[Review 4771] A breadwinner @ Le Fournil

02/11/2015
Le Fournil
九龍城福佬村道49A-D號地下3號舖
Shop 3, G/F, 49A-D Fuk Lo Tsun Road, Kowloon City
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/a-breadwinner-e2507799

A breadwinner means a person who earns money to support the family which is similar to the ricebowl in Chinese which means income.
I like this place because their bread is a winner with a great smell and taste because they use French flour.
I was attracted to this place because of the Forever friends bear and the fact that they had a sweet potato flavoured macaron previously posted on their FB.
They are selling Forever Friends cookies and the British theme is my favourite because of the flavours, as well as cookie sets they have single flavours in store.

Cute mini scones:

Bread and bakery:
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Clearly, this is a popular bakery in Kowloon City because it was jam packed with people captivated by the pretty cakes.
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There is a gelato cabinet with lots of captivating flavours such as Earl Grey, Pistachio, Fig, Balsamic, Basil etc.

I settled for some green tea cakes and some savory buns.


Although the cakes were good, I was impressed with the bakery because they were filled with lots of filling unlike other local brands and tasted superb as well.
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Green tea with lychee:


A light and refreshing cake with a balanced green tea and lychee flavour without being too sweet.

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Green tea opera:


A delicously layered cake that is not too sweet flavoured by the green tea chocolate on top.
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Salmon and herbs:

There was so much filling in it!

The filling had a strong flavour loaded with so much Thyme that you can see but the bun had a strong Hokkaido milk taste which was a bit sweet.

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Mediterranean beef bun:

Again, this was crammed with so much beef and big cubes of beef which has a strong appetizing sundried tomato flavour.


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[Review 4770] Shanghainese grub in Sheung Wan @ 匯一小廚

01/11/2015
匯一小廚
上環蘇杭街91號地下
G/F, 91 Jervois Street, Sheung Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/shanghainese-grub-in-sheung-wan-e2507751


Shanghainese grub in Sheung Wan
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At first I didn't know this place served Shanghainese food because the green characters looked Vietnamese style.
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It didn't appeal to me at first because I didn't know they had rice dishes not shown on the menu outside.
Anyway, randomly tried this place because my friends were in the area and discovered they had other dishes as well as noodles.

The place was a bit old and grubby.
One of the waiters was amusing because he yawns all the time loudly!

Anyway the food was ok, you get soup and two bowls of rice.

The tofu was good even though it was the cheapest ingredient they had because the gravy was light but tasty.

The sweet and sour fish was a bit too sweet.

The noodles were disappointing because they looked delicious but it had a strong akaline taste and the salted meat came with cubes of fat which I threw away but the meat itself was nice and salty.


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The bill: $1xx

[Review 4769] How many scoops can you handle? @ Emack & Bolio's

01/11/2015
Emack & Bolio's
中環閣麟街26號地舖
G/F, 26 Cochrane Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/how-many-scoops-can-you-handle-e2507723

A famous icecream connoisseur has hit HK and obviously popular with never ending queues day and night.
There are so many flavours of icecream and cones to choose from.
As well as icecream they have SWEET TREATS to satisfy chocolate cravings.
Inside the icecream parlour:
The record number of scoops is TEN but I decided to have THREE.


Top scoop: deep purple cow = blackberry, black and white chocolate
Middle scoop: Serious chocolate addition -  chocolate and chocolate sauce
Bottom scoop: Cake batter

Only took two photos because it was dripping and the strong forces of gravity were attacking it.
The icecream was sweet and thick with chunks of chocolate in it and gooey sweetness.

Anyway, I will be back again to try other flavours.

[Review 4768] Back for pukka pies @ Chip In Fish & Chips Bistro

01/11/2015
Chip In Fish & Chips Bistro
九龍城侯王道2B地下
G/F, 2B Hau Wang Road, Kowloon City
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/back-for-pukka-pies-e2507708

I know I have commented on this place more than once but I dine here because they serve British food just like The Cabin.
You will only find me commenting more than once if it serves British food which is my comfort food.

Finally had the cheese and onion pukka pie because it was sold out last time.

The pie came with mash drizzled with Bisto gravy and spring onions, sweetcorn.
At first I was a bit annoyed with the ketchup but it turned out quite nice because they don't use Chinese ketchup which is sweet and weird.

Next the mash was good because it was bisto gravy and the spring onions gave it a nice grassy taste.

Last but not least was my delicious pie which I left last to eat because it is my favourite.
The pie was really crispy with molten cheesy filling with a hint of paprika.

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