[Review 3894] Cute NY style food truck spotted at Festival Walk @ The Lobintan 路邊攤

08/12/2014
路邊攤 (已結業)
The Lobintan
九龍塘達之路80號又一城G層KIOSK S3
G/F, KIOSK S3, Festival Walk, 80 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/cute-ny-style-food-truck-spotted-at-festival-walk-e2409518

Cute NY style food truck spotted at Festival Walk
2014-12-08  1128 瀏覽
When I first heard of this joint I wasn't sure what it was because the name sounded strange.

After seeing photos from fellow foodies, I realized it was a food truck.
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The truck is brightly coloured in black and yellow which reminds me of New York and the food boxes are the same style as the US Chinese takeaway boxes with the cute handle.

It was a cold day so I had the mock sharks fin soup and fried fish shaomai.

The fish shaoai was really impressive because they were fried with an airfryer which makes them healthy as only a drop of oil is needed.

The Shaomai was really crispy and delicious.
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After that, had the mock sharks fin soup which was really nice especially with the vinegar, white pepper and sesame oil.

The black fungus and tofu skin were really filling.

This is a really good joint for street snacks in a clean and air conditioned environment served in clean dishes with a neat seating area.

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[Review 3893] Addicted to eating snow @ 雪話雪冰 Snow Story

08/12/2014
雪話雪冰 Snow Story
旺角通菜街119號地舖
G/F, 119 Tung Choi Street, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/addicted-to-eating-snow-e2409506

At Snow story, they specialize in Macaron icecream sandwiches and snow desserts!!
Had two desserts.
The price was confusing because on the first visit, they did not ask me which size I wanted and gave me the big one but on the second visit I was given the smaller size which is evidently different in price.
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Macaron:
I ordered this one because of the tiny macarons.
When it came, there was a scoop of icecream and chocolate syrup which I did not ask for and it was not on the product shot.
The strawberry icecream ruined it because the strawberry taste was extremely artificial.
The snow beneath it was not sweetened because they give you a side of condensed milk to add it it.
The condensed milk was not a good thing to add to it because it does not go on evenly and clumps the snow around it together.
It would be great if they had a shaker filled with sugar.

Cute macarons.
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Original:
This was much nicer because it had chewy mochi in it but I can't understand why they give you these weird Chinese shaped spoons which make it difficult to eat with.
The Korean video shown at the desserterie shows a metal spoon, so why a Chinese spoon here??!!


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[Review 3892] Japanese ricemania @ 江戶日本料理 Edo Japanese Restaurant

07/12/2014'
江戶日本料理 Edo Japanese Restaurant
銅鑼灣伊榮街1-5號 J Plus Hotel by Yoo 1樓
1/F, J Plus Hotel by Yoo,1-5 Irving Street, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/japanese-ricemania-e2409460

Japanese ricemania
2014-12-07  1046 瀏覽
As well as lunch, the dinner here is good.

My favourites were the rice dishes.

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Sweet and sour miyazaki chicken tartar sauce:
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Started off with the chicken which was the usual chicken coated in batter served with tartar sauce.
The coating was a bit too soggy though.
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Mizayazaki beef sashimi:
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The beef was delicately sliced and paired nicely with the grated ginger.
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Tofu and avocado salad with homemade soy dressing:
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The salad was really good because of the dressing, the dressing was not a sauce but consisted of crispy fried ingredients which made the tofu and avocado tasty.
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Steamed rice with zuwai crab in mini pot:
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This was my favourite because the rice absorbed all the sweetness from the crab and the grains of rice were soft but not clumpy.
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Prawn tempura and cream cheese roll with bonito flakes:

The rolls were nice because of the delicious cream cheese.
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Crispy potato salad with roasted sesame dressing:
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This was another good salad because the crispy potato pieces were really tasty.
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Hakata cod roe fried rice:
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Last but not least, this was my favourite because the rice was soft and fried just right that each grain was coated with so much roe.
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Drunken kuruma prawn

The prawn cooked in various of ways before it was served and they have cooked the little legs of the prawn and made them crispy to eat which will definitely go well with beer.
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Finished the meal with Dumpling and red bean wafer and green tea icecream on wafer dish.


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[Review 3891] EDO Japanese Restaurant from Macau @ 江戶日本料理 Edo Japanese Restaurant

07/12/2014
江戶日本料理 Edo Japanese Restaurant
銅鑼灣伊榮街1-5號 J Plus Hotel by Yoo 1樓
1/F, J Plus Hotel by Yoo,1-5 Irving Street, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/edo-japanese-restaurant-from-macau-e2409458

EDO Japanese Restaurant from Macau
2014-12-07  1566 瀏覽
Tried the Lunch and Seasonal specials at EDO Japanese Restaurant.

For lunch had the whole grained soba salad from Yamagata in salad style and weekend oyster lemon hotpot.

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whole grained soba salad from Yamagata in salad style
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The soba was jazzed up with the julienne Chinese radish and carrots which gave it extra crunch, after adding the sesame sauce, the noodles were nice and tasty.
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oyster lemon hotpot:


This was delicious, there was oysters in a simmering pot with lemons slices which made the oysters very appetizing.
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From the seasonal menu, tried the following:
Seko crab
Thin sliced horse head fish
Suppon turtle in tofu soup
Lobster with truffle sauce
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Seko crab:
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This was a beautifully presented box with crab and roe in it.
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Thin sliced horse head fish:


I thought that this dish was creative because it was thinly sliced fish with the sauce made from the liver of that fish which was rich and creamy.
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Suppon turtle in tofu soup:

As I am not an expert on Japanese food I thought that this was Chinese because it had turtle in it, but after looking it up, it turns out they really do have turtle soup.

It was interesting because I have never tried Turtle before and my first time trying it was in a Japanese restaurant.

The soup had a strong herbal taste because this soup is supposed to warm people up in the winter.
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Lobster with truffle sauce:

The lobster was mixed in creamy truffle sauce and the texture of the lobster was springy.
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The dessert ended with creamy Hokkaido milk pudding and the best Warabi cake I have ever tried because it was really soft coated in delicious bean powder.

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[Review 3890] Purple Christmas magic @ 美心西餅 Maxim's Cake Shop

06/12/2014
美心西餅  Maxim's Cake Shop
將軍澳唐德街1號將軍澳廣場1樓1-002號舖
Shop 1-002, 1/F., Tseung Kwan O Plaza, 1 Tong Tak Street, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/purple-christmas-magic-e2409158


For the coming Christmas, Maxim's have launched three pretty cakes.

1. X'mas Tree $138
2. La Foret Blanc $128
3. X'mas Reindeer $188

The X'mas tree is a cake with mixed fruits, cream on a chocolate butter cake base coated with crispy chocolate rice which is covered in sweet potato cream, decorated with white, yellow chocolate pearls, chocolate Holly leaf and a golden chocolate star.
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The La Foret Blanc is basically a white chocolate cake with Bavarois cream and crispy salted caramel.

Last but not least is the Reindeer which is a chocolate mousse cake with hazelnut, dark chocolate, marshmallows and crispy chocolate.


As well as cakes, they also have a fruit puff assortment.

Tried the sweet potato which was visually good to look at as well as being delicious because I loved the soft chocolate spongecake in the middle which tasted really nice with the mixed fruits and the velvety white cream and silky sweet potato puree on the outside.

When I was collected the cake, they put it in an Angry Bird cake box (errr I don't think the Xmas cake was supposed to go in that box!!!)