[Review 3695] Glam shelter! @ Shelter Italian Bar & Restaurant

26/09/2014
Shelter Italian Bar & Restaurant
銅鑼灣軒尼詩道500號希慎廣場7樓718-719號舖
Shop No. 718-719, 7/F, Hysan Place, 500 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bayhttps://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/glam-shelter-e2394728
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/glam-shelter-e2394728

Glam shelter!
2014-09-26  4255 瀏覽
This was a lovely place for Italian food because the setting was gorgeous.
We sat at the far end where it was like an alfresco glass house.
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Here was what we had.
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Akasha - absolut citron, lemongrass liquor, elderflower syrup, orange juice, mango peach tea caviar
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At first it looked like ordinary tea but it was actually an alcoholic peach tea.
There were pearls at the bottom which float when the beverage was poured into the cup.
Although I don't drink much alcohol but this was fun to drink.
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Asparagus, Tartufo Nero Mesclun salad, asparagus, celery and cherry tomato, tossed in black truffle dressing
 0 讚好

This was a tasty salad with a strong truffle dressing as well as truffle slices which you could see.
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Poached boston lobster, fruit salad of mango, papaya melon, blueberries, strawberry and lobster sabayon
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This was a refreshing salad with fresh lobster on top of delicious mango fruit salad.
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Strozzapreti vongole e carciofi
Handmade strozzapreti, sustainable new zealand diamond clams and artichokes
 0 讚好

Strozzapreti which is sliced pasta and twisted is my favourite because it is chewy and holds the sauce well.
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Risotto “Acquerello” ai gamerbi e capesante “Acquerllo “rice, hokkaido scallop, rose prawn, spinach, lemon scent and pantelleria capers Baccala
 1 讚好

The risotto was filling and creamy with generous pieces of seafood in it.
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Salted spanish line caught “gadus morhua” white cod with asparagus, mussel and clam broth powder
 0 讚好

This was my favourite because I love chunky flakey cod, the texture was firm and springy with a delicious salted taste because it was soaked in brine.
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Vitello
Stuffed veal chop with mushroom, spinach and parmesan, wrapped in pork net, truffle mashed potato

The veal was tender stuffed with creamy spinach in the middle.
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Mojito semifreddo, peppermint jelly with jasmine tea sauce

The dessert was great, the mojito was refreshing balanced by the jasmine tea sauce and cooling peppermint jelly.
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[Review 3694] Dehydrated ravioli @ alfafa

26/09/2014
alfafa
太古康山道1-2號康怡廣場北座M樓M2舖
Shop M2, M/F, Kornhill Plaza North, 1-2 Kornhill Road, Tai Koo
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/dehydrated-ravioli-e2394727


Tried the ravioli which was actually quite nice because the sauce was really strong and tasted like a particular brand of chicken soup in Europe.
The only complaint was that the ravioli skin was dry and chewy, evidently heated up in the microwave.
The prosciutto was soft and tasty.
The milk pudding was really nice because it was really silky and the texture was similar to tofu pudding which is curd like.
Finished off with tea which was ok.

[Review 3693] das sheiße @ Cafe Gute

26/09/2014
Cafe Gute
太古康山道1-2號康怡廣場南座AEON超級巿場3樓L311舖
Shop No.L311, 3/F, AEON, Kornhill Plaza South, 1-2 Kornhill Road, Tai Koo
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/das-shei-e-e2394726


das sheiße
sheiße!!!!
Ich hatte das sheiße Frühstück!!!

Originally I was going to order the salmon burger but saw the real thing which did not look appetizing so opted for the $68 breakfast.
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They will bring over a bread basket where you choose a bread.
The one I chose did not taste that nice because the texture was not springy.
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Now to the breakfast!
 8 讚好

Wow, that was stingy!!!
The bacon looked liked i was boiled.

The mushroom was just ridiculous! One tiny button mushroom sliced into five pieces!!
At least it shows the chef is good as slicing small things into even smaller pieces.

The scrambled egg was not even a scrambled egg, it was just egg beaten up and fried.
 4 讚好


Lastly finished off with a really foul tea!
It was as dark and as bitter as coffee.

