[Review 3060] Piping hot food @ 自家點心 Homemade Dim-sum

29/12/2013
自家點心 Homemade Dim-sum
太子花園街224A地舖
Shop 224A, Fa Yuen Street, Prince Edward
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/piping-hot-food-e2337931

Luckily I did not dine here during the summer because their food and drinks are piping hot and does not really cool down.
I tried it on a nice cool day but the food remained so hot that I had to wait ages before they cooled down.
As for the tea, it was still amazingly hot at the end of the meal.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Fish air gas bladder and sweetcorn congee:

An average normal tasting congee with finely chopped pieces of fish air gas bladder.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Steamed Cow's stomach in black pepper:

Beneath it were lots of Chinese white cabbage!






The taste was so sweet, it was the typical Chinese dim sum because they like to make all savoury dishes tasting sweet.

If you have tried the dim sums in the UK, they taste normal because savoury dishes are savoury and sweet ones are sweet!
The sauce did not even taste of black pepper even though it was called black pepper cow's stomach.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Cow's stomach mixed in the congee:

After putting the cow's stomach in the congee, you can see how much orange colouring they put in the dish!
The congee was tastier and the cow's stomach was not so sweet after washing it in the congee, and the irritating chinese cabbage that was used to make it look like there was lots of cow's stomach in the dish made a nice crunch in the congee.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Drinking bleach:

When I took a sip of the tea in the black cup, I could taste bleach, so changed the cup and I could finally taste that it was pu erh tea!

It is reassuring their cups are well sterilized with bleach!!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 3059] Tasteless @ 章記香港仔魚蛋王 Cheong Kee Aberdeen Fish Ball King

29/12/2013
章記香港仔魚蛋王 Cheong Kee Aberdeen Fish Ball King
旺角西洋菜街150號地下
150 Sai Yeung Choi Street, Mong Kok
https://supersupergirl-dining.blogspot.com/search?q=%E7%AB%A0%E8%A8%98%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E4%BB%94%E9%AD%9A%E8%9B%8B%E7%8E%8B+%28
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/%E7%AB%A0%E8%A8%98%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E4%BB%94%E9%AD%9A%E8%9B%8B%E7%8E%8B-e2337930

Made the mistake of eating in Mong Kok!
Should have starved myself instead.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Noodles with beef tendons and cow's stomach:
Hard and chewy beef tendons.
Tasteless Cow's stomach.
After adding a drop of chilli oil, it saved the noodles and made them slightly tastier.
The chilli oil is quite strong, just two drops is enough to make the noodle extremely spicy.




★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 3058] Gastronomical feast @ Madam Sixty Ate

29/12/2013
Madam Sixty Ate
灣仔莊士敦道60號1樓8號舖
Shop 8, 1/F The Podium, J.Senses, 60 Johnston Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/gastronomical-feast-at-madam-sixty-ate-e2337928

I have always wanted to dine at Madam Sixty Ate because it has eye catching artwork and loud decor.
I love the cute rabbit fur around the lights!

The portions are just right for ladies if they choose a three course but guys may have to go for a four course meal.

Here was what I tried:








Starters
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Foie gras parfait, orange, gingerbread and butter nut squash soup:

A light creamy and buttery soup with heavenly silky foie gras parfait.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Cold smoked ocean trout, toasted quinoa, avocado and pickle

Another good place for Quinoa because a lot of places don't get the taste right and it ends up tasting tasteless, here is was crunchy with a bit of spice, and the salmon was paired gracefully with the avocado and pickle giving some green colour on the plate.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Baramundi, house made chorizo, torched baby prawn black garlic, fennel vermouth cream

This dish was interesting, their home made chorizo tasted like the Chinese preserved sausages and the squid was crispy!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Duck breast, house made black pudding, plum, black trompette mushrooms

The duck breast was very meaty and juicy while the black pudding paired the duck just like duck in blood sauce.
The black pudding here was much more velvety with less oats in it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Sea Bass, heirloom carrots, dashi, ‘instant noodles’

This dish was really cute, the yellow squiggles are called Instant noodles inspired by the Instant noodle culture in Hong Kong.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Desserts: White chocolate, passion fruit mousse, soda, pineapple ginger beer sherbet

