[Review 2040] Maple honey toast @ Urban Bakery

26/11/2012
Urban Bakery
銅鑼灣軒尼詩道500號希慎廣場B2層Jasons‧Food & Living內
Jasons‧Food & Living, B2/F, Hysan Place, 500 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/maple-honey-toast-urban-bakery-e2271730

I know this place is famous for croissants but I will save this option for later when I get bored.
I came here and got the Maple honey toast.
They also had peanut butter toast.

When I paid I saw these delicious Hairy crab croissants for $100, but they only sell 5 per day and they have already met that quota.

The cost for those five croissants at $500 is worth around 42 of their normal croissants at $12 each!
But I must say they do look delicious and there is a lot of crab in it.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Maple honey toast:


The toast was more buttery than I expected and on the thick toast you could see that it was buttered really heavily.
The toast itself was salty and the maple syrup on the surface which got crystallized tasted really nice together.
The toast was crispy with a chewy centre and it was partially cut into squares making it easier to eat.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2039] New blueberry and yogurt smoothie @ 許留山 Hui Lau Shan

26/11/2012
許留山 Hui Lau Shan
灣仔軒尼詩道163號D舖
Shop D, 163 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/new-blueberry-and-yogurt-smoothie-hui-lau-shan-e2271729

There were two yoghurt smoothes: blueberry or mango and raspberry.
I wish it were blueberry and raspberry rather than mango and raspberry.

At this branch, they also have lunch sets such as noodles and curry with rice.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Blueberry yoghurt smoothie

Anyway I ordered the smoothie without sugar because I had a feeling the yoghurt would be sweet.
When it was ready it looked exactly like the product shot topped with three blueberries on top.
Luckily I asked for it unsweetened because it was still sweet because of the yogurt.
Overall it was a really nice drink and the blueberry taste was not artificial.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Came back for the set lunch because not all the branches do set lunches.
All the set lunches come with a choice of three drinks: mango and coconut milk, coconut milk or watermelon juice, so if you are a fan of HLS drinks then this deal is not bad for $31 as you get the drink which normally costs around $2X so you are just paying $1X for the food and you get a delicious dessert as well.

For the food you can choose noodles or rice to go with satay beef or marinated chicken leg in soy sauce or mixed curry.
For the dessert you get to choose iced mango cake or cookie iced cake which is just an icecream cake topped with bread crumbs.
Anyway I chose the chicken leg with rice, coconut milk and the cookie iced cake.
When it came the hot food was wrapped in clingfilm as well because the lid to the chicken was too big.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
chicken leg with rice

Although the chicken was not fresh the chicken meat was tender.
As expected it was pre-cooked chicken and reheated just like their other items such as the fishballs and squid.
The soy sauce was generous but it just tasted sweet.

The rice was too soft and mushy.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
coconut milk

I did not like the set drinks but chose this for the sake of choosing it.
The drink was a bit sickly but the sweetness was just right.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
cookie iced cake

The cake was delicious, it was thick frozen chocolate cream with pieces of soft cookie bits in it.
To be honest it was icecream with cookie crumbs on top.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
To try on my next visit:


★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2038] Delicious instant noodles in cheese sauce @ 嘉華茶餐廳

26/11/2012
嘉華茶餐廳
灣仔軒尼詩道160號地下
G/F, 160 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/delicious-instant-noodles-in-cheese-sauce-ka-wah-e2271728
I am not fond of food from Chinese cafes but there were two choices that caught my eye today.
The stir-fried noodles in soy sauce with fatty beef and the instant noodles in cheese sauce with pork neck meat and burger patty.

 This restaurant looked really old and grubby.
They also had lights on during broad daylight.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
stir-fried noodles in soy sauce with fatty beef:

Although I do not like beef, the noodles itself were satisfying without the beef and there were slivers of onion and some sauce from the beef that was on the noodles, so the noodles tasted really nice.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
instant noodles in cheese sauce with pork neck meat and burger patty:

This was really fattening because it had cheese, pork neck meat and the burger patty was made with lots of fat too.
Again I did not eat the pork neck meat and burger patty, so just the noodles in cheese sauce was good enough because it was delicious.
It tastes even better than the starchy cheese sauce at Sun Kee’s and cheaper too!
The cheese sauce here was not milky.
There were dried herbs in the sauce so you could obviously tell it was made from some pasta sauce mixture or some western sachet soup.

