[Review 4261] BURGER KING Tempura nuggets @ 漢堡王 Burger King

19/04/2015
漢堡王 Burger King
上環文咸東街22-26號柏廷坊高層地下
Upper Ground Floor,The Pemberton, Nos.22-26 Bonham Strand, Sheung Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/burger-king-tempura-nuggets-e2442530

.Burger King is getting scarce in HK so hopefully it doesn't end up like Hardee's one day.
To be honest, the food variety is not as good as the other branches worldwide.
In Malaysia they have fried chicken on the menu.

On this visit I had the tempura nuggets.
 0 讚好

The Pemperton branch is quite nice and there is less people.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Tempura nuggets:
 0 讚好

They basically look like McDonald's nuggets and I can't see any difference with the Tempura batter.
As for the taste, it was very salty and the oil was not that fresh.
The sauce was similar to Mcds BBQ sauce but it had a weird aftertaste.
 0 讚好

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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The bill: $17.5

[Review 4260] Localized Indian food @ Curry Corner

19/05/2015
Curry Corner
深水埗欽州街37號西九龍中心8樓美食廣場8F01舖
Shop 8F01, Food Court, 8/F, Dragon Centre, 37 Yen Chow Street, Sham Shui Po
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/localized-indian-food-e2442528

Went to this place for Indian food because the rest of the restaurants in the food court were Chinese food.
Anyway, when I looked this up on openrice, it appears to be closed.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
chicken biryani:
I had the chicken biryani which cost $42.
Basically it looked like a biryani but it was tasteless, the spices were not even at their full strength.
It is weird they give you a side of curry sauce too which is tasteless.
ANYWAY, it is funny they give you disposable chopsticks so I guess the chopsticks are for the locals.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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The bill: $42

[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.