[Review 3368] A delight for Choi Hung expats @ Subway

16/05/2014
Subway
彩虹港鐵彩虹站CHH16號舖
Shop CHH16, Choi Hung Station, Choi Hung
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/a-delight-for-choi-hung-expats-e2364053

If you have been to Choi Hung, there is ABSOLUTELY no Western food about!!
I was so glad to see this open!!!
Interestingly I began to see expats around the area which is a rare sight because I don't often see expats in Choi Hung except locals.

The new Subway is located in the MTR station where QQ Rice used to be near Hang Sang's ATM machines.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Veggie delight:

The sub was a bit annoying because the bread was really sticky as the person who made it obviously had sticky gloves on.
I chose the mustard sauce and the rest in the sub were tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, green peppers, and gherkins.
The sub was delicious as always with the juicy tomatoes and acidic American mustard sauce.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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Price: $25

[Review 3367] Feisty curry from Tiger Curry @ Tiger Curry

16/05/2014
Tiger Curry
銅鑼灣邊寧頓街14號地下
G/F, 14 Pennington Street, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/feisty-curry-from-tiger-curry-e2364030

Tried this new curry joint on Pennington Road.
The name of this restaurant and the black camouflaged building sounded exciting at first however the seating is a little cramped sitting at the bar table.
Nice plate with a bold tiger on it.
Ordered the Curry chicken and the Curry bread sticks.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Grilled curry chicken:
The curry is made from 18 different spices and from the taste you could taste that it was quite complex but I was not offered a choice for the level of spiciness.
Anyway, I found the curry too hot for my liking which probably could have been prevented if they had asked me my preferred level of spiciness.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Curry bread sticks:
Their frying oil was relatively fresh so there was no rancidness in the bread and it was not soaked with oil.
The bread sticks tasted surprisingly good when it was dipped in the garlic butter sauce which had a heavy garlic taste, however the bread was too sweet for my liking because it was Asian bread.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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Price: $117

[Review 3366] All you can eat dim sum @ 饌 ZAAN

16/05/2014
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/all-you-can-eat-dim-sum-e2363987

Tried the all you can eat dim sum for $108 which does not include 10% service charge, tea and sauces.
So it rounds up to about $130 per person.
The dim sum creations are quite good but they don't taste as good as they look.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Taro roll stuffed with purple rice:

This was literally a slice of taro with purple glutinous rice in the middle and rolled up.
It was not too sweet but the taro slice was not steamed long enough as it was too hard.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Rice roll with BBQ pork:

It was too oily and the BBQ was not fresh and the colour was too dark.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
pork dumpling with mushroom:

In Chinese, it is supposed to be a shao mai but it just looked weird and tasted like fatty pork.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
honey and yuzu jelly:

too sweet
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Crispy dumpling with sweet and sour sauce:

This was the only decent tasting item.
It was crispy with nicely minced pork and black fungas inside.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
prawn dumpling:
The dumplings were quite oily.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
marinated chicken feet in vinegar and chili:

The chicken feet were too hard and the chili was too spicy.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
baked seafood puff, taro croquette stuffed with prune, crispy milk custard with almond:

Too oily and the pastries had the usual HK style buttery taste.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 3365] 5mm pork chop @ Ada 美食廣場

16/05/2014
Ada 美食廣場
灣仔柯布連道 4A-C號香江大廈地下
G/F, Hong Kong Building, 4A-C O'Breen Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/5mm-pork-chop-e2363985

Came here because the omelette looked good so I chose that and the pork chop as well.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Omelette and pork chop rice:
The Chef obviously has really good skills because this was the THINNEST SLICED PORK CHOP I have ever seen!!
As you can see, it is about the same thickness as the chopstick which is around 5mm.
The omelette tasted nice but it was soaked in oil and it had lots of vegetables in it such as beanshoots, frozen carrots and peas.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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Price: $27

[Review 3364] Korean Kelly comes to Wan Chai @ Kelly's Cape Bop

15/05/2014
Kelly's Cape Bop
灣仔莊士敦道57號地舖
G/F, 57 Johnston Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/korean-kelly-comes-to-wan-chai-e2363926

There are now four Korean joints in Wan Chai, and this one appealed to me the second most because of the rice rolls.
There were three sets or you can just get the rolls on their own.

I got the tuna to takeaway.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
KIMBAP Vegetarian:

While I was waiting, she gave me a Vegetarian one to try which was refreshing and moist because it was packed with vegetables in it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
KIMBAP Tuna:

The tuna roll was plain and simple.
It had tuna, carrots, cucumber and sesame sprinkled on top.
The taste was ok but it was a bit simple compared to K-Roll.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 3363] Vegetable dumplings @ 王府 Wang Fu

15/05/2014
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/vegetable-dumplings-e2363925

Previously had great dumplings at their new Sai Ying Pun branch so decided to go to the Central branch for the vegetable dumplings again and try the yellow bean pudding.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
vegetable dumplings:
Sadly, the vegetable dumplings were not as nice as the ones at Sai ying pun because the vegetables inside were not that fresh and lacked taste.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
yellow bean pudding:

The texture of this was interesting, it was all starchy and decomposed in your mouth like thick starchy paste.
It would have tasted nicer if it wasn't so sweet.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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Price: $4X

[Review 3362] Lovely crispy tofu @ 川婆婆麻辣燙

15/05/2014
川婆婆麻辣燙
筲箕灣筲箕灣東大街28-40A號東興大廈地下2號舖
Shop 2, G/F., Tung Hing Building, 28-40A Shau Kei Wan Main Street East, Shau Kei Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/lovely-crispy-tofu-e2363828

Tried this place because no one was dining there.
They have noodles or snacks and for more filling food, there are main dishes.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Typhoon shelter style tofu:
The tofu was perfectly done, the outside was perfectly crisp while the inside was like liquid tofu.
However it lacked taste which should make it suitable for people on a low sodium diet.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Shredded chicken and bean sheets:
I did not like this because it was too syrupy sweet and spicy.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
I think I made the wrong choice because their main dishes looked better.
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Price: $44