[Review 4933] Cherry dessert cup at Saint Honore @ 聖安娜餅屋 Saint Honore Cake Shop

05/01/2016
聖安娜餅屋  Saint Honore Cake Shop
中環皇后大道中138號威享大廈地下1號舖
Shop 1, Ground Floor, V Heun Building, 138 Queen's Road Central, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/cherry-dessert-cup-at-saint-honore-e2530851




I love Cherries so got the new cherry dessert cups.
According to the label, the cherries come from Australia.

They use fresh cherries so they still have stones in the cherry, which they don’t warn you about especially children.

Although it tasted good, it was not worth $20 because it was just two layers of chocolate sponge, two layers of cheap cream, chocolate curls, preserved cherries in the middle and two fresh cherries on top.

[Review 4932] Pork trotters braised in Galangal ginger @ 尖仔記麵食 Jian Zi Ji

05/01/2016
尖仔記麵食 Jian Zi Ji
紅磡崇潔街8號地舖
G/F, 8 Sung Kit Street, Hung Hom
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/pork-trotters-braised-in-galangal-ginger-e2530825






This was not on my eat list in HH but when I saw they had pork trotters in galangal ginger sauce on the menu, I had to try it because not many places do this.
When it came, the pork trotters did not look appetizing because of the colour but there was a really fragrant galangal ginger smell.
The gravy was thick and viscous which was delicious with the rice and the skin and meat came off the pork trotters easily with a delicious galangal ginger taste to it.

[Review 4931] Hard potatoes @ 叁薯 Three Potatoes

04/01/2016
叁薯 Three Potatoes
旺角水渠道30-32A號美星樓地下5號舖
Shop 5, G/F, Mei Shing House, 30-32A Nullah Road, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/hard-potatoes-e2530705





I was quite surprised 3 potatoes was recommended in the Michelin guide because HongKongers don’t really eat potatoes.
Anyway, I was keen on trying it because I love baked potatoes and there are not many places that do decent potatoes in HK.

I never really made an effort to try this joint because you have to eat it on the streets or find a spot to eat it which is difficult in polluted Mong Kok.
What makes it worse is there is a bin close bellowing out second hand smoke.
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Finally tried it because they had a pop store at Metro City.
I tried the baked potato with sour cream and bacon and I wanted to try the twice baked potato which is not what the name suggests because the potato is filled with mash on top which is why it is called twice baked potato.
Anyway, the potato was quite disappointing because it was hard and not fluffy and silky like it should be.
The sour cream and onions were nice but it would be nicer if it had real cheese but no complaints on that because I would rather have a potato with a lovely soft and fluffy texture.
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The cone was fun to eat because they made it look like an icecream, there were other flavours as well such as bacon and cheese but they topped it with marshmallows and sprinkles which is super weird.
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Made an effort and went to Prince Edward to have the Chinese potato rosti which is evidently Chinese style because the texture was exactly shredded potatoes (TudouSi) 土豆絲 topped with sour cream.
Not impressive because it was nothing like a rosti but the gorgeous sour cream brought back memories of Ireland's potatoes which packed up in the end!

[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
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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:

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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 7821] Kaya toast @ 一粥麵 Super Super Congee & Noodle

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