[Review 3868] Chocolate lavender tea @ DK Cuppa Tea

25/11/2014
DK Cuppa Tea
中環蘇豪士丹頓街16A地下
G/F, 16A Staunton Street, Soho, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chocolate-lavender-tea-e2407450

Previously tried this other drink which was really good so came back for the Chocolate lavender tea.
The decor at this restaurant was cute and they had many different floral sugars such as lavender sugar, rose sugar etc.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Chocolate lavender tea:
I had the cold tea which was shaken hence the lovely froth on top.
Although there was no milk in it, there was a strong cocoa taste with a hint of lavender that wasn't over the top.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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The bill: $45

[Review 3867] Huge Jammie dodgers!! @ 百好咖啡餅店 Pak Ho Cafe & Cake Shop

25/11/2014
百好咖啡餅店 Pak Ho Cafe & Cake Shop
西灣河筲箕灣道160號
160 Shau Kei Wan Road, Sai Wan Ho
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/huge-jammie-dodgers-e2407448


Huge Jammie dodgers!!
2014-11-25  675 瀏覽
If your British then you should be very familiar with the Jammie Dodger biscuit.

"Jammie Dodgers are a popular British biscuit, made from shortbread with a raspberry flavoured jam filling. They are currently produced by Burton's Biscuit Company at its factory in Llantarnam. In 2009, Jammie Dodgers were the most popular children's sweet biscuit brand in the United Kingdom, with 40% of the years' sales consumed by adults." quoted from Wiki.

Anyway, I walked past this Chinese cafe and saw these over sized Jammie Dodgers and Palmiers!!!!
If you see the size of the JD on my hand, then you can imagine how big that Palmier was!!

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Chinese Jammie Dodger:
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I didn't expect it to taste nice but it was fun eating it!!
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The Chinese version had apricot jam in the middle but between the biscuit there was not enough jam so it was a bit tasteless.
If would also taste nice if they used Malt sugar syrup because it is sweet and chewy which would go well with the tasteless biscuit but it was good that it wasn't buttery.
Apart from that, I really liked it and I wished I got the huge palmier too.
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The bill: $5

[Review 3866] The best dessert pot plant @ 甜甜屋 Sweetie house

25/11/2014
甜甜屋  Sweetie house
西灣河西灣河街110號地下B舖
Shop B, G/F., 110 Sai Wan Ho Street, Sai Wan Ho
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/the-best-dessert-pot-plant-e2407315

After a great dinner, we just had to have dessert to complete the evening.
As I don't like Chinese desserts, MKK suggested this place and it turns out the desserts were brilliant.

I loved the decor and the upstairs was nice too.

Before we went in, there were some beautiful dessert pot plants in the cabinet.

There are three flavours: strawberry mousse, tiramisu and mango.

We had the tiramisu which was the best I have ever tasted.
Not only did it taste good but the presentation was good because it had a real flower that was pretty.


The tiramisu was divine because the cream was lightly whipped and the sponge cake was soaked heavily in alcohol.
The soil was creative because they did not use oreo cookies which most restaurants use.

We also had the chocolate pancakes which had layers and layers of thin chocolate pancake with cream in the middle.

I will definitely be back if I am in the area again.

[Review 3685] Omakase at Shika Teppan-Yaki @ 鉄人旨花 Shika Teppan-Yaki

25/11/2014
鉄人旨花  Shika Teppan-Yaki
銅鑼灣謝斐道477-481號肇明大廈2樓
2/F, Shining building, 477-481 Jaffe Road, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/omakase-at-shika-teppan-yaki-e2407313

Shika is an interesting restaurant, they serve Omakase and Teppan-Yaki.
For Teppan-Yaki, there is a Teppan-Yaki area.
That night I tried the Omakase.
There was a huge cabinet full of seafood.
The menu was really classy with gold and silver specks on it.
There were two Omakase sets to choose from: Shika $988 or Iki $818.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Shika $988:
Appetizer, 6 kinds of sashimi, steamed/stewed dish, grilled dish, 5 pieces of assorted sushi, soup and dessert
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Iki $818:
Appetizer, 5 kinds of sashimi, fried dish, grilled dish, 5 pieces of assorted sushi, soup and dessert
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Went for the Iki as I wasn't hungry that day.
Started with the appetizer which was salmon, octopus and fried fish.
The salmon was poached nicely and the fried fish was appetizing.
After that we had the sashimi which was fresh with a lot of variety.

Five kinds of sashimi:

The scallops were sweet and fragrant dusted with yuzu powder.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Fried dish:
The tempura was light and crispy with a good mix of vegetables and seafood.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Grilled dishes:
Then came the abalone which was sweet and tender.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
5 kinds sushi
As well as great sashimi, the sushi was even better.
I loved the tuna with grated ginger on top.
Then there was botan prawn with prawn roe on top.
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The minced fatty tuna and sweet prawn was also good.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
soup:
The soup was impressive because it was not the usual boring miso soup.
It was delicious milky fish soup.
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★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Dessert:
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After all that I was full and it was time for dessert!
The tofu icecream was a good to the meal because it was light and not too sweet.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 3684] Organ world mania @ 肥姐小食店 Fei Jie

23/11/2014
肥姐小食店 Fei Jie
旺角登打士街55號地下4A號舖
Shop 4A, G/F, 55 Dundas Street, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/organ-world-mania-e2406788


Organ world mania
2014-11-23  3668 瀏覽
This joint serves chilled snacks which is a local haunt, whoever goes past is bound to queue up for a skewer.
As the queue is long, I have never bothered because I know that by time I get to the counter I don't know what I want because you don't have the menu in view until you get close to it.

There were only five people in the queue that day so I decided to give them a go.
Within a flash I was at the counter but I didn't really know what I wanted.
After quickly scouring the cabinet I wanted the octopus, small intestines and the turkey gizzards.

Luckily, they had a set which had all three.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Trio:
In the set, there was turkey gizzard, octopus and small intestines.
The sauces they put on it were mustard and Chinese sweet sauce which went surprisingly well together with the mustard sauce giving it that lovely sharp kick.
Overall I liked the octopus because it was springy and tender.
I didn't really like the chicken gizzard because it was too springy and crisp.
The small intestines were ok but not the best.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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The bill: $23