[Review 1855] Devilish beef and interestingly weird combinations @ 牛魔王清湯腩咖喱專門店

09/10/2019
牛魔王清湯腩咖喱專門店 
灣仔春園街35號地下
G/F, 35 Spring Garden Lane, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/devilish-beef-and-interestingly-weird-combinations-e2262560

I was not sure what to expect when I went into this shop, all I knew was that it was newly opened.
From the menu It seems they specialize in Curry and beef.

They serve noodles and curry so it should suit the tastes of any locals if they eat Chinese food.
After looking at the menu, I found it quite weird such as having wontons in tomato soup, wontons with liver, rose flavoured pork knuckles!

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

Interesting and strange menu items:
Black and white pepper ox tail with rice
Red beancurd and rose pork knuckles
Seaweed and beef bone soup
Dried prawn roe and liver with noodles

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Liver and wontons in tomato soup with flat rice noodles:

I ended up picking the wontons in tomato soup with liver but I wanted to pick the noodles with dried prawn roe with liver as well.
The only bad point is that they do not have many choices for the noodle types ie instant noodles nor do they let you change the noodles.
Anyway, I generally do not like flat rice noodles because they are oily and tasteless, however the tomato soup made it more appetizing and I ate more than I usually do.
The liver would have tasted great, but since I have tried the liver at Wai Kee's in SSP, any other liver tastes inferior to that.
However there were a few pieces that tasted nice, the others were over cooked.
The wontons really surprised me because I thought it would taste weird because of the tomato soup and liver but I think they were cooked separately and placed in the bowl when it was served.
I ate the wonton first because it had the lightest taste and I did not want any tomato taste in it, the prawns in the wonton were really fresh and springy too.
If you like spring onions they put spring onions on almost everything.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Hot ginger and barley drink:

This was really nice, the ginger was not that spicy and the drink was not overly sweet.
There were lots of clean barley seeds and chopped ginger in the drink too!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Stir fried macaroni with luncheon meat:

This was delicious, not many places serve stir fried macaroni so when it is available I always order it.
The oil they used was fresh, so on the surface of the macaroni there was soy sauce burnt on the surface which made it really tasty. There was also onions but it wasn't chopped fine enough.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Curry Beef Belly:
The curry here is quite watery with lots of onions but it tastes nice, however it was too salty.
The beef was surprisingly soft and tender.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Tried this a different day.
Pork liver with noodles sprinkled with prawn roe:
It was noodles sprinkled with prawn roe and you get a bowl of liver soup which is nice.
The noodles did not have pork lard on it which was good and it was nice to get liver soup rather than MSG soup.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Good electric fly zappers that work and sticky tape fly trappers:
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Overall I quite liked this place because there was lots of interesting choices, however they are in their teething stages.
The ordering system can be improved.
Currently they write the orders on a piece of paper which is then entered on the system, so if the person misreads the writing on the paper the Chef gets the wrong order.

[Review 1854] Delicious rustique cheese and spinach bread @ DONQ

09/10/2012
DONQ
銅鑼灣軒尼詩道555號崇光百貨B2樓30號舖
Shop 30, B2/F, Sogo, 555 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/delicious-rustique-cheese-and-spinach-bread-e2262546

After reading Menty's review, the cheese and spinach rustique seemed worth trying and the Tart aux fromage as well.

When I got there, they had a similar item to the Tart Aux Fromage but with three cherries on it, I was really tempted to get that too but they looked a bit squashed.
So I ended up getting the Cheese and spinach rustique and the Tart Aux fromage.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Cheese and spinach rustique:
I got this because there was so much leafy spinach and cubes of cheese embedded in the dough before it was baked.
The taste was good because the cheese was really cheesy complimented by the spinach.
I would have liked the bun to be softer and not so chewy.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Tart Aux fromage:
This was really good too, the fromage filling was thick but not too heavy. The sweetness was just right.
Although it is called a tart, it was not actually a tart because the base was made from bread and not tart pastry, but it was shaped like a tart containing sweet fromage.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Interesting items:
Cheese cookie
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
The timetable that shows when it comes out fresh from the oven:
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 1853] New cakes again!!! Buy2get2Free 19:30-21:00pm @ 東海堂 Arome Bakery Room

09/10/2012
東海堂 Arome Bakery Room
金鐘金鐘道93號Lab Concept 金鐘廊F03號舖
Shop F03, LAB Concept, Queensway Plaza, 93 Queensway, Admiralty
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/new-cakes-again-buy2get2free-19-30-21-00pm-e2262501

After trying their new cakes a few weeks ago I did not expect them to have some more new cakes so soon.

It would be good if Arome Bakery room (not to be confused with Arome Bakery ) had their own Facebook page as well then I could get the latest updates when they have new cakes.

Anyway, I happened to walk past and I was intending to get the cakes I did not try last time and it just so happens they have two new cakes!!!
I was even more lucky because they had a Buy 2 get 2 free promotion, so since I was going to try those two new cakes I could get two free.
The promotion starts from 7.30pm to 9pm from Mondays - Fridays.


The two NEW cakes in the range were: Cassis & raspberry mousse slice cake and the strawberry and pistachio mousse.
It was good that you could choose cakes from the sliced caked range and the petites desserts range but since the price is different you get charged as buying one cake from that price range and the other one.

However the Cassis one was on promotion for $28, but for the Buy 2 Get 2 Free promotion, they will charge the full price $30, which explains why the total was $54 and not $52.

But anyway $54 for four delicious cakes is a bargain!

Anyway I chose the two new cakes and for the free cakes I chose the Hochi-Cha which I wanted to try last time and new strawberry cake again because I had a feeling it would taste nice.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Cassis & raspberry mousse slice cake - new product

I was attracted to this cake because on one end of the cake it had blueish powder and the other end was dark chocolate sauce!!

