[Review 2475] Delicious omurice at Kitsu No Heya @ 楓之苑 Kitsu No Heya

28/04/2013
楓之苑 Kitsu No Heya
上環蘇杭街8號地下A號舖
Shop A, G/F, 8 Jervois Street, Sheung Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/delicious-omurice-at-kitsu-no-heya-e2294393

Before this place changed owners, I never found it attractive, there was no dining area so it was only convenient for people working or living in the area.
After I read Ivy's review I realised that the owners have changed and they now do Omurice.

Ever since I tried it at Tin Hau I was craving for it again.

The pictures in Ivy's review looked really similar to the Omurice at Tin Hau which was why I was so keen to try it.
Luckily there was a seat so I was able to dine there.

The menu does not have English

Basically the food is cooked in the small kitchen.
I ordered the Omurice with sea urchin, squid ink flavoured omelette and curry sauce.
With every omurice there is a choice of ketchup, cream sauce, spicy sauce or curry.

They also have the semi cooked omelette which I would have ordered if I saw it beforehand.

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Miso soup:

This came with the omurice and it was miso soup with quite a few pieces of seaweed in it.
The soup was not that salty which was good.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Omurice:

The omurice came quite fast and it was garnished with mustard cress and tomato slices.
The size is slightly smaller than the one at Tin Hau.
I really liked the fried rice because there was no oily taste or smell.
Each grain of rice was evenly flavoured and the texture was just right, not too soft or hard.


Initially I thought they were cubes of pumpkin, but when I asked them they said it was sea urchin.
They have mixed the sea urchin with flour to made it springy like fishballs which was interesting.
Otherwise when sea urchin is cooked with rice, it disappears due to its paste like texture.
The curry sauce was quite watery but it was quite appropriate because it was there so that the rice and omelette would not be so dry without overpowering it.
The omelette had a nice squid ink taste.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Coconut layered pudding:
For dessert, the omurice comes with this cute coconut layered pudding.
It was a strange ending to the perfect omurice with a Thai dessert.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

After talking to the chef, he said he used to work at the Tin Hau restaurant which was why the taste was the same.
I will probably be back to try the Tom Yum Kung Omurice on my next visit.

As well as Omurice they also have sushi, fried snacks and udon noodles.

[Review 2474] Black forest crunch sundae @ 麥當勞 McDonald's

27/04/2013
麥當勞 McDonald's
太子彌敦道763-767號新望大廈地庫及地下入口
Basement with G/F Entrance, Newish Mansion, 763-767 Nathan Road, Prince Edward
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/black-forest-crunch-sundae-mcdonalds-e2294341

Tried the Black forest crunch sundae because it was new.

The poster does not really say what is in it but when I tried it, there was chocolate syrup and raspberry syrup garnished with crispy wafer pieces.

I was slightly disappointed because I was expecting some canned cherries but it was just chocolate and raspberry syrup to mimic the ingredients. Usually cherry is the main ingredient and not raspberry.

It would be great if it was topped with canned cherries and chocolate shavings.
[The reason for canned cherries is because the sundae costs $7 so you can't expect much]

The sundae was quite sweet too.

[Review 2473] You are my first.... Mr. BINGTongWuLoh @ 老金煎餅 Mr. Bing

27/04/2013
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/you-are-my-first-mr-bingtongwuloh-e2294114

I have always wanted to try these candied fruits on a bamboo stick that are about 20cm long.
They come from Beijing and some cities in China.
In mandarin it is pronounced bingtanghulu.
The traditional ones are Chinese Hawthorns dipped in sugar syrup which results in a hardened sugar coating.
To me Chinese Hawthorns remind me of tiny crab apples!

Anyway, thanks to Mr Bing for importing these Candied fruits because it was my first time trying them.
I have seen them before at fairs but never tried them because I wasnt sure if they were clean and it is difficult to eat things on skewers when there are lots of people walking about.

At Cheung Chau Island, there is a thing similar to this, it is basically assorted fruits on a stick which are in frozen form.

At Mr. Bing's they have strawberry or Hawthorn.

I chose the strawberry because I didn't know if the Hawthorn had pips in the middle.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Strawberry candied fruit HKD18:

After I read Ivy Cwk's review I just had to come and try it.
It was rock hard because it was frozen, but the exterior of the wrapper had syrup so it was mega sticky.
I was really fortunate Mjqueen7e who I was dining with that day had wet tissues!!
To be honest it was fun eating a frozen strawberry but the sugar coating on the outside was way too sweet and the strawberry was very sweet itself.

The strawberries had rice paper on the outside to keep it from sticking to the wrapper.

It was good the stick in the middle was nice and rigid and did not snap half way through!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2472] Palak Paneer @ Ebeneezer's Kebabs & Pizzeria

26/04/2013
Ebeneezer's Kebabs & Pizzeria
尖沙咀亞士厘道24-38號天星大廈地下G01C號舖
Shop G01C, G/F, Astoria Building, 24-38 Ashley Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/palak-paneer-ebeneezers-kebabs-pizzeria-e2294063

Had a craving for Indian rice again so went to Ebeneezer's for a curry.
I chose the Palak Paneer.

