[Review 3319] Thai fusion in Hong Kong @ Bug and Bee

20/04/2014
Bug and Bee
銅鑼灣謝斐道456號地下至二樓
G/F to 2/F., 456 Jaffe Road, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/thai-fusion-in-hong-kong-e2358382

In most peoples mind, Thai food is just Tom Yum Kung and green papaya but Bug and Bee is the new trend of Thai food from Thailand.
A few years ago Hong Kong was not ready for Thai fusion when it was commonly available in Thailand.
Apart from Bug and Bee, there are other similar restaurants that do Thai fusion such as Greyhound, Glasshouse and many more.
The Bug and Bee menu in Thailand has a bigger range, while the Hong Kong one does not serve all those items.
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Curry crab crepe:
This was curry crab served on a crepe.
There were lots of chinese celery, green peppers and real crab meat.
The taste was amazing because there was so much crabmeat in it that was clean and did not have any crabshells.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Spinach crepe lasagne in Tomato sauce:
This was quite cool!! A crepe lasagne with spinach and lasagne sheet layers.
I just felt that the tomato sauce was too sweet.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Salmon and basil quiche:
When it came, the quiche looked flat like a pizza.
The quiche was quite nice and not very eggy, however the salad was not that pleasant because there was so much garlic in the dressing.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
The customer service could be improved because I went there when they newly opened and they did not even give me a free drinks coupon for my next visit.
On my other visit, they only gave me the free drinks coupon because when I checked the bill I found out that I was over charged as there was a bug on their POS system.
The decor and location could be better.
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Price: $3XX
Service: OK
Service charge: 10%
Yummy factor: ok
Noise levels: None
Glass of water provided: yes
English Menu: Yes

[Review 3318] Vanilla cream frappe @ 星巴克咖啡 Starbucks Coffee

20/04/2014
星巴克咖啡  Starbucks Coffee
尖沙咀彌敦道63號iSQUARE國際廣場LB層LB02號舖
Shop LB02, LB, iSQUARE, 63 Nathon Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/vanilla-cream-frappe-e2358325

Needed something icy to cool down so contemplated on the green tea frappe or the vanilla cream frappe.
Since I tried the green tea, I decided to try the vanilla.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Vanilla cream frappe:
Basically it tastes like a vanilla icecream milkshake but it is not that creamy with lots of cooling fine ice crystals in it.
As I was really hot, I loved all those ice crystals, but I found it a bit too sweet.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

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Price: $34

[Review 3317] Easter brunch with lamb carvery at Wild grass @

20/04/2014
中環亞畢諾道4-8號1樓
1/F, 4-8 Arbuthnot Road, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/easter-brunch-with-lamb-carvery-at-wild-grass-e2358067

There is nothing more than a perfect roast with potatoes!!!

At Wild grass, they are doing great carveries which are served from 12am-3pm.

The Easter selection which is served until the 21st of April 2014 is slightly different to their Saturday and Sunday carvery.
It features a great range of fish and meat including fish, chicken, beef and lamb!

Fresh spring lambs were flown over from UK's Sandon Lodge Farm in Essex and butchered by a special guest from UK for this event.

The Easter brunch includes a choice of starters, meats from the carvery and an Easter edition dessert.

Easter brunch menu with some but not all photos:
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A choice of starters:

Cream of Tomato Soup w/ Goat Cheese Toast
Marinated prawns w/ Steamed Potato Salad, Lime Juice & Zester
Panfried Smoked Salmon w/ Horseradish, Poached Egg & Salmon Eggs

Smoked Haddock Arrancini Kedgeree w/ Organic Poached Hen Egg & Hollandaise Sauce
Organic Poached Egg Benedict w/ Cured Bacon
Huevo Rancheros: Organic Egg Sunny Side Up Baked w/ Chorizo, Tomatoes & Avocado
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Crown Onion Roasted Rack of Lamb
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Beef:
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Lamb belly:
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Sea Salt & Garlic Roasted New Zealand Lamb Leg w/ Rosemary
 0 讚好

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Roasted Organic Chicken w/ Rosemary & Garlic
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Confit of Lamb Shoulder with Garlic and Thyme
 0 讚好

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Whole Oven Baked Wild Icelandic Halibut w/ Vermouth & Thyme

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Sides:
Swedes in Butter

Steamed Cabbages w/ Parsley Cream Sauce

Roasted Potatoes w/ Onions

Cauliflower w/ Cheese,

Penne w/ Tomato Sauce & Pecorino Cheese

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A choice of desserts:

Selection of Cheeses w/ Fruits, Nuts & Homemade Fig Jam

Home baked Hot Easter Cross Bun with Dairy butter, Chocolate Egg filled with mascarpone topped with apricot sauce, anzac biscuits with pistachio and sour cream, coffee brownie and berry compote.


