[Review 3289] Food glorious food!! @ Shortbread Teas

09/04/2014
Shortbread Teas
中環威靈頓街55號
55 Wellington Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/food-glorious-food-e2356409

Yes, it's me again!
I am always here for food because I can't get enough of it.
It really pisses me off for the week if I don't get my weekly dose from here!!

Got some tea from the tea sale which I never made, but now I have a lovely tea strainer so I've got no excuse!~!

Anyway, here is a collection of the yummy food I usually have.
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Egg and mayonnaise sandwich:
 0 讚好

Although this is a simple sandwich that anyone can make, I just love it because it is filled with delicious egg and mayonnaise with a hint of parsley.
Normally, it would have garden cress but you can't get that in Hong Kong.
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Valentine's special:
 0 讚好

Delicious cake with icing, but their homemade chocolate really surprised me~~~~
Their homemade chocolates taste better than Royce and they melt in your mouth!~!
I really regretted not buying more because I loved the alcoholic taste in it as well.
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Blueberry and white chocolate cake:

This was one of their weekly specials with creamy chunks of white chocolate in the cake and lovely chewy blueberries.
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Ham, apple and cheese baguette:
 0 讚好

This is another one of my favourites because apple, cheese and ham go great together and the ham that they use is not too salty and it is nice and tender.
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Apple pie:

This is another must eat item when they have it because it is baked with huge pieces of apple which are tart and crisp complemented by the perfectly delicious buttery pastry sprinkled with powdered sugar.
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Price: $1xx

[Review 3288] Hooked again at Hooked @ Hooked

09/04/2014
Hooked
半山堅道86-88號
86-88 Caine Road, Mid-Levels
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/hooked-again-at-hooked-e2356408

Went there again with IVY after dining at Rosie Jeans!!
HOOKED must have been flocked with chip lovers because they keep running out of chips!

A friend that I recommended this place to went today [9-april-14] and they were serving crinkle cut chips.
BUT, the staff didn't ask her which salt she wanted so she missed out on the different choices of salt they offer.

Apart from Beers, they have other beverages from Australia.
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Chicken pie (pukka pie) $55:

It was so nice that IVY brought some cutlery along because I told her they don't have forks.
Anyway, the chicken pie was nice and the filling was quite thick which meant that you could probably eat it with your hands.
The pie crust was nice and flakey and it wasn't oily.
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Battered banana $10:

Tried this on another visit without IVY.
I was surprised it was a WHOLE battered banana which was not even sliced in half!
I would advise shaking the bag before eating it because the cinnamon and sugar is at the bottom of the bag.
The banana was delicious because the battered coating was extremely light flavoured by the sugar and cinnamon.
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Price: $65

[Review 3287] More sweet treats from Marks & Spencer @ Marks & Spencer 食品專門店 Marks & Spencer Food Store

Marks & Spencer 食品專門店  Marks & Spencer Food Store
灣仔告士打道88號其昌大廈地下B舖
Shop B, G/F, China Underwriters Centre, 88 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/more-sweet-treats-from-marks-spencer-e2356407

Just felt like some dessert so went to Marks and Spencers for some yoghurt and ended up buying other items as well.
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Strawberry fruit fool:
I always had this as a kid but I never really looked at the label to see what it was made of.
Basically the strawberry fruit fool is Strawberries mixed with whipped cream.
It has a lovely light whipped texture with a natural strawberry taste, great on a summers day.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Cider fizz with a hint of spice:
Cider cocktail flavoured with nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves.
I don't drink, but this tasted really nice.
It tastes just as good as appletiser (formerly known as appletise in the early 1980s) but it has a sweeter taste with fragrant spices from the nutmeg and cinnamon.
I wouldn't mind drinking this again because the alcohol volume is quite low.
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Salted caramel & Hazelnut Luxury yoghurt:
I couldn't quite taste the salted caramel, but I loved it because it was thick and it had a lot of crushed nuts in it with the usual tartness of yoghurt.
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[Review 3286] $1 chicken @ 稻香 Tao Heung

09/04/2014
稻香 Tao Heung
將軍澳唐明街2號尚德邨尚德商場1 樓111號舖
Shop 111, 1/F, Sheung Tak Shopping Centre, Sheung Tak Estate, 2 Tong Ming Street, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/1-chicken-e2356405

This branch of Tao Heung is located in a residential area which is not near the MTR, hence it is quite quiet on the weekdays and busier on the weekends.