[Review 3692] Best of the both worlds @ Churros Twist

25/09/2014
Churros Twist
灣仔灣仔道177-179號
177-179 Wan Chai Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/best-of-the-both-worlds-e2394674

At the Churros twist you can get the best of boths worlds with Spanish Churros with Australian dairy frozen yogurt and Australian soft serve.
However, it would be great if they answered their phones though.

As the pavement on Wan Chai Road is pathetically narrow it does now allow people to stop when they are walking so unless you are on the opposite side, you won't really be able to spot it.
Finally found it and the doors are sliding ones even though they look like push/pull ones.
Basically your are greeted with pink and blue.
The colour and format of the menu looks exactly like the one at Yo Mama.

Anyway, the lady at the cashier could have been friendlier but the boss was really nice.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Caramel sauce with salted caramel soft serve and churros:
The salted caramel was actually quite nice with a decent sweet caramel taste but I couldn't quite taste the salt.
It was slightly watery at the bottom.
As for the churros, they were chunky and quite hard with a slight soft centre and a mild frying oil taste.
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The bill: $38

[Review 3691] Lemon meringue tart @ 東海堂 Arome Bakery Room

25/09/2014
東海堂  Arome Bakery Room
北角電氣道183號友邦廣場地下2號舖
Shop 2, G/F, Aia Tower, 183 Electric Road, North Point
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/lemon-meringue-tart-e2394673

The new Lemon meringue range looked good so I got the lemon meringue tart.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Lemon meringue tart:

It had four drops of chewy meringue on top with a delicious creamy lemon curd filling which I found a bit heavy and the tart base I didn't like because it was too buttery and soft.
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The bill: $18

[Review 3690] Another option for Nitrogen ice cream @ ICE POP Nitrogen Ice-cream 分子雪糕專門店

25/09/2014
ICE POP 分子雪糕專門店 (已結業)
ICE POP Nitrogen Ice-cream
銅鑼灣邊寧頓街9-11號登龍閣地下B舖
Shop B, 9-11 Pennington Street, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/another-option-for-nitrogen-ice-cream-e2394672

As well as successful Labmade, there is now Ice Pop, not to mention two other pathetic ones which kept running out of Nitrogen whilst the other one just gave you the usual icecream pretending it was Nitrogen icecream.

Anyway, ICE POP is located opposite Tiger Curry on Pennington Street.
It is spacious serving drinks and cakes as well.

There were four flavours that day and I tried the bubble tea and tofu.
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Bubble tea:

Basically it tasted like a mix of Hong Style milk tea with a strong earl grey flavour with the usual bitter aftertaste of Hong Kong style tea.
So if you like Hong Kong style tea, this would be the flavour to choose.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Tofu with seasalt and mochi:

Personally the tofu was my favourite because I like tofu and it had a decent soybean taste but the sweetness was a bit sweet.
The one I had did not have castella cake or mochi in it as seen on other photos.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 3689] Green tea softserve @ 麥當勞 McDonald's

25/09/2014
麥當勞 McDonald's
銅鑼灣怡和街46-54號地下至2樓
G/F-2/F, 46-54 Yee Wo Street, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/green-tea-softserve-e2394451

Thanks to hardcore foodie LLWL for letting me know where I could get this trial edition of green tea softserve.
It is currently available in a few branches in HK at the moment.

Costing $4.4 it is worth trying.

You are either going to like it or not because it depends how you like your green tea.

If you like the green tea at Via Tokyo and sweet house cha cha, don't bother with this because the green tea taste and bitterness will not be strong enough for your tastebuds.
But if your not keen on green tea, this is a mild one because the vanilla taste is stronger with a hint of green tea.
It tastes like a mix of 70% vanilla softserve with 30% green tea.

The colour of the softserve is a pleasant dull pastel green.
The colour of the softserve without flash.


Personally I liked it because I don't like the green tea flavour too strong and I like the combined taste of vanilla and greentea because it balances the sweetness.
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The bill: $4.4