[Review 4772] Sinmei Matcha Afternoon Tea set @ 川善茶居 Sinmei Tea

02/11/2015
川善茶居 Sinmei Tea
上環永樂街50號昌盛大廈5樓
5/F, CS Tower, 50 Wing Lok Street, Sheung Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/sinmei-matcha-afternoon-tea-set-e2507835

Tried Sinmei's matcha afternoon tea which is new.
There are scones, Lamingtons, yoyos and topped waffles served with jam, matcha ganache and my favourite magic green sauce that is found in the Hakka thunder tea.
All my favourite sweet treats with a strong matcha taste.

As well as the tea, they are serving Hibiscus tea, Yuzu Australian black tea and the Matcha latte with fresh honeycomb flown from Brisbane's Bee One Third while stocks last.
My favourite was the hibiscus tea because it tastes natural compared to other places and the Yuzu Australian black tea goes well with sweet honey too.
Yuzu Australian black tea with honeycomb:
The matcha latte and honey is also good with that delicious foam cap on top.

[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