[Review 4782] Not just Chinese roast @ 好燒味 Good BBQ

06/11/2015
好燒味  Good BBQ
中環皇后大道中39號地下2號舖
Shop 2, G/F, 39 Queens Road Central, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/not-just-chinese-roast-e2509673


Li Yuen Street East is becoming a popular street for modern eateries hidden behind the market stalls.
There is GOOD BBQ which is a modern roast shop that has other dishes as well as roast with an EXCELLENT English menu because it states clearly that you can choose lean or fatty roast pork.
The food boxes really appealed to me because they were modern and chic.

Sadly, the slow roasted pork was sold out so I got the sides which were just as good.
Ended up getting two tubs of roasted okra with spices in Szechuan chili oil.
It was delicious okra in a sweet vinegary sauce with crispy roasted coriander seeds in it.
Luckily, it wasn't very spicy.
For drinks, I got a bottle of New Zealand mineral water because the bottle was nice.

[Review 4781] Pacific Coffee Xmas treats 2015 @ 太平洋咖啡 Pacific Coffee

05/11/2015
太平洋咖啡 Pacific Coffee
尖沙咀廣東道3-27號海港城海運大廈2樓OT249K號舖
Shop OT249K, 2/F, Ocean Terminal, Harbour City, 3-27 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsu
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/pacific-coffee-xmas-treats-e2509605


Pacific Coffee Xmas treats
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I was mainly captivated by the cherry tart and ended up getting other stuff.
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Lemon and almond finger:
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These were long strips of crispy puff pastry coated with lemon and almond slices.
It tasted like Lemon Puffs with an extremely buttery taste so cookie lovers will like this.
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Cherry pie:
Got the cherry pie because I love cherries but it seems like a hybrid between a pie and tart.
It’s more like a tart because it has weird a custard layer beneath the cherries which doesn’t make it a pie, while it looks visually like a pie, the pastry was tart pastry which was hard buttercrust.
Anyway, the custard ruined the taste and made it too sweet hence it didn’t taste like a pie.
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Strawberry vanilla cake:



The chocolate sponge was good but the vanilla mousse was a bit sweet like white chocolate and there was not much strawberry taste.
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[Review 4780]Chinese cuisine again @ 天福軒 Joy Luck House

05/11/2015
天福軒 Joy Luck House
樂富聯合道198號樂富廣場3樓3106-09號
Shop 3106-09, 3/F, Lok Fu Shopping Centre, 198 Junction Road, Lok Fu
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chinese-cuisine-again-e2509603
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Chinese cuisine again and it is a traditional Chinese thing to rinse the cutlery in hot water because the restaurants give you dirty cutlery.
In this case, the spoon was dirty with bits stuck on it.
The beef was really salty and oily and the only thing I liked was the Chinese terrine.

[Review 4779] Cantonese style Hakka cuisine @ 客家好棧 Hak Ka Hut

05/11/2015
客家好棧  Hak Ka Hut
九龍灣牛頭角道77號淘大商場四期地下F229-240號舖
Shop 229-240, G/F, Phase 4, Amoy Plaza, 77 Ngau Tau Kok Road,
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/cantonese-style-hakka-cuisine-e2509601


Cantonese style Hakka cuisine
2015-11-05  507 瀏覽
Chinese cuisine again and it is a traditional Chinese habit to rinse the cutlery and bowls in hot water because the restaurants give you dirty cutlery. Had the set dinner which is a con because they have really weird stuff like fried cuttlefish fishballs which they just buy and fry!
The sharks fin soup was a bit weird with strange pieces of white worms which were shredded pieces of pork that have been marinated in flour.
I liked the platter because of the tofu but it was a bit sweet and the rice was weird because it had sweetcorn in it as well.
Customer service was not that good and they were understaffed.

[Review 4778] Another Chinese Tea option @ 文博軒 Heritage Tea House

04/11/2015
文博軒 Heritage Tea House
上環太平山街4號地下
G/F, 4 Tai Ping Shan Street, Sheung Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/another-chinese-tea-option-e2508596


Discovered this teahouse the other day while I was looking for lunch.
The Heritage Teahouse is the same one as Shek Kip Mei serving a variety of teas that cost around $40 with no service charge which is pretty good.
They have various teacups on display.
I chose the Monkey picked Iron Buddha which had a grassy taste but it didn't seem to taste strong enough.
I will definitely come back again for tea.

[Review 4777] Cream puffs from Sushi take out @ 爭鮮外帶壽司 Sushi Take-Out

04/11/2015
爭鮮外帶壽司 Sushi Take-Out
荃灣青山道210號富華中心1樓3A-3B號舖
Shop 3A-3B, 1/F, Fou Wah Centre, 210 Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/cream-puffs-from-sushi-take-out-e2508595

Apart from Marks and Sparks, you can’t really get good cream puffs or chocolate eclairs.

The closest cheap craving I could find was this cream puff from Sushi Takeout.

Unfortunately the puff was a bit dehydrated so the texture was dry like weird Styrofoam and the cream inside was Chinese fake cream which was a bit sweet but almost there.

[Review 4776] Chicken Schnitzel and chips from News Room @ The News Room Diner

03/11/2015
The News Room Diner
鰂魚涌糖廠街33號地舖
G/F, 33 Tong Chong Street, Quarry Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chicken-schnitzel-and-chips-from-news-room-e2508494

It seems that food less than $50 in Quarry Bay won’t taste good.
Went to News Room which has now become a takeaway joint for chicken Schnitzel and chips but the chicken was dry and there was no cheese in the middle.
The fries were a bit salty and they put salt and black pepper in it by default, which ruined it.

I would have chosen fish and chips but the fish were already fried and sitting there to be re-fried again.