[Review 4464] Hidden peace and quiet @ Prime Deli 品味餐廳 (將軍澳)

15/07/2015
品味餐廳 Prime Deli
將軍澳貿泰路8號茵怡花園商場地下E及H號舖
Shop E&H, G/F, Verbena Heights Market, 8 Mau Tai Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/hidden-peace-and-quiet-e2469105

This place is well hidden! It has been here for at least a year and no one has bothered to review it.
Anyway, it was my second time and the decor is much nicer and they have these bright and bold glasses which look out of place in this wet market!
 1 讚好

There are orange and green glasses as well but I think blue is the best for Hong Kong milk tea!
 0 讚好

It was creative that they had a grill on top of a portable stove to turn it into Korean style grill!
 1 讚好

I had the scrambled egg with prawns and it was surprisingly delicious, the egg was fluffy with succulent prawns.
There was a small amout of Msg which made it taste good but not abused.

[Review 4463] Fish & Chips any day @ Fish & Chick

15/07/2015
Fish & Chick
西環堅尼地城新海旁街25號地下6號舖
Shop 6, 25 New Praya, Kennedy Town, Western District
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/fish-chips-any-day-e2469104

Glad to see Fish and Chick have more offerings on the menu.
Prior to this visit, I have been here two times.

First time for the fish and chips:
http://www.openrice.com/en/hongkong/review/western-district-fish-chick/2338608?tc=sr2&con=rvw
Beetroot salad on the second time:
http://www.openrice.com/en/hongkong/review/western-district-fish-chick/2367880?tc=sr2&con=rvw

The fish choices are getting better and they even have haddock which is commonly served in the UK and they have lunch sets that have the signature chicken and fish and chips which were not available during my earlier visits.

That night we had other items as well as the signature dishes.
Here was what we had:
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
 0 讚好

I don't normally drink alcohol but this one was pretty so I tried some and the strawberry taste was stronger than the cider so I ended up drinking half a glass.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Crab croquettes:

As you can see, it is almost 90% crab so it had a soft texture with a lovely crab taste.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Fried mushroom salad:

The mushrooms were good, they were juicy and earthy mushrooms in a light crispy coating.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Fried prawns:

To be honest, they tasted like prawn cutlets covered in simple breadcrumbs served in Chinese takeaways in the UK.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Panfried seabream with ratatouille:

The panfried fish selection is a great option for locals who fear fried food!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Salted cod and egg brandade:

I liked this dish because it was silky mashed salted cod that was not too salty topped with a cute quail egg!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Hake fish and chips:

The fish was nice and flakey and the batter was light.

The meal wouldn't be complete if we didn't order extra mushy peas because the mushy peas were delicious.
Not quite the hand cut chips but once you have vinegar and mushy peas with it, the type of chips won't matter.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Roast chicken:

The chicken smelt nice and the chicken was tender rubbed with lots of herbs.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Lemon and poppy seed

The cake was served warm, so there was this lovely cake aroma with lemon and the poppy seeds which gave it a nice crisp texture when you ate it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Panna cotta:

The panna cotta was silky and creamy with a slight white chocolate taste.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆

Definitely coming back for other fishes such as haddock with mushy peas and VINEGAR!

[Review 4462] iEatCheese! @ iEAT (黃大仙)

14/07/2015
iEAT
黃大仙睦鄰街8號現崇山商場地下G3號舖
Shop No.3, G/F, Lion Rise Mall, 8 Muk Lun Street, Wong Tai Sin
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/ieatcheese-e2468777


Discovered this place because of the $12 shop nearby.
I was attracted by the Brie and Camembert which was only $21.5 each and it was nicely packaged.
 0 讚好

There was ready to eat Kuzu mochi which comes in a big bag!
 0 讚好

++++++++++++++
Both were creamy and delicious but for best results leave the cheese to warm up in room temperature so that the texture becomes softer and molten.
Camembert:
++++++++++++++
Brie:

++++++++++++++

[Review 4461] Bowled over by Super bowls at Pret A Manger @ Pret A Manger

14/07/2015
Pret A Manger
中環港景街1號國際金融中心1樓1015號舖
Shop 1015, 1/F, IFC Mall,No.1 Harbour View Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/bowled-over-by-super-bowls-at-pret-a-manger-e2468776

Pret A Manger have launched these colorful super bowls of salad which comes in three flavours.
There are International variations but Hong Kong has SESAME CHICKEN NOODLE SUPER BOWL, KOREAN PORK NOODLE SUPER BOWL and the SCOTTISH ROAST SALMON SUPER BOWL.
I went for the chicken because it was light and refreshing with lots of cashew nuts and sesame.

