[Review 3651] Okinawan delights from Hana-musubi @ 華御結 Hana-Musubi

07/09/2014
華御結 Hana-Musubi
灣仔告士打道5號稅務大樓地下2號店
Shop 2, G/F., Revenue Tower, 5 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/okinawan-delights-from-hana-musubi-e2390218

They always have great stuff at Hana-musubi.
This time they it was Okinawan delights.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Mozuku seaweed salad:
Got this because it was colourful and I haven't tried this magenta kelp before.
It was dressed in an appetizing vinegar and the small portion was surprisingly filling.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Mozuku seaweed, clams and egg soup:
The soup had a heavy "sea" taste because of the seaweed and clams.
The texture of the kelp was rather viscous while the egg pieces were like silk.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Chikuzen-Ni:
Simmered chicken with vegetables
My favourite bits in this dish were the taro balls which were mini peeled taros, they were silky and viscous.
The rest of the vegetables were ok.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Minced pork and edamame:
with okinawa brown sugar


The minced pork in the musabi was lean and tasty complemented by the sweet edamame beans.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Collagen soup:

This has slightly changed since I last tried because it now has beancurd skin and not tofu cubes.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Luncheon ham and egg:


I was disappointed with this because the egg was sweet, otherwise it would have been yummy.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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[Review 3650] Maxim's 2014 colourful mooncakes @ 美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop


07/09/2014
美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop
中環港鐵中環站CEN E18號舖
Shop CEN E18, Central MTR Station, Central

https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/maxims-2014-colourful-mooncakes-e2390216

Tried Maxim's colourful mooncakes series which contains 16 flavours:
Mango, mixed berries, blueberry cheese, devils chocolate crunch, sesame with macadamia, mango chestnut, green bean paste with salty egg yolk, pink guava and apricot.
Taro and coconut, green tea with red beans, mango with grapefuit and greenbean, premium green beans, custard, blueberry duo, angel chocolate crunch and mango crunch.
The two that I wanted to try were the Taro and coconut and pink guava and apricot.
In the end I tried the Taro and coconut which was quite nice.
In the middle, there was taro paste.
The taste was quite coconutty and the taro paired nicely with it.
I would have liked it if the texture wasn't starchy but it is by default because they all contain mung beans.






[Review 3649] Chicken and potato curry @ 素食主意 Sooo Vegi

07/09/2014
素食主意 Sooo Vegi
北角蜆殼街4號宇宙商業大廈3號舖地下
Shop 3, G/F, Universal Commercial House, 4 Shell Street, North Point
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chicken-and-potato-curry-e2390145

I was after the pasta with creamy sweetcorn and spinach sauce but it was sold out.
Everytime I go there it is always sold out, hopefully someone will review it because I am curious what it looks like.

I had the chicken curry instead.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Chicken and potato curry:
The curry was surprisingly good because it tasted like the normal curry with the usual curry spices, however I wished there was more sauce and I would like it a bit thicker.
The potatoes and carrots were tasty soaked in curry sauce and the vegetarian chicken texture was strikingly similar to real chicken.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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The bill: $4X


[Review 3648] Soft pin! @ 百樂餐廳 Pak Lok Restaurant


07/09/2014
百樂餐廳  Pak Lok Restaurant
灣仔謝斐道108-110號地下1號舖
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/soft-pin-e2390142

The night before I was having dinner with a friend and he said that Chinese restaurants would abbreviate dishes in the most abbreviated form you could get.
Went here randomly for breakfast and ordered the pin noodles with soft pork bone (豬軟骨銀針粉).
After paying for it, the guy shouted out 軟針 to the Kitchen which reminded me of the conversation that I had the previous night!!
From pin noodles with soft pork bone to Soft Pin!!!
The broth was actually quite good because it had a rich taste that was not too salty or oily and there was fried egg and a slice of ham which I was not expecting but they were there because it was breakfast.
The noodles were firm and slightly springy but did not absorb the broth so it wasn't that tasty.
Although the taste was average, it was a bargain with all items in it!!

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The bill: $23




[Review 3647] Tallore is a food galore for my stomach @ Tallore

06/09/2014
Tallore
灣仔廈門街7號D舖
Shop D, 7-17 Amoy Street, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/tallore-is-a-food-galore-for-my-stomach-e2390140

I come here really often because there will are new salads and soups every two to three days.

