[Review 1837]Home made pate with cognac and thai dessert @ Greyhound Café

01/10/2012
Greyhound Café
尖沙咀廣東道3-27號海港城海運大廈地下G01號舖
Shop OTG01, G/F, Ocean Terminal, Harbour City, 3-27 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/home-made-pate-with-cognac-and-thai-dessert-e2261062

Although I prefer the branch at IFC, I came here because there was no queue today.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Homemade Pate‚ with Cognac and Fresh Green Peppercorns

Ordered this because I needed to eat something before eating a sweet dessert.
The pate was really smooth but the cognac was not strong enough.

The fresh green peppercorns were really interesting, they were not solid inside, when you bite into them they burst open with juice!
The peppercorns were not hot as I imagined but the skin of the peppercorn was where the peppercorn taste came from.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Tub Tim Krob Greyhound Style

Last time I did not try this so I came back to try it again.
Basically it is a scoop of young coconut sorbet with coated water chestnuts.
The sorbet was sweeter than the one I tried previously and this one was icier and it had less young coconut meat in it.
The coated water chestnuts were nice and crunchy with some gellish texture outside.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review1836] Harringtons anyday anytime would be great @ Harrington's (已結業)

01/10/2012
Harrington's (已結業)
中環德己立街38-44號好利商業大廈1樓
1/F, Ho Lee Commercial Building, 38-44 D'aguilar Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/harringtons-anyday-anytime-would-be-great-e2261032

I love my perfect Sunday roast and I found it ! Right here in Harringtons!
Shame it is only served on Sundays.
Anyway for $228, there is a choice of starters, roast at the carvery table and dessert.

From the moment I stepped in the restaurant it just felt like home, well spaced out tables and reasonably high ceilings.

My table was by the window, and the air conditioning was just right, it was not like a refrigerator and it was natural, gentle relaxing breezes.
Although there is not much of a view from the window, but the bushes by the window were really comforting and I don’t know why.

Along with all that there was BLUR and other songs playing in the background
There were no bugs or flies on them and it did not have any strong plant smell.

The tiling on the floor was a familiar scene too.

On the previous review, it said “the fish pie was to die for” but I wanted the roast, so I ordered both!
But in general, if the food is real pure British food, it can’t taste wrong!

For starters there were two I really wanted to choose which was either the prawn cocktail or the crab cakes.
In the end I chose the crabcakes, and for dessert I chose Strawberries and cream.
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Fish Pie
The same comment as the previous reviewer, it was really to die for.
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Crab cakes

These were delicious but the crab cakes were tiny!
The crab cakes were made with 98% crabmeat.
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Roast from the carvery

Its hard to see from the pictures because of the red lamp, but there was swede, roast parsnips and carrots.
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Strawberries and cream

Although it was just simply strawberries and cream, it was just simply delicious. The cream was thick and tasted similar to clotted cream but a whipped version, it was slightly sweetened.
It would be great if there was more cream, because I was eating it sparingly.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[Review 1835] Cantopop popped before I could submit this review @ 港土茶記 Cantopop

01/10/2012
港土茶記 Cantopop
中環皇后大道中139號L Place地下
G/F, L Place, 139 Queen's Road Central, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/cantopop-popped-before-i-could-submit-this-review-e2260946

Initially I had a really long review for this but since I did not re-save my draft after thirty days I lost my draft.

Although a lot of people did not like this place, I loved this place!
I felt that this restaurant had great potential and if it opened overseas it would do great there.
Pity my review could not have been submitted earlier.

Before this place opened they had so many advertisements, even trams were plastered by Cantopop, I loved the vibrant design and it reminded me of the 1960s era.

I hardly ever eat at Cha Chaan Tengs (Chinese cafes) because the food is oily.

I was attracted to this place because they used Western concepts in their cooking, and not faking Western food when it is actually Chinese.
As well as that they do not use MSG and their vegetables are sourced from known organic suppliers in the New Territories.
It was great to see this sort of food being taken to the next level.

They had so many fun items such as home made macaroni, beef jerky, sweet potato leaves, fermented beancurd and honey on toast!!!
Some of the items on the menu take you back in time too such as "Disco sweet and sour pork with rice".

