[Review 1844]Thick cut fries served from now on!!!! @ 漢堡王 Burger King

06/10/2012
漢堡王 Burger King
將軍澳南豐廣場1樓R1A號舖
Shop R1A, 1/F, Nan Fung Plaza , Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/thick-cut-fries-served-from-now-on-bk-e2261941



Walked past and noticed that they were serving thick cut fries.
When I went in I realised these thick cut fries have replaced the thin cut fries served before.

It is quite interesting for a well established fast food chain to change their fries, I wonder if it is a global change as well.

Anyway I decided to try them.

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Thick cut fries:
Although they are marketed as thick cut, they were not that thick, they were about 7-9 mm in diameter.
The thin fries before were probably around 6-7 mm in diameter.
Since they were slightly thicker than the fries before, it made the fries more substantial, the inside was soft with a slight crispy exterior.

As they were thicker, not much salt remained on the surface of the fries so they were not that salty and I felt that more ketchup was needed to makeup for the taste.
The fries before were tastier but these are also good too because they have a lovely soft center.

Perhap they need an extra pinch of salt.
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DUNK IT IN, DROP IT IN:

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Restaurant pictures:

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[Review 1843] Macaroni sets and Chinese roast @ 風味園 Fung Mei Yuen

風味園
旺角通菜街113-115號地舖
G/F, 113-115 Tung Choi Street, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/macaroni-sets-and-chinese-roast-%E9%A2%A8%E5%91%B3%E5%9C%92-e2261930

The price of the food here is reasonable so came here and ordered the macaroni set and roast.

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Crispy roast pork belly and chicken:


The roast was quite nice and not too salty so I could dip lots of the ginger and spring onion oil.
The roast pork belly was nice and crisp and the chicken was quite good because it was tender.
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Satay beef with macaroni:

I really liked this because the broth was really strong and the beef slices they gave was quite generous.
The macaroni was slightly mushy.
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Toast with margarine:



Usually I like toasts with butter but they gave margarine and not butter.
The fried egg was slightly tasteless.
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[Review 1842]Pork and vegetable dumplings @ 上海真美豆漿大王

06/10/2012
上海真美豆漿大王 (將軍澳)
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心3期地下G22號舖
Shop G22, G/F, MCP Discovery, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/pork-and-vegetable-dumplings-%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E7%9C%9F%E7%BE%8E%E8%B1%86%E6%BC%BF%E5%A4%A7%E7%8E%8B-e2261929

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Pork and vegetable dumplings:

Tried the pork and vegetable dumplings which were slightly dissappointing.
The dumpling had been boiled for too long that the dumpling skin was too soft and tore easily.
I did not like the filling because the pork had bits of bone in it.
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[Review 1841] Glistening golden birds nest for desserts @ 天毅金燕窩莊

06/10/2012
天毅金燕窩莊
天后電氣道35號地舖
G/F, 35 Electric Road, Tin Hau
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/glistening-golden-birds-nest-for-desserts-e2261928

Apart from desserts with the delicacy Birds Nest, this place also sells jars of Birds Nest.

I ordered the clear jelly with melon and birds nest, however she said there was no melon so I had to choose another fruit/item.

The other choices were watermelon, lychee, rambutan, papaya, purple rice, and mango.
As I didnt like the other choices I chose Rambutan.
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Clear jelly, rambutan with golden birds nest:

When it came, the birds nest was golden and glistening, there was coconut milk poured on the jelly and rambutan.
Comparing it to other reviews, the birds nest seem to have been served separately before but when I went it was put on the top.
Overall, I liked the jelly with the coconut milk and the birds nest, but I did not like the rambutan because it came from the canned and it was really sweet.
It was good that they did not use grass jelly because it would not look as good visually as the clear jelly and the taste of the grass jelly is much stronger.
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[Review 1840] Custard filled Green tea grilled mochi cakes @ 甜麥麥麵包西餅 Sweet Wheat Bakery

06/10/2012
甜麥麥麵包西餅 Sweet Wheat Bakery
旺角旺角道27號地下
27 Mongkok Road, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/custard-filled-green-tea-grilled-mochi-cakes-e2261925

Went past and saw these green grilled cakes for $2.5 each and didnt know what they were so stopped by and took a look.
Basically they were similar to filled mochi but grilled like those chiu jau style tea cakes.
I was quite impressed they were not that greasy and they were still luke warm so I ate them immediately before they got cold.

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Custard filled Green tea grilled mochi cakes:

The grilled mochi was still warm and the custard filling inside was really nice. There was a strong custard taste and it was not too sweet.


The mochi pastry was really nice and chewy and not not too burnt, the grilled parts were slightly crispy. The thickness of the pastry was just right to balance out the filling and you could taste the green tea in the chewy pastry as well.
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[Review 1839] A good sushi that does not fall apart with sauce @ 壽司屋的Q仔 Take Out Sushi

06/10/2012
壽司屋的Q仔 Take Out Sushi
灣仔春園街1-11號春暉大廈地下7號舖
Shop 7, G/F, Chun Fai Building, 1-11 Spring Garden Lane, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/a-good-sushi-that-does-not-fall-apart-with-sauce-e2261923

I was not that hungry so opted for sushi because you can choose how much you want to eat.
I like this place because they have scallop sushi for $6.
I got 2 scallop sushis, 2 sweet prawn sushis and a lobster salad warship.
The wasabi that came with it was really good because it was really strong and after dipping the the sushis in the soy sauce the sushi did not fall apart.
Some places the sushi base is not firm so when you dip it in soy sauce, the rice cluster just falls apart.

[Review1838] Oyster sauce made with REAL HIROSHIMA Oysters @ 車品品小食 Bon Bon Cafe

01/10/2012
車品品小食 Bon Bon Cafe
大角咀埃華街92號地下
G/F, 92 Ivy Street, Tai Kok Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/oyster-sauce-made-with-real-hiroshima-oysters-e2261064

I have always wanted to eat here because of their luxurious noodles with foie gras and truffle, however Tai Kok Tsui is really hard to locate!

Anyway finally found it but I went during the day so I couldnt order the noodles with foie gras but I ordered the signature preserved egg and noodles with oyster sauce and foie gras oil.

豪一次食蠔油撈麵，豪得嚟蠔油真喺有蠔和鵝肝油

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Preserved egg

From the photos this preserved egg looks so cool! The preserved yolk is molten.
When it came it was exactly like the ones in the previous reviews.
The texture of the preserved egg is mushier than the usual preserved eggs that when you pick it up with chopsticks the preserved egg white breaks.
The taste of the preserved egg yolk was really strong and delicious.
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Preserved ginger

Initially I thought it was boring sweet pickled ginger but I was wrong.
I appreciated the way they did not use colouring to make it pink.
The taste was really sour and I loved it and I ate all of it, and it was really refreshing to finish off with that after eating a really strong tasting preserved egg.
The pickled ginger is preserved themselves.
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Oyster sauce
When I ordered I thought the oyster sauce would be seperate from the foie gras oil.
I usually ask them not to give me the oyster sauce because I do not like the Lee Kum Kee type.
Anyway when it came the oyster sauce looked different so I gave it a try and I was amazed!
It had real oyster taste, the Hiroshima oyster type.
The only complaint was that it was too sweet, but it went nice with the noodles and the lettuce.
As for the foie gras oil I could vaguely taste it.
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Lettuce

The lettuce was nicely blanched and the soup was really nice and not water as I initally thought, so the lettuce had taste.
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Noodles

I loved these egg noodles and the lovely oyster sauce really enhanced it.
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Next time I will come back in the evening and try the truffle noodles.