[Review 1934] Strawberry and cream roll @ 東海堂 Arome Bakery

31/10/2012
東海堂 Arome Bakery
灣仔港灣道25號海港中心1樓101號店
Shop 101, 1/F, Harbour Centre, 25 Harbour Road,, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/strawberry-and-cream-roll-arome-bakery-e2266647

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Strawberry and cream roll:

Usually I do not like Chinese cakes because they all contain mangoes, canned fruit, weird tasting cream and the cake base tastes weird as well.
However this one changed my opinion.
It only had strawberries, cream and cake and in the middle of the roll there were diced strawberries too.

The colour of the cake was was really peachy compared to the cakes from other Chinese shops which are just pale yellow.
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Green Tea and red bean roll:


The green tea roll in comparison was much sweeter and the texture of the cake was really soft and moist.
The cake was really soft that it kept crumbling.
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[Review 1933] Your average Chinese food @ Date Day Restaurant

31/10/2012
日溢中西美食 Date Day Restaurant
灣仔軒尼詩道117-123號地下A舖
Shop A, G/F, 117 Hennessey Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/your-average-chinese-food-date-day-restaurant-e2266646

Walked past and saw that they had "tong cho yue" which I thought was the Shanghai style fish that is cooked in sugar and brown vinegar so I got it.
Decided to dine there because the seating looked ok, but it costs $40 dining there and $29 takeaway so decided to get a take out.
While I was waiting, there were two cigarette bins beside the entrance and so many cigarettes had not been stubbed out properly so it was really smelly.

Those bins were quite annoying because it encourages people to smoke along Hennessey Road and dump their ciggis there.

It seems that they are open 24hrs a day!!

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Sweet and Sour fish HKD29:

When I opened the box, it was just sweet and sour fish with pieces of pineapple in it.
The fish was quite nice but you could taste the MSG.

I found the sauce quite sweet so I scraped some of the sauce away.
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Cute signs, nice decor and colourful menus





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[Review 1932] Flattering flounder fish @ Ka Lok 家樂小廚粥麵茶餐廳

30/10/2012
家樂小廚粥麵茶餐廳
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心1期地下G25-26號舖
Shop G25-26, G/F, MCP I, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/flattering-flounder-fish-ka-lok-e2266613

Came here because they serve the steamed flounder fish.

I like the flounder fish because it is similar to the plaice which is not available in Hong Kong but both of these fishes are flat in appearance.
Not many restaurants seem to serve the flounder fish.

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Steamed flounder fish:


As expected this fish was really nice, the taste and texture of the fish was delicate.
I have had it twice but sometimes the fish can have a fishy smell.
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Stir fried chicken:

The chicken was really impressive, there were no bones and the pieces of chicken were huge.
The overall portion was quite big.
The spring onion sauce was nice and strong too.
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Stir fried ribs:

This dish was quite interesting because they had potatoes in it too.
Although it was weird with potatoes, the potatoes tasted quite nice.
It was good the way the ribs were cut because the meat came off the bone easily.
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[Review 1931] Afternoon tea sets @ Old Cheng Du 老城都

30/10/2012
老城都 Old Cheng Du
灣仔蘭杜街2號地下10號舖
Shop 10, G/F, 2 Landale Street, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/afternoon-tea-sets-old-cheng-du-e2266609

Although some of their afternoon tea sets are not really Junchuanhu style, I still tried it anyway.

Chose two noodles.

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Tomato and fried egg with noodles:


I really liked this because they put spinach in the noodles instead of other chinese vegetables that I do not like.
I liked the noodles they used, they were white and absorbed the broth easily.
The broth was tomato so it was quite refreshing.
The fried egg was just ordinary and I did not expect anything spectacular.
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Chicken wings old chengdu style with noodles:

I thought the chicken wings would be spicy but they were not and the tofu was quite nice.
It was similar to tofu in brine.
The noodles were the same as above but the broth had more spices such as aniseed.
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There was also chili oil available if it was not spicy enough.

[Review 1930] Crispy salted roast pork belly @ 超級食得開心 RA CHA MOO YANG

30/10/2012
超級食得開心 RA CHA MOO YANG
灣仔軒尼詩道87號AB舖
Shop AB, 87 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/crispy-salted-roast-pork-belly-ra-cha-moo-yang-e2266608

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Crispy salted roast pork belly hKD31:
This is another one of my favourites here, the salted roast pork belly is really similar to the one served at this Thai joint in Sai Kung.
The saltiness is just right and not as salty as you think.
There is an equal balance of fat in between the pork and the crispy skin.
The pork is really delicious because it is crispy and salty, and fat in the middle is chewy.
It reminds me of pork scratchings and with the chicken oil flavoured rice it was delicious.
Sometimes the pork can be dry, but it depends on if you are lucky or not.
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[Review 1929] Sweet and cute cookie world @ 簡品堂 Fresh Fresh

30/10/2012
簡品堂 Fresh Fresh
旺角彌敦道688號旺角中心一期2樓SA9舖
Shop SA9, 2/F, Argyle Centre, 688 Nathan Road, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/sweet-and-cute-cookie-world-fresh-fresh-e2266607

Recently bought their pandan cake from their pop up stall at Diamond Hill and got addicted to it.

Found out from OpenRice that there is a shop at Mong Kok when I wrote the review so came here hoping to get the Pandan cake, however they only had the cookies and the dessert that day.

The cookie selection here was good, they had so many fun shapes and colours.
The flavours ranged from Seaweed to milk tea and of course my favourite pandan.

The cookies are sold by weight and you can specify how many of each flavour you want.
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Pandan cookies:

I did not want to try the other flavours so I just got the Pandan flavour which is a butter based cookie.
The cookies were extremely crumbly and the balance of the butter and the flavouring was just right.
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[Review 1928] Having the guts to order orange guts at the roast @ 大慶燒味飯店

30/10/2012
大慶燒味飯店
灣仔盧押道13號地舖
G/F, 13 Luard Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/having-the-guts-to-order-orange-guts-at-the-roast-e2266604

I don't often see these orange intestines being served in Roast Shops or maybe I havent been to places that serve them because I usually see them served on skewers as snacks.

Anyway I ordered the roast pork with these orange intestines which came with a drink.

As usual the food comes chop chop.

chop chop means fast and the chef literally chops the pieces and throws them in the box!

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Roast pork:
The roast pork was lean this time and not too dry.
Orange intestines:
The intestines were not bad, at least they did not smell and the marinade they used was quite nice especially the strong sesame taste.
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