[Review 3267] Kee Wah's green tea and red bean roll @ 奇華餅家 Kee Wah Bakery

02/04/2014
奇華餅家  Kee Wah Bakery
中環港景街1號國際金融中心1樓1018B號舖
Shop 1018B, 1/F, IFC, 1 Harbour View Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/kee-wahs-green-tea-and-red-bean-roll-e2355362

Thanks to Wanttoeat for getting me this.
A lovely moist and soft green tea rolls that was not too sweet filled with delicious red bean paste in the middle.

[Review 3266] Southern style fried chicken @ Restoration

02/04/2014
Restoration
中環雲咸街63號巴力大廈1樓
1/F, 63 Wyndham Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/southern-style-fried-chicken-e2355358

Fried chicken has suddenly become popular because of some Korean series.
Anyway, I am not a fan of Korean food so I don't have this urge to visit all those Korean restaurants in TST.
Instead I went to restoration for fried chicken.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Gravy:
Creamy white gravy which is different to the British.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Soup:

A hearty soup which had lots of macaroni and vegetables.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Fried chicken and biscuits:

The fried chicken was very flavoursome because the coating had a lot of spices including thyme.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 3265] Crappy green monday @ 心齋 (已搬遷) Pure Veggie House

02/04/2014
心齋 (已搬遷) Pure Veggie House
半山花園道51號科達中心3樓
3/F, Coda Plaza, 51 Garden Road, Mid-Levels
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/crappy-green-monday-e2355339

Made a reservation and they said the dining time was from 6:30 to 8.45 because the restaurant was fully booked.
When I arrived, it was empty and it remained empty.

Anyway, when I got there, they allocated me the TATAMI.
Why the hell would I want to sit in a bloody TATAMI, do I bloody look Japanese?

Ordered the hotpot but they forgot the wontons and some other dumplings which really annoyed me because their hotpots are more expensive than normal non vegetarian hotpots.

The service was shit and appauling as well and a shame to the vegetarian society because people like David Yeung and the Green Monday organisations are working very hard to promote Green and vegetarian awareness.

God knows how long those chestnuts have been kept in their fridge because it was dry and oxidised (brown) should be binned, you could tell they've gone bad because they've just sliced the rotting surfaces away.
The Bak Kut Teh broth was interesting because they used a soup bag which was obviously bought from somewhere.

What pissed me off even more was the bored waitress who kept coming over to my table and watch me eat did not even tell me there were sauces for the hotpot.
I only found out about the sauces when I got home and read the previous reviews.

The bored waitress was useless as well because she saw my hotpot heat up with the broth spilling and she did not even bother to come and turn down the gas.

If the restaurant was busy I could understand the lack of service (if any at all) but there were only 2-3 tables which shows how busy they are.

Anyway, the taro dumpling was quite good, it was filled with sticky thick taro paste.

[Review 3264] Toastie sandwich and other interesting finds @ 山崎麵飽 Yamazaki Bakery

02/04/2014
山崎麵飽  Yamazaki Bakery
九龍塘港鐵九龍塘站KOT201號舖
KOT201, Kowloon Tong MTR station, Kowloon Tong
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/toastie-sandwich-and-other-interesting-finds-e2355326


I don't often go into Yamazaki but as I had lots of time at Kowloon Tong station, I pondered in.
I saw this interesting sandwich in the cabinet which looked like a toastie but it was not toasted.
As well as that, there was camembert puffs which were tempting.

