[Review 4662] Kung Fu hotpot! @ 金功夫點心火鍋 Kung Fu Deluxe Dim Sum Hot Pot

23/09/2015
金功夫點心火鍋 Kung Fu Deluxe Dim Sum Hot Pot
北角堡壘街6-8號華康大廈地下B舖
Shop B, G/F, Wah Hong Mansion, 6-8 Fort Street, North Point
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/kung-fu-hotpot-e2493252

Kung Fu hotpot!
2015-09-23  2145 瀏覽
Kung Fu started off serving dim sums but now they have Kung Fu hotpots which is basically a hotpot restaurant.
There are two broths which are worth trying, the chicken with sharks fin and the Chiu chow style rice broth which we tried and there is a choice of fish or crab.
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After trying the fish, I felt that crab would be a better choice because there are no bones and scales that get in the way when you eat.
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As well as broths, they have the much loved beef, dumplings and meat balls and other small dishes to nibble on when you are waiting for your friends.

Starters:
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Beef
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golden eggs with black fungus
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Truffle dumplings

crab sticks
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Fish maw


Squid

Lucky pouches

Crispy tofu rolls

Crisp sweet Chinese cabbages if you blanch them quickly.


Crispy fried fish skin

The inside of the restaurant looks a bit like an air raid shelter.

They also have their own home made XO Sauce.

[Review 4661] Great pastas again @ 薩莉亞意式餐廳 Saizeriya Italian Restaurant

22/09/2015
薩莉亞意式餐廳  Saizeriya Italian Restaurant
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心1期地下C16-24號舖
Shop C16-24, G/F, MCP I, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/great-pastas-again-e2493250

Went to Saizeyria for a quick dinner.
Ordered a salad, pizza, baby squid and pasta.
The salad was good as it usually is and the portion seemed big.
Tried the new baby squid in basil sauce, which was a bit disappointing because the sauce was thick and sweet like the localized Japanese squids.
The pasta was al-dente with a strong squid ink taste.

As for the pizza, it was a wrong choice choosing the buffalo cheese because it becomes rubbery but the pizza base was delicious.
The water dispenser was pathetic because it is hard to get a trickle out of it let alone a cup of water.

[Review 4660] Creamy cheese tart @ Maxim's Cake Lab

22/09/2015
Maxim's Cake Lab
灣仔軒尼詩道145號安康商業大廈地下2號舖
Shop 2, G/F, On Hong Commercial Building, 145 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/creamy-cheese-tart-e2493248

This shop used to be Maxim's but now this new shop with a blue front called Cake Lab has replaced it.
Although it looked European and modern, it is actually by Maxim's as well.
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Thanks to MungKK, I got to try these cheese tarts which are the same ones as the ones I tried at the new Maxim's bakery cafe in TKO.
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The cheese tarts were creamy and the liquid cheese is light as whipped egg white which gets heavier towards the bottom of the tart complimented by a dense buttery tart base.

[Review 4659] Molten cheese tart @ Bakery Café by Maxim’s

22/09/2015
Bakery Café by Maxim’s
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心1期2樓241, 250&251號舖
Shop 241, 250&251, 2/F, MCP l, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/molten-cheese-tart-e2493247

Tried the cheese tart at this new place where you can either sit down or takeaway.
It is best eaten straight away because it is hard to carrying it as the cheese will just spill all over the place because it is liquid.
One of the tarts survived and remained photogenic !!

Cream cheese lovers will like this but I prefer it to be savoury.

[Review 4658] Good until I found….@ 滋味屋

21/09/2015
滋味屋
西灣河筲箕灣道57-87號太安樓地下A32A號舖
Shop A32A, G/F, Tai On Building, 57-87 Shau Kei Wan Road, Sai Wan Ho
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/good-until-i-found-e2492519

Got the rice with a choice of two dishes, spicy tofu and the tomato and egg.
The spicy tofu was indeed spicy and you could taste the chili but it was bland and lacked flavour.
The tomato and egg was really good, there was a natural tomato taste which was appetizing and tart but inevitably, there is colouring in the food because the egg was a solid orange colour.
I was almost finishing the food until I found ....

[Review 4657] Retro snacks as well as the famous pizza @ 大澳小食

21/09/2015
大澳小食
大澳吉慶街70號
70 Kat Hing Street, Tai O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/retro-snacks-as-well-as-the-famous-pizza-e2492518

Retro snacks as well as the famous pizza
2015-09-21  763 瀏覽
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.
大澳小食 was one of the shops on our list and I was really chuffed because I have tried it before twice for the Chinese pizza and fried shellfish.
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Tai O's yummy chinese crepes n da BEST CHIPS in HK (april 2011)
http://www.openrice.com/en/hongkong/review/tai-o-%E5%A4%A7%E6%BE%B3%E5%B0%8F%E9%A3%9F/2159427
Your healthy dose of Chitosan and gourmet food (Dec2012)
http://www.openrice.com/en/hongkong/review/tai-o-%E5%A4%A7%E6%BE%B3%E5%B0%8F%E9%A3%9F/2276924

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This time we had the Chinese pizza again which was still delicious as the first two times I had it.
Basically they are similar the the crepes at Mr Bing.
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We also had these retro snacks called YAU CHEE that are hard to find in HK these days because no one does them.


I have tried them before but it was at the Tsing Yi opera food stall.

The retro snack here is really good because there is not much batter and the rest is juicy grated Chinese radish and shrimps.

It tasted really nice and reminds me of an Indian Pakora!!
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We also tried the fried fish which was 100% edible including the head, bones and tails~

[Review 4656] Smelly Margarine @ 豪華餅店 Hoover Cake Shop

21/09/2015
豪華餅店 Hoover Cake Shop
九龍城衙前圍道136號
136 Nga Tsin Wai Road, Kowloon City
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/smelly-margarine-e2492295

Smelly Margarine
2015-09-21  1076 瀏覽
I was still hungry so got a Flower roll from thiis place.
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The woman was quite annoyed because I didn't buy more.

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The Flower roll is made with bits of pandan cake, chocolate cake, cream and walnuts which are obviously cake scraps and leftover cake bits when they make the cakes.
Anyway, it was rather dry and the margarine was really smelly that it was still on my hands and it washes off with difficulty!

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The bill: $8