[Review 2708] Black sesame butter cookies @ 太子餅店 Prince Bakery

09/08/2013
太子餅店
上環德輔道中212-214號地下A號舖
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/black-sesame-butter-cookies-e2313099

Thanks to Mjqueen7e for getting me these black sesame cookies from Prince Bakery.

This shop also sells huge macarons at low prices and pretty cakes.
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I was once tempted to buy the Angel Chiffon series shown below.
I liked the way the pastel coloured cream was sandwiched in between two pure white pieces of sponge but they needed refrigeration if you don't eat them immediately which was why I did not buy them.

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Black sesame butter cookies:


These cookies were delicious and melts in your mouth.
Each piece had black sesame in it giving a nice crunch and black sesame taste.
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[Review 2707] Italiano pizza chicken @ 肯德基家鄉雞 (KFC) Kentucky Fried Chicken

09/08/2013
肯德基家鄉雞 (KFC) Kentucky Fried Chicken
灣仔莊士敦道112號雙喜樓地下4&5舖及1樓A&B舖
Shops 4 & 5 on G/F and Shops A & B on 1/F, Sheung Hei House, 112 Johnston Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/italiano-pizza-chicken-e2313083

When the new Italiano pizza chicken came out a few weeks ago, I was not really compelled to try it.
I only tried it because they launched this new Italiano mustard sauce which was not initially launched with it.

I ordered one of the meals which includes two pieces of the Italiano chicken, chicken a la king, softened egg tart with chocolate and the drink I upgraded it to a hot chocolate.
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Italiano pizza chicken:

The chicken had been fried for a while so it was a bit dry.
As for the Italiano pizza flavoured coating, it just tasted like tomato and paprika powder and nothing like pizza.
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Italiano mustard sauce with herbs:


I tried the sauce on its own and all I can say is that it is artificial!
But the worst thing it can taste and smell like was nail polish.
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Hot chocolate:

Evidently the hot chocolate is different to the hot chocolate served at UK's KFC.
Here it is chocolate powder and hot water, but in the UK, the hot chocolate comes out from the Hot chocolate machine with silky foam on top.

After stirring it, I realised the chocolate powder had sank to the bottom, so I had to stir it.


When I finished stirring, the drink tasted very watery and sweet.
It lacked milk in the drink which could have made it taste better.
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The bill HKD37.9

[Review 2706] Mix and match with style by MANGO EXPRESS @ 許留山芒果站 Mango Express, Hui Lau Shan

09/08/2013
許留山芒果站 Mango Express, Hui Lau Shan
將軍澳港鐵寶琳站一樓POA12及POA13號舖
Shop nos. POA12-POA13,1/F., Po Lam MTR Station, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/mix-and-match-with-style-by-mango-express-e2313031

This shop is called Mango Express which is a new line of drinks by Hui Lau Shan.
But for some reason, OpenRice has listed this as Hui Lau Shan and not Mango Express.

Quoted from Hui Lan Shan's Facebook page:
許留山的全新概念店-芒果站正式進註港鐵沿線; 8月3日首間芒果站於寶琳站開幕了。芒果站以健康鮮果甜品為主, 特別介紹全新產品-開心好玩的D.I.Y特飲,客人可3重味自由配搭共80款組合,快D嚟試晒佢啦! 請各位許留山Fans 多多支持!

It opened on the 3rd of August, offering D.I.Y drinks with up to 80 combinations!!

To order your D.I.Y drink, follow the steps:
Step 1: Choose your drink based on a choice of five juices: Mango, coconut, watermelon, blueberry or pineapple.
Step 2: Choose an ingredient from: sago, basil seed, mango or pineapple.
Step 3: Choose a jelly base: aloe jelly, mango pudding, mango jelly, or honey jelly.

If you can't decide or wait, there are drinks already mixed in the fridge for grab and go convenience.
Bright and colourful straws for the drinks.

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My DIY Drink HKD21:

Pineapple x Sago x Aloe Jelly
Great concept and drink but it was WAY too sweet and syrupy!
It really wrecked their claims on healthy drinks.
The aloe jelly was really nice though because it had a strong pandan taste.
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As well as drinks, they also sell their usual snacks such as curried fishballs, shaomai's and one snack I found interesting was the Durian chocolate!

