[Review 1818] French crepes now @ Ms Penguin (已結業)

28/09/2012
Ms Penguin (已結業)
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心2期1樓百佳超級廣場
Parknshop, UG/F, MCP Central, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/french-crepes-now-at-ms-penguin-e2260528

Since my last visit, there is now a French guy serving crepes!!!
Apart from crepes they had various French things on display.
I didnt need to speak to him in Chinese but apparently he can speak Chinese!

His English was quite good for a French guy, he did not have the French accent in his English and he looks Italian in my opinion.

Anyway I tried the Chestnut crepe, usually I do not try chestnut items for desserts because the Chinese ones are really sweet and starchy.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Sweet crepe with chestnut cream:
The crepe was made on the iron galette which was pre buttered to make it non stick.
The crepe was piping hot!
The chestnut filling was slightly sweeter than I imagined and it was also as starchy as the Chinese ones.
But the crepe was quite nice.
The texture of the crepe was quite soft and it was similar to the pancakes made for Pancakes day (British version).
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 1817] McDs Ebi burger with sesame/thousand island sauce @ 麥當勞 McDonald's

28/09/2012
麥當勞 McDonald's
灣仔軒尼詩道1號熙信樓1樓C舖
Shop C, 1/F, Asian House, 1 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/mcds-ebi-burger-with-sesame-thousand-island-sauce-e2260519

My favourite Ebi Burger is back and so is my favourite seasoning for the fries.

This year they have the Ebi burger with Thousand island sauce or Sesame sauce.
As a preference I prefer the thousand island sauce because it is similar to prawn cocktail sauce.
For the fries they have Seaweed seasoning or Wasabi powder seasoning.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Ebi burger with sesame sauce:

The bun for the sesame sauce is slightly different because it has black and white sesame seeds on the top.
I tried this one first because the taste is not as strong as thousand island sauce.

I was surprised it was really nice because the taste of the sesame sauce is similar to sesame oil and not the grounded sesame sauce even though it was creamy, however there could have been more sauce.
The sauce was slightly sweet but matched the prawn patty and the colour of the sauce was beige.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Ebi burger with thousand island:


In contrast to the sesame sauce, the thousand island sauce was much more refreshing but for both burgers the amount of sauce was so stingy!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Seaweed powder:

As usual the seaweed powder tastes really nice however they could reduce the salt in the seasoning because McDonald's fries already have salt sprinkled on them before they are scooped into the fries box.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Wasabi powder:

This was really nice but the seasoning needs to be shaken well or some fries will have strong wasabi taste and some fries would just be sweet.
But when it is shaken properly the wasabi and the sweetness really enhances the fries.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Breadcrumb coating:

The last time McDonalds had this burger it was not breadcrumb coating, but with the breadcrumb coating it seems to overpower the taste of the prawn patty.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Cross section of the prawn patty:

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 1816] Doraemon Ding Dong pasta sets @ 博洛尼亞 BO-LO’GNE Café & Bar

28/09/2012
博洛尼亞 BO-LO’GNE Café & Bar
尖沙咀廣東道3-27號海港城海運大廈 LCX 3樓33號舖
Shop 33, 3/F, LCX, Ocean Terminal, Harbour City, 3-27 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/doraemon-ding-dong-pasta-sets-bo-logne-e2260517

Came with some friends to try their pasta sets with the Doraemon theme.
To be honest I am not a fan of Doraemon and the first time I encountered Doraemon and Hello Kitty
characters were at China Town!

Basically there are four different type of pastas that you can choose from, after you have selected the pasta you then have to choose the Doraemon or Doraemi character that is put on the thinly sliced egg.

For the Doraemon and Doraemi characters you can choose bell pepper or seaweed powder because the character is sprinkled on the egg. Bell pepper is red in colour and seaweed is green.

Since all the pasta sets have a piece of toast, a portion of pasta, half a kiwi, some butter and a cherry tomato they have used a white dish to distinguish whether the character is Doraemon or Doraemi.
The Doraemon character has the white dish on the plate which holds the butter and cherry tomato and Doraemi does not.

The four different pastas were: Carbonara, Napolitana Japanese style, Mushroom spaghetti and Mentaiko spaghetti.

We ordered all four flavours.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Carbonara:
The pasta sauce was rather milky
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Napolitana Japanese style:
It tasted very strong of smoked bacon so if you like bacon you would like this.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Mushroom spaghetti:
I felt that the sauce was extremely bland and they used canned mushrooms.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Mentaiko spaghetti:
I felt that this tasted the best but the spaghetti was not hot enough.
The mentaiko was slightly spicy and the mentaiko was slightly salty which gave the pasta flavour.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Toast that comes with the pasta:
The toast could have been better because the texture was just like normal toast when there should have been more layers in the bread.
The toasts were inconsistent because some you could see the characters clearly and some you could not.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Egg white:
Initially I thought it was cheese but it turned out to be egg. It was intriguing how they cooked the egg white. The egg white was bland but the powder was flavoured so it was easier to taste the seaweed powder.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Honey icecream with toast:
On the menu it said Honey icecream however when it was brought over it was not honey icecream.


