[Review 2262] Chocolate banana roll at difference prices @ 聖安娜餅屋 Saint Honore Cake Shop

14/02/2013
聖安娜餅屋 Saint Honore Cake Shop
樂富聯合道198號樂富廣場一期UG2 SG17-SG18號舖
Shop SG17-SG18, Lok Fu Shopping Centre Phase 1, 198 Junction Road, Lok Fu
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chocolate-banana-roll-at-difference-prices-e2283618

Saw this new delicious looking swiss roll with banana in the middle so bought one.
It costs $30 at Lok Fu.
Later that same day I was at Wong Tai Sin and that same chocolate roll costs $39!!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Chocolate banana roll:

I do not really like banana cakes but this was really nice, the chocolate roll was soft and not too sweet and the cream in the middle was really nice because it was creamy and thick.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2261] Not my cup of tea @ 德興麵家 Tak Hing Noodles

14/02/2013
德興麵家 Tak Hing Noodles
西貢福民路58-72號高富樓地下12號舖
Shop 12, G/F, Ko Fu Building, 58-72 Fuk Man Road, Sai Kung
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/not-my-cup-of-tea-e2283614

Only came here because the restaurant I wanted to go to was closed.
I did not expect the food to taste nice because in general, the local food in Sai Kung is not that good.
However it was surprising they had English on the menu.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
soup:
There was nothing spectacular about the soup.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Salted chicken with flat rice noodles:
The chicken was just skin and bones.
It was cut randomly that there were so many brittle bones in every bite.
There was not much chicken to be able to taste whether it was good or not.
As for the noodles, it relied heavily on the ginger and spring onion sauce, but it just tasted of 100% garlic!!
This was the first time spring and ginger puree tasted disgusting to me!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Beef offal with noodles:
The noodles tasted better after adding chili oil.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2260] Mad for silky soft tofu @ 櫻 Sakura

11/02/2013
櫻 Sakura
西貢萬年街114號地舖
G/F, 114 Man Nin Street, Sai Kung
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/mad-for-silky-soft-tofu-sakura-e2283332

Sadly this shop is soon going to be relocated to Daaimeidook and they only serve chilled products so I could only order the tofu.
I really wanted to try the eel liver soup but they do not do soup any more.

In the end I ordered the tofu in seaweed sauce.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Tofu in seaweed sauce:

The tofu was really nice and silky and the seaweed sauce gave it some gentle flavour without over powering the tofu.
The seaweed sauce had a strong umami taste
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2259] Silver fish with salt and pepper @ 金卷食品

10/02/2013
金卷食品
南丫島索罟灣第一街29號
29 Sok Kwu Wan First Street, Lamma Island
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/silver-fish-with-salt-and-pepper-e2283242

Thanks to Sinmei for these delicious crunchies from Lamma Island.
They are basically crispy salt and pepper silvers fishes.
I really liked them because they smell really fishy and you can taste the salt and pepper too.
They taste so much nicer than the crispy fishes in Indonesian and Singaporean dishes because those ones taste bitter.

[Review 2258] Be bing'd with a purple bing @ 老金煎餅 Mr. Bing

08/02/2013
老金煎餅 Mr. Bing
中環威靈頓街83號地下及地庫
LG & G/F, 83 Wellington Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/be-bingd-with-a-purple-bing-e2283131

Went back for more Beijing street crepes because they had the purple rice crepe base and I have still not tried the Char siu bing.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Char siu bing:

As I have not tried this before I chose the green millet base so that I could taste the ingredients more.
The roast pork in the middle was really nice and the spicy radish was actually very spicy and went nicely with the pork!
The whole crepe was packed with flavours coming from the pork, radishes and the herbs.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Peking duck bing:

Menu description:roast duck, cucumber, leek, pickled ginger, duck sauce, egg, crisp.
Tried this before on the ordinary crepe, so this time chose the purple rice crepe.
This was also nice too because of the cucumber, duck and duck sauce which taste as good as the pancakes with duck and cucumber in China town.

I did not think I would like the pickled ginger in the pancakes but they were better than anticipated because they were not the usual sweet ones, they were slightly sour and refreshing.
Apart from the visual colour difference I could not really taste the purple rice, however there is a faint purple rice smell coming from it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2257] Delicious apple danish that was good @ Das Gute

08/02/2013
Das Gute (已結業)
將軍澳坑口重華路8號東港城1樓125號舖
Shop 125, 1/F, East Point City, 8 Chung Wa Road, Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/delicious-apple-danish-that-was-good-e2282987

Walked past and was attracted by the apple danish so went in to get it and saw two other attractive items so got that too.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Sugar pon da ring:
I had this one first because it had the lightest taste and it looked quite similar to the caramel one except that the white sugar was more prominent on this one.
The white sugar was not too sweet and I loved the chewyness of the pon de ring.
The inside of the pon de ring had a yeasty texture too.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Cranberry and cream cheese bun:
The bun was quite pretty because it was light pink.
 The cranberry inside the bun was quite sweet which flavoured the cream cheese as well.
Luckily the bun was not sweet so the sweetness overall was just right.
There was no hollow gaps in the bun and it was solidly filled unlike Maxim's airy buns.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Apple and cream cheese danish:

I was really looking forward to this but the danish pastry had gone slightly rancid.
The apple just tasted sweet which was disappointing because I would prefer it if it was slightly tart.


If the cream cheese was replaced with unsweetened cream then it would have been perfect.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2256] Double trouble when the devil meets the pink angel @ 美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop

08/02/2013
美心西餅  Maxim's Cake Shop
尖沙咀港鐵尖沙咀站TST 1號舖
Shop TST 1, Tsim Sha Tsiu MTR Station, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/double-trouble-when-the-devil-meets-the-pink-angel-e2282986

One day, Maxim's came up with the chiffon series, The devil, The Angel and The pink Angel.
They are basically chiffon cakes: Devil (chocolate), Angel (white), Pink Angel (Pink).
Tried Maxim's chiffon series which was basically a chiffon cake covered in cream.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Devil (chocolate):
Overall this cake was quite nice, but the chocolate taste did not taste chocolatey, the cocoa taste was stronger.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Pink Angel:
This cake tasted better than I expected because I assumed the pink cream would be strawberry flavoured and would taste artificial.
However the pink cream was not flavoured and tasted like normal sweet cream but obviously not whipped with fresh milk.
The cake inside however was really nice and in between there was some caramel filling.
There were also pieces of freeze dried strawberries to decorate.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
In conclusion, the Pink Angel was as sweet as heaven and the Devil lost in the taste battle so it can go back to hell!

End of story!