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[Review 2705] Profiterole: Dark or White @ Allegretto

08/08/2013
Allegretto
尖沙咀廣東道33號中港城第三座平台1A號舖
Shop 1A, Promenade Level of Tower 3, China Hong Kong City, 33 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/profiterole-dark-or-white-e2312909
Allegretto is famous for coffee with the artistic foam cap, but I don't drink coffee so tried their profiteroles.
If their other cakes were not sold out, I would have tried too.
Tried the dark and white profiteroles which cost $12 each.

White profiterole HKD12:
Dark profiterole HKD12:

Basically there was one profiterole in the cup, the white one was filled with dark chocolate creme while the dark one was filled was white creme.

I preferred the white one because the white sauce had a strong vanilla taste filled with creamy chocolate.
The dark chocolate was too strong for my liking because the cocoa taste was strong and not creamy.

[Review 2704] AHUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu @ 阿糊米線 A Hu Mi Xian

08/08/2013
阿糊米線 A Hu Mi Xian
天后電氣道69號地下E舖
Shop E, G/F, 69 Electric Road, Tin Hau
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/ahuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-e2312907

Honestly if they had not rebranded this noodle place I would not have bothered trying it because I have do not like Hunnan style noodles unless it is the buccatini type.

The logo stood out from across the road! It looked like there was an English word that spelt BOHITA in the logo but it was actually Chinese.
Inside the restaurant, it is brightly decorated with a yellow and black theme.
They had spices on the wall for display.


The choice of broths for the noodles was good too, there were five choices: Vegetarian, tomato, laksa, preserved eggs and spicy broth.

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Dumplings:


According to the picture, they look pan fried but when they came, the dumplings were deepfried.
I felt that they tasted nice deepfried because the dumpling skin is crispy and thinner complemented by the pork and leek fillings.
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Instant noodles in Laksa broth:

The noodles were the best because you could choose instant noodles.
The instant noodles were slightly thinner compared to other brands and it reminded of the "CHEWY" (chiu lik) brand.
As for the broth, it was not that spicy.
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Deep fried pork knuckles:

The pork knuckles could have been better because it seems that the pork knuckles were not that fresh because they have been in the fridge for too long that they were dehydrated. Hence the pork knuckles were too chewy, elastic and sticky.
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[Review 2703] Taiwanese noodles in a metal bowl @ 烏龍苑 Woo Lung Yuen

08/08/2013
烏龍苑 Woo Lung Yuen
天后威非路道4號金都洋樓地下
G/F, 6A Whitefield Rd,, Tin Hau
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/taiwanese-noodles-in-a-metal-bowl-e2312899

Came here again because the place I wanted to go was closed.
They had new black ink squid balls so tried that.

The waitress stood by my table as soon as I sat down.
I felt that the waitress was rather pushy because I needed time to look at the menu and decide what to order!
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Squid ink balls and noodles in a metal bowl:

The noodles were better this time and not so rancid but the portion was really small I had to order another dish of noodles.
The squid ink balls were tastes and similar to eating rubber.
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Taiwanese style stir-fried vermicelli:

Basically it was the usual stir-fried vermicelli topped with Taiwanese style minced meat which makes it Taiwanese style.
The taste was ok mixed with the meat sauce.
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Green tea:
The set came with a drink but it was too sweet so next time I will order the food a la carte.
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[Review 2702] Chips with mustard sauce @ Chip In Fish & Chips

08/08/2013
Chip In Fish & Chips
西貢敬民街9號高勝樓地下11號舖
Shop 11, G/F, Ko Shing House, 9 King Man Street, Sai Kung
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chips-with-mustard-sauce-e2312848

I was back again for my favourite chips.

This time I had a jar of mustard which was given to me by La Rotisserie at the tasting.
Initially I planned to use the mustard on the roast chicken at Cheeky Chicken, but it packed up so suddenly.

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Chips:
As usual, the chips were perfectly fried and I put plenty of vinegar on it which makes them extremely appetizing.
After having a few, I used the Edmund Fallot mustard on the chips.
It was surprisingly quite good because the mustard had a slightly tart taste and did not have that powerful mustard sting to it.
Edmund Fallot's mustard sauce on chips is definitely good.

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