[Review 3896] Lostermania, How can I not come back? @ Opera House Italian Restaurant & Bistrot

08/12/2014
Opera House Italian Restaurant & Bistrot (已結業)
灣仔皇后大道東109-111號地下及1樓
G/F ＆ 1/F, 109-111, Queen's Road East, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/lostermania-how-can-i-not-come-back-e2409521

Lostermania, How can I not come back?
2014-12-08  4135 瀏覽

It was my was first time at the Opera House Italian Restaurant & Bistrot Presents because of the Winter Lobster Saturday Brunch Buffet.

Basically it costs $468 per person starting from 12:30 and finishes at 3:30.

It might be quite heavy for Saturday but the food is top notch.
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They have pasta, pizza, steak, and roast suckling pig as well.
Starting with lobsters, there was:

Lobster Carpaccio with Extra Olive Oil & Lemon Dressing:

Lobster Tartar with Asparagus & Bell Pepper Sauce:

Lobster Salad with Avocado & Corn Salsa
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Cream Lobster Soup

For Italian starters, there was Buratta chesse and fresh Italian tomatoes and sweet melon.


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Lobster baked in four different homemade sauces inspired by cheese, pumpkin, basil and tomatoes.


Lobster Egg Benedict with Spinach, sweet lobster with a strong Dutch sauce and poached egg
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Mini Lobster Burger with Truffle Mayonnaise

Next was the pasta and risotto!!

Tortelli with Crab Meat and Lobster

Lobster Pasta with Basil

Lobster Risotto with Cherry Tomato and Mint Sauce
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To finish, there was Italian desserts with homemade pistachio gelato and Lobster Panna Cotta!!

The pistachio gelato was amazing, the pistachio was natrual and strong and it was not too sweet.


All I can say is that the lobster was divine and so was everything else!

Here was what I had:

My favourite creamy burrata cheese with heirloom tomatoes.

Had these twice because the tomato sauce was tangy and appetizing and the pasta skin was nice and elastic.
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Nice pasta shells stuffed with generous crab and lobster

The baked lobster and cheese was my favourite because it was proper cheesy cheese!

There was pesto for those who like pesto!

For non cheese lovers, there is lobster wth tomato.

More lobster and cheese again!~
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My favourite roasted baby suckling pig.

A filling risotto.

Can't wait to come back soon

[Review 3895] Yo! What a good thickshake! @ Yo Yo SHAKE

08/12/2014
Yo Yo SHAKE (已結業)
灣仔灣仔道121A地舖
G/F., 121A Wan Chai Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/yo-what-a-good-thickshake-e2409519


Saw this listed but I wasn't motivated to go but then my dearest LLWL showed me pics so I decided to go there!

I got it for half price because they have just opened and I hope to make another trip there soon to try the other flavours.

Basically you choose a flavour, then you pick milkshake style or thickshake style.

If you choose the milkshake style, there are more options to choose from such as adding topping and a scoop of icecream to it!

The toppings are shown on the train.
Icecream selection:
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I went for thickshake because there's nothing like a good American style thickshake with icecream blended in.

The thickshake arrived surprisingly fast and they were able to make it less sweet as requested.

I had the Taro thickshake and it tasted amazing because it was real thick blended with sweet icecream in it with a hint of Taro.

I really appreciated the colour because most taro flavours are lilac which means the taro flavouring here has no colouring
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Anyway, hope to try the Green Tea thickshake next.

The menu was a bit difficult to see though because it is below the freezer cabinet, so you have to crouch down and read it or read it from a distance if your not short sighted!!

Anyway, fear not, they have menus at the counter.

[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.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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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