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Palak Paneer:

This is basically pureed spinach and Indian farmer's cheese.
It does not look appetizing but it tastes nice and light.
There was finely grounded chilies in it so it was quite spicy.
In UK, this dish is called Saag Paneer (saag meaning spinach) but in Hong Kong it is called Palak Paneer.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2471] McDonald: Rice Fun Wrap [Chicken] @ 麥當勞 McDonald's

24/04/2013
麥當勞 McDonald's
中環港景街1號國際金融中心商場1樓1026-28號舖
Shop 1026-28, 1/F, IFC Mall,No.1 Harbour View Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/mcdonald-rice-fun-wrap-chicken-e2293916

PLEASE NOTE: This is not a tasting, I paid $25 with a Newspaper coupon.
I was not on the list for the tasting event!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
After trying the Beef Rice Fun Bowl, I was back to try the Rice Fun Wrap!!!
Review of Beef Rice Fun Bowl:
http://supersupergirl.openrice.com/home/reviews.htm#review2293874
(The rice was nice but I would have preferred a better sauce eg curry or black pepper).

I had more faith with the wrap because I have tried the rice burger before and I loved it, so I expected it to be similar but wrapped in tortilla with chicken.

There was a choice of beef or chicken and I chose chicken because it was a crispy chicken patty and I figured I would not like the beef because the sauce for that is sweet.
McWraps are common in other countries and I really want to try the Indian Wrap because it has deep fried cheese in it called the McPaneer wrap with Paneer meaning cheese.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Rice Fun Wrap [Chicken]:
The wrap comes packaged like this!

You eat the wrap by tearing the strip in the middle so that the wrap is still covered on the bottom half.
Again there is a possible option for future flavours or maybe vegetarian if people do not each chicken or beef.

For photo purposes I opened the top end to take a photo of the wrap.

I took a bite and there was a rice patty, lettuce and cucumber inside which was delicious, especially the flavoured rice patty.

In the middle there was some spicy mayonnaise sauce inside which was sweet and spicy.
The spicyness is similar to the spicyness of their chicken wings.

However when you eat it, the sauce sinks to the bottom due to gravity, so the tastes gets stronger and stronger!

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2470] Simply delicious glutinous rice @ 強記美食 Keung Kee

24/04/2013
強記美食  Keung Kee
灣仔駱克道382號莊士企業大廈地下
G/F, Chuang's Enterprises Building, 382 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/simply-delicious-glutinous-rice-e2293909

This joint is located in the middle of no where and it is neither close to Causeway Bay or Wan Chai because it is bang right in the middle with lots of roads to cross from either direction.

I have always wanted to visit this place but getting there was a problem.

I am not the person to like Chinese preserved sausages but I will still try them out when there are a lot of good reviews and I often change my opinion afterwards.

I finally made the effort to go when I saw two consecutive ENGLISH reviews because the previous ones were mainly Chinese and not that convincing but the pictures were promising to be on my to eat list.

The glutinous rice is also Eric wan's (尹天照) favourite but he said that this place was not open all the time.
(This was said quite a few years ago)

After reading the English reviews again and again I finally went on a nice cold day!

The restaurant is quite small and cosy, and it was perfect watching the tram go past because it felt like being a scene from an old Hong Kong movie.


At the front of the shop, there is a cooker of some sort that holds the glutinous rice with holes on the acrylic windows to let the steam out.

It does not look appealing but it is surprisingly delicious!


The menu was simple but it really helped reading those two English reviews by GW98 and Paramexics because it frankly is quite scary going into one of these places.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Glutinous rice with an extra preserved blood sausage:

Basically the rice with loaded with preserved meats but I could not get enough of the preserved sausage so ordered an extra one.
I never eat preserved waxed meats because they stink, especially the duck leg but the preserved meats in this tiny bowl of delicious rice did not stink at all!!
The glutinous rice which I dislike was suddenly delicious, it was like every grain of rice was coated with flavour and it was chewy and not too hard.
The spring onions and dried Chinese mushrooms gave it more flavour too.
The tiny bowl was quickly finished leaving you craving for more.
It would be great if the preserved meats could be evenly distributed because I have been here quite a few times and sometimes there was no preserved meat or no preserved duck.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Pan fried rice rolls:

Before I ordered them I assumed they were steamed but they were pan-fried as well.
Part of the rice rolls were lovely and crisp, and the middle was soft as it should be.

They were delicious complemented with the standard sesame and red bean sauce.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Congee:


The congee had almost everything under the sun in it such as dried oysters, preserved egg, pork, pork bone but it was slightly disappointing because with all those ingredients, the taste was bland.
The ingredients in the congee were generous, there was nearly half of an preserved egg there.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Pork skin:

I am not really a fan of pork skin but I was relieved there was no rancid lard taste to it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2469] Squid and meat patty @ 家樂小廚粥麵茶餐廳

24/04/2013
家樂小廚粥麵茶餐廳
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心1期地下G25-26號舖
Shop G25-26, G/F, MCP I, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/squid-and-meat-patty-ka-loks-kitchen-e2293907

Went to Ka Lok again for Chinese food.

There is now an attractive rack beside the table for condiments.


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Squid and meat patty:


The patty was dry and coarse this time.
It was also quite salty.
The colour was not very appetizing because it was slightly pink even though it was cooked.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★