[Review 4085] What's your cocktail portrait? @ The Tavern

12/02/2015
The Tavern
中環蘇豪伊利近街16號A地下
G/F, 16A Elgin Street, SOHO, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/whats-your-cocktail-portrait-e2425108


What's your cocktail portrait?
2015-02-12  1072 瀏覽
I don't normally drink but I was captivated by their cocktail portrait because it sounded interesting.
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At first I thought it was gimmick and some sort of art but it turns out to be a personalized cocktail to suit your palate.
 1 讚好

Before they make you the drink, you are given some carbonated water to cleanse your palate which I thought was brilliant.
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You are then given a form to tick so that the cocktail stylist can get an idea of the sort of drink you are looking for.
Although mine was a mocktail, I loved the taste, it was wonderful and just how I liked it because it had notes of sweet strawberry and refreshing lime which were the sours that I was looking for.
There was also cream, fig and a hint of chili to smooth it out with some excitement.
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This was the drink that my friend was impressed with as well which had notes of pineapple, cream, banana and passionfruit.

As well as the drinks, the bar was lovely and cozy too!

Cocktail portrait pics!!

[Review 4084] Loaded Firecracker!! @ 奇華餅家 Kee Wah Bakery

12/02/2015
奇華餅家  Kee Wah Bakery
尖沙咀港鐵尖沙咀站TST10號舖
Shop TST 10, Tsim Sha Tsui MTR Station, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/loaded-firecracker-e2425105



For Chinese new year, candies and the CNY puddings are must have items so this huge FIRECRACKER fulfills all these requirements!!!
The firecracker rolls open with candies, CNY pudding and CNY treats!!!

Inside the firecracker, there are Handmade nougats, handmade chewy peanut candies with dessicated coconut, handmade crunchy pumpkin seed candies, White sesame and peanut puff pastries, sesame crunchies and a Mini CNY pudding!!
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Handmade nougats

handmade chewy peanut candy with dessicated coconuts

handmade crunchy pumpkin seed candy

White sesame and peanut puff pastry

sesame crunches

Mini CNY pudding

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My favourites were the nougats while the others were fighting over the Chinese treats.
The treats were gone in a flash and I was left with an empty firecracker which is a great box to store things

[Review 4083] Lobster buffet @ 2+2 Café

22/02/2015
2+2 Café 
沙田白鶴汀街8號帝都酒店3樓
3/F, Royal Park Hotel, 8 Pak Hok Ting Street, Sha Tin
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/lobster-buffet-e2425104

I don't often go to Shatin because it is too far away, but this time I went there for the lobster buffet.
When I arrived I was greated with chilled lobsters and an array of seafood.
The people dining there were well mannered and got their food in an orderly fashion.
The buffet range was surprisingly good because they had quite a good variety.

Seafood grill:
Seafood tempura:
Lobster souffle:
Cakes and macarons:


My favourites were the oysters and they even had roasted pigeon.
The seafood soup was rich and loaded with lobster meat.

After having the mains, I moved on to dessert which was surprisingly good because the cakes were not too sweet with a good variety.

[Review 4082] 功夫's 2015 Chinese New Year treats @ 功夫點心 Kung Fu Dim Sum

11/02/2015
功夫點心 Kung Fu Dim Sum
尖沙咀廣東道33號中港城2座平台4號舖
Shop 4, Promenade Level of Tower 2, China Hong Kong City, 33 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/%E5%8A%9F%E5%A4%ABs-2015-chinese-new-year-treats-e2425004

Got these from Kung Fu Dim Sum.
Tried the White radish cake with preserved Chinese sausages and I liked the chunky white radish pieces in the middle with the dried shrimp and preserved sausages.
It was not too salty which was great.
The next day I tried the coconut milk CNY pudding.
After slicing and pan frying it, the pudding was ready to eat.
You can either pan fry it directly or dip the cake in egg before frying.
The pudding was similar to mochi but the texture was much denser and stickier and not too sweet with a hint of coconut milk.

[Review 4081] Golden food moments @ 金紫荊粵菜廳 Golden Bauhinia Cantonese Restaurant

11/02/2015
金紫荊粵菜廳  Golden Bauhinia Cantonese Restaurant
灣仔博覽道1號香港會議展覽中心博覽商場
Expo Galleria, Hong Kong Convention And Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/golden-food-moments-e2424864

Golden food moments
2015-02-11  1849 瀏覽
It was my first time dining here and the dishes that we had were amazing.
Here was what we had:
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Starter:
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Started off with ducks tongue, jellyfish, roast suckling pig, crispy beef brisket, prawn cake with water chestnuts.
The suckling pig was extremely crispy and the ducks tongues were soft and tasty.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Double boiled fish maw soup with porcini and Yunnan ham:
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Next we had this warming soup which had a strong flavour from the ham and a lovely sticky feeling from the fish maw.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Abalone, goose feet, oyster and sea moss:
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It was my favourite four items together in rich oyster sauce.
The abalone was tasty and soft.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Stir fried garoupa with French beans:
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This was succulent pieces of garoupa paired with crunchy beans.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Crispy fried chicken marinated in tea leaf:
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The chicken breast was amazingly tender and silky like cotton while the thigh piece was springy and meaty.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Organic choysum with conpoy, dried shrimp in rice soup:
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This was my favourite because the rice soup was gently flavoured and it tasted like congee made into a gravy.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Salmon fried rice with truffle:
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I was stunned by the presentation.
The grains of rice were distinct and the truffle was not too artificial and overpowering.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
double boiled pear with citrus peel:
 0 讚好

I am not a fan of Chinese desserts but I liked the pear and soup because there was a nice bitterness from the citrus peel and it was not too sweet.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Steamed sponge cake with olive kernal and eggtart:
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I was too full for this but the sponge cake smelt nice.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Chinese radish pudding with abalone and conpoy:
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The radish pudding had chunks of radish with a delicate taste of conpoy.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Red dates and Osmanthus pudding:
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The pudding was chewy but every bite contained sweet red dates.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★