[Review 2399] A quiet time at Poets @ Poets

06/04/2013
Poets
西貢宜春街55號地下
G/F, 55 Yi Chun Street, Sai Kung
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/a-quiet-time-at-poets-e2291041

When I saw the name of this place on OpenRice, I did not expect it to be a pub because the name Poets is more like a Cafe or classy restaurant.
Anyway, decided to go in and try their pies because of ChanJan's review.

When I got there, it was quiet and clean inside.

The waitress had disappeared somewhere so I had to wait for a bit.

When she came back I asked her what the daily pie was and she said it was steak and kidney so I ordered it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Steak and kidney pie:
When it arrived, it looked like a Mexican bun.
Inside the pie, there was lots of succulent pieces of beef and gravy.

The pie was piping hot but the centre of the filling was still icy.
Since I do not really eat beef I was too lazy to complain.
But the rest of the pie and gravy was delicious because the gravy was really rich and you could taste fine bits of kidney and liver.
The pastry was really really flakey just like a vol u vont.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Pickled egg:


The pickled egg was pickled right through to the yolk, the yolk was quite vinegary too.
The size of the yolk was big too compared to other eggs, there was not much egg white as I hoped.

The egg white was really nice because it was really sour and the pickled yolk was really silky.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2398] Japanese Genmai tea @ 太平洋咖啡 Pacific Coffee

06/04/2013
太平洋咖啡 Pacific Coffee
將軍澳坑口重華路8號東港城1樓C區
Area C, Level 1, East Point City, 8 Chung Wa Road, Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/japanese-genmai-tea-pacific-coffee-company-e2291034


Only stopped by for some tea because I was waiting for something.
Tried the Japanese Genmai tea.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Japanese Genmai tea:

The tea was really hot so had to wait a while before I could drink it.
The staff were quite helpful because there were empty cups on the table when I sat down and they cleared it away.
When the tea cooled down I could taste toasted rice in the tea.
The genmai tea was quite nice but the toasted rice taste makes you feel full after drinking it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2397]Icecreams @ Tezukuri No Mise 手作之店

06/04/2013
手作之店
Tezukuri No Mise
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心1期2樓246A號舖
Shop 246A, 2/F, MCP l, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/icecreams-tezukuri-no-mise-e2291025

This brand of icecream has been in Hong Kong for ages but it never appealed to me because I did not like the logo and design of the shop.
Although it seems to be Japanese, it does not seem very Japanese at all.
It costs $9 per scoop or you can upgrade it for $1 and get a bigger scoop.
There were quite a lot of flavours and they had English labelling too, each flavour has some weird Japanese English to it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Mint chocolate icecream:

The taste of the mint chocolate was quite likable, it was thick and milky.
The mint and chocolate flavour was not as strong as Walls or Haagen Daaz.
The texture of this icecream is very coarse and contains a lot of icy particles but for that price I do not expect it to be luxurious, but a good choice for parents to satisying their kids who are screaming for icecream.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Sweet potato icecream:
I wish I tried this first because I did not like it.
The sweet potato tastes like Playdoh!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Taro icecream:
The taro taste was quite nice but not as nice as the local Dairy brand because it was too sweet and tasted muddy.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2396] Back for more rice rolls with beef @ 潮城燒臘粥店

05/04/2013
潮城燒臘粥店
灣仔駱克道139號地下
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/back-for-more-rice-rolls-with-beef-e2290979

Came back for more delicious rice rolls with beef.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Rice rolls with beef:
As always these were delicious, they had delicious dried tangerine peel in it.
After I had half the plate there was not enough soy sauce, and the soy sauce on the table is different.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Rice rolls with fried dough stick:

They did not taste good this time because the fried dough stick tasted rancid.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Congee:
The congee was too oily and thick.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Fried noodles:
Although the noodles were tasteless, you can add soy sauce and chili oil to it to make it taste better.
The temperature of the noodles were hot which was good because on my last visit they were cold.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2395] Green tea and red bean roll spoiled by sweetness @ 批&撻專門店 Pie & Tart Specialists

