waiting I saw some magazine clippings featuring their baguettes and there are four primary ingredients that they put in which are five spice belly, Vietnamese sausage, salted pork knuckle, French pate (I am guessing it is french pate because I cant read the Chinese).


When it was made, butter and mayonnaise was spread on the baguette first and it was filled with picked carrots, tomato slices and those four meats.

Usually I am picky and would pick out any fat pieces but when I knew it had pork belly after reading the feature it was too late so I left them in there, and secondly there probably wasn’t much pork belly in there in comparison to the baguette.

Luckily all the fillings in the baguette were heavily flavoured I could not taste the pork belly and the squishy fat!
The salted pork knuckles and French pate tasted the strongest and nice too.
There was strong black pepper in the baguette too. In comparison to Mr Baguette at Fortress hill and Wan Chai, I prefer the baguette here because there is pate, but at Mr Baguette there are more choices.

I liked the pate so much that I ordered an extra piece of garlic bread and pate so I could get a better taste of the pate. I should have done that with the pork knuckle too.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Supersupergirl’s special order!!!

To be honest I thought this tasted better than the baguette!!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 1765] Happy 35th anniversary to OCH and tks 4 da drinks @ The Old China Hand

13/09/2012
The Old China Hand (已搬遷) 新店位置
灣仔駱克道 104 號地下
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/happy-35th-anniversary-to-och-and-tks-4-da-drinks-e2257474

Found out it was their 35th anniversary and they are doing a lunch promotion for buy 1 get 1 free until the end of september 2012.
It was great because I love their food anyway!
Anyway ordered Bangers and Mash and Chef's Curry.
The pretty hostess said that there is only one free soup and drink for this promotion but she gave an extra drink which was nice.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Soup and Toast:

The soup was really nice, it was broccoli with big pieces of bacon in it, the broccoli taste was strong.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Bangers and Mash:

It was cumberland sausage and minted peas and gravy.
The cumberland sausage tastes stronger than pork sausages but since I prefer pork sausages I can't really comment, but the peas were nice and the gravy tasted nice.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Chef's Curry:
This was amazing, I loved the yellow rice and peas, the curry was also amazing just like the ones in UK.
The spiciness was just right and not too hot. It tasted like Tikka.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Lemon Tea:
The tea was good, lipton red tea with syrup and lemon added.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 1764] BAKERY scrambled can be spelt BREAKY @ 龍珠餅店 Dragon Ball Cake Shop

龍珠餅店 Dragon Ball Cake Shop
北角和富中心33號地下B1舖
Shop B1, G/F, Provident Centre, 33 Wharf Road, North Point
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/bakery-scrambled-can-be-spelt-breaky-e2257447

Although at the front of the shop BAKERY is spelt normal ie BAKERY, inside it is spelt BREAKY which is interesting.

Anyway, saw these green cakes so took a closer look and it was Pandan and not Green Tea so I decided to get one.

The shop assistant was really unbothered and rude but finally bagged it for me because the cake was in a separate cabinet.

The taste was quite nice, it had a strong pandan taste and the sweetness was just right, however the cake was too dry and hard on the outside but soft on the inside so I wonder how many days it has been sitting there.

[Review 1763] Dim Sum Indulgence that could be more adventurous @ 喜．喜點 Dim Sum Indulgence

12/09/2012
喜．喜點 Dim Sum Indulgence
北角電氣道127號地下
G/F, 127 Electric Road, North Point
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/dim-sum-indulgence-that-could-be-more-adventurous-e2257410

Found out about this place from the reviews, the dim sums looked interesting.

Between Tin Hau and Fortress Hill, there are many other all-day dim sums but I chose this place because the dim sums are not that traditional and it also had a nice English name.
The Chinese name reminded me of Jacky Yu’s Xi Yan restaurants.

On the wall they have a picture of a chef that is interesting because the Chef looks Caucasian so I wonder if the Chef is Caucasian because the name of this restaurant sounds Western.
I do hope one day that they have WESTERN dimsums like UK.

Most of the dimsums can be ordered in portions of 2 pieces or more so you can try out more varieties.

Ordered: Har Gau, King of Shaomai, Shaomai with wasabi and tomato, Roast pork, thousand year egg, pickled ginger puffs, Deep fried beancurd rolls with prawn, deep fried savoury meat croquette and spare ribs and chicken feet rice.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Shaomai with wasabi and tomato:

I think they got this inspiration from Tim Ho Wan because THW has a deep fried shrimp and pork dumpling croquette with wasabi.
The pieces of pork in the shaomai are not grounded but pieces of whole pork in the shaomai.
The wasabi element was good because it takes away the taste of pork.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Har Gau:

The prawn dumplings tasted how they should and the prawn dumpling skin stayed intact.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
King of Shaomai:

This was the same as the above but without wasabi and tomato.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Roast pork, thousand year egg, pickled ginger puff:


Surprisingly this was really nice, roast pork with pickled ginger so it tasted sweet.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Deep fried beancurd rolls with prawn:

This was nice with whole pieces of prawns in it, but not as good as Lin Heung Tea house because this one contains MSG.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Spare ribs and chicken feet rice:

The spare ribs were really soft and it must have been mixed with cornstarch for too long as the meat was pink.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Deep Fried Savoury Meat Croquette:

This was overdone, the croquette was rock hard and oily.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Chili oil:

The chili oil must have gone off because it was not spicy.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Over the food is OK and fairly cheap but the only problem was that it was too oily.