In the end I got the sandwich toastie and an apple and yoghurt bun.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Tuna and potato sandwiche:

I was expecting sweet tasting tuna but it was filled with creamy and delicious tuna and potato filling.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
apple and yoghurt bun:


The apple and yoghurt bun was also good because it was not cloyingly sweet and it had delicious crisp pieces of apple in it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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Price: $19.7

[Review 3263] Beef K-Roll @ K-Roll

02/04/2014
K-Roll 
上環文咸東街6號順發樓地下6A號舖
Shop 6A, G/F, Sen Fat Building, 6 Bonham Strand, Sheung Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/beef-k-roll-e2355321


After my first visit to Wan Chai's K-Roll, I was craving for more.
This was my first visit to the Sheung Wan branch, the first branch in Hong Kong.
I was expecting the quality at this branch to be better because it was the original shop.
Tried the Beef K-Roll

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Beef K-Roll:

I was disappointed because each slice was not uniformly sliced and when I picked it up, the seaweed was not sliced properly which unwound the other ones making the beef fall out.
The beef didn't taste nice either because it was sweet.
If I had tried this branch first, it would have killed my expectations for K-Roll because the Wan Chai branch tastes so much better and the quality was better too.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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Price: $50

[Review 3262] Tomato and egg dumplings @ 王府 Wang Fu

02/04/2014
王府  Wang Fu
中環威靈頓街65號地舖
G/F, 65 Wellington Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/tomato-and-egg-dumplings-e2355316

After trying their new branch at Sai Ying Pun, I decided to check out the Central branch.

Tried the egg and tomato dumplings and the dan dan noodles.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Tomato and egg dumplings:
I must have been lucky because I got 11 and the menu says 10 dumplings.
Anyway, the tomato and egg dumplings were quite nice because the tomatoes in the dumpling were not over cooked and they still had a fresh crisp texture with its natrual tomato taste.
But there could have been more egg in the dumplings.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Dan dan noodles:

The noodles were better than anticipated because they were not that spicy and the sauce was thick and aromatic with a strong sesame taste and the sauce had a lot of minced pork in it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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Price: $83

[Review 3261] My food visions fulfilled @ Glasshouse

01/04/2014
Glasshouse
中環港景街1號國際金融中心4樓4009號舖
Shop 4009, Level 4, IFC, 1 Harbour View Street,, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/my-food-visions-fulfilled-e2354959

My food visions fulfilled
2014-04-01  4668 瀏覽
Thanks to the Gaia group for this $500 gift certificate to dine at the Glasshouse.
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The Glasshouse offers all day dining with bar food created from their existing restaurants such as Greyhound, Wang Jia Sha, Zelo, Isola and more.
It offers mouth watering Asian Cuisine with a Western twist, perfect for expats with a relaxing roof top garden surrounded by the glitzy harbour views.


Here was what we tried.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Potato croquettes with seaweed and scallop with sweet & sour mango sauce $58

Each croquette had a cute disposable plastic fork which made them managable to eat.
They were crispy filled with delicious potatoey filling and scallop pieces but I could not taste the seaweed.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Crab cakes with edamame beans and organic corn with yuzu mayo $78


The crab cakes were enhanced by the edamame beans which gave it a sweet twist.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Pad Thai black ink noodles with barbeque pork, tofu, egg and soy bean sprouts $118


This was definitely the star of the evening because I don't like Cambodian noodles and it has been replaced with squid ink noodles which were al dente.
There was a cute ceramic pot with an egg to mix in the noodles.


After it was added, the noodles were much silkier.
Then lime juice was added making the noodles even more refreshing.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Wagyu beef burger with black truffle mayonnaise and homemade pickles

I am not fond of beef but I loved the homemade pickles which balanced the beefiness of the beef.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Crepe filled with Otap cookies, ube ice cream and pomelo $78

It was great that they serve Philipino Otap cookies inside the crepe giving it a lovely crunchy centre paired with cooling ube ice cream.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Midnight gloria (grapefruit juice, passionfruit puree, fresh lime juice, butterfly tea topping, lime zest) 58

They had so many choices for tea which took me a long time to decide!
Anyway, the one I had was nice and refreshing and not too sweet.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

Thanks to the voucher, we only had to fork out another $31.
(but due to some teething problems I think we paid the bill for the table next to us because they had oysters and the items on the bill don't quite match what we had.
I only realized the bill was not ours when I was writing up this review).

I can't wait to come here again because the food and drinks are amazing and I havent tried everything yet!