[Review 4259] Not just coffee @ Espressamente illy

18/04/2015
Espressamente illy
尖沙咀廣東道3-27號海港城海運大廈地下 OT G61號舖
Shop OT G61, G/F, Ocean Terminal, Harbour City, 3-27 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/not-just-coffee-e2442445

Walked past thinking it was just a coffee shop but then I saw the glass cabinet with cakes and sandwiches so I decided to go in and have a look.I was surprised to see sweet potato latte and green tea latte in a shop specializing in coffee.

In the end I ordered the sweet potato latte.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
sweet potato latte:
It was a bit bland because the sweet potato flavour was not strong but the sweetness was just right.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
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The bill: $44

[Review 4258] Yuanshan delights from Taiwan @ 圓山台灣料理 Grand Hill Taiwanese Restaurant

18/04/2015
圓山台灣料理  Grand Hill Taiwanese Restaurant
尖沙咀金巴利道25號長利商業大廈1及2樓
1/F & 2/F, Cheung Lee Commercial Building, 25 Kimberley Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/yuanshan-delights-from-taiwan-e2442232


Grand Hill Taiwanese Restaurant was one of the early Taiwanese restaurants in Hong Kong before the Taiwanese trend hit HK.
The menu was quite interesting because it offers Taiwanese food as well as local fare.
It was my first time dining there so I let others order because I didn't know what to order.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Keelong cuttlefish ball soup:
 0 讚好

This was a thick soup with a nice appetizing vinegary flavour and springy cuttlefish patties in the soup.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Spicy intestines:
 0 讚好

I didn't try the intestines but the cubes of blood curd were silky and spicy.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Taiwanese vermicelli:
 0 讚好

The vermicelli was light and filling tossed with lots of dried shrimps and cuttlefish that made it tasty.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Changhua salted duck:
 0 讚好

This was my favourite because the duck was evenly salted with a firm cured texture.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Egg yolk rolls:
 0 讚好

The slices of salted egg in squid look really nice and pretty complemented by the green beans in it.
The egg yolks are seriously delicious and not too salty.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Chilled south African abalone:
 1 讚好

The abalone was springy and sweet.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Ping tung style squid, chives and silver fish:

This dish had a lot different flavours going on ranging from a garlicky aroma to a fishy flavour from the dried squids and fried silver fishes.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Spare ribs in prune sauce:
 0 讚好

The ribs had a sweet preserved prune taste but I found them a bit difficult to eat because they were bony.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
chinese sweet potato:

The sweet potatoes were mushy and indeed sweet with a honey glaze!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
bean curd dessert:


The bean curd dessert was amazingly silky with a mild bean flavour.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 4257] A second branch of Mr Simms @ Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shoppe

12/04/2015
Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shoppe
灣仔春園街38號地舖
G/F, 38 Spring Garden Lane, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/a-second-branch-of-mr-simms-e2441965

There is now another branch of Mr Simms in Hong Kong.
I got a packet of flying saucers.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Flying saucers:
As expected the sherbet was clumped together because of the humidity.
Apart from that it was really nice because there was a cooling sensation of sweet and sour fizziness followed by the sweetness of the wafer when you chewed it.
I tried to dehumidify the flying saucers but it didn't seem to help.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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The bill: $28

[Review 4256] Back for detox water @ Healthy Chicken

16/04/2015
Healthy Chicken
中環威靈頓街87號群英商業大廈地下A2舖
Shop A2, G/F, Khuan Ying Commercial Building, 87 Wellington St., Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/back-for-detox-water-e2441846

Went back for detox water because it is quite a good deal for $28 but the bottle leaks a bit with the lid screwed on.
The drink was better this time because it had apple slices and blueberry.
Again it had a light refreshing sweet taste with hints of apple and lime.

[Review 4255] The useless cash coupon @ Godiva Chocolatier

15/04/2015
Godiva Chocolatier
鑽石山龍蟠街3號荷里活廣場2樓237號店
FT 237, L2/F, Plaza Hollywood, 3 Lung Poon Street, Diamond Hill, Kowloon, Diamond Hill
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/the-useless-cash-coupon-e2441542

A month ago, I saw photos of the white chocolate and vanilla softserve posted on Instagram by a blogger (who paid for it) but as I am not a white chocolate lover I soon forgot about it.
Then a month later, there was a sudden promotion on this white chocolate and vanilla softserve which bloggers were invited to try hence the feeds blasted on their FB.
It seemed convincing and since I had a 3 x $50 cash vouchers from the bank I decided to use one of them on the $45 softserve.
According to the terms on the voucher, it didn’t say you had to spend over $50 but they said the voucher could not be processed hence I had to get some extra stuff.

The white chocolate and vanilla softserve was really creamy and tasted like Nestles milky bar chocolate which was on the sweet side so I will probably try the milk chocolate x white chocolate and vanilla softserve next time as I have two more $50 cash vouchers.

They also had tubs of icecream but the Earl Grey icecream which I wanted has not been launched yet and Godiva doesn’t seem to know because I asked them when they emailed me about the voucher incident.

[Review 4254] DALLOYAU in the 21st Century @ DALLOYAU

15/04/2015
DALLOYAU
尖沙咀廣東道3-27號海港城海洋中心4樓403號舖
Shop 403, 4/F, Ocean Centre, Harbour City, 3-27 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/dalloyau-in-the-21st-century-e2441484

To be honest I didn't know this French brand dates back to the 17th Century with many branches in Japan.
They sell macarons and cakes so decided to try a macaron and cake.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Macarons:
The pistachio had a crisp shell and a soft centre with pistachio and almond flavouring.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
rocher $58:
This was a new cake and it had a lovely caramel tone to it with fiery ginger notes.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Next time I am going to try their chocolates!

[Review 4253] My first negative comment for 豆花妹撈米線 @ 豆花妹撈米線

14/04/2015
豆花妹撈米線
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心2期UG樓百佳超級廣場美食街
ParknShop, UG/F, MCP Central, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/my-first-negative-comment-for-%E8%B1%86%E8%8A%B1%E5%A6%B9%E6%92%88%E7%B1%B3%E7%B7%9A-e2441285


This is my first negative comment for this place because it is normally good and I have been here more than once, but on this visit the sauce was just sweet and made it taste horrible so I think they may have mistaken the sugar for salt.
Hope they get it right next time.