[Review 3807] Sour cherry and pistachio tart @ Marks & Spencer Food Store

04/11/2014
Marks & Spencer 食品專門店  休息中
Marks & Spencer Food Store\
灣仔告士打道88號其昌大廈地下B舖
Shop B, G/F, China Underwriters Centre, 88 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/sour-cherry-and-pistachio-tart-e2402992


Sour cherry and pistachio tart
2014-11-04  1645 瀏覽
The cherry tart looked delicious so I got it.
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Sour cherry and pistachio tart:


The tart pastry was quite hard and crispy but it tasted really buttery with white sugar sprinkled on the edges.
Towards the middle, it was much more yummy with juicy sour cherries and nutty pistachio paste.
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The bill: $21

[Review 3806] $9 eclairs @ 聖安娜餅屋 Saint Honore Cake Shop

04/11/2014
聖安娜餅屋 Saint Honore Cake Shop
將軍澳唐德街9號將軍澳中心G38-39號舖
Shop No.G38-39, Park Central, 9 Tong Tak Street, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/9-eclairs-e2402991
Saw some eclairs that looked good for $9 so decided to get one.
There were two flavours: Chocolate or caramel.

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Caramel eclair:

The eclair was very messy to eat because the eclair was hard and dry so when you took a bite into it, all the cream came out.
There was not much taste in terms of caramel and the cream had just a faint hint of caramel.
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The bill: $9




[Review 3805] Beautiful cookie store by Sharon Chan @ 祝奇餅 Blesscuit Bakery

04/11/2014
祝奇餅 Blesscuit Bakery
天后電氣道13-41號凱旋大廈35號35B地舖
Shop 35B, G/F, 35 Triumph Court, 13-41 Electric Road, Tin Hau


Beautiful cookie store by Sharon Chan
2014-11-04  2220 瀏覽
Discovered this place by accident because I was having dinner in the area.
Blesscuit is owned by local TVB artist Sharon Chan.
 0 讚好

Her best friend Myolie sent her a flower basket for the opening.
 0 讚好

To be honest, it looks like a cosmetics beauty parlour because of the red and gold.
 0 讚好

They sell sweet and savoury cookies.
My favourite was the tomato cookie which was buttery with a strong tomato taste.
 2 讚好

The cookies cost $148 for eight pieces.

It puzzles me why this shop is not called Blesskies because they cookies and not biscuits.




[Review 3804] A very messy mini softserve cone!! @ Softree

03/11/2014
Softree
銅鑼灣加路連山道5號地舖
G/F, 5 Caroline Hill Road, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/a-very-messy-mini-softserve-cone-e2402792

A very messy mini softserve cone!!
2014-11-03  1588 瀏覽
Softree is a Korean brand of softserve.

They serve softserve with a variety of choices including:
honey comb
chocolate
candyfloss
guerande salt

In Korea, they have mini sweet potatoes as well which are probably expensive to import, hence not on the menu.
It is nice that they have guerande salt on the menu because their competitors don't have it.
 1 讚好

As I was having dinner later that night, I got the mini cone just to see what the softserve tastes like.

There are two mini cone flavours: Strawberry or chocolate.
 1 讚好

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Mini cone:
 0 讚好

To be honest the mini cone is cute but they gave me too much softserve which made it top heavy and extremely difficult to handle.
Hopefully they will give me less next time so that the softserve will be proportional to the cone which would look really cute.
 0 讚好

It was already dripping when they gave it to me so it was really fiddly to eat.
The softserve tasted like the ones that you buy from the icecream van.
It was sweet and milky but not thick.
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The bill: $9




[Review 3803] Sweet potato raisin bun @ Crostini Bakery & Cafe

03/11/2014
Crostini Bakery & Cafe
將軍澳坑口重華路8號東港城1樓107號舖
Shop No. 107, 1/F, East Point City, 8 Chung Wa Road, Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/sweet-potato-raisin-bun-e2402760


Sweet potato raisin bun
2014-11-03  636 瀏覽
Crostini has a European style outlook and their bakeries look European as well.

However, the cakes and bakeries have been modified to adapt Asian Tastes with a little touch of Taiwanese flare to it.
The price is about right because the food is localized and not properly European.
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Sweet potato bun with raisin and cranberries:

The sweet potato could not be tasted because it was just sweet potato powder dusted on a white bun with raisins and cranberries.
It had the usual Asian bun texture where it was soft but not springy.
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The bill: $9








[Review 3802] Tortoise jelly @ 百寶堂

03/11/2014
百寶堂
旺角西洋菜街218號地下
G/F, No. 218 Sai Yeung Choi Street South, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/tortoise-jelly-e2402750

Tortoise jelly
2014-11-03  772 瀏覽
Just felt like having some Tortoise jelly so randomly came here for it.
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Tortoise jelly:

There is a choice of cold or warm jelly so I chose the warm one.

The texture of the jelly was not as firm as the other brands and it had a bitter taste followed by a licquorice and minty taste.
Anyway, I did not like it.
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The bill: $29






[Review 3801] A nice relaxing joint for food @ Americanos

02/11/2014
Americanos
上環樂古道2號大興樓地舖
G/F, Pong Fai Building, 2 Lok Ku Road, Sheung Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/a-nice-relaxing-joint-for-food-e2402384

Found out that there was a new joint in town so decided to check it out.
This place serves burritos and coffee.

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agua fresca:
For the drink I had the cucumber and lime was which cooling and sweet but the sharpness of the lime was not there.
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rice bowl:
 10 讚好

I had the DIY bowl which lets you choose up to four items so I chose cabbage and carrot slaw, fresh tomatoes with onions, cilantro and lime, cheese and shiitake mushrooms.
The chicken was tender and tasty with a charred taste but I didn't like the rice they used because it was similar to pearl rice.
Overall, it was quite tasty especially the black beans but the portion was a bit small.
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arroz con leche:

This was rice pudding which was thick and delicious with a hint of cinnamon.
The grains of rice were big and hard.
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The bill: $125




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

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