[Review 1833] Free artisanal pastry for writing reviews @ Paul Lafayet

Paul Lafayet
銅鑼灣軒尼詩道500號希慎廣場4樓410號舖
Shop 410, 4/F, Hysan Place, 500 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/free-artisanal-pastry-for-writing-reviews-e2260940

Last month Paul Lafayet had a FREE ARTISANAL Pastry promotion for people who wrote a review on Open Rice for Paul Lafayet, hence I got the Mille Feuille for free.

For more details of this promotion you can check PL's Facebook page.

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Mille Feuille:

The Mille Feuille was quite sweet and the custard filling tasted exactly like Paul Lafayet's creme brulee.
The pastry was nice and flakey and the filling was really smooth.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 1832] Status quo equilibrium at Fifty Fifty @ 一半一半甜品屋 Fifty Fifty Dessert House

30/09/2012
一半一半甜品屋 Fifty Fifty Dessert House
大角咀大全街20號大富樓地下B舖
Shop B, G/F, Tai Fu Building, 20 Tai Tsun Street, Tai Kok Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/status-quo-equilibrium-at-fifty-fifty-e2260931

I rarely go for Chinese sweet dumplings unless there is something interesting inside the dumplings.
Here they are filled with honey!~

I thought the Honey filled dumplings came in ginger soup according to the reviews, but they only had the honey soup.

While I was waiting, the decor was nice and colourful so I took pictures of that.

On the front of the menu they had a few lines about fifty fifty, but sadly the world is not in equilibrium anymore.
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The world is a matter of
half and half, fifty-fifty
half day, half night
half men, half women
half good, half bad
half yours, half mine
half sweet, half bitter
More sweets, less bitterness
and therefore a more beautiful life

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Raw honey dumplings:
The dumplings were interesting, the size of the dumplings were smaller than the usual ones.


In other places they are bigger so you get around 5-6 per portion but here they are smaller so you get more.
I thought the honey filling would be liquid but it was crystallised honey.

The sweetness was not too sweet.
After finishing the dumplings the soup does not taste so sweet which is good.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 1831] Ginger and milk pudding @ 葫蘆館 Woo Lo Koon

30/09/2012
葫蘆館 Woo Lo Koon
觀塘通明街 7 號地下
G/F., 7 Tung Ming St,, Kwun Tong
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/ginger-and-milk-pudding-woo-lo-koon-e2260930

Previously there used to be a branch in Wan Chai but when I found out about it, this joint had already closed down.
Luckily there is still a branch in Kwun Tong.
They are famous for their ginger and milk pudding.
It is advised that it should be eaten when hot and it should not be stirred!!!
There is even a notice board stating this!
The pudding was too hot, so I had to let it cool down for a bit.
It was nice and silky, I was expecting the ginger to be stronger but it was not that strong and the milk taste was nice.
The sweetness was just right.

[Review 1830] Japanese egg white souffle cheese cake @ Das Gute

30/09/2012

Das Gute
將軍澳唐德街1號將軍澳廣場AEON超級巿場
Aeon, Tseung Kwan O Plaza, 1 Tong Tak Street, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/japanese-egg-white-souffle-cheese-cake-e2260929

The packaging was really nice so decided to get it.
I liked the silver patterns against the silver.
As for the souffle cheese cake, it was the Japanese type, it was similar to dense mousse hence the souffle in the name.

The sweetness was just right and the cheese flavouring was not that strong.

[Review 1829] Fish soup with treasures and rice @ 雅涴粉麵茶餐廳

30/09/2012
雅涴粉麵茶餐廳
將軍澳毓雅里9號慧安商場地下
G/F, Well On Shopping Arcade, 9 Yuk Nga Lane, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/fish-soup-with-treasures-and-rice-e2260793

The dinner sets here are quite good, this time I got the fish both which has lots of seafood in it.
The broth had fish strong taste and it was lovely and milky.
It had octopus, Chinese radish, tofu, dried shrimps, scallops and mussels.
The amount of broth was really generous, and I liked the broth the most and the tofu.

[Review 1828] Salty and greasy food again @ 盈好(客粵)海鮮酒家 Ying Ho Seafood Restaurant

30/09/2012
盈好(客粵)海鮮酒家 Ying Ho Seafood Restaurant
樂富富茂街匯富坊AB舖
Shop A-B, Fu Mou Street, Lok Fu
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/salty-and-greasy-food-again-ying-ho-e2260790

Although this place is meant to serve Hakga cuisine, the dishes on the menu were the usual Cantonese items.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Stir fried celery, ostrich and cuttlefish:

This was extremely oily and extremely salty.
The cuttlefish was a bit bland and chewy.
The ostrich meat were big slices but chewy.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Fried rice wrapped in lotus leaf:

I was expecting this to taste bland but it was really salty, however it was not oily which was good.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 1827] Roasted skin & bones goose @ 太興新世代 Tai Hing New Century

30/09/2012
太興新世代 Tai Hing New Century
將軍澳唐俊街9號君薈坊G02-03號舖
Shop G02-03, The Edge, 8 Tong Chun Street, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/roasted-skin-bones-goose-tai-hing-new-century-e2260789

Came here again because the locals love this place.

I had no expectations because the food here is always greasy and salty.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Roasted goose:

This was just skin and bones.
The goose meat was quite nice because there was not much meat which meant that it absorbed all the marinade and was tasty.
Even though there is not much meat on them, they are a good seller though.

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Morning glory with dried prawns:
This was very salty and oily and the cracked pot was funny!



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Glass noodles:
I thought this was going to taste nice but it was rancid.

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