[Review 1913] planet studio popcorn exclusive from Taiwan @ 星球工坊 Planet popcorn

24/10/2012
星球工坊 Planet popcorn
荃灣青山公路264-298號南豐中心商場1樓A150號舖
Shop A150, 1/F, Nan Fung Centre, 264-298 Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/planet-studio-popcorn-exclusive-from-taiwan-e2265614

Usually popcorn comes is irregular shapes but the popcorn from planet studio are like spheres and are just like mini planets. Hence the name planet studio!

The last time I came across Taiwanese popcorn was from Chansii but I never got round to trying it so I was really lucky this time to get some popcorn from planet studio.

The packs of popcorn were HUGE, enough for four people to share.

I was so amazed they have 14 flavours and each one has a creative name which is hard to translate into English.

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The 14 flavours are:

Original diamond, Caramel, Hazelnut and caramel, Chocolate, Cheese, Chowder, Seaweed, Wasabi, Kimchi, Coffee, Spring onion and chicken, Honey, Coconut and milk, and Sweet corn soup!!

I think the most interesting flavours are the Spring onion and chicken, Coconut and milk and the sweetcorn soup and the seaweed flavour would be a popular choice for Asians.

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Anyway, I tried the Original and the Caramel.

The popcorn comes in huge resealable packs, tubs or snack packs great to share at the cinema.

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Original:

The colour was lighter than the caramel one but the taste was really nice and buttery.

It is made with mediterranean sea salt to bring out the full flavour.

Each popcorn was nice and spherical.

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Caramel:

This was much sweeter than the original but not that buttery, but very moreish after you have started eating it!!

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planet popcorn is available in Taiwan, Malaysia and China!!

For English details there is more information at the Malaysian site and in Malaysia they have curry which is an exclusive flavour there!!

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As well as buying the popcorn locally, they can be mailed over by contacting them on service@twplanetpop.com or you can buy them in Taiwan directly from the stores listed below.

l      若要吃的到星球工坊產品，僅能使用宅配空運寄送，可以來信至客服信箱諮詢service@twplanetpop.com

l      或是加入臉書fan page，得知第一手優惠資訊http://www.facebook.com/planetpopcorn.hk

l      目前在台灣有兩個據點可以買到，有機會去台灣玩的時候再來看看吧！

l      士林店：台北市士林區基河路106號

l      饒河店：台北市松山區饒河街39號

[Review 1912] Ham and oyster omelette @ 新城日式拉麵茶餐廳 Sunshine Restaurant

24/10/2012
新城日式拉麵茶餐廳 Sunshine Restaurant
灣仔軒尼詩道 115 號地下
G/F,115 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/ham-and-oyster-omelette-sunshine-restaurant-e2265544

Walked past and noticed the Ham and oyster omelette so decided to order that.
Personally I would have preferred just oysters in the omelette.
It came with Wolfberry and whelk soup.
Apart from that, there was another choice that I wanted to order which had four items with rice.
The four items were: fried egg, pork chop, barbeque pork and luncheon meat!

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Phonetic menu:

One of the menus was quite interesting because it had Chinese phonics in English.
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Wolfberry and whelk soup:

The soup was quite light and the whelk taste was not strong enough, there was hints of ginger in the soup.
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Ham and oyster omelette:

I was taking a gamble ordering this one because there might be sand in the oysters, but I was was quite impressed because the oysters were clean.

The oysters were slightly bigger than baby oysters and there were about 4-5 oysters in that omelette.
There was also plenty of spring onions and some coriander too.
The omelette was quite delicious especially with the oysters and spring onions but it was slightly too salty.
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[Review 1911] Braised radish in soup and runny egg in wine @ 壹碗麵 Yat Woon Min

24/10/2012
壹碗麵 Yat Woon Min
北角和富道93號銀輝大廈地下
G/F, Ngan Fai Building, 93 Wharf Road, North Point
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/braised-radish-in-soup-and-runny-egg-in-wine-e2265517

Last time when I tried the runny egg in wine I forgot to order the Chinese radish in soup so this time I came back for it and ordered the egg as well.
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Braised radish in soup:


