[Review 4704] Freaky pumpkin pie @ 麥當勞 McDonald's

15/10/2015
麥當勞  McDonald's
北角英皇道460-470號樂嘉中心地下5A號舖及地庫
Shop 5A, G/F&B/F, Roca Centre, 460-470 King's Road, North Point
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/freaky-pumpkin-pie-e2502330

McDonald’s have launched a pumpkin pie for Halloween.
Inside the pie it was filled with vibrant orange custard like filling.
The pumpkin filling did not taste bad and it had pieces of pumpkin in it but they were a bit too hard with a slight raw taste.
I wish they added cinnamon to the filling and then it would taste more like American pumpkin pies.

For burgers, there was the pineapple cajun burger but in Chinese it was called Pineapple black pepper burger.
Anyway, you could see lots of black pepper on the chicken but luckily the coating was heavily coated in cajun powder.
The initial taste was really good because it tastes like southern style chicken was cajun flavouring but the black pepper really spoils it.\

[Review 4703] Bathing chicken 一流一沖涼雞 @ 一流一海南雞外賣專門店

15/10/2015

一流一海南雞外賣專門店 改名為 珍寶海南雞專門店a
北角書局街12-18號樂嘉中心地下1A號舖
Shop 1A, G/F, Roca Centre, 12-18 Shu Kuk Street, North Point
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/bathing-chicken-%E4%B8%80%E6%B5%81%E4%B8%80%E6%B2%96%E6%B6%BC%E9%9B%9E-e2502329

Ordered the bathing chicken 沖涼雞, which is literally what the menu says in Chinese.
It turned out really nice but shame the rice was rubbish because I got a mix of extremely hard dry rice as well as mushy congee.
As for the chicken, it tasted really good because the sauce was not spicy as it looked yet it had a strong vinegar and garlic taste just like the shandong chicken at this restaurant in Wan Chai.

[Review 4702] Now showing food @ 彌敦左岸 Nathan Left

15/10/2015
彌敦左岸  Nathan Left
尖沙咀赫德道5-9號德裕中心地下及1樓
G/F & 1/F, Hart Avenue Plaza, 5-9 Hart Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/now-showing-food-e2501969

Went here because it looked like a typical British cinema where they have Cinema lettering in red and black against the white background with lines.

The picture below is a photograph taken by me at Whitechapel in London showing the Genesis Cinema.

Here is Nathan Left.

The menu looked pretty good so went there for dinner.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Started with the Alaska crab leg with mango papaya salad $168.


It looked exactly like the product shot.
There were two Alaska crab legs with crabmeat that were ready to eat, it was tasty with a strong sea salt taste.
The salad was nicely presented with a layer of papaya at the bottom, then lettuce on top, then mango and more crabmeat on top.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Smoked salmon pizza $128:

The pizza was had my favourite ingredients, there was salmon, anchovies and mushrooms which all give a great flavour especially with the saltiness of the anchovy and the smokiness of the salmon.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Roasted whole US game hen chicken with lemon and thyme with a choice of black pepper sauce, cep's mushroom sauce and gravy $148.

The chicken was really good because it was tender and juicy but I could not taste any lemon or thyme however it came with sauces so it didn't really need lemon and thyme.
It was hard choosing the gravy but the cep's mushroom sauce is really good with pieces of mushrooms in it.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Seafood squid ink risotto $148:

Lastly, I had the risotto which was topped with quite a variety of seafood including salmon, prawn, mussel and clam.
The quality of the seafood was good because they were not frozen ones and the mussel was soft and sweet.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
For drinks I had the Kiwi mocktail which was blended with real kiwi and it was not too sweet.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
There is a stage for local performers who are looking for a venue.
On Monday nights it is Chinese and English music and on the weekends there are other Asian bands.
For more details, please ask the restaurant who will be happy to answer your questions.

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[Review 4701] Coconut mooncake @ 天然齋 Green Veggie

15/10/2015
天然齋 Green Veggie
上環德輔道中254號金融商業大廈1樓A-B室
Room A-B, 1/F, Finance Building, 254 Des Voeux Road Central, Sheung Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/coconut-mooncake-e2501966

It's nice to get non traditional mooncakes made with mooncake pastry and not the white pastry.
The one here is a coconut mooncake, inside it was filled with shredded coconut that was quite dense and not too sweet.
That's quite a lot of coconut in this mooncake!!

[Review 4700] PUB GRUB by Gordon Ramsay @ London House Gordon Ramsay

14/10/2015
London House Gordon Ramsay
尖沙咀麼地道66號尖沙咀中心G5& UG 15號舖
Shop G5 & UG 15, Tsim Sha Tsui Centre, 66 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/pub-grub-by-gordon-ramsay-e2501960

This is Gordon Ramsay’s second restaurant in HK, with the first being Bread Street Kitchen in Central.
Although I love British food, I still haven’t tried the first yet.
London House is down to earth, facing the Harbour situated in East TST facing the harbour.
It is very lively with DJ’s and bands playing on the weekends and bank holidays and serving popular pub grub such as Fish chips, Bangers and mash, Shepherds pie and grilled items.

Tried the crispy whitebait which was very crispy but perhaps a little overdone for the coating but the fish inside was silky.
Anyway, I need to come again to experience the full English Pub grub experience by eating more mains.

[Review 4699] Warm polite staff @ 太田茶餐廳

14/10/2015
太田茶餐廳 Tai Tin Restaurant
西灣河太祥街7號興祥大廈地下G號舖
Shop G, G/F, Hing Cheong Building, 7 Tai Cheong Street, Sai Wan Ho
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/warm-polite-staff-%E5%A4%AA%E7%94%B0%E8%8C%B6%E9%A4%90%E5%BB%B3-e2501844

Warm polite staff @ 太田茶餐廳
2015-10-14  395 瀏覽
This joint is always filled with people at lunch.Decided to check it out and the staff were warm and friendly.


The food was ok, the egg was the best.

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

Egg with prawns and tomato:
 0 讚好

The egg was really good because it was light and fluffy but it was different to how I interpreted it to be.

I was expecting prawn and egg in tomato sauce and not fresh cubes of tomato, which didn’t really give it any tomato flavour.

++++++++++

Spicy chicken:


Basically the chicken was chicken bones, chopped up chicken wings and joints that were chunky so it looked like a dish of chicken.

Taste was ok but not spicy enough and it was bit oily.

+++++++

Rice:

Quite hard

++++++++

Soup:
 0 讚好

Ok, no msg

++++++++

$48 was reasonable for the egg but a bit pricey for chicken bones with not much chicken on it.

[Review 4698] Honey coffee @ Honey Granny

14/10/2015
Honey Granny
九龍城賈炳達道128號九龍城廣場UG18號舖
Shop 18, UG/F, Kowloon City Plaza, 128 Carpenter Road, Kowloon City
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/honey-coffee-honey-granny-e2501841

Honey coffee @ Honey Granny
2015-10-14  543 瀏覽
Previously Honey Granny only served softserve but now they have drinks and icedogs as well.
For drinks there were quite a lot of options such as chocolate honey.
Had the honey coffee.
Basically it tasted like canned grass jelly water mixed with honey infused into it.