At the moment Tao Heung is doing a $1 chicken promotion to attract diners.
Obviously people are not going to get away with just ordering chicken.

Here was what I tried.
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steamed flounder fish:

This is my favourite fish and it was steamed just right which was good.
The flesh was white which meant the fish was quite fresh.
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$1 chicken:
The chicken wasn't very meaty but reasonable for $1 unlike other places where you paying $1xx and getting the same crap.

The soy sauce for the chicken was really nice because it has a hint of spring onion in the taste.
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Other dishes:

Surprisingly, just tried the spinach with beancurd sheets and it was quite nice.
The prawns were simply boiled in its shell and that tasted good too.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
rice:

The portion of rice was quite decent but it looked like a dog bowl.
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Price: $4XX

[Review 3285] Delights from Phoenix city @ 鳳城美食

09/04/2014
鳳城美食
灣仔汕頭街2號
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/delights-from-phoenix-city-e2356404

Thanks to Jamel or I would not have known about this grubby restaurant.
I have walked past it so many times but it is always crowded with people that I did not bother to look.
Anyway, they specialize in noodles but most people order the pork chops with egg.
While I was sitting there, one of the tables got bird droppings on them because they were sitting beneath a tree.

Ordered spam and egg which came with soup and a drink.
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soup:

It was quite nice getting the fish soup that they serve with noodles which has some MSG in it.
I liked the lettuce and there were some fishcake slices which act as fillers.
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spam and egg:

On my next visit, I am going to request for sunny eggs because I didn't know you had to request for that.
In generally, the spam and eggs tasted quite nice and the soy sauce wasn't too salty.
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drinks:

For drinks, there are a choice of soy milk or bottled coke which is the big 330ml size.

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Price: $42

[Review 3284] Delicious crab noodles @ Noodlemi

09/04/2014
Noodlemi
上環文咸東街2號地下
G/F, 2 Bonham Strand, Sheung Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/delicious-crab-noodles-e2356402

Discovered this new shop in late 2012 so told <> about it because she likes trying new shops.
At that time I thought it was expensive compared to other noodle joints but dined here this time because this other place I wanted to go was closed.

I ordered the Aromatic Crab & Shrimp Tomato Soup with Vermicelli for $68 which is cheap because the average bowl of ramen is about $70 these days.
The seating is quite cramped and uncomfortable.

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Aromatic Crab & Shrimp Tomato Soup with Vermicelli

The broth was lovely and strong with rich tomato and crab taste but it was a bit too salty.
There were cubes of meat made from minced prawn and crab roe which was just like eating crab.
Surprisingly, I liked the noodles because they were similar to rice vermicelli but slightly thicker and did not have that Yunnan vermicelli plastic chewy texture.
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Price: $68

[Review 3283] Chinese style Italian dishes @ 意龍餐廳 IT OF HK Restaurant

09/04/2014
意龍餐廳 IT OF HK Restaurant
觀塘牛頭角道369號地舖
G/F., 369 Ngau Tau Kok Road, Kwun Tong
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chinese-style-italian-dishes-e2356401

Just tried this place because someone wanted to try it.
The decor was quite decent in the Kwun Tong area.

The menu looked Italian but clearly cooked in an adapted Chinese Italian style.

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smoked duck breast salad:

It was simply lettuce with the standard smoked ducks breast that you can buy.
There was quite a fair bit of oil on it and the duck was pan fried.
I was glad there was no dressing on the salad because if the sauce is going to ruin it then I would prefer it without.
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Pasta with salmon:

Very creamy and the sauce didn't mix well with the pasta.
The salmon was plonked on top but at least they did give you a decent amount of salmon.
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risotto:

The risotto was actually good because it had a strong tomato taste with a fair amount of diced peppers in it.
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Price: $168 per two