[Review 4744] Heart to Heart with Cute dimsums @ 點點心思 Heart to Heart

27/10/2015
點點心思  Heart to Heart
灣仔軒尼詩道219號
219 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/heart-to-heart-with-cute-dimsums-e2505617

Went here because the dimsums looked creative and cute.
They have steamed taro buns filled with molten taro paste.
steamed pandan sponge cake
Beancurd rolls in tomato sauce
Came here twice because I really liked it.
On the first visit, I had just had dinner so I tried each of the buns I ordered and the rest I took home.
They tasted surprisingly good the next day!
The durian puff was really good because it had real durian in it but the pastry was a bit too thick.
The taro bun was a bit too sweet and the filling was not runny.
On the second visit, I had the rice with abalone sauce, but I didn't like the egg fried rice because it overpowered the gravy and abalone flavour.
The fried croquettes were not that good because the skin was too thick.
The steamed pandan cake was really good, it had a fragrant pandan taste yet it was not too sweet.
The beancurd roll in tomato sauce was healthy but could be tastier.
The prawn dumplings were cute.

[Review 4743] Blueberry yoghurt series @ 東海堂 Arome Bakery

26/10/2015
東海堂  Arome Bakery
鑽石山龍蟠街3號荷里活廣場3樓318號舖
Shop 318, 3/F, Plaza Hollywood, 3 Lung Poon Street, Diamond Hill
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/blueberry-yoghurt-series-e2505616

Blueberry yoghurt series
2015-10-26  184 瀏覽
Arome bakery has launched a new blueberry yoghurt series with tarts, rolls and dessert cups.
I wanted to get the blueberry yoghurt roll but it was sold out so I got the yoghurt cup.
It was nice that the texture was thick and not like weird gelatin pudding but the taste was a bit strange because it didn’t taste like yoghurt.
The taste was more like thick sour cream with sweetness or sour clotted cream with a sweetness.
Basically it was heavy thick cream.
There is a difference between Yoghurt and cream.
After mixing the blueberry at the bottom, the sour cream taste was better disguised.
Although it failed as a dessert, the sour cream/clotted cream would go well with scones if you ignore the slight sourness to it.

[Review 4742] Thick duck broth @ 十八座狗仔粉

26/10/2015
十八座狗仔粉
深水埗福榮街88號地舖
G/F, 88 Fuk Wing Street, Sham Shui Po
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/thick-duck-broth-e2505614

This place is famous for the doggie noodles with the first branch in Jordan and now they have branches everywhere.

Although I have not tried it, I tried their modern joint in Causeway Bay called GUM JENG for other snacks but not the soup.
Went here and tried the duck soup for $20 which is really cheap and it was quite a big bowl.
It was really nice, basically thick gravy in my definition with fine strands of duck in it.
Personally I would rather dip chips in it.

The soup was loaded with shredded black fungas, duck and glass vermicelli, which has been soaked in soup for too long because the glass vermicelli was fat like angel hair!
It was quite salty so I really think it could go with rice or chips and it would be good if the duck meat wasn’t disintegrated into silk because it makes the soup look cloudy.
They had this other option of soup with duck leg which seems messy to eat but duck and gravy should taste nice.

[Review 4741] Weak broth but spicy enough @ 川味美食

26/10/2015
川味美食
深水埗福榮街60號
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/weak-broth-but-spicy-enough-e2505613

Randomly went here because I was in the area and the place that serves lovely instant noodles with liver was closed.
The noodles here are either served in broth or mixed with sauce but the choices are not that flexible because you can’t mix and match the broths with different noodles or I must have misinterpreted the menu.

Anyway, it was fairly cheap costing $20/$21 so it didn’t matter if it wasn’t good.
The one with ramen noodles with too spicy.
The flat noodles fared better.
When it arrived, it was too hot, so all you could taste was the chili.
After it cooled down, you could taste the pork broth but it was weak with a weird mint taste as well.
The broth could have been better hence tastier noodles but for that price its forgivable.

[Review 4740] Dinner sets at Check-In Taipei @ Check-In Taipei

26/10/2015
Check-In Taipei 
中環蘇豪荷李活道27號地舖
G/F, 27 Hollywood Road, Soho, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/dinner-sets-at-check-in-taipei-e2505193

Tried the dinner set at Check-In Taipei


Here was what we had:
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Started with the starter which consists of chicken waffle, ping pong and crispy knuckle.

The chicken waffle was was really good, it was crispy chicken paired with appetizing pineapple on a sweet piece of waffle.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
For drinks I had the lemon aiyu which was refreshing with delicious jelly at the bottom.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
I loved the Mapo noodles because it was my favourite fettucine noodles with spicy tofu on top.
A brilliant pairing.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
The other main was creamy risotto with pork belly slices and the pork belly was thin and crispy just like bacon.
Although it looked like a rice pudding, the risotto was savoury and nice.


★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
creme brulee:

Ended the meal with this sweet creme brulee which had a nice eggy taste.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