[Review 4537] Baby hairy crabs @ 上海佬餐館 Shanghai Lo

14/08/2015
上海佬餐館 Shanghai Lo
此店已改名為上海佬蟹莊
灣仔杜老誌道5號1樓
1/F, 5 Tonnochy Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/baby-hairy-crabs-e2479542

For those who can’t wait for the Hairy Crab season, you can start eating baby hairy crabs here but they are smaller in size.
They taste the same in my opinion and the shell is softer and easier to manage.

Here was what we had, which was pre-arranged.
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Starter platter:
Huadiao wine marinated green edamame beans, Huadiao wine marinated chicken, tea leaf smoked egg.
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Started off with this lovely platter which I liked because I love anything that is soaked in Huadiao wine.
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Toasted French baguette slice with baby hairy crab roe:

The crab roe was like delicious thick gravy with bits of crab and crab roe mixed it.
Great with the baguette slice because I find the Chinese steamed buns too sweet.
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Shanghai Lo stir fried prawn with garlic and chili:

This was a huge prawn covered in crispy garlic and chili that was nice and spicy.
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Fried rice cake with baby hairy crab:
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When this was served, you could smell the lovely aroma of bean paste, each glutinous rice cake was thickly covered in this deliciously sweet and savoury sauce paired with crab roe rich crabs.
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Traditional style Tiger grouper steamed with wine ferment:

I was looking forward to this and it didn't disappoint because the wine ferment tasted a bit like red beancurd.
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Edamame beans and beancurd knot:

This was a light dish to end the meal and the beancurd knot was scrumptious because it had absorbed the lovely gravy.
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Sweetened papaya with snow fungas and almond beancurd:

The highlight of this dessert was the almond beancurd which was silky with a strong almond taste.
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Egg white souffle ball filled with custard:


Red beans haters rejoice because this traditional dessert is filled with creamy molten savory egg yolk custard that tastes better!
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[Review 4536] Thai desserts @ 曼谷泰菜 Bangkok Thai Restaurant

14/08/2014
曼谷泰菜 Bangkok Thai Restaurant
灣仔駱克道42-50號君悅居2樓
2/F, De Fenwick, 42-50 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/thai-desserts-e2479533

Had a big dinner here and couldn't finish the desserts so took them home.
They were still ok the next morning.
Both had a fragrant coconut taste and smell but I liked the coconut sago because it was creamy with delicious sago pearls.

[Review 4535] Green tea icelolly @ 英王麵包店 A-1 Bakery

14/08/2015
英王麵包店 A-1 Bakery
九龍城賈炳達道128號九龍城廣場LG層9號舖
Shop LG09, Kowloon City Plaza,128 Carpenter Road, Kowloon City
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/green-tea-icelolly-e2479531

After trying the rum and raisin icelolly decided to try green tea even though I didn’t like the sesame icecream and red beans.
This flavour tasted slightly better than the rum raisin because the green tea chocolate coating was not too sweet and tastes better than the white chocolate coating.

To see more on the rum and raisin icelolly, please read:
http://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/%E5%B0%87%E8%BB%8D%E6%BE%B3-%E8%8B%B1%E7%8E%8B%E9%BA%B5%E5%8C%85%E5%BA%97/2475554?tc=MYOR&con=rvw

[Review 4534] Back for lobsters again @ Bisque | Lobster & Champagne

14/08/2015
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/back-for-lobsters-again-e2479530

Back for lobsters again
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After my first visit, I was hooked on the lobster.
This time we had different items to try.

Started off with freshly shucked oysters followed by Classic a la Rockefeller baked oysters.
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I liked the baked oysters because they were really tasty with strong parsley and herbs.

Then we had this huge bowl of lobster bisque which we shared.
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It was rich was a strong lobster taste and it had a lobster claw in it.

After the soup, we had the mini lobster sliders.

These were surprisingly good because the lobster meat was springy and sweet paired with this sauce that was spicy and delicious.

For the mains we had new brunswick lobsters a la wenberg, lobster pieces in creamy brandy sauce on top of butter toasted brioche.
The butter toasted brioches was a bit too rich for my liking.

We also shared the grilled lobster with fresh herbs and garlic butter.