This dessert was amazing especially the ginger beer sorbet, a rare flavour for sorbet which was just like having silky slushy ginger beer.
As for the white chocolate and passion fruit mousse, it was sweet balanced by the tangy fresh pineapple pieces beneath it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Raspberry and elderflower drink

A nice sweet drink with strong refreshing tones of raspberry complemented by the fragrant sweet taste of elderflower syrup.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

At Madam Sixty Ate, the prices for the above are: 3 courses for $468, any starter, main and a dessert 4 courses for $528, choose any starter, main, cheese, dessert OR any starter X2, main, dessert

[Review 3057] A very filling lunch @ Uptown 90

28/12/2013
Uptown 90
灣仔謝斐道90-92號豫港大廈地下(部份)及1樓
G/F (Portion)- 1/F, Henan Building, 90-92 Jaffe Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/a-very-filling-lunch-e2337824














I have always wanted to try this because the name Uptown 90 sounded American.
Uptown means neighborhoods or regions in several cities.

When I went there, I discovered it was a Chinese pub serving Chinese style western dishes!
The mains costs around $6X-$7X including a starter and dessert buffet bound to make you feel full afterwards.

The food is average, but picking bits here and there from the buffet bar and eating some of the mains will fill you up!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Buffet bar items:

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
The restaurant is EXTREMELY noisy so don't bother with this place if you prefer a quiet place for a gathering.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Mains:

Clearly some Chinese fusion with a mix of meat in tomato sauce.
I only had the rice with sauce which tasted ok.

The bread with cheese was just mozzarella cheese melted on top with some diced peppers.
It had been toasted for quite some time because it was quite HARD!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 3056] Super oily fish and chips @ Carnegies

28/12/2013
Carnegies
灣仔駱克道53-55號地下
G/F, 53-55 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/super-oily-fish-and-chips-e2337822
Had the fish and chips!
The batter was extremely oily and thick and the chips were rancid!
The others felt that way too because most people left it half finished.



[Review 3055] Tasteless E-fu noodles @ 潮城燒臘粥店

28/12/2013
潮城燒臘粥店
灣仔駱克道139號地下
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/tasteless-e-fu-noodles-e2337821



I was still hungry after a light lunch so got some noodles from this place.

At the window, there is a big metal pot of beef and beef organs.
 0 讚好

After ordering the noodles were ready in a flash.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
E-fu noodles and cow's stomach:

The E-fu noodle strands were thicker than the ones at Kau Kee and tasteless.
Next the cow's stomach was also tasteless.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 3054] Godiva's addictive softserve @ Godiva Chocolatier

28/12/2013
Godiva Chocolatier
中環港景街1號國際金融中心1樓1029-1030號舖
Shop 1029-30, 1/F, IFC, 1 Harbour View Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/godivas-addictive-softserve-e2337819

After my last softserve I was craving for another one, however they stopped serving them a few weeks ago but they said they were going to serve it during the Christmas period.


Anyway I was back for the softserve.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Chocolate softserve:
It was creamy and the chocolate taste was strong but the temperature of the soft serve itself is not that cold, it won't give you a brain freeze.
The soft serve was just like a solid mass of smooth liquid icecream in a cone.
The surface of the soft serve was flawless and uniformly smooth.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Godiva Christmas Crystal tree:
To get this crystal, you have to spend around $4K on Godiva Chocolates.
But Thanks to siuyeahdragon a really famous blogger for doing a Christmas giveaway!! (「讓歡樂傳揚,送聖誕禮物給大家!」)
I didn't think I would get it, but I dropped in an email for a laugh and I really got it!!
Thank you so much Siuyeahdragon!! The crystal tree is really pretty, sparkling with studded red and green crystals.
http://www.openrice.com/english/restaurant/userinfo.htm?userid=448739
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 7821] Kaya toast @ 一粥麵 Super Super Congee & Noodle

19/12/2020 一粥麵  Super Super Congee & Noodle 樂富聯合道198號樂富廣場1樓1113-1114號舖 Shop 1113-1114, 1/F, Lok Fu Shopping Centre, 198 Junction Road, L...