From one cake you could get two tastes.
I started on the chocolate covered end and the mousse part was so light and soft, the taste was so dreamy but the tartness of the berry mousse was well complimented by the dark chocolate sauce.
Moving on to the blue end, it was slightly sweeter, but still tart.

The base of the cake was really nice, it was a biscuit base and above that was some caramel and chocolate layers.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
2 x strawberry and pistachio mousse - new product:

As expected this one tasted the best! I am glad I picked two.
The base of the cake was soft and I really liked that because the strawberry was really light and the pistachio filling in the middle was extremely nutty and buttery reinforced by the strawberry sauce on top.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
hochi-cha:



This was the cake I did not try last time, I found it quite creamy but the green tea taste was strong,
The bottom layer was creamier and the top part tasted like the green tea filling in the green tea eclair except that it was not so strong.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Anyway I cant wait for their next new selection of cakes, I'll be back!:
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 1852] A colourful dining experience with trendy noodles @ 潮人車仔麵

08/10/2012
潮人車仔麵
紅磡崇潔街8號地下
G/F, 8 Sung Kit Street, Hung Hom
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/a-colourful-dining-experience-with-trendy-noodles-e2262485

When I look at reviews the first thing I look at are photos and I was attracted to this place because of the colourful and clear chopsticks.
I have put off coming here as a priority mainly due to its location as there is no MTR station.

Finally I decided to come here because it was nearish to To Kwa Wan.

Arrived at Hung Hom by ferry, walked and walked, crossed alot of roads until I got there.

This noodle joint is located on Sung Kit Street where there are lots of eateries, however I entered Sung Kit Street from the alleyway end so I was doubting if I was on the right street.

Anyway, was greeted by the young owners and the style of the shop felt really vibrant and colourful, even the air conditioners above were painted to match the front of the shop (which I forgot to take a picture of).

Basically this place sells noodles where you can pick different toppings that you tick on the sheet.
Usually these noodle shops use tacky photocopied paper for these order sheets but here they used quality paper with colour that you would expect for leaflets that you recieve.
Now at MinMax1950, there are no ordering sheet but through their computerized system.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Photos of the restaurant:
Not an area of this joint was left not decorated and the bowls and holders were fun too!

On the glass panel by the counter there was a really nice barcode decal too.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Deep fried Fish shaomai:
This was no ordinary fish shaomai. It was fried!
As well as being fried, the shape of it was round like fishballs.
The shaomai was quite airy inside. I wonder if injected them with air so that they became round.
Anyway the taste was delicious, the fishmeat was soft and the yellow wonton skin was really crispy and the softness of the fishmeat was similar to foamy marshallow.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Instant noodles with Thai chicken and coconut broth:

Apart from the thai chicken and coconut broth they also had tom yom kung soup base too.
I really regretted not ordering a third bowl of noodles with the tom yom kung soup base.
For the thai chicken broth, it was an extra $10 but it was worth it.
The bowl is much bigger than the bowls for the ordinary broth because the broth is so nice that you end up drinking it.
The broth had lots of lemongrass and it was really refreshing and the chicken taste was strong and luckily the coconut flavour was subtle.
With the noodles I picked blood curds and chinese radish.
For improvements I feel that the toppings should be served separately from the soup if you order the thai broth because the creaminess of the soup does not quite match the Chinese ingredients such as blood curds and radish.
Despite that the blood curds were full of flavour and the chinese radish was incredibly sweet that I wondered if they were natrually like that or sweetened.
Finally I chose instant noodles because these noodles do not alter the soup taste but surprisingly when I ate the instant noodles it had absorbed the thai chicken and coconut broth flavour which was good.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Thin noodles with ordinary broth:


These noodles reminded me of Happy Noodles, the broth and ingredients tasted really strong.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Yuzu and lemon drink:

Even the drink was served in a nice plastic tumbler with colourful swizzle sticks and straw that match the table.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
I will be back soon if it was not so far away!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Review 1851] Victorious chicken rice and thai pork knuckles @ 勝利小廚 Victory Kitchen

08/10/2012
勝利小廚 Victory Kitchen
北角和富道124號地舖
G/F, 124 Whart Road, North Point
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/victorious-chicken-rice-and-thai-pork-knuckles-e2262475

This restaurant has been around for ages and because it seems to be there all the time I end up trying other restaurants first.

When you walk past this restaurant they have lots of cooked chicken hanging by the windows so their chicken is probably quite good.

I finally tried it because the one I wanted to try was closed.

Ordered the chicken rice with flavoured rice and the pork knuckles with rice set which comes with coke.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Soup:


The soup came with the chicken rice set. Although it was Chinese soup and not Thai wintermelon and chicken soup it still tasted nice.
There was no msg in it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Hainan style chicken with rice:

The rice was a little too soft but the colour was lovely and yellow, the taste of the rice was aromatic and not too greasy even though it had chicken oil.
The chicken was good as well, there were no bones and after removing the chicken skin there was clean chicken meat left! As for the chicken it tasted fresh and tender.
Although this may not be authentic chicken rice but least I got chicken meat and not fat and bones.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Roast pork knuckle with rice:

The rice had lots of marinade sauce over it so it went a bit soft. The pork knuckle skin was extremely soft and sticky and the pork knuckle meat was nice and tender.
The pork knuckle was boneless too.
There was generous pickles on top to balance out the heavyness of the pork knuckles.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Sauces:

There was soy sauce and Thai chili sauce for the chicken and the Thai chili sauce was quite nice because there was lime juice and herbs in it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Satays:


On the way out the satays on the mini griller looked appetizing as well as their sauces.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★