[Review 2103] Roast chicken at the French end of Manhattan Ave @ La Rotisserie

26/11/2012
La Rotisserie
上環皇后大道中255號Manhattan Avenue地下
G/F, Manhattan Avenue, 255 Queen's Road Central, Sheung Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/roast-chicken-at-the-french-end-of-manhattan-ave-e2271825

Found out about this place through a friend who was invited to their tasting session on the social media site.
As much as I would have wished, I was not invited but anyway I love roast chicken so went there to try their food.

However when I got there, I did not realise they didnt have any dining tables so I just got the dessert because I like to eat freshly roasted chicken immediately when it tastes the best.

It would be good though if they had wooden bench tables outside for al-fresco dining because that road is a dead end anyway so there will be no vehicles but people.

Next to La Rotisserie is another French joint which sells baguettes called Chez Meli Melo, I hope that this place will have a positive impact on it and will become a French street, and perhaps La Creperie should move here too!

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The Chocolate cake topped with guerande salt:

The chocolate cake is not as heavy and sickly as it looks.
It is similar to a brownie and the cocoa taste is extremely strong and not cloyingly sweet.
There was not much guerande salt on my cake, but it still tasted nice.
The texture was interesting, it was really soft and crumbles in your mouth into smooth velvety paste.
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Roast chicken

As well as the chicken here I have still got to try Chicken on the run too!
It would be interesting to see how these two compare and I wonder when Nando's will open a branch in Hong Kong too.
Anyway the chicken here is fabulous, it was full of flavour and herbs.
The chicken texture was natrual too.The chickens are rubbed with herbs and their secret spices before they are put on the rotisserie!

Be sure to reserve your chicken as they are sold chicking fast!

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Roast potatoes

The roast potatoes are baked beneath the chickens in the Rotisseries so when the juice from the chicken drops, it falls directly on the potatoes. The potatoes tasted FANTASTIQUE!!!
However they were slightly too salty.

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I will be back for the quiches and the above.

[Review 2102] Confusing menu and rude service @ Aunt Stella's

26/11/2012
Aunt Stella's
銅鑼灣勿地臣街1號時代廣場B1樓 city'super
city'super, B1/F, Times Square, 1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/confusing-menu-and-rude-service-aunt-stellas-e2271824

Went in because the set they displayed outside seemed quite nice and reasonable for the price but when I sat down the price was different and she kept explaining it was for the cake set only.
The display outside was wrong and misleading because they displayed the pie in the cake set which was cheaper.

Anyway ordered the orange yoghurt pie set with coffee and the waitress stomped back to the kitchen because I was confused about the pricing and sets.
If see the set on the right, it would seem that a coffee and the orange yogurt pie would cost $31

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coffee:

I do not like coffee but the coffee here was quite nice, it was a pity the cream that was given was cold because it lowered the temperature of the coffee, however the cream that was given was nice and made the coffee taste nice.
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orange yoghurt pie:

There was not much yoghurt which was disappointing and it seemed more like a tart than a pie. On top of the pie it was topped with baked orange slices with the peel as well.
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Hopefully their attitude is not so rude next time because I want to try the toast with cheese and seaweed.
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Photos of the cafe:


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[Review 2101] Potato baked in salt @ 別府駅前料理 Beppu Ekimae

26/11/2012
別府駅前料理 Beppu Ekimae
鑽石山龍蟠街3號荷里活廣場2樓214號舖
Shio 214, 2/F, Plaza Hollywood, 3 Lung Poon Street, Diamond Hill
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/potato-baked-in-salt-beppu-ekimae-e2271822

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Restaurant photos:


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Scallop and urchin with rice:


The scallop tasted bitter and the urchin was not that fresh.
It was really different to the product shot too, there were far more herbs sprinkled on the rice and on my bowl there was not much as shown on the photo.
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Surf clam:

The surf clam was quite fresh and had a strong metallic taste.
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Baked potato covered in salt:

To be honest, I didn't get the point of baking potato in salt but it was fun breaking the hard salt casing!
There was so much salt in the hard casing that it can probably last you for the year if you only add a pinch of salt when you cook!
The potato was rather dry but it came with butter so it tasted really nice.
There was also mentaiko mayonnaise but I felt that it did not taste nice together.
It would have been perfect if they used a proper baking potato then the texture of the potato would be soft and silky inside.
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[Review 2100] Carrot cake @ Ginger Bakery

26/11/2012
Ginger Bakery
灣仔莊士敦道55號地下
G/F, 55 Johnston Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/carrot-cake-ginger-bakery-e2271820

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Carrot cake:

The carrot cake looked nice but it did not taste that nice because the cake was dense.
There was not much carrot taste even though there was lots of carrot pieces, the cinnamon taste was really strong.
The icing on top was quite sweet.
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[Review 2099] Phoenix rolls filled with cheese @ 榮華餅家 Wing Wah

26/11/2012
榮華餅家 Wing Wah
鑽石山龍蟠街3號荷里活廣場307號舖
Shop 307, Plaza Hollywood, 3 Lung Poon Street, Diamond Hill


I got these phoenix rolls because they were cheese flavoured and not the usual boring desiccated coconut or meat floss.

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Phoenix rolls filled with cheese:
Inside the box, there were six pieces.
When I opened the box, the smell of buttery cheese was quite strong.
However when you eat it, it still tastes the same as the usual ones with a hint of cheese.
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[Review 2098] Sweet dark malt bread @ 奇華餅家 Kee Wah Bakery

26/11/2012
奇華餅家 Kee Wah Bakery
鑽石山龍蟠街3號荷里活廣場2樓226號
Shop 226, 2/F, Plaza Hollywood, 3 Lung Poon Street, Diamond Hill
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/sweet-dark-malt-bread-kee-wah-bakery-e2271817

I was surprised to see that they sold bread at this shop.
I assumed it was just traditional Chinese bakery.
The dark malt toast got my attention, however I think it should be labelled as bread or called Bread on the packaging because it was still soft and not toasted.

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dark malt toast:


The bread was fresh so it was still soft.
It tasted like brown sugar flavoured bread with a strong malt taste.
If you treat it as a sweet bread without spreading butter it tastes nice.
There was a lovely malt smell too when you opened the bag.
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[Review 2097] Big shot with two shots! @ 大亨廊 Big Shot Lounge

26/11/2012
大亨廊 Big Shot Lounge
灣仔謝斐道138號地下
G/F, 138 Jeff Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/big-shot-with-two-shots-e2271816

As usual you can choose two choices with rice for $32 takeout.
This time they had fried fish so tried that.

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Fried fishes:

The fish was really nice but there were too many fine bones.
There were about four fishes in total because they were quite small.
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Marinated chicken wings:


The chicken wings were dry and tough but the taste was ok.
It was rather oily and the chicken skin was quite fat.
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Soup:
Tasteless
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