[Review 4930] Oriental mushy peas @ 一碗小麵 Yvonne's noodle

04/01/2016
一碗小麵  Yvonne's noodle
紅磡寶其利街59-67號寶威大廈地下3號舖
Shop 3, G/F, Po Wai Building, 59-67 Bulkeley Street, Hung Hom
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/oriental-mushy-peas-e2530699

I was attracted to this place because of the noodles topped with peas.
There are two different versions according to instagram and openrice.
Openrice has pictures of mushy peas while IG shows whole peas.

There was a set that day so I went for the meat one because I wanted to try the chicken appetizer otherwise the vegetarian would have been fine because I didn’t really want the minced pork that came with the noodles.
Hopefully one day they will offer omnipork as an option to replace the minced pork.
The first plate of spicy chicken was raw and had quite a lot of blood on the bones so changed it with them.
The noodles were good as expected but quite salty and spicy but the spiciness level was acceptable.
On this visit, I was given mushy peas which tasted exactly like minted peas!! Nice!
There is some tea on the table which is explained on the menu.
It doesn't have much taste but the stuff at the bottom of the jar looks like pet food!

[Review 4929] Branch variations and inconsistencies @ 西樹泡芙 Choux Creme

04/01/2016
西樹泡芙 Choux Creme
太古康山道1-2號康怡廣場南座AEON超級巿場地下
G/F, AEON, Kornhill Plaza South, 1-2 Kornhill Road, Tai Koo
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/branch-variations-and-inconsistencies-e2530697

Branch variations and inconsistencies
2016-01-04  348 瀏覽
After having a nice purple potato puff in cwb, I got another one from the Kornhill branch.

This branch is just rubbish.
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The choux puffs here are smaller and filled with less filling.
You can visually see the difference in size and filling.
The choux puff was hard and dry at this branch.

CWB versus Kornhill!

CWB:
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Kornhill:

http://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/%E9%8A%85%E9%91%BC%E7%81%A3-premium-choux-creme/2530693?tc=MYOR&con=rvw

[Review 4928] Purple potato choux crème @ 西樹泡芙 Choux Creme

04/01/2016
西樹泡芙 Choux Creme
銅鑼灣港鐵銅鑼灣站CAB E-6號舖
Shop CAB E-6, Causewaybay MTR Station, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/purple-potato-choux-creme-e2530693

Walked past and saw the new purple potato choux crème so decided to get it.
It was light filled with silky purple potato mash and cream decorated with purple potato cubes.

The sweetness was just right but I didn’t like the crumbs that were coated on the cream puff because it is just weird.

[Review 4927] Chicken shaomai @ 阿媽豆腐花專門店

04/01/2016
阿媽豆腐花專門店
紅磡寳其利街106號黃埔唐樓2A-2F號舖
Shop 2A-2F, Whampoa Building, 106 Bulkeley Street, Hung Hom
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chicken-shaomais-e2530392

After eating in the area, the poster here caught my attention because it was showing these shaomais made of chicken instead of fish or pork.
There were two flavours so I decided to try both.
The flavours are chicken and mushroom or chicken and black pepper where the black pepper one is more expensive.
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Chicken and mushroom:

 0 讚好

The chicken and mushroom had a light taste but it tasted a bit like pork except that it was not as smelly as pork.
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Black pepper and chicken:
This was much nicer and it had firmer texture so it is probably why it costs me but the black pepper was not that strong.
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For dessert had the clear jelly cubes with honey.
They didn't really have any taste so the honey was the main flavour to it.

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[Review 4926] Nth attempt with fate @ 滄浪亭 Tsong Long Ting

滄浪亭 Tsong Long Ting

紅磡蕪湖街111號蕪湖居地下C1號舖

Shop C1, G/F, Wuhu Resdience, 111 Wuhu Street, Hung Hom

https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/nth-attempt-with-fate-e2530391

There is probably a reason why things happen and if it fate that I can't eat something then I shouldn't attempt to eat it.

Previously tried to eat at Tsong long ting.

Tried to go to the Tsuen Wan branch a few years ago but when I got there the shop had permanently closed down.

A year later I tried to go to the Mei Foo branch and there was a god damn power cut that day which meant I couldn't eat it!

Anyway I forgot about this shop until I started checking restaurants in Hung Hom and discovered that it was closely located to some restaurants I had in mind.

The most disappointing item was the noodles with chicken and vegetables because the noodles were too soft and you could see short strands of noodles on top which are leftovers when they did the previous bowl of noodles.

The broth just tasted like savoury milk but very bland and the chicken was overnight quality with a foul taste.

I am not vegetarian but since most restaurants serve meat that is not fresh, I end up not eating meat or choosing the vegetarian version.

The other bowl of noodles was slightly better but it looked like there was a layer of frothy saliva or phelgm on it!

The only item that was fit to eat was the crispy spareribs which was coated in this delicious sweet and sour sauce.

However if this shop was in the UK, it would failed the basic hygiene because chipped crockery must not be used and this bowl was chipped on three places.

[Review 4925] All day breakfast on New Year's Day @ 麥當勞 McDonald's

03/01/2016
麥當勞  McDonald's
將軍澳常寧路2號TKO Gateway西翼1樓W102號舖
Shop W102, 1/F, West Wing, TKO Gateway, 2 Sheung Ning Street, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/all-day-breakfast-on-new-years-day-e2530298

All day breakfast on New Year's Day
2016-01-03  131 瀏覽
It was nice that Mcdonald's served all day breakfast on the 1st of January because some people like me will always skip breakfast because it is too early.
I tried the Chef's Special which is slightly different to their usual breakfast.
The Chef's special has toast, bacon, hash brown, baked beans, and scrambled egg.

The new items in the Chef's breakfast are toast and baked beans.
Although the bacon appears to be new, it is found in the bacon and cheese croissant served at McCafe and to me it is actually ham but their croissant is called Bacon and Cheese croissant according to their menu.
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Here was my breakfast:
Everything tasted good especially the scrambled egg which was fluffy with some runny yolk.
The toast was interesting, it was toasted on one side only.
Portions were tiny compared to others seen on social media especially the baked bean!
For drinks I tried the new purple rice soymilk and to be honest I think it tastes like purple potato soymilk.
I wonder if anyone agrees with me here.

[Review 4924] Purple potato buns at Eat East @ 波仔 Eat East

03/01/2016
波仔 Eat East
樂富聯合道198號樂富廣場UG2樓215號舖
Shop L215, UG2/F, Lok Fu Shopping Centre, 198 Junction Road, Lok Fu
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/purple-potato-buns-at-eat-east-e2529684
Walked past and saw these purple buns so decided to get them.
They microwaved them for me.

The bun was very wet on the top and bottom but the texture of the bun was very chewy.

The purple potato filling was quite dry but not too sweet so I liked it.
They had double chocolate cake which was confusing because there are two pictures on the box.

I believe it is meant to look like the cake on the left so perhaps they should have used two chocolate bars or two pieces of chocolate on the right to illustrate double chocolate instead of using another chocolate cake!