[REview 3594] Salmon and roe rice bowl @ 吉野家 Yoshinoya

17/08/2014
吉野家 Yoshinoya
灣仔軒尼詩道303號協成行灣仔中心地下B號舖
Shop B, G/F, Office Plus@Wan Chai, 303 Hennessy Road,, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/salmon-and-roe-rice-bowl-e2385397

Came here for a quick fix so got the rice with salmon and flying fish roe.
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Salmon and flying fish roe rice bowl:
Overall, it was quite good but the rice was too soggy and there was too much soy sauce which made it too salty.
After the meal, I was thirsty all day.
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Price: $2X

[Review 3593] School Food again @ School Food

17/08/2014
School Food
銅鑼灣勿地臣街1號時代廣場13樓1302號舖
Shop 1302, 13/F, Times Square, 1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/school-food-again-e2385383

I love the rolls at School Food so went there again.
This time had rolls and more rolls.

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Flying fish roe mari:
It was my first time ordering this and it was and interesting mix of flying fish roe, micro cress and black sesame which gave it a nice crispy crunch with popping fish roe that gave it some saltiness.
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Squid mari:
As usual this was delicious with a piece of spring squid and spicy pickled vegetables in the middle.
Each piece was moreish.
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Spam mari:

Plain and simple with spam and pickled vegetables.
This time it was quite spicy because there was quite a fair bit of spicy pickles in it
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Photo of the restaurant:

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Price: $15X

[Review 3592] Delicious fluffy pandan buns @ 麗姐廚房 Liza Veggies

17/08/2014
麗姐廚房  Liza Veggies
灣仔譚臣道105-111號豪富商業大廈二樓A-D室
Room A-D, 2/F, Harvard House, 105-111 Thomson Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/delicious-fluffy-pandan-buns-e2384937

I only found out about this place because of the recent review so I went there just for the pandan buns.
When the staff gave it to me, she said that if I could not finish them all, the buns could be refrigerated and steamed again later.
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Steamed Pandan buns:
When I opened the box, you could smell how fragrant and sweet they were, there were 8 buns in a portion.
Each bun had a uniform shape and the size of it was just a little bigger than a normal Xiao long bao.
While they were hot, the bun texture was so soft and fluffy, the sweetness was just right and the pandan filling texture was like a light paste.
After the buns cooled down, the taste was much stronger and the pandan flavour was more prominent with a hint of glutinous rice taste.
In the filling I found some rice grains in it.
Overall, the buns turned out to be amazing without being too sweet so I managed to eat eight in one go!!
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I plan to go again for dumplings and these buns.
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The bill: $68
Service: good

[Review 3591] Creative sushi to take home!~ @ 爭鮮外帶壽司 Sushi Take-Out

16/08/2014
爭鮮外帶壽司  Sushi Take-Out
將軍澳坑口培成路15號連理街102號舖
Shop 102, the Lane, 15 Pui Shing Road, Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/creative-sushi-to-take-home-e2384812


Every now and then I would pop into Sushi Take Out and see what they have.
Most of the times, there would be something interesting.

On this visit, I discovered Macarons but evidently they do sell because they are only $8 and you can see the Green Tea one is already sold out.

It seems that every branch stocks different items because some of the sushi I found here was not available at other branches.
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Raisin and cherry warship:

This was ok as a dessert because it was sweet and creamy with some cream cheese as well as raisins and cherries.
It reminded me of the blueberry sushi at Naked gurame.
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Yuzu pepper:

I was surprised that one of their warship flavours were made with yuzu pepper which was my favourite.
However the yuzu pepper could have been stronger.
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Octopus warship:

The pieces of octopus were springy with sweet soy sauce taste.
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[Review 3590] More Filipino food @ Quezon Pinoy Food Express

16/08/2014
Quezon Pinoy Food Express
灣仔石水渠街1號其發大廈地下11號舖
Shop 11, G/F, Luckifast Building, 1 Stone Nullah Lane, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/more-filipino-food-e2384809

I was craving for fish so came here for my favourite fried fish.
As well as fish, they had pork skewers, taro swiss roll and taro candies.
There is another branch in Central that I would love to visit because there is a bigger variety at that joint.
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Fish:

This fish is consistently good, almost 95% of it was edible because the bones are soft and the fish is delicately flavoured with vinegar which made it very appetizing.
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Pork skewers

The skewer was surprisingly nice because the sauce that it was marinated in was citrusy and sweet.
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[Review 3589] Legendary Heichinrou mooncakes 2014 @ 聘珍樓 Heichinro

15/08/2014
聘珍樓 Heichinrou
中環干諾道中41號盈置大廈地下及1樓
G/F &1/F, Nexxus Building,41 Connaught Road Central, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/legendary-heichinrou-mooncakes-e2384587


If it were not for these mooncakes, I would not have known that Heichinrou dates back to 1884 and originates from Yokohama, Japan which was their very first branch in Chinatown.

Presently, Heichinrou is still the oldest and most loved Chinese restaurant in Japan.

This year, they have launched two different mooncakes, egg custard and lotus paste with eggyolk.

The mooncake box was Oriental and colourful.

Mini custard mooncakes:
Lotus paste and egg yolk mooncakes:



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Mini custard mooncakes:

Before I heated them up, the pastry looked dry.
After heating it up, the pastry was a bit soft and did not hold together.

The taste of these mooncakes were quite nice and the pastry was extremely buttery.
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Lotus paste and egg yolk mooncakes:


The lotus paste mooncake had perfectly symmetrical large yolks in the middle and it had a nice sweet and savoury balance with the egg yolk soft and starchy.
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[Review 3588] A fiesta of cakes for summer @ 2/3 Dolci

15/08/2014
2/3 Dolci
中環皇后大道中38-48號萬年大廈1樓1號舖
Shop 1, 1/F, Manning House, 38-48 Queen's Road Central, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/a-fiesta-of-cakes-for-summer-at-2-3-dolci-e2384574

Summer is good because of vibrant colours and refreshing food.
On this visit, tried the new summer range.
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Passiflora :
This was beautifully layered with bright orange meringue contrasted with a ruby red jelly on top which is made from blood orange.

Dolci's cakes are all about layering, the bottom layer is blood orange meringue, then a layer of thin white chocolate, passionfruit cream with passionfruit cake in the middle, then blood orange meringue, a layer of white chocolate and orange bloody jelly on top.
The taste of this was really fresh because the passionfruit cream was acidic balanced by the sweet white chocolate layer and the citrus tones from the meringue.
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Millefogile :

This was layers of flakey pastry with dreamy vanilla cream in the middle that was not too sweet paired with fresh berries on top.
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Daisy:

At first, I thought it was going to be a coffee or chocolate cake by its appearance.
The name of the cake Daisy was nice and elegant and shaped like a flower.


It had bergamot jelly in the middle which gave it a touch of citrus.
Tea lovers will love this cake because of the bergamot and strong tasting Earl grey mousse with soft cake in the middle.
The Earl grey mousse was balanced perfectly because it was light and silky as well as having a natrual fragrant taste.
This is a definite must try because it is different to other Earl grey cakes and the Earl grey taste really comes through.
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For moon festival, Dolci has launched custard mooncakes.
They come in a box of six or a box of four with Jasmine tea.
Custard mooncake:
The custard mooncake held together after it was heated up and sliced.
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As well as keeping its shape, the taste was amazing, it is not cloyingly sweet or too buttery.
So far this is my favourite custard mooncake.
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Jasmine tea:

The tea was surprisingly good because the Jasmine was strong and you can see that they do not use brittle tealeaves in the teabag.
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Coming back soon for the cake and tea.