[Review 3204] One potato, Two potatoes, Sweet potatoes @ 中國龍 China Dragon Arts

04/03/2014
中國龍  China Dragon Arts
上環皇后大道中283號聯威商業中心地下A舖
Shop A, G/F, Unionway Commercial Centre, 283 Queen's Road Central, Sheung Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/one-potato-two-potatoes-sweet-potatoes-e2349807

On my last visit, I came here for chestnuts.
After I wrote my review I found out that they did sweet potatoes as well so I went back for them.
Here is the chestnut roaster which they use to roast their chestnuts.
Interesting grapefruits wrapped in bright striped plastic outside their shop.

The sweet potatoes are in an oven which keeps them warm.
I like these sweet potatoes because they do not have a coal smell and and the skin is clean!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Sweet potato:
The sweet potato that was yellow was really sweet with a nice earthy taste and its texture was slightly viscous.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Purple skin sweet potato:
For those who do not like sweet potatoes that are really sweet, the white one is a better pick because it is not so sweet and the texture is denser and starchier.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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Price: $3X

[Review 3203] Too oily @ 饌 ZAAN

04/03/2014
饌 ZAAN
灣仔軒尼詩道22號香港遨舍衛蘭軒1樓
1/F., The Wesley Hong Kong, 22 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/too-oily-e2349805

This restaurant is located on the first floor of OZO Wesley which stinks of room fresheners that make you dizzy.

After getting your way through the smelly lobby, you enter the lifts to the first floor.

I was actually impressed with this restaurant, the decor was modern and the tables were nicely spaced out.

The people were not talking loudly.

The menu was impressive because it was neatly laid out with English and Chinese, and they give you a nice OZO square barrel shaped pen to use unlike other places where you find yourself scrambling your bags for a pen or trying to take a pen from the table next to you.


Compared to other dim sum places, it is on average slightly more expensive per item.

Anyway, if the quality is good then it is worth it.

Here was what we had:

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Crispy turnip cake:


They were called crispy turnip cakes because they were rectangular blocks of turnip cake wrapped in wonton skin and fried.
The sauce that they gave did not really match the turnip cake because usually people have chili sauce and sweet chili sauce is better paired with fried wontons!

The turnip inside was soft and did not contain a lot of preserved sausage but the crispy skin on the outside was too oily.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Crispy taro croquette:

too oily
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Rice rolls with crispy bean curd sheet:

It was good that the soy sauce was separate because there were a lot of elderly dining there and most elderlies are not supposed have a high sodium intake.

Inside the roll, it was another beancurd roll which is wrapped with julienne vegetables.
Again it was nice with these sweet tasting vegetables and flavoursome beancurd skin but it was way too oily!!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
fish maw, mushroom and chicken:
fish maw soaked in oil!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Beef tripe in black pepper sauce:

(The picture shows the beef tripe after I forced the oil out of it!!)
It was more like beef tripe steamed in black pepper oil!!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
noodles in black truffle:

too oily and the black truffle oil tasted a bit off.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
As a summary, their dim sums were creative but there was no excuse for being too oily because Dragon I does perfect dim sums and none of their items are oily.
I just felt that if this point was improved then it would be perfect because they have nice decor and ambiance.
The staff were really nice and refilled your tea cups, it was just the food that let us down.
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Price: $115 per person

[Review 3202]Amina to thrive in Causeway Bay @ Amina² Cuisine (已搬遷) 此店前身為 I-Amina Italian & Oyster

04/03/2014
Amina² Cuisine (已搬遷) 此店前身為 I-Amina Italian & Oyster
銅鑼灣富明街2-6號寶明大廈4樓J室
Flat J, 4/F, Po Ming Building, 2-6 Fu Ming Street, Causeway Bay, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/amina-to-thrive-in-causeway-bay-e2349804

Thanks to Mjqueen7e for inviting me to this dinner at Amina² Cuisine.
It is located in Causeway Bay which is great for people on the Hong Kong side.
Here was what we tried that night:

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Light pan fried scallop with wasabi foam

Tender thin slices of scallop delicately flavoured with light wasabi foam
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Special tomato consomme, mozzarella with balsamic vinegar

Mozzarella is always my favourite and it was paired nicely with pieces of tomato consomme jelly and refreshing balsamic vinegar.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Roast marinated tuna and red pepper marinade

The tuna was delicious because it was heavily coated with black pepper.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Avocado, melon salmorejo with crispy parma ham

I loved this cold soup because it had a rich melon taste that had a hint of sweetness which went perfect with the crispy pieces of parma ham.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Pan fried foie gras, green Apple marinade with spiced foam

The foie gras was refreshingly matched with green apple marinade and milky spiced foam.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Baked Portobello mushroom with common morel risotto

I found the risotto rather and heavy and creamy for my liking.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Roast cod fish, cream sauce ink pasta and truffle foam

The cod was delicate and flakey but I found the pasta a bit heavy as well.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Pan fried tiger prawn , bacon sun dried tomato cheese cannelloni with spicy tomato coulis

The prawns were meaty and I loved the cheese cannelloni paired rightfully with tangy tomato couli.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
M6 kobe beef, beet root mash, with wild vegetable, gravy sauce and Himalayan rose salt

The beef was actually the best.
I liked the colourful vegetables and the thinly sliced lean beef which was enhanced by the salt.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Chocolate mousse with grand marnier

The chocolate mousse was really rich and the grand marnier balanced it out, however the grand marnier was rather strong.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 3201] Pandan boot-jai-go @ 砵仔王

03/03/2014
砵仔王
長洲海傍街
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/pandan-boot-jai-go-e2349652


Apart from the crepes that I went to Cheung Chau for, anything else I ate were just extras.

Tried this place because they had pandan boot-jai-go!!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
pandan boot-jai-go:

Apart from the colouring, there was not much pandan taste.

The texture of the pudding was just like steamed dense flour.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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Price: $5

[Review 3200] Durian glutinous rice dumplings @ 二合甜館 E - Hap Dessert House

03/03/2014
二合甜館 E - Hap Dessert House
長洲大新海傍路113號地下
G/F, 113 Tai San Praya Street, Cheung Chau
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/durian-glutinous-rice-dumplings-e2349651

Durian glutinous rice dumplings
2014-03-03  627 瀏覽
Went past this place and noticed these glutinous rice dumplings thinking it was the usual mango filling inside, but they had DURIAN!!!!
 0 讚好


I havent seen Durian in them before so got some to try.
They cost $8 each which is slightly pricey.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Durian glutinous rice dumpling:

It was lovely and cold because they got it from the fridge.
The taste of this was so delicious because the dumpling skin was soft and gooey and it was filled with fresh sweet durian meat!

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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Price: $16