[Review 4923] Dark chocolate and Cherry Jaffa cakes @ Marks & Spencer - Food Department

03/01/2016
Marks & Spencer - 食品部  休息中
Marks & Spencer - Food Department
尖沙咀彌敦道63號iSQUARE國際廣場G3A-G3C及UG3-UG4舖
Shops G3A-G3C & UG3-UG4, iSQUARE, 63 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/dark-chocolate-and-cherry-jaffa-cakes-e2529678

I was feeling peckish after dinner in TST so went to Marks and Sparks.
The Jaffa cake is basically a layer of Genoise sponge base, a layer of orange jelly coated in chocolate.
Discovered the Dark chocolate and Cherry Jaffa cakes so I had to get it because the cherry is a new invention.
The pack was a strange because it was twin packs which didn't really say on the packaging.
All of the packs on the shelf were twinpacks.
Anyway, I couldn't wait to eat the Jaffa cake and it was delicious.
It tastes a bit like a blackforest cake but the cherry jelly was not tart enough.


On the receipt, there is a 10% discount if you share your shopping experience at Marks and Sparks on tellmands which I did because I love shopping at Marks and Sparks but the incentive is rather useless because you have to spend $500-1000 to use that 10% discount.

[Review 4922] Fair deal and cute miniature wontons @ 張媽餛飩

03/01/2016
張媽餛飩
尖沙咀新文華中心地下17-19號舖
Shop 17-19, G/F, New Mandarin Plaza Podium, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/fair-deal-and-cute-miniature-wontons-e2529571

My friends and I were in the area so we had dinner here after looking around.
There were two chicken dishes which made it hard to choose: chicken in wine or shredded chicken.
I chose the shredded chicken because the other choice had bones.
The chicken was really good because it was flavoured by the spring onions, sesame and black coriander seeds that were not too salty and it was not spiked with MSG.
We also had the mini wontons which are just smaller than a Chinese spoon.
As well as wontons, there was seaweed, lettuce and pickled vegetables in the soup.

[Review 4921] Un petit cafe @ Hello Kitty le petit cafe

03/01/2016
Hello Kitty le petit cafe
尖沙咀赫德道2A號地下1號舖
Shop 1, G/F, 2A Hart Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/un-petit-cafe-e2529570

Indeed this is a petit cafe (petit means small in French).
The sofa by the wall is merely a ledge for you to lean on.
Anyway, stopped by on Christmas eve because it was empty and had the apple tea and purple sweet potato macaron.
The tea was quite good because the apple was not too artificial or too sweet.
The macaron was crisp with a nice filling in the middle.

[Review 4920] 100% chocolate @ 文華餅店 The Mandarin Cake Shop

02/01/2016
文華餅店  The Mandarin Cake Shop
中環干諾道中5號香港文華東方酒店閣樓
M/F, Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, 5 Connaught Road, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/00-chocolate-e2529554

Got this box of chocolates as a Christmas gift.
There is a cocoa dusted gnome and two pieces of chocolate on a tray which is also edible.
The chocolate tray was rich and bitter and the other two pieces of chocolate were silky and smooth.

[Review 4919] The last piece of the puzzle @ 聰嫂私房甜品 Chung So Dessert

02/01/2016
聰嫂私房甜品 Chung So Dessert
灣仔大王東街21-23號地舖
G/F, 21-23 Tai Wong Street East, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/the-last-piece-of-the-puzzle-e2529543

Wanchai has everything except a proper dessert place.
Now people can go to Cong Sao Star Dessert which has branched out from Tseung Kwan O.
The English name is rather strange because the Chinese is pronounced "Chung So" so it is funny how it ended up as Cong Sao.
Anyway, perhaps it is another Chinese dialect that I am not familiar with.
Had the Happy paradise which had a bit of everything, the mango was a bit slushy this time but I liked the almond and tea jelly cubes.

[Review 4918] Uji matcha and black sugar charcoal cake @ 東海堂 Arome Bakery Room

02/01/2016
東海堂  Arome Bakery Room
北角電氣道183號友邦廣場地下2號舖
Shop 2, G/F, Aia Tower, 183 Electric Road, North Point
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/uji-matcha-and-black-sugar-charcoal-cake-e2529542

I have always wanted to try this Uji matcha and black sugar charcoal cake which meant I had to get the whole cake.
Now they sell them in slices.
I liked the colourful layers of soft cake with a bitter matcha aftertaste that was not too sweet.
There were opaque Kanten jelly cubes in it.

[Review 4917] Second surprise at Oscar Bakery @ Oscar Bakery

01/01/2016
Oscar Bakery
太子太子道西157號別樹華軒地下15號舖
Shop 15, G/F, Bijou Apartments, 157 Prince Edward Road East, Prince Edward
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/second-surprise-at-oscar-bakery-e2529342

After trying the croissant I decided to go back for the quiches because it could possibly taste nice according to the standard of the croissant I had last time.
Strangely, I have this weird gift of drawing people where I go because this shop was EMPTY when I got there and I find this gift extremely annoying when I go to quiet restaurants to get peace and quiet obviously.
Anyway, there were three quiches spinach, bacon and mushroom so I got the spinach and mushroom.
They also had the latest craze which are the molten cheese tarts in lots of flavours as well as plain cheese.
There was green tea and red bean as well as Durian.
I have tried them before and dont' like them because they are sickly with a weird Chinese style cheese taste.
Decided to get the green tea one anyway.

The quiches were impressive but spinach tasted better because there were not many slices of mushroom in the mushroom quiche.
It was the quiche pastry that impressed me because it was only 7mm thick with a firm but crumbly texture without that weird local Chinese butter taste or smell.
As for the filling, it was so good and tasted like a real quiche with full cheesy and savory flavours and none of that weird Chinese sweetness in it!
To be honest, they don't look appealing at all but they are delicious!
I didn’t expect to like the molten cheese tart but the tart pastry won me again because it was thin and crumbly and the green tea and red bean filling wasn’t overly sickly.