05/04/2013
批&撻專門店  Pie & Tart Specialists
尖沙咀加連威老道77號地下
G/F, 77 Granville Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/green-tea-and-red-bean-roll-spoiled-by-sweetness-e2290958

Saw these nice looking green tea rolls at Pie & Tart Specialists and they were really cheap too for $5.5.
So got two of them because they do not give you a box if you only get one.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Green tea and red bean roll:

The appearance of these rolls for $5.5 were quite good, it had cream on top, garnished with lantern berry leaves, red beans, chocolate and a cube of green tea pudding.
The green tea taste was strong and there was lots of cream.
Inside the roll, there was a long piece of green tea pudding/jelly.


If there was less cream and it was not so sweet it would have been perfect.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2394] Delicious crunchy fried octopus @ 和菓子の里 Wagashi No Sato

05/04/2013
和菓子の里 Wagashi No Sato
銅鑼灣軒尼詩道555號崇光百貨B2樓17號舖
Shop 17, B2/F, Sogo, 555 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay

https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/delicious-crunchy-fried-octopus-e2290957

Thanks to Mjqueen7e for getting me these expensive delicious crunchy octopus snacks from Wagashi No Sato and also helping me to list this on OpenRice.

The packaging was really nice, with a drawstring on the top.

When you open the box, the crunchy octopus are in a sealed bag that keeps them crunchy.

When I took them out, you could immediately sense how crunchy they were.
It is really difficult to get octopus to be crunchy and not chewy!!!

You can actually see it has real octopus in it from the flattern octopus suction cups.

The middle shows the octopus sandwiched in the middle.

The taste of these crunchy fried octopuses were really delicious, they were extremely crispy just like hard tempura and the octopus in the middle had that same crisp texture.
The saltiness was just right and the octopus taste was brought out from being fried.
The coating tasted like rice cracker coating.

[Review 2393] Vegetarian dim sums with traditional Chinese Tea @ 樂茶軒 LockCha Tea House

05/04/2013
樂茶軒 LockCha Tea House
金鐘香港公園羅桂祥茶藝館地下
G/F, The K.S. Lo Gallery, Hong Kong Park, Admiralty, H.K., Admiralty
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/vegetarian-dim-sums-with-traditional-chinese-tea-e2290944

Lock Cha Tea Shop is a nice place for Chinese tea and vegetarian dim sums.
I have always wanted to try their tea and dim sums but whenever I came it was closed.

They change their dim sum menu daily so if there is something particular you want to eat you have to call them to find out because their website is not update.

You would think they would be kind enough to email or fax you the daily menu but they do not have a fax machine or computer to facilitate this.

There were a few items I wanted to try but it was not on the menu that day, they were 梅菜煎餅 (panfried preserved vegetable cakes) and the 煎薯仔餅 (panfried potato cakes).

The portions were quite small too, normally you get four pieces but here you only get two pieces which is very filling (not).
This place is famous for Chinese tea but not every table had a heater (shown on photo below) to keep the water hot because there was no plug underneath my table and they did not let me change tables.


Interesting door handles made from mooncake molds.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Wrapped Glutinous rice with mushrooms:

The glutinous rice had strong black pepper and the filling was mushrooms stalks! It tastes better than the ordinary glutinous rice with meat because it does not have any fat in it!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Vegetarian shaomai $22:


I was surprised there were only two in a portion, usually there are 3-4!!
The texture of this was quite mushy and sticky with pieces of mushroom in it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Stir fried pasta:


The pasta was nice but the black pepper was too strong.
Each strand of spaghetti was too short to be picked up with chopsticks and too long for the spoon.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Beans with tofu noodles:

This was quite nice but could have tasted better with Chinese wine in it and the tofu noodles were not soft enough.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Vegetables wrapped in palm melon:
This was quite boring and tasteless.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Sesame dumplings in Jasmine tea:

The idea of this dessert was really good, it was dumplings in unsweetened Jasmine tea and not the usual sweet liquid.
Usually I love Jasmine tea but the Jasmine they used was too flowery for my liking.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Chinese tea:
I was expecting their teas to be good but most of them had a really strong flower scent which I did not like it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★