[Review 4646] Seafood mania @ 肥妹燒烤小食

19/09/2015
肥妹燒烤小食
大澳街市街21號地下
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/seafood-mania-e2491618

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 and they are also famous for fermented prawn paste. 0 讚好

This was a shop on our list which I have tried before.
Prices can be pricey but the squid with wasabi was good and the clams are good if they are in season.

[Review 4645] Refreshing lemon tea at Tai O @ 其記

19/09/2015
其記
大澳吉慶街8號地下
G/F, No. 8 Kut Hing Street, Tai O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/refreshing-lemon-tea-at-tai-o-e2491617

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 routes.
Tai O is a lovely town on water which is themed as a Chinese Venetian with stilt houses on water.
They are also famous for fermented prawn paste.

其記 was one of the shops on our list and I was really chuffed because I have tried it before and the lemon tea is fantastic.
The lemon tea here is unique compared to others served in Hong Kong.
It contains no lemon slices which give off a bitter taste due to the lemon peel.
When I saw reviews of this strange looking lemon tea I just had to try it, and it tastes just as good as the Lemon Tea at Greyhound.

The price of the lemon tea is cheap compared to Greyhound.
I rarely order Lemon tea in Hong Kong because the tea that they use is not my cup of tea and for cold lemon tea, you need to request for no syrup or less syrup because the standard ones are far too sweet but after requesting, it usually ends up far sweeter than it should.
As well as the taste, the appearance of the tea looks like tea with a few drops of milk added to it and some lemon bits floating about served in a glass with a straw.
It was interesting watching them make the lemon tea because they make it like cocktails where they add various liquids and pour from one glass to another ensuring the lemon tea cocktail is mixed thoroughly.
On the table, there was an interesting bowl of water with a metal pot inside.
The water is like a moat so that ants drown before they can get to the sugar!!
Hence the name gik say ngai in Chinese.

[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.
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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.
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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.
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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.