I definitely recommend the lobster sliders and the typhoon shelter lobster!
To read more on the typhoon shelter lobster at this restaurant, please read:
http://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/%E4%B8%AD%E7%92%B0-bisque-lobster-champagne/2468535?tc=sr2rvw&con=rvw

[Review 4533] Sunday brunches @ The Great Indian Kebab Factory

14/08/2019
The Great Indian Kebab Factory 
中環威靈頓街2-8號威靈頓廣場M88 19樓
19/F, M88, Wellington Place, 2-8 Wellington Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/sunday-brunches-e2479250

Previously went here for Saturday lunch buffet and won a $200 cash voucher so decided to use it on the Sunday brunch which costs $148 per person so I went with a friend.
On Sundays, there are more curries and rice and the range is more authentic but they didn’t have my favorite curd rice and rice pudding.
Anyway, the food was still good especially the plain naan, which was great with, curries and dressings they had.
My favourites were the vegetarian curries, which were flavourful but not spicy.
On Sunday you get free refills for drinks but I didn't know that.

[Review 4532] Mix and match noodles @ Noodies

14/08/2015
Noodies
西環西營盤第三街56號福滿大廈地下E舖
Shop E, G/F, Fook Moon Building, 56 Third Street, Sai Ying Pun, Western District
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/mix-and-match-noodles-e2479156

Mix and match noodles
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Found out about Noodies a few weeks ago because I saw pictures of these pretty purple bowls.
I didn’t know it was owned by a friend until a recent post by Elena Kong (江美儀) which made me visit the place asap!
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At Noodies, there are three choices of broth: Laksa, Tom Yum Kung and Pork broth.
The BEST and unique thing here is that you can choose two different types of noodles for an extra $3 more like the way they eat noodles in Singapore but in Singapore they only pair rice vermicelli and egg noodles.
I chose the Laksa broth with a mix of Korean noodles and Shanghai noodles.

It is good that they put the different noodles on different sides.

The Shanghai noodles were thicker in diameter than expected because I thought they were the thin ones and the Korean noodles, which were Korean instant noodles, were yummy because the big curls hang more soup to it.


It was great that I could choose Korean noodles because I am allergic to Korean spices and here they use whatever broth you choose.
I regretted not just getting Korean noodles because they were really nice but then I like this flexibility because you can experiment two different noodles in one go and see which tastes better.
The Laksa broth was quite spicy in my opinion but it was nice.
On another visit, I tried the Tom Yum Kung broth with Shanghai noodles and the broth was quite strong with pungent lemongrass flavouring but the lime was not prominent enough.

Hope to see Buk Kut Teh and Prawn broth soon!
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[Review 4531] Kee Wah 2015 mooncakes @ 奇華餅家 Kee Wah Bakery

13/08/2015
奇華餅家 Kee Wah Bakery
鑽石山龍蟠街3號荷里活廣場2樓226號
Shop 226, 2/F, Plaza Hollywood, 3 Lung Poon Street, Diamond Hill
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/kee-wah-2015-mooncakes-e2479151

Kee Wah 2015 mooncakes
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Kee Wah Bakery is a chain of bakery stores in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the United States, founded in Hong Kong in 1938 by Wong Yip Wing (1911–1999), they are well known in Hong Kong and overseas Chinese communities for their traditional Chinese pastries and delicacies.

It is also famous in the UK because stores in Chinatown would import some and people from HK would send them over. However, in the recent years people have been getting fed up with traditional mooncakes due to health reasons and family sizes are as not big as before.

The traditional sized mooncakes would last you for days because they are quite sickly and during the mooncake season, there are so much mooncakes about that when you share it with people, the chances are that they have already had some.

Before the festival, many bakeries start selling mooncakes which attracts people to buy new and specials flavours for themselves, then nearer the festival, people will start buying mooncakes for others.

Anyway, there are so many varieties at Kee Wah, ranging from traditional to modern ones that there is a mooncake for everyone.

This year have a mix of East and the West with Tea mooncakes such as Earl Grey egg custard mooncake and Jasmine egg custard mooncakes!!

They have also done a joint venture with Ocean Park Conservation Foundation HK where they will donate HKD$5 for every panda themed mooncake set gets sold.
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You can also get a cute panda bag for $1 by spending over a certain amount (see in store for details)

Here is part of the collection from Kee Wah that I got my hands on.

My favourite had to be the cute panda tin and the chocolate custard mooncake.
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Assorted custard mooncakes:
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Mini chocolate custard mooncakes
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The chocolate and custard was really nice with a strong chocolate taste and hints of custard.
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Mini egg custard mooncakes
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The custard was good because it was rich but not too sweet.
As well as traditional mooncakes, Kee Wah has also launched these cute panda mooncakes in a tin tower.
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Assorted Mini Panda Mooncake Gift Box
Assorted mini panda mooncakes:
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mini white lotus with yolk:
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mini yellow lotus with yolk:
This was smooth sweet lotus paste with savoury egg yolk and sweet pastry.
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mini red beans and egg yolk:
The taste of red beans and egg yolk was interesting.
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mini Chinese ham mooncake:
This were crammed with Chinese ham and nuts with a chewy texture and sweet taste.
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