[Review 4202] Glamorous sushi @ 白鮨 Shiro

29/03/2015
白鮨 Shiro
銅鑼灣軒尼詩道500號希慎廣場13樓1301號舖
Shop 1301, 13/F, Hysan Place, 500 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/glamorous-sushi-e2436627

Glamorous sushi
2015-03-29  2934 瀏覽
To be honest I have not dined here before but when I saw the new range of crystal sushi I had to try it because who does not like pretty things.

The crystal sushi series are sushi topped with flavoured jelly which is clear and glistens.


The most impressive one was the rose.


I loved the crystal sushi because when you ate it, the jelly melts in your mouth releasing the flavour.

Here were what I had:
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Non alcoholic mojito:


Started off with lychee and mint mojito which was refreshing with a fragrant lychee taste and cooling mint.
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Houren sou goma ae:




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This was spinach served with a side of self grated sesame sauce.


It was amazing that there was so much spinach in a portion which tasted delicious with the thick sweet sesame sauce that had a fragrant toasted sesame taste.
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Bluefin tuna with Japanese dashi jelly sushi:


I loved this one because bluefin tuna has a strong unami taste which went well with the dashi jelly that had a smokey flavour.


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Deluxe scallop with caviar and sake rose jelly sushi:

This was simply beautiful with a light taste complemented by the rosy sake jelly on top.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Fatty salmon with fried garlic and yuzu jelly sushi:

It was beautiful how they put layers of jelly in between the sushi.
This one had a sweet citrus taste.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Botan ebi and uni roll with ume sauce on ponzu jelly:

This was a tasty one with strong and creamy flavours.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Yellowtail with kimchi sauce and Shochu jelly sushi:

This had a spicy kick to it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Wagyu Beef with leek onion and black truffle jelly sushi:


Last but not least was the beef which was had a delicious strong truffle flavour.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Nameko no miso shiru:

This was tofu and nameko mushroom miso soup which was loaded with earthy nameko mushrooms.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 4201] KFC: New potato crisp fried chicken @ 肯德基家鄉雞 (KFC) Kentucky Fried Chicken

29/03/2015
肯德基家鄉雞 (KFC) Kentucky Fried Chicken
杏花邨盛泰道100號杏花新城地下G38號舖
Shop G38, G/F, Heng Fa Paradise Mall, Heng Fa Chuen, 100 Shing Tai Road, Chai Wan, Heng Fa Chuen
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/kfc-new-potato-crisp-fried-chicken-e2436625


Having a good fried chicken always depends on luck, being there at the right time and moment that the batch of fried chicken is done.
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Anyway, went there for the new potato crisp fried chicken and blueberry Portuguese tart.
I could only get the chicken because the tart was sold out.
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The fried chicken was good that day because it was juicy and the coating was even.
You could smell crisps when you ate the chicken and taste Mexican cajun spices and paprika but it was spicy as well.

[Review 4200] Retro snack joint @ 容媽媽

28/03/2015
容媽媽
筲箕灣筲箕灣東大街76號瓊山里A2地舖
Shop A2, G/F, Keng Shan Lane, 76 Shau Kei Wan Main Street East, Shau Kei Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/retro-snack-joint-e2436624

I was attracted to this joint by the stall like décor, which has an old twist to it.
There were lots of things to choose from and I was tempted to get the noodles but as I was having dinner I opted for the fried inside out tofu puffs stuffed with cuttlefish.
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tofu puffs stuffed with cuttlefish:

They looked exactly like the inside out tofu puffs at Cheung Chau but they weren’t as tasty because the cuttlefish patty was evidently a cuttlefish ball that was rubbery and tasteless.
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Anyway, there was a side of Chinese sweet sauce which made the crispy tofu delicious.

They also had fried beancurd rolls stuffed with cuttlefish which probably taste better than these tofu puffs so if I am around here again I hope to try their noodles and beancurd rolls.
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The bill: $15

[Review 4199] Captivated by their Chiuchow style fried rice @ 曉廚軒香港風味 Hu's Kitchen

26/03/2015
曉廚軒香港風味 Hu's Kitchen
銅鑼灣波斯富街48號軒尼詩大廈2樓大食代S2舖
Shop 2, Food Republic, 2/F Hennessy Apartment, 48 Percival Street, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/captivated-by-their-chiuchow-style-fried-rice-e2436059

Came here because the previous review had pictures of delicious fried rice which had Chinese pickled olive vegetables 欖菜 in it.
When I got there, it was NOT ON THE MENU
LUCKILY I showed them the picture from openrice and they were able to ask the chef to serve it

Decided to get the set which had soup.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Fish maw and whelk soup:
The soup tasted ok but the ingredients were crap especially the fish maw which was fishy and the whelk was a bit mushy and didn't taste fresh.
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潮式欖菜炒飯:
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The fried rice was good because the rice was al-dente and loose with tasty pickled Chinese olive vegetables in every spoonful.
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PLEASE NOTE that pickled Chinese olive vegetables is name made up by me because I couldn't google the English for 欖菜!!!!
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The bill: $78
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Service: OK

[Review 4198] Tulsi stretches to West Hong Kong @ Tulsi & Wine

26/03/2015
Tulsi & Wine 
西環西營盤般咸道63號采文軒10-11號地舖
G/F, 10-11 The Bonham Mansion, 63 Bonham Road, Sai Ying Pun, Western District
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/tulsi-stretches-to-west-hong-kong-e2436003


Ever since I dined at the North Point's award winning Tulsi, I have fallen in love with their curries because they are just like the ones in the UK.
There is a branch in Quarry Bay which is good but the location is troublesome and there are always crowds because there are no Indian restaurants around.
After checking out HKU MTR station I stumbled upon this branch of Tulsi which is quite different to the other two because they serve Thai food and pasta dishes.

Anyway, dined there because they had curries.
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Chocolate lassi:

This was a special request because chocolate milkshake was too heavy so I asked them if they could make a chocolate lassi and as expected it tasted how I like it because I loved the yoghurt taste with a hint of cocoa.
For people who like this, you can buy chocolate yoghurts but not in Hong Kong.
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Aloo Gobi:

This was fantastic as expected because it had an appetizing tomato base with curry spices with juicy cauliflower florets and silky potatoes.
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Beef curry:

A mildly spiced curry with a great curry sauce to go with the rice.

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Mushroom rice:
The mushroom rice was similar to the other fried rices that they serve.
Each grain of rice was tasty and the portion was surprisingly big!!

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The bill: $2XX