The food here is healthy and basically staple food for expats and Westerners.

Everyday, the menu is updated on Facebook so it becomes a habit to check.

Here are all the great salads and soups I have had!!!
As I write, a new African soup has just popped up on the menu.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
New Potato Salad with Grilled Cumberland Sausage & Caramelized Onions:


The potato salad was a surprise because I found sweet potatoes in it which added colour and taste making it different from the usual potato salad.


★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Belgian biscuits:
belgians dip these into their coffees but as a Brit I prefer dunking them into tea.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Couscous with Roasted Pine Nuts & Potato Bits Veggie Mix:

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I love this so much, soft and tasty cous cous with delicious bits of potato and nutty pine nuts.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Spinach lemon soup:

This was one of my favourite soups and it does not contain any cream.
A combination of my favourite spinach and lemon, the hints of lemon was certainly appetizing without being too sour.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Mediterranean Pasta Salad with Cranberries:

I love bowtie pasta and it was dressed with dressing that was not too oily and the cranberries were not too sweet with a lovely chewy texture.
There were also delicious olives, cherry tomatos, cucumber and feta cheese which all gave it a gorgeous Mediterranean taste.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Belgian Endives Salad with Pears, Blue Cheese & Walnuts:

(Left on the photo)
This was another great one for annoying hot days, it had proper pears and crisp endives flavoured by the strong tasting blue cheese and gorgeous walnuts.
I was elated eating this because these pears are European ones with a soft texture that is not cloyingly sweet like Asian pears.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Curry Chicken with Wild Rice Mix & Mango Salad:

I found the rice too spicy and a bit too hard but this has improved.
But as a carb lover, I truly liked it because it was fruity with bits of apples, mangoes onions and lettuce.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Kale, Tomato & Mushrooms with White Beans Soup back:

This soup was nourishing as well as delicious because it had a rich plum tomato taste which tasted like canned plum tomatoes and it was loaded with kale and protein rich beans such as chickpeas and there were mushrooms in it as well.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Shrimp Soba Noodle Salad:

This was soba noodles tossed in Sesame Peanut Dressing that is not cloying sweet as the Asian peanut sauce.
Tossed with the noodles were delicious grassy pea sprouts, juicy sweet crisp julienne bell peppers, purple onions, cucumbers and prawns.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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[Review 3646] Great sides too @ La Rotisserie

06/09/2014
La Rotisserie
灣仔廈門街19號地下
G/F, 19 Amoy Street, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/great-sides-too-e2390137

As well as their perfect roasted chicken freshly roasted in the Rotisserie, the side dishes are great as well.
Potatoes roasted in chicken oil are always there as a main choice and the other two varies from semolina, rice and cous cous.

Here are all my favourite side dishes.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Potatoes roasted in chicken oil:
Perfect roast potatoes with a chewy skin and a fluffy middle.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Rice:
The rice is surprisingly tasty as well with vegetable pieces in it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Semolina:
It doesn't look like semolina but it is labelled semolina.
Basically it had a rich tomato taste with chunks of tomato and onions mixed into it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
couscous:
The couscous had lovely olives and pearl onions in it which gaves it a nice Mediterranean flavour but it would be good if it was not that oily.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Prune tart:

For $45 this slice of plum tart was a bargain, there were so much plums in it which you can see in the cross section.


It was sweet with a delicious custard flavour with juicy stewed plums in every mouthful.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Goats cheese and tomato quiche:

The cheese was good but the tomatoes were not tart enough so the quiche was a bit too sweet.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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[Review 3645] DHL x Maxim's 2014 mooncakes @ 美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop

05/09/2014
美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop
中環德輔道中20號德成大廈地下3號舖
Shop 3, G/F, Tak Shing House, 20 Des Voeux Road Central, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/dhl-x-maxims-2014-mooncakes-e2389834

My colleague gets mooncakes from DHL every year and each year they will surprise you!!!
This year, it came as a form of a big mooncake cushion!
When you unzip the top, it unfolds a DHL plane on top of the moon!
In the other compartment, there is a box of mooncakes made by Maxims.
Again, the usual thick dense white lotus seed paste with a salty egg yolk.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
DHL 2013:
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
DHL 2012:
Can't find photos
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
DHL 2011:
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
DHL 2010:
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★









[Review 7821] Kaya toast @ 一粥麵 Super Super Congee & Noodle

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