The noodles tasted good with or without the sesame sauce and the colourful pickled cabbage made the salad appetizing.


Finished off with a fragrant Earl Grey tea.

For nibbles they have this popcorn bar which looks delicious.

[Review 4460] Taiwanese o'CASA @ 屋喔 O'Casa

14/07/2015
屋喔 O'Casa
中環機利文新街26-28號地舖
G/F, 26-28 Gilman's Bazaar, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/taiwanese-ocasa-e2468774

Tried this new restaurant to celebrate a friend’s birthday.
They serve Taiwanese food but the décor is modern and does not look Taiwanese.
I am quite confused why they are called o'CASA which means house in Spanish.
From the logo, the "o" looks like a cup handle.
There is another restaurant in Sai Kung called CASA with the house logo as well serving tapas.
For food we tried the oyster rice which was tasteless and I didn’t like it because they used pearl rice, the noodles fared better but they were not outstanding.
The toast was ok but I don’t like black sesame.

[Review 4459] Premium lobster experience @ Bisque | Lobster & Champagne

13/07/2015
Bisque | Lobster & Champagne
中環蘭桂坊一號1樓
1/F, 1 Lan Kwai Fong, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/premium-lobster-experience-e2468535


When I went in this Lobster bar, I thought it was just a place for drinks because there were only three tables and bar.
I couldn’t see the kitchen anywhere so I wondered how they could cook all these wonderful sophisticated seafood dishes.
But sure enough, they were capable because I could smell these wonderful smells while I was looking at the menu.
As there were two of us, we had the lobster sliders and Typhoon shelter lobster.
+++++++++++++++
lobster sliders:
 1 讚好

These were surprisingly good because the lobster meat was springy and sweet paired with this sauce that was spicy and delicious.
+++++++++++++++
New Brunswick Lobster – Hong Kong Typhoon Shelter style:

Traditionally, crabs and Mantis prawns have been used for Typhoon shelter dishes but eating crabs and Mantis prawns are difficult.
I like the way, they have Typhoon shelter lobster because it gives this dish a new experience and this is the best Typhoon shelter I have tried.
Normally it does not contain black beans but it was a mix of ginger, spring onions and black beans which is really tasty.

I finished the non lobster remains with bread because it was really tasty.
+++++++++++++++
Guilty Little Pleasures Mini Cupcakes:
Chocolate & Baileys / Mojito / Jack Daniels & Ginger
I loved these mini cupcakes because they were sweet and heavily spiked with alcohol!
The chocolate and Jack Daniels were my favourite.
+++++++++++++++
I will be back very soon!

[Review 4458] Strawberry puff (Pie chow!) @ Beard Papa's (已結業)

13/07/2015
Beard Papa's (已結業)
此店已改名為 Beard Papa's
銅鑼灣軒尼詩道555號崇光百貨地庫
Sogo Basement, Hennessy Road 555, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/strawberry-puff-pie-chow-e2468530

It was so sweet of Monchichitasting to get me this because we were going somewhere and I hadn't had lunch yet.
She gave me a choice of original or strawberry.
Normally I would not choose strawberry because strawberry flavours are always artificial.
Anyway, I decided to choose the strawberry and it turned out delicious!!
The strawberry was natrual and it tastes like a mix of strawberry and yoghurt and the puff was light and crispy.
I was so glad she got me this because I didn't know beard papa puffs taste that good and from their FB, they had some really creative flavours before such as coconut, sweet potato and the chewy white puff.
At Beard papa, the puffs are called PIE CHOW which is quite amusing.