[Review 4644]Light and dreamy egg puffs @ 大澳餅店 Tai O Bakery

19/09/2015
大澳餅店  Tai O Bakery
大澳吉慶街66號
66 Kat Hing Street, Tai O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/light-and-dreamy-egg-puffs-e2491616

It was an honour and a pleasure to join the Tai O food tour held by Tai O Heritage hotel because we got to try different joints in the lanes of Tai O.
There were three groups so each group tried different shops marked on their routes.

Tai O is a lovely town on water which is themed as a Chinese Venetian with stilt houses on water as well as being famous for fermented prawn paste.

Our first stop was Tai O Snacks which are famous for Chinese pizzas and fried crusteans.
Then we tried this famous bakery a few doors away for the sugar and cinnamon puffs which are called Chinese donuts.

The appearance is basically the same as the Tai Cheong donut but they taste amazing because they are light with a crispy surface and the amount of sugar is just right.
The puff is soft and chewy like a fried dough stick but it is light and airy like a choux puff.

[Review 4643] Quite nice @ 黑鉄屋 Kuroganeya

19/09/2015
黑鉄屋 Kuroganeya
灣仔大王東街3-5號地下B舖
Shop B, G/F, 3-5 Tai Wong Street East, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/quite-nice-e2491613

Came here because I like eating in Wan Chai and quite a few of my friends said this place was good.
I liked it because they have chicken broth.
There isn't an English menu but I had the one with shredded pork which was much nicer and lean.
The egg was perfect and the egg yolk was fluid.
I didn't think I was going to like the noodles but they turned out to be nice because they were egg noodles and hung the soup nicely.

[Review 4642] Brunch at ÉPURE @ ÉPURE

18/09/2015
ÉPURE
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/brunch-at-epure-e2491603

Brunch at ÉPURE
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Tried the four course brunch at $398 that is served Saturdays and Sundays from 12-3pm.

Started off with elegant and dainty amuse bouche, followed by bread and butter.


For drinks I had tea because I love tea and it was brewed with tea leaves and not the tea bag.
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★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
taboule au homard +$38:
lobster and spelt berry salad, cucumbers and salad leaves
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Started off with this refreshing salad of lobster slices on top of finely chopped cucumbers herbs and spelt berries.
The salad was crisp and juicy which was great for whetting the appetite and the herbs were fragrant but not too strong.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
la soupe de tomate d'antan:
chilled heirlom tomato veloute, aubergine compote, basil and crispy Nyons olive bread shaving.
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The soup was the next appetizer that made us hungrier because the tomato was quite tart while the aubergine compote mellowed it out.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
roast chicken:
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For the roast chicken, there was white meat and dark meat, both were good especially the white meat which had perfectly roasted skin attached.
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The salad which looks simple was plainly nice because there was not much dressing yet it was slightly salted and tasted great.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
dessert:
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Finished with this lovely dessert that had light and smooth caramel icecream.
As well as sweet choices, you can also choose cheese because they have famous cheeses from France.
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The petit fours had an interesting bite which had marshmallow in the middle coated in chocolate.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
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[Review 4641] Food is good but PFC and MSG is stronger @ 海南雞專門店

18/09/2015
海南雞專門店
西灣河筲箕灣道57-87號太安樓地下A32B號舖
Shop A32B, G/F, Tai On Building, 57-87 Sau Kei Wan Road, Sai Wan Ho
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/food-is-good-but-pfc-and-msg-is-stronger-e2491240

I have always wanted try this but there is always a long queue.
Seized the chance because the queue was short.
I ordered the chicken with liver but he put gizzards in the bowl, luckily the lady who took my order realized and told him which wiped the smile off his face.
Since it was already there, I got the gizzards as well for an extra $5 which put the smile back on his face!!
The portion was slightly bigger than my expectation but the PFC smell was stronger than the chicken, ginger puree and the rice was the worst because it had the strongest PFC smell and taste.
The ginger puree as you can see was very stringy and old!
The rice and liver on the edge was the worst because it was literally intoxicated with PFC.
To be fair, if they had not used the PFC bowl and MSG, it would have been amazing because I was thirsty the whole afternoon.
I know $25 for the food is really cheap but it should be safe to eat.

[Review 4640] Golden Bauhinia mooncakes @ 金紫荊粵菜廳 Golden Bauhinia Cantonese Restaurant

18/09/2015
金紫荊粵菜廳  Golden Bauhinia Cantonese Restaurant
灣仔博覽道1號香港會議展覽中心博覽商場
Expo Galleria, Hong Kong Convention And Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/golden-bauhinia-mooncakes-e2491237

Thanks to Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre​ for sending over some mooncakes.
The mooncakes were in a lovely satin purple and green box which has a ribbon at the top.

Inside were two mooncakes: Double yolk white lotus seed paste mooncake and Black date paste and walnut mooncake.

[Review 4639] Kung Fu Mooncake @ 功夫點心 Kung Fu Dim Sum

17/09/2015
功夫點心  Kung Fu Dim Sum
尖沙咀廣東道33號中港城2座平台4號舖
Shop 4, Promenade Level of Tower 2, China Hong Kong City, 33 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/kung-fu-mooncake-e2491230

As well as sweet potato, black sesame mooncakes are becoming popular too.

Tried the Kung Fu mooncakes from Kung Fu dimsum which are cute mini mooncakes filled with dense sweet black sesame paste and salted egg yolks!

Great for anyone with a sweet tooth!

[Review 4638] Curly wurly rice noodles @ Noodies

17/09/2015
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/curly-wurly-rice-noodles-e2491201

On my last visit I said I would come back for the Korean noodles so I did, but this time they had some new curly rice vermicelli so I tried it as well.
The vermicelli was interesting because they were curly and hung more soup while the texture was al dente .
As for the Korean noodles, they used a different brand on this visit so I was slightly disappointed.
The brand they used before was NongShim which is not round shaped like this one.