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I loved the brunch because there was a meat for everyone, the lamb's belly was the best, it was soft and gelatinous. The belly was really interesting because the gaminess of it was actually really nice and not like the usual gaminess that doesn't taste nice.
The only thing I wished for would be mint sauce.
As well as the meat, the roast potatoes were divine, crisp on the outside and fluffy on the inside.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Wild Grass is on Arburnot Road next to this wacky restaurant called Salon 10!!!
The restaurant environment is relaxing and great for gatherings with children.
The 3 Course Easter Brunch Menu cost $368/Person + 10% Service Charge Add $238 for All You Can Drink for 3 hours: Prosecco, House Wines, Beer, Juices, Soft Drinks PP

[Review 3316] OpenSnap rocks @ Lion Rock

19/04/2014
Lion Rock
旺角太子道西193號帝京酒店3樓
3/F, Royal Plaza Hotel, 193 Prince Edward Road West, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/opensnap-rocks-e2357957

Thanks to OpenRice for inviting me to this event which was the launch of their new mobile app called OpenSnap.
It is basically an app for openricers to share their food photos.

Here are my opinions on the disadvantages and advantages of the app.
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Advantages:
1) a picture explains a thousands words so people who don't read reviews will find this useful.
2) you can tag other opensnappers.
3) all photos uploaded will be shown because they will not be screened for tasting or non tasting events.
4) For opensnap users, they can see photos from existing published reviews from openrice because all the photos have been linked to the app.
5) it will encourage more opensnappers who previously don't use openrice to comment because not everyone likes to spend time to upload photos and write comments.
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Disadvantages:
1) For OS users, it is not linked to openrice so if you intend to write a review, you need to upload it again.
2) You cannot post photos for restaurants which are no listed, hence you need to update openrice with the new restaurant details and wait for it to be approved before you can post them.
3) Not every phone system supports it, so it would be great if they could improve it so that phones with a basic android version could support it.
4) there is no PC version like instagram so if people don't have the app they can't simply view the photos on a pc.
5) the app is not searchable on playstore because I had to get it directly from the opensnap website.
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Samples of the food that was served:
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The food I tried:
I went to a tasting before this event so I was really full and tried two items.
Tried the abalone which had a delicious truffle taste.

I finished off with soup which had delicious fish maw in it.
Even though it had fish maw, the soup was not sticky.

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Wine glass markers and mobile phone screen cleaner from OpenRice:

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LED paperweight from Lion Rock:

video of the paperweight illuminating:
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[Review 3315] Franchised Shanghai style food @ 上海婆婆336 Shanghai Po Po 336

19/04/2014
上海婆婆336 Shanghai Po Po 336
將軍澳坑口重華路8號東港城場第1層181號舖
Shop 181, 1/F., East Point City Shopping Arcade, 8 Chung Wa Road, Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/franchised-shanghai-style-food-e2357950

The decor of this branch is quite nice and modern but out of place for East Point City because the vibes there are just weird.
It was strange with English mottos when most people there don't read English.

Sleep till your hungry
Eat till your sleepy

The menu was nice and simple.

Tried the noodles in sesame sauce which was too sweet.

The noodles in spring onion oil fared better because it was tossed in aromatic soy sauce and spring onion oil.

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[Review 3314] Well hidden restaurant @ Olive Cafe

19/04/2014
Olive Cafe (已結業) 查看
此店已改名為Olive ERA
黃大仙睦鄰街8號現祟山商場地下G1-G2號舗
Lion Rise Mal Shop G1-2, 8 Muk Lun Street, Wong Tai Sin
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/well-hidden-restaurant-e2357949

Went to a gathering and they chose this restaurant.
The prices are quite expensive for its location and quality because it was Chinese style Western food although some of it was ok.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Superman cocktail:
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Pasta:
Tried the DIY pasta and it was hard to choose between capellini and fettucine.
Anyway chose capellini with asparagus, crabmeat and salmon in aglio olio style.
It turned out quite nice but it was too spicy and they used real crabmeat which was good.
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