Inside the restaurant it was so modern too and the plates were memorable.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Homemade macaroni with beef jerky

When it came, it was so colourfully presented, there was purple cabbage which contrasted the dark brown macaroni.
The taste of the stir fried macaroni was amazing, there was rich black beans and thai basil taste.
Since the macaroni was homemade, it was slightly squashed at the ends.
I liked it the way they called the beef as "beef jerky". It sounds so American and basically beef jerky is the snack dried beef.
The greens they picked were tender ones too!


★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Fried egg, Sous vide cooked BBQ pork and rice

I loved the sous vide pork, it was slow cooked and extremely soft and tender.
This is probably why the Hong Kongers did not like it because they were probably expecting the usual roast pork and not for that price.
Anyway I liked it and it was fat free.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Cantopop Bomb (Scotch egg)
 0 讚好

I was surprised to see this on the menu, but on the menu there was so many other surprises and many other items I would like to try such as the Sweet potato leaves, fermented beancurd with honey on toast.
Anyway, the scotch egg was an egg encased in their homemade luncheon meat and covered in breadcrumbs.
The homemade luncheon meat was really soft and not that salty.
The egg yolk was runny which makes it better than an authentic scotch egg.

For the sauce it was tomato sauce, not ketchup but home made sauce with pieces of tomato in it, and I loved that as well because it was not too sweet.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 1834] Spoiled brat Supersupergirl spoiled @ BRAT

01/10/2012
BRAT
中環蘇豪伊利近街7號地下
G/F, 7 Elgin Street, Soho, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/spoiled-brat-supersupergirl-spoiled-by-brat-e2260942

I have always wanted to dine here but this restaurant was hard to find.
When they had the popup store at Landmark, I went but they did not serve the full menu, so I went to this branch.

Menu @ the Landmark popup store

The full menu is listed simply on an A4 sheet of paper.



Since I wanted to try so many sausages I ordered the sausage sampler.

I dined at BRAT because I am not fond of pork/beef sausages although I do eat them especially the proper British ones, but at BRAT they have vegetarian and chicken based sausages.
Interestingly there are two vegetarian ones and they are the most expensive at $108 each a la carte.

On the menu, they have 15 different sausages which is quite a choice, and just over half were chicken/turkey based sausages so I had a hard decision choosing which four for the sausage sample.

The choices were: Artichoke, Bourbon, Brat, Chipotle, Chorizo, Frank, Gruyere, Habaneros, Italian, Lemon, Pesto, Portobello, Sun dried tomatos mozzarella, Vegetarian Italian and Vegetarian Choptle.

The four that I selected happened to be mostly chicken and turkey based.
As well as the sausage sampler I ordered the Fries with truffle mayo.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
The sausage sampler came with two pickles and two sauces, the four sausages I ordered were Lemon, Portobello, Artichoke and Vegetarian.


Lemon (Chicken & Turkey based sausage)
This sausage had Lemon, tarragon, fennel seed and red pepper in it.
I was hoping the lemon would taste strong but it was not and I could only taste lemon rind.

Portobello (Chicken & Turkey based sausage)
This sausage had Portobello mushrooms, dried mushrooms, porchini and sage in it.
This was really nice, not only could you smell the mushrooms you could also taste and see bits of it in it as well.
The colour of this sausage looked like if it was made from pork if you compare it to the lemon.

Artichoke (Chicken & Turkey based sausage)
This sausage had Artichoke hearts, garlic, sun dried tomatoes in it.
The artichoke taste could have been stronger but all I could taste was the dried tomatoes.
The colour of this sausage looked like if it was made from pork if you compare it to the lemon.

Vegetarian
This sausage had Aubergine, red wine, garlic, fennel, gluten in it.
I found this one the saltiest but it was the nicest, however it was slightly dry but I loved the caraway seeds in the sausage.

For the pickles I was given Relish and Saukeraut and for the sauces Whole grain and Dijon mustard.


Other sauces and condiments I would have liked to try as well: truffle dijon, mature cheddar and sauteed mushrooms.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Fries with truffle mayo:

They served French fries and the fries were perfectly done.
Although the fries were nice on its own, the mayonnaise was really nice too, it was thick and creamy with strong truffle taste.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[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.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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.