[Review 2051]♥♥♥♥♥Raspberry♥crunchy♥love♥biscuit♥♥♥♥♥ @ La Madeleine De Proust

26/11/2012
La Madeleine De Proust
山頂山頂道118號山頂廣場1樓
1/F, The Peak Galleria, 118 Peak Road, The Peak
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/raspberry-crunchy-love-biscuit-e2271748

Tried these really nice Raspberry♥crunchy♥love♥biscuits from Ivy.
Not only did they taste nice, the theme of the candy shop was really sweet and just like a scene from a novel.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Raspberry♥crunchy♥love♥biscuits HKD38:

The raspberry looked like mini pieces of meringue with pieces of almond embedded in it.
The Raspberry♥crunchy♥love♥biscuits were more substantial than meringues because there were whole pieces of almonds in it and the texture did not crumble and disappear like meringues do.
The sweetness was just right and the taste of raspberry was rich and I loved the colour of the biscuits.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Apart from these Raspberry♥crunchy♥love♥biscuits they had other confectionery too which were pretty.

[Review 2050] Marinated duck @ 鹵八鵝店 Lo Pak Restaurant

26/11/2012
鹵八鵝店  Lo Pak Restaurant
灣仔春園街20號富國大廈地下C舖
Shop C, 20 Spring Garden Lane, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/marinated-duck-lo-pak-restaurant-e2271745

As usual came here for duck, but it was late that day so they had sold out of all the vegetables and tofu that they use to put beneath the duck so that the portion looks bigger.
Despite those ingredients were sold out, the portion of duck was still the same ie not much.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Soup:
The usual white pepper and pigs intestine soup.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Marinated duck:
The duck was dry as it was at the end of the day.
The duck was bony and chewy as well.
The sauce that they poured over the rice was quite salty and oily.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2049] Hot Dog submarine @ 特式三文治專門店 Deluxe Sandwiches Express

26/11/2012
特式三文治專門店  Deluxe Sandwiches Express
灣仔盧押道9號地下
G/F, 9 Luard Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/hot-dog-submarine-deluxe-sandwiches-express-e2271744

I have not been here for a while because they had an attitude problem before.
They refused to accept legal tender, ie the coppers such as ten and twenty cents.
After the rennovation I decided to check it out.
The prices have gone up but the food was still the same.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Hot Dog submarine:

Although this was labelled a hot dog, it was more like a submarine.
The bun really ruined the hot dog because it was sweet and had sesame seeds on it.
The salad filling and sauce also made it taste weird.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2048] Octopus tentacles @ San Shing Food Shop 新成館

26/11/2012
新成館 San Shing Food Shop
上環永樂街
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/octopus-tentacles-san-shing-food-shop-e2271743

I was really missing those octopus tentacles skewers that I had at Dor Dor eatery, but the service there was a bit annoying so I tried the octopus tentacles skewers next to it.

They also cost $8.
As this shop was not really busy, the staff there was quite patient.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Octopus tentacles:


You can have these hot or cold, so I had them cold.
They were clean as I did not get food poisoning the next day.
The tentacles here were rather chewy and the mustard sauce tasted a bit off and the sweet sauce tasted too sweet.
It was also quite spicy because there had been some spicy sauce in that bowl.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2047] Simple food @ 土司工坊 Toast Box

26/11/2012
土司工坊  Toast Box
將軍澳唐賢街9號PopCorn商場G樓G19號舖
Shop G19, G/F, PopCorn, 9 Tong Yin Street, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/simple-food-at-toast-box-e2271742

I used to like Toast box but after trying other foods I felt that the food here was slightly over priced.
I dont mean their food is cheap but the items in the sets are inexpensive such as luncheon ham, egg, peanuts etc.
Basically the luncheon meat was tasteless and over done that it was dry.
The deep fried little fishes were bitter and the fried egg was tasteless.
As for the runny egg that needed more skill to cook and its taste relied on the soy sauce.

[Review 2046] A kiss of pandan @ Kisses Cupcakes

26/11/2012
Kisses Cupcakes
中環歌賦街24號地下
G/F, 24 Gough Street , Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/a-kiss-of-pandan-kisses-cupcakes-e2271741

I have previously read the reviews here but they did not really get my attention because the icing looked really heavy.

Anyway went past this cake shop and decided to go in and have a look.


Saw that they had the pandan flavoured cup cake so tried it as I am a pandan freak.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
pandan flavoured cup cake:

Compared to the other cup cakes, the rest were covered with thick icing, the green stuff on top looked like buttercream.
Overall this cup cake was better than anticipated, the pandan taste and smell was strong, and after you finished it, there was still pandan taste lingering in the mouth.
The only negative comment was that it was too sweet.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2045] Cooked food from a hole in a wall juice joint @ 永盛鮮果汁店

26/11/2012
永盛鮮果汁店
灣仔菲林明道20號舖
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/cooked-food-from-a-hole-in-a-wall-juice-joint-e2271740

I was on my way to Joy Hing Roast but the roads were a little difficult to cross so I gave up and decided to walk elsewhere when I saw this juice joint.
I was really surprised that in a small vicinity they were able to produce up to five different dishes.

Basically you can choose two choices with rice for $23 which does not include a drink.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

chicken steak:
On the menu it seems to be black bean flavoured but I could not taste any black beans. I could only taste garlic.
The chicken steak was quite nice anyway, it just tastes home made, ie marinated at home with crushed garlic and a bit of sugar and pan-fried.
The only downside is that they are really stingy with the chicken!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
courgettes:

These tasted how it should, ie cooked in garlic.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★