The cheese sauce had chicken soup powder taste too.
Although it looked heavy, the taste was not that cheesy or sickly.
I believe the sauce is made from 80% soup/pasta sauce powder and 20% cheese.
The noodles also had pieces of mushrooms in it.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Soup:
Not fond of chinese soups but there was no CFC taste in the soup which was good.
If I knew the soup costs extra I would not have ordered the soup.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2037] Back for more Beautifood with da beautacious chefs @ Beautifood

26/11/2012
Beautifood
灣仔莊士敦道60號J Senses地下3號舖
Shop 3, G/F, J Senses, 60 Johnston road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/back-for-more-beautifood-with-da-beautacious-chefs-e2271727


My title should be beautiful chefs to be correct but the chefs are guys so it sounds a bit weird using the word beautiful, so I used beautacious.

The food was so delicious last time so I was back for more.

This time I dined there so there was a 10% service charge.

I was really hungry so I ordered the Veg Yuba tacos and the sushi burrito.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Cantonese steamed fish:

In my previous review I forgot to mention the design of this sushi burrito.
There is a twisted end at the end of the wrapper which is designed to make the sushi come out when you twist it like lipstick.
They reminded me of sushi poppers which comeout by pushing the stick at the end.
The taste of this cantonese steamed fish was slightly different this time. There was no chili in it because the version I had before was modified to this one because it was too spicy.
The taste was still as nice as the first time because of the sauces and silky fish but rice was firmer this time and held together.
The sushi burrito also seemed bigger than the first time. I wonder if they made them bigger.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Vegetarian Taco trio:

This was three all vegetarian yuba tacos filled with roasted pumpkin with cream cheese, eggplant with yellow miso and porcini mushrooms with onion cream.
For the porcini mushrooms please see my previous review.

Roasted pumpkin with cream cheese
I wish there was more cream cheese in it because the taste of cream cheese was not that prominent.
The pumpkin was a bit too sweet for my liking. It would be good if they replaced the pumpkin with potatoes but that is my personal preference.
Eggplant with yellow miso
This was quite nice, it was molten eggplants with miso sauce inside with crispy spring onions.
Out of the three yuba tacos, my favourites were the porcini mushrooms and eggplant.
But in general I love these tacos and I hope to see more flavours in future.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★


Beautifood salads:
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[Review 2036] Delicious sichuan food @ 正宗雲貴川 Zheng Zong Yun Gui Chuan

26/11/2012
正宗雲貴川 Zheng Zong Yun Gui Chuan
上環蘇杭街123號地舖
123 Jervois Street, Sheung Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/delicious-sichuan-food-zheng-zong-yun-gui-chuan-e2271726

Walked past here so many times but never went in because the food seemed really spicy.Finally tried it and I really liked the food.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Grilled thai style pork neck meat:

I do not eat grilled pork neck meat, but this was nice because it was quite lean. It had been deep fried so that the edges are crispy and slightly chewy and sticky.
However I felt the thai sweet chili sauce ruined it and it was strange being served thai sauce in a Sichuan restaurant.
After scraping the sweet sauce away, it was so much more delicious on its own or with the sichuan sauce.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Green bean sheet noodles:

This can be ordered non spicy so had the non spicy version. The green bean sheets were literally sheets. They reminded me of lasagne sheets as they were really big.

The sauce was delicious and very garlicky.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Red potato noodles:

There were lots of beanshoots and pickled vegetables mixed in with these noodles, the beanshoots still had the bean attached to it.

The noodles were quite elastic but not as elastic as the potato noodles served at other places.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Sichuan chicken:


Asked for the mild version so the chicken was not too spicy, the sauce was really nice and fragrant and tasted nice with the noodles.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2035] Fish and chips by the coca cola sea @ 三皇冰室 Triple King Cafe

26/11/2012
三皇冰室 Triple King Cafe
銅鑼灣謝斐道483-499號新城大廈地下E&F舖
Shop E-F, City Mansion, 483-499 Jaffe Road , Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/fish-and-chips-by-the-coca-cola-sea-e2271725

I am not crazy about coca cola but sometimes it is nice dining in a different setting.

This cafe is themed with coca cola bottles and cans.

Although I wanted to dine here ages ago the menu was not attractive especially the dinner which was the typical Chinese food and it was quite expensive as well at around $70-$90.

Walked past and they were still serving the afternoon tea sets so I went in for the fish and chips.
The choice for afternoon tea and breakfasts were endless and they even had sweet waffles.

All the sets came with glass bottles of coke.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Fish and chips:
The chips were delicious, the oil was fresh so it was crisp on the outside and silky in the inside.
After adding salt it was great.
If there was vinegar then it would be even more perfect.
The fish was quite nice however it was too soft and lacked fish taste.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Instant noodles:
The broth was strong so the noodles were delicious and the meat in the noodles were fresh as well.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
toast:
the toast was nice and buttered just right.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
egg:
The egg tasted ok, but could have tasted better.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
When you leave, the bill is neatly hidden in a slot on the side of the table which is easily missed.