[Review 2434] When will I see you again.....@ Chippy

14/04/2013
Chippy
中環威靈頓街51A地下
G/F, 51A Wellington Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/when-will-i-see-you-again-chippy-e2292476

Originally I was planning to have a Brit day in May by shopping at UK's TopShop and dining at the Chippy afterwards which is located by the famous stairs in Central opposite TopShop so how convenient!!

However TopShop is not open yet and I heard Chippy is going to close down soon due to high rents and they do not know if they can relocate, so I had to make an emergency trip there to get my fare of fish and chips.

Usually you hear the news of Chinese food closing down and it never meant a thing to me, but this time I was actually quite saddened.

Anyway, got there late in the afternoon and as it is possibly my last fish and chips from there so it was hard to decide which type of fish because they were all my favourites.

I was having trouble deciding between Sole and Plaice because both are rare in Hong Kong and this is possibly the only place that serves it.
In the end I ordered the plaice and chips with an extra fish cake.

As well as fish and chips they had curries which I hope I can make another emergency trip down here to try it especially the saag paneer and rice.

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Plaice:

Plaice is quite a flat fish, so the thickness of the filet is thinner than the other fishes.
I love the succulent texture and it was just delicious because I have not had that fish in ages.

The difference with the fish here is that there is some fish skin stuck to the fish which gives it that delicious taste.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Chips:

As expected the chips were delicious, thick and chunky chips with a lovely potato centre.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Fish Cake:

My favourite fish cake because it has a lot of herbs inside it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Photos for fun
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Compared to the Chip in Fish and chips in Sai Kung, the chips are made from fresh potatoes and they have different choices for fish and you can dine there.

Goodbye to Chippy for now and hope to see you again in the not so distant future.
It was also nice being interviewed here a year ago.

[Review 2433] Lucullus palmiers @ 龍島 Lucullus

13/04/2013
龍島 Lucullus
九龍灣偉業街33號德福廣場一期103號舖
Shop 103, 1/F, Phase 1, Telford Plaza, 33 Wai Yip Street, Kowloon Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/lucullus-palmiers-e2292325

Thank you Garycwm for getting me these Palmiers from Lucullus Gourmet Shop.
I did not know what they were at first but when I opened them the box was filled with lots of Palmiers.
The palmers had so many layers and were very delicate and crispy.
The taste of butter was light and it was coated with sweet sugar so it was delicious.

[Review 2432] In search for Xi'an food @ 有緣小敍 Yau Yuen Siu Tsui

14/04/2013
有緣小敍 Yau Yuen Siu Tsui
佐敦渡船街38號建邦商業大廈地下3號舖
Shop 3, G/F, Keybond Commercial Building, 38 Ferry Street, Jordan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/in-search-for-xian-food-e2292296

On my last trip to Jordan I planned to dine at this place but could not find it because it was actually located on Saigon Street and behind the street sign that saids Saigon Street too.

Waited a while before I could get a seat and when I sat down I looked at the picture menu and the English menu to see what to order.

Some pictures were really familiar because they were taken from some famous bloggers ie kikisheep, ilovedisney and taiwanwalker!

The pictures even had the links on the bottom too!

I really wanted to order the bread with meat but it was sold out.

There were interesting historical figures on the table.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Fried red beancurd chicken wings:
The chicken wings were delicious and deep fried so that the chicken skin was crispy.
The red beancurd was quite salty after it had been fried.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Wide strip noodles with oil and fennel dumplings:
The noodles were quite nice but the oil was a bit rancid which spolt it.
However the dumplings were the best I have tried, there was so much fennel and less on the meat.
See how green it was.
If the dumpling wrap was thinner it would have been perfect.
The noodles were topped with deep fried greens which reminded me of seaweed sold in British takeaways.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Ribs and noodles:

I did not like the noodles but the ribs were delicious and the meat was soft and tender.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Fried dumplings filled with black sesame paste:
There were two flavours for the fried dumplings, peanut or sesame so I chose black sesame.
It was quite funny when they brought it out because they apologised that they were not meant to look like "tsee-goo-ding" ie the male reproductive organ of a child!
Apart from the appearance they tasted quite nice but the glutinous exterior was slightly dry.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2431] Lovely modernized rickshaw noodles - NOT! @ 匯麵一九五0 MinMix 1950

13/04/2013
匯麵一九五0 MinMix 1950
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心2期UG樓85號舖
Shop 85, UG/F, MCP Central, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/lovely-modernized-rickshaw-noodles-not-e2292291

Previously tried this at Hung Hom and now they have opened in Metro City and Tuen Mun.
I was quite surprised the locals were quite ready for the new ordering system. A lot of people managed to order without a problem, but the only flaw was payment by octopus because not everyone has much credit on their cards.
There are round tables where the ordering panel swivels 180 degrees.
Anyway, I dined at this place because it is simple and has ENGLISH!

