[Review 2010] Improved rice rolls @ Yummy Fast Food好滋味

13/11/2012
好滋味 Yummy Fast Food
灣仔分域街12號
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/improved-rice-rolls-yummy-fast-food-e2269082

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Rice rolls with dried shrimp and spring onions:
Ordered the rice rolls for $10.
They tasted nicer this time because there was no weird smell in the rice rolls.
The rice rolls were al-dente. The chili sauce that they use is really spicy so I suggest taking a sachet of chili from their condiments section and just have whatever sauces you wanted added in.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2009] Just soy sauce and garlic for hot pot dipping @ 福苑漁港

13/11/2012
福苑漁港
旺角彌敦道555號九龍行
Kowloon Building, 555 Nathan Road, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/just-soy-sauce-and-garlic-for-dipping-e2269081

Came here for hot pot.

Compared to other hotpot places I have tried before you only get soy sauce and garlic for dipping, anything extra is charged.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Chicken kidney:

This was fun to eat, it was like eating thick rubber which popped.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Squid balls :

I only tried the squid balls which were quite nice with pieces of squid inside.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Lettuce:


The lettuce was fresh and the broth was strong so just plain soy sauce and garlic were enough.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Photos of the restaurant:



★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2008] Pork chop curry @ Lazat:Laksa 叻沙味道

13/11/2012
叻沙味道 Lazat:Laksa
黃大仙正德街104號黃大仙中心地下高層UG41號舖
Shop 41, UG/F, Wong Tai Sin Plaza, 104 Ching Tak Street, Wong Tai Sin
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/pork-chop-curry-lazat-laksa-e2269080

Last time I tried the laksa and chicken rice, so this time tried the pork chop curry.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Pork chop curry:

The curry sauce was really nice, it was really spicy too and tasted lovely with the rice.
The coconut in the sauce was heavy.
The pork chop was slightly dry.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Lime soda:



The lime soda was refreshing and not too sweet.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2007] Fruit tarts for the visiting fireman @ 東海堂 Arome Bakery Room

11/11/2012
東海堂 Arome Bakery Room
北角電氣道183號友邦廣場地下2號舖
Shop 2, G/F, Aia Tower, 183 Electric Road, North Point
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/fruit-tarts-for-the-visiting-fireman-e2268844

Had someone visiting so decided to get some fruit tarts from North Point's Arome Bakery Room to share.

It it all about being healthy these days so chose these fruit tarts over cream cakes.
Although fruits tarts are sweet as well, the sugar can be burned off with exercise!

There were six flavours but the chestnut one was sold out, so got one each of the rest of the remaining flavours which were: blueberry, strawberry, mango, white peach and mixed fruit.

All these had custard filling beneath it.

For Westerners I suggest choosing the blueberries or the strawberry one and for Asian flavours mango and mixed fruit.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
blueberry custard tart:
Out of the five this one and the strawberry one are the least sweet.
The strong berry sauce and the custard were nice together.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
strawberry custard tart:
This was my favourite because the tartness of the strawberries and the cream were wonderful.
Strawberries and cream always go good together.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
mango custard tart:
I did not try this as I do not like mango
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
white peach custard tart:
This was quite nice and surprisingly they used white peach because not places use white peach as an ingredient.
The white peach was lightly crisp and not too sweet.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
mixed fruit custard tart:
I did not try this because it reminded me of chinese fruit cakes.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2006] A new scene for Japanese food @ 遙 Haruka Japanese Restaurant

11/11/2012
遙 Haruka Japanese Restaurant
佐敦德興街1號地下C舖
Shop C, 1 Tak Hing Street, Jordan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/a-new-scene-for-japanese-food-haruka-e2268842

Came here with some friends to try this new restaurant.
I originally suggested this restaurant in MK which I have tried but this one was new so I prefer dining at restaurants that I have not tried before.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Grilled bacon oyster roll:
Bacon and oysters always go together.
Usually oysters are baked with bacon, so I found the concept of this interesting because it was an oyster wrapped in bacon and grilled without the cheese.
It was really delicious because it was not the heavy and the oyster got its saltiness from the bacon and it had a nice gentle grilled and smoked taste.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

Grilled gingko:
These were my favourite because the gingko was not bitter.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Grilled mushrooms:
The grilled mushrooms were nice and juicy.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Lobster rolls with mango:

All the ingredients were nice and fresh so I found the mango and lobster combination really refreshing.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Goose liver with scallop fried rice:

For the goose liver they ask you how well you want it done which is really good.
The fried rice was delicious, there were fine chives in it which gave it a nice taste and gentle crunch.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Chicken wings with fish roe:
The photo does not show the fish roe properly but the grilled wings were delicious, the bones were removed and it was stuffed with fish roes.
The fish roe was not too salty either.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Cheese mochi:


The shape of this was different to the Japanese mochi at other restaurant, the surface was slightly different too, slightly flakey.
It had a nice sweet smell too which was interesting.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Chicken Tulip:
They visually looked like tulips because one of the bones are taken out from the chicken wings and the chicken meat that is attached to the bone is turned inside out.
The coating was delicious and light.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Mochi taro icecream tempura:


This was amazing, the tempura batter was light.
Basically it was a real mochi in there. I loved the way the ice-cream was partially melted.
The chewy mochi skin and the crisp tempura were an interesting combination.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2005] Tom yum kung noodles with prawns @ 金龍泰美食

11/11/2012
金龍泰美食 (已結業)
大坑銅鑼灣道96號A地舖
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/tom-yum-kung-noodles-with-prawns-e2268840

Came here randomly as I did not know what to eat, when I was walking down that road Tempo tissues were giving out tissue samples which came handy later on.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Tom yum kung noodles with prawns HKD38:
The noodles were piping hot so it took me a while to finish it.
The fan was a bit annoying because my hair kept flying in my face.
When the noodles finally cooled down they were too soft.
Luckily it was not too spicy but there were pieces of chili seeds and other herbs in the soup.
The soup was slightly sour.
As I was not good with chopsticks I splashed soup everywhere so the tissue came in handy!


tempo tissues
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
If I had saw the coconut soup with chicken I would have ordered that instead.


★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Nice blue chopsticks and shop pictures:



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[Review 2004] Mayonnaise and chicken tikka sandwich @ La Rose Noire Bakery

11/11/2012
La Rose Noire Bakery
中環遮打道10號太子大廈
Prince Building, 10 Chater , Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/mayonnaise-and-chicken-tikka-sandwich-e2268838

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Mayonnaise and chicken tikka sandwich:

I got my favourite sandwich from La Rose Noire Bakery again.
The quality of this sandwich varies. Sometimes there is a lot of mayonnaise and sometimes the chicken is dry.
This time the chicken was tender and perfect and there was a lot of mayonnaise.
The tikka taste was nice and strong and the cucumbers were soothing and balanced out the tikka spices.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★