The toast tasted better for the dessert and the quality of the toast was better, it had more layers like a croissant.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Doraemon plates:

I wonder how they will dispose of them when the Doraemon theme is over?
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
After finishing the pasta and the extra dessert we ordered, we paid and left, however on the way out we noticed the Tiramisu being brought out to other tables and realised we should have got one as well, so we asked if our sets included it and he said yes, so we sat down again for the final dessert.
Doraemon tiramisu:

It did not taste like authentic Tiramisu but it was nice, the cookie was very buttery.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 1815] Delicious loyal food fit for expats and royals @ 來佬餐館 Loyal Dining

28/09/2012

來佬餐館 Loyal Dining
中環威靈頓街66號
66 Wellington Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/delicious-loyal-food-fit-for-expats-and-royals-e2260514

Came here because of the all you can eat dim sum promotion.
After I tried this place I also dined at Loong Toh Yuen which also did the All you can eat dim sum as well but at a higher price.
Compared to Loong Toh Yuen, it is more expensive at LTY but there are more choices there which are traditional dim sum items that you would find in dim sum restaurants but at a better quality.
I liked the concept of Loyal Dining and their website is pretty good too as they have the menu online.
I was surprised with their Christmas dinner menu which had christmas pudding and their deluxe item foie gras and BBQ pork from their takeaway menu.
The interior reminded me of St Louis Steak house and Tai Ping Koon where the furnishings are quite pre-war style.

They offer Western food which is properly Western!
The waiters there wear the nostalgic bow ties and burgandy suits.

In general the food comes quite fast after ordering but the dim sum quality is slightly inconsistent for some items.
The good thing about the ordering here is that for some items such as dumplings and buns you can order the number of pieces you want and not by portion.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Shrimp and crab roe dumpling:
Tasted how it should the pork was not that fatty.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Spinach dumpling:
This was green and filled with spinach, the dumpling skin was the chewy type.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Steamed dumpling with peanuts and minced pork:
This was the same as the spinach dumpling but filled with pork and peanuts and the shape was slightly different.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Panfried pork dumpling:
Compared to other restaurants the taste of this was not bad.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Panfried pepper and Chinese chives dumpling:
The filling inside this was quite peppery with lots of chives.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Steamed sponge cake:
The sponge cake was nice and soft.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Minced beef balls on beancurd sheets:
I do not usually like these but these were not oily which was good and there was a strong taste of dried fruit peel
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Prawn dumplings:
These were my favourite and the size was slightly smaller than the average dumpling and the skin was taut and al dente.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Vegetarian dumpling with bamboo piths:

This dumpling was very moist and filled with bamboo piths and shiitake mushrooms.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Scallop and shrimp dumping:
This was as good as the prawn dumpling except the skin was softer.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Steamed vegetable dumpling:

This was nice because the dumpling skin was different and not made from glutinous rice.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Prawn Spring rolls:

Slightly oily
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Deep fried Bean curd rolls:
Slightly oily
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
White radish cake:

Tasted OK
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
BBQ pork bun:
OK, and you can order theses in singles.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Steamed glutinous rice wrapped in lotus leaf:
Tasted OK
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Vegetarian rice rolls:
Too oily
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Beef rice rolls:
The rice roll was really nice because it was al-dente.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
BBQ pork rice rolls:

This was the best because it contained real fresh pieces of BBQ pork and when you break the roll in two the filling does not fall out.
The soy sauce was served separate so you could put the desired amount.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Spare ribs in black bean sauce:
This was quite nice.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
chicken feet in black bean sauce:

The chicken feet were hard on the first order but were softer on the second batch.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Stir fried noodles:
The noodles were nice and not too salty.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Custard puffs:

These were my favourite but the quality varies.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 1814]$10 for a box of rice rolls @ Hot.com

28/09/2012
Hot.com
旺角登打士街43P-S號鴻輝大廈地下
G/F, Hung Fai Building. 430 Dundas Street, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/10-for-a-box-of-rice-rolls-hot-com-e2260507

Saw people eating these glistening rice rolls from this place so decided to get some.
Previously they only served deep fried snacks and fast food but now they have dim sum too.
For my rice rolls I only had soy sauce and sweet sauce with it.
However they put too much sweet sauce and it ended up too sweet.
I was surprised the texture of the rice rolls was really nice, some of the rice rolls got dehydrated so it ended up quite chewy which is not meant to be good, but I thought it was quite nice.

[Review 1813]Beef Beef Beef and more Beef @ 牛陣 GyuJin

28/09/2012
牛陣 GyuJin
觀塘觀塘道418號創紀之城五期(apm)4樓22-23號舖
Shop 22-23, 4/F, apm Millennium City 5, 418 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/beef-beef-beef-and-more-beef-gyujin-e2260506

For beef lovers there are lots of choices for beef and veggie lovers the vegetables are self service at the bar which great.
But time is pressed because you can only dine there for a certain period and the orders come fairly slow.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Beef:

The beef was fairly fresh and not fatty.
There was a lot of choices for vegetables so that was good and the broth was quite nice and it was lovely and clear before we started!
The sauces available were quite good which enhanced the meat and vegetables.