This time I decided to try the LAKSA.
The choice of noodles were only VERMICELLI or FRIED NOODLES for the LAKSA!.
I chose VERMICELLI because the English definition of Vermicelli is rice noodles ie (maai fun 米粉).
When it came it was Mai Sin (Cantonese) / Mixian ( Mandarin) 米線.
Mixian is guoqiao mixian 過橋米線/雲南米線 aka (Crossing the bridge noodles).

Anyway, I queried why it was not vermicelli and I could hear the people in the kitchen thinking it was my mistake.
If they have an issue, they should not cower in the kitchen and speak to me directly.

In the end, I was given a mix of vermicelli and Mixian for my laksa.
After I finished the noodles, I took a look at their Chinese version of the interface and it appears that the ENGLISH and CHINESE do not match for Vermicelli.

They have labelled the English wrongly.

So I looked at their list of noodles and they have labelled the Mixian as Vermicelli (bottom left picture) and Vermicelli as Rice noodles (top left first picture).

Vermicelli is also called rice noodles as well.

See the English and Chinese choices for the Laksa noodles:
It is implying that Vermicelli = 雲南米線 which is not!!

They should label it thick rice vermicelli then it would be not be misleading, the same as angel hair and normal pasta/spaghetti.
I was expecting Vermicelli because I ordered through the ENGLISH version.
If you wiki Vermicelli, you will not get pictures of Mixian.

As well as that, there was another translation error.

In English it saids Pork's bladder, in Chinese it means Stomach!

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Swivel design:
It does not rotate 360 degrees!
There are chopsticks on one side.

The ordering panel is on the other side

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Stingy with the broth:
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Laksa:
The laksa was bland, it was nice spicy, the tofu puffs were extremely salty.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2430] Black sugar and malt lollipops @ 華記永昌號名酒食品

13/04/2013
華記永昌號名酒食品
銅鑼灣駱克道460 號地下
460 Lockhart Road, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/black-sugar-and-malt-lollipops-e2292289

I have always wanted to get Taiwanese food from here but did not know where it was.
Finally stumbled across it after dining at Keung Kee's for glutinous rice.
The items I wanted to buy such as the frozen cake was not there so I ended up getting these lollipops because they looked interesting.

It was a preserved plum embedded in candy, there was black sugar or malt and I couldn't decide so got both.
It looks like a fossilized preserved prune!!
The black sugar one tasted sugary and the malt one was my favourite because the taste was less sweet.
The preserved prune was salty and sour.

I am not sure if this is a traditional sweet, but it is interesting having a preserved prune with candy!

[Review 2429] Cold food @ Le Cafe

13/04/2013
Le Cafe
路氹城南部遊艇碼頭鄰近西堤圓形地金都酒店地下
G/F, Casino Block, Grand Waldo Hotel, Rotunda do Dique Oeste, Coloane-Taipa
https://www.openrice.com/zh/macau/review/cold-food-e2292288


I don't know how the people on the first review could take photos because I was not allowed to as it was a Casino.

Ordered a scrambled egg sandwich which was a baguette.
However the egg was cold and the bread was stale.

The noodles with pork were cold too and service was slow.

[Review 2428] Giant sized mexican bun @ 麵包新語 BreadTalk

13/04/2013
麵包新語 BreadTalk
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心3期1樓132號舖
Shop 132, 1/F, MCP Discovery, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/giant-sized-mexican-bun-breadtalk-e2292287

I like BreadTalk because every now and then they will have some interesting cakes and buns.

This time I saw this HUGE mexican bun, the diameter was bigger than a piece of normal sized square toast in the picture.

It was pandan and raisin flavoured so I got it.
As well as that I got the apple bread and berry rhapsody.

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Pandan raisin:
The surface of that bun was quite greasy and had a strong buttery smell.
It was green inside and the sweetness was mostly from the raisins and the crispy topping on top.
I thought it was fun to put bun against this big baby doll.

To be honest I can't stand baby dolls but this was an oversized one and its head is the size of a watermelon,
the doll beneath its hand is also an oversized doll too.
Its hand is slightly bigger than my clenched fist and its wrist is bigger than mine too.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Apple cake:

The apple cake was really dense and it was too sweet.
There was lots of cinnamon in it and the apples on top were thinly sliced.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Berry rhapsody:
The berry rhapsody cake was quite nice, it was berry mousse in between layers of chocolate sponge.
The sweetness was just right.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★