[Review 5098] Great food as well as a great club @ 粵桂樓 Yuet Kwai Resturant by Fovea

06/03/2016
粵桂樓 Yuet Kwai Resturant by Fovea
中環蘭桂坊德己立街30-32號加州大廈2樓
2/F, California Tower, 30-32 D'Aguilar Street, Lan Kwai Fong, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/great-food-as-well-as-a-great-club-e2550786

I like FOVEA because they have decent dance lights for clubbing.
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Upstairs, they serve food and it was pretty good.
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Here was what we had:
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Jellyfish:

Big chunks of jellyfish seasoned with fragrant spring onion and sesame oil.
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Spicy beef tendon terrine:
The spicy flavour was nice but the texture was too chewy for me.

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Chinese pork terrine:
張果佬肴肉
Not sure what the English is for this type of pork but it tasted like salted pigs knuckles.
Again, the jelly is quite chewy.

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Soup of the day (beans and fish 赤小豆粉葛堡鲮魚):

A very concentrated soup which I found it quite sweet with a salty aftertaste.
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Smoked egg with caviar:

This was quite nice because the egg had a strong wine taste with a creamy thick runny egg yolk.
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Tofu:

A nice vegetarian dish with tofu, yellow fungas and hard tofu.
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Prawns in strawberry sauce:

I don't normally like strawberry sauce but the sauce here tastes natrual and not cloyingly sweet like artificial strawberry syrup.
The prawns were fresh and springy.
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Typhoon shelter style crab claws:

I was surprised this was really nice because the batter was light infused with spices but you could still taste the sweetness of the crab.
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[Review 5097] Latin food debuts in Hong Kong @ Picada

06/03/2016
Picada
中環蘇豪伊利近街16號地下A舖
Shop A, G/F, 16 Elgin Street, Soho, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/latin-food-debuts-in-hong-kong-e2550464

Latin food debuts in Hong Kong
2016-03-06  2142 瀏覽
I was so glad I came here for lunch because I have never had Latin food before and there is live Latin beats which make it fun to dine there.

I liked their wooden cutlery.

Anyway, I had the lunch set which basically lets you sample most of the things on the menu.
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Chimmichurri quinoa salad:
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I love Chimmichurri anything because it is so refreshing and Chimmichurri quinoa was really appetizing and the shrimp they put in it was fresh and springy.

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Sancocho:
For soup, they had Sancocho which is South American Stew.
It was the vegetarian version so I really liked it, it was light yet flavourful with lots of vegetables in it.+++++
Empanadas:
These are fried dumplings served with sauce.
I have tried similar versions before at a Philipino joint and a Jamaican joint.
Anyway, these were filled with beef and tasted great with the sauce provided which is a bit like Chimmichurri.

On the side, there was Yuca which is a root vegetable that tastes like Taro.

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arepas rellenas:
These were Corn flour based pockets filled with chicken that look similar to roujiamas.
They were light and filling


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For dessert, we finished with fruits.

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[Review 5096] Red as lipstick @ L'Eclair de Genie

05/03/2016
L'Eclair de Genie
金鐘金鐘道88號太古廣場2樓中庭
Park Court, 2/F, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/red-as-lipstick-e2550458

A few weeks ago I tried to get some eclairs but the sales were really pushy and annoying.
The craze has died off a bit and the people at the till were not the pushy ones so I got an eclair.

I chose the No. 20 Rouge Baiser because I liked the glistening fondant.
It was filled with dark chocolate cream with raspberry puree which was quite nice but a bit too rich and sickly for me.

[Review 5095] Value for money cream puffs @ 英王麵包店 A-1 Bakery

05/03/2016
英王麵包店 A-1 Bakery
灣仔皇后大道東183號合和中心地下Taste超級市場內
Taste Supermarket, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/value-for-money-cream-puffs-e2550457


Value for money cream puffs
2016-03-05  449 瀏覽
Walked past and saw some new items so had a look.
The cream roll looked good but $148 is a bit expensive for just cream.
The cream puffs were only $25 for 4, available in four flavours packaged in a nice box.

The four flavours are:
-chocolate
-custard
-caramel and almonds
-mixed berries

I got the the caramel and almonds.
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They were too soft to handle which made it difficult taking it out of the box.
Anyway, they were extremely delicious and not too sweet with quite a bit of filling inside that is waiting to burst out.

[Review 5094] Charcoal and purple sweet potato Swiss roll @ 東海堂 Arome Bakery

05/03/2016
東海堂 Arome Bakery
鑽石山龍蟠街3號荷里活廣場3樓318號舖
Shop 318, 3/F, Plaza Hollywood, 3 Lung Poon Street, Diamond Hill
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/charcoal-and-purple-sweet-potato-swiss-roll-e2550454

The black and purple Swiss roll looked quite striking so I got it.
The purple sweet potato filling was quite thick and starchy while the charcoal roll was like eating cake with fine sand in it.
I wasn't keen on this Swiss roll.

[Review 5093] Taro oreo McFlurry @ 麥當勞 McDonald's

05/03/2016
麥當勞  McDonald's
銅鑼灣禮頓道77號禮頓中心地庫B2號舖
Shop B2, Basement, Leighton Centre, 77 Leighton Road, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/taro-oreo-mcflurry-e2550451


Taro oreo McFlurry
2016-03-05  458 瀏覽
Got the Taro oreo McFlurry because it was new.
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The colour was not as purple as the product shot.
The taste was quite nice and tastes like taro icecream but it was quite sweet and sickly so if there was oreo in it, then it would have been really sweet.