The braised radish was cut in big chunks.
The radish was sweet but there was a slight bitter taste but the accompanying broth was really natural and sweet.
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Runny egg in wine:

The egg I got this time had a runny yolk as claimed, however the wine tasted really different to my last visit.
I was given more wine on the last visit and this time there was less.
The clarity of the wine was clearer and the taste of the wine this time was strong and alcoholic with no savouryness it had last time.
Overall the egg was nice this time because the yolk was runny as claimed but the wine was not as good as last time.
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[Review 1910] Flaky pastry with BBQ Pork and dried oyster @ 榮華餅家 Wing Wah

24/10/2012
榮華餅家  Wing Wah
灣仔史釗域道1號
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/flaky-pastry-with-bbq-pork-and-dried-oyster-ww-e2265516

Walked past and saw the flaky pastry cakes which had dried oyster so I decided to get it.
Initially I did not know they were the same style as "Wife cakes" made with wintermelon.
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Flaky pastry with BBQ Pork and dried oyster HKd6.6:

The pastry was extremely flaky when I bit into it however it did not taste as nice as I expected because there was quite a lot of wintermelon in it and fatty bits.

It was really sweet as well and I could not taste any BBQ pork or dried oysters.
If it was a real puff pastry with BBQ pork and dried oysters it would taste really nice.
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[Review 1909] Chok Chok Shiok from Central to Hysan Place @ Shiok!

24/10/2012
Shiok!
銅鑼灣軒尼詩道500號希慎廣場11樓Kitchen 11
Kitchen 11, 11/F,Hysan Place, 500 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chok-chok-shiok-from-central-to-hysan-place-e2265510

Previously this restaurant used to be located in Central, but it was really high up so I could not be bothered to walk up there.
Then it closed down and now they are back at Hysan Place, however the menu is simpler and the branding has changed to a more comic appearance.
The items at Central were not served here so I was slightly disappointed which were:
Kaya Toast, Sago Gula Melaka, Pandan 7-Up drink and the pandan scrambled egg toast.
In the end I just ordered the panna cotta.

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Pandan leaf and lemon grass panna cotta HKD28:
To be honest I don't like lemon grass but tried it anyway, luckily the lemon grass had a light taste, the pandan taste was slightly stronger and on top of the panna cotta there was white sugar, dessciated coconut and almond slices which gave it more depth.
The panna cotta was really creamy and thick.
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[Review 1908] Wild hot kudzu drink @ 葉香留

23/10/2012
葉香留
灣仔莊士敦道104號
104 Johnston Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/wild-hot-kudzu-drink-%E8%91%89%E9%A6%99%E7%95%99-e2265503

I was thirsty so I got the wild hot kudzu drink, not because of its health benefits but because it was natrual.
I got the cup version which costs $9.5, it was served in a paper cup with a lid and a straw.
Luckily it was not boiling hot or I would not have been able to hold the cup.
I just felt that it tasted like boiled watercress and it was slightly sweet so I asked why it was sweet and they said they put dried dates in it.
On the counter I also saw bowls of sugar with skewer sticks next to it.
I wonder what they are for.
Apart from Kudzu they also serve Grosvenor Momordica.
 This place seems popular with the media but I just tried it because it was a place in Wan Chai that I have not tried.

[Review 1907] Delicious beef steak and nice open kitchen @ 滋味軒

滋味軒
灣仔春園街16號地下
G/F, 16 Chun Yuen Street, Wan ChaiD
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/delicious-beef-steak-and-nice-open-kitchen-e2265196

Walked past and saw that they had peppered beef steak on the menu so decided to get it.
I have never ventured into this shop because there is always too many people on this road and this restaurant is always packed with people.
While I was waiting, I took photos of the handwritten menus which had nice drawings and layouts especially the fish.
From the entrance you can also see the kitchen and the chef cooking.

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Peppered steak HKD35:

It was really nice of them to have separated the rice in a separate container and the beef in another box.
The beef was lovely and tender and the pepper sauce was really nice and there was a hint of sweetness because of the onions.
The only negative comment was that it was too salty.
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