[Review 5302] S'mores Frappuccino @ 星巴克咖啡 Starbucks Coffee

29/05/2016
星巴克咖啡 Starbucks Coffee
中環7號碼頭地下E號舖
Shop E, Lowe Deck, Pier 7 (Star Ferry), Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/smores-frappuccino-e2593384

The S'mores Frappuccino is made with Marshmallow-infused whipped cream, milk chocolate sauce, a creamy blend of vanilla, coffee, milk and ice and finished off with more marshmallowy whipped cream and a graham cracker crumble.
I ordered mine without the coffee and requested extra light so it was dreamy and with a light sweetness.
It would be great if there were real marshmallow pieces in the drink.

[Review 5301] Spoilt for choices @ Arcane

29/05/2016
Arcane
中環安蘭街18號3樓
3/F, 18 On Lan Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/spoilt-for-choices-e2593062

Spoilt for choices
2016-05-29  1474 瀏覽
Arcane is headed by Australian chef Shane Osborn who used to work at Michelin starred Pied-a-Terre in London attained during his time there.
I love the open kitchen where you could see them do their magic.
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The menu is really good and it is on their website as well so you can see what dishes they serve before you go.
There are quite a few vegetarian choices as well as meat choices which made it hard to decide as I wanted to try almost every dish.

To begin, I was given sourdough with butter which was a great start as it was soft with a lovely crispy edge.
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Started with Japanese fruit tomato with homemade ricotta, pinenuts, rocket and sherry vinegar dressing.
This was simple and delicious because the sauce was sweet and the pinenuts gave it a lovely nutty flavour along the tomato and ricotta.
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Pan fried langoustines, roast broccolini, girolle ragout, crisp garlic:
The langoustines were sweet and springy paired with my favourite roast broccolini which are a hybrid of broccoli and Chinese kale!
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Pan fried veal sweetbread, jerusalem artichokes, crisp new season onion, crushed peas, truffle jus:
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This was a huge piece of sweetbread and this is not often on the menu so I had to try it.
The texture of sweetbread is a bit like liver so it is quite rich but it came with sweet crushed peas and crisp onions which gave it a lovely roast onion flavour.
It would be great if they sliced the sweetbread into two pieces as one big piece makes you feel guilty!
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For dessert I had the Warm chocolate tart with whipped hokkaido cream, macadamia nuts and guinness ice cream.
The icecream was lovely and the chocolate tart was soft and rich.
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The food was paired with 2012 Jean-Philippe Fichet Bourgogne Blanc Vieilles Vignes.
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I really liked the food and plan to come back for the gnocchi, tortellini and other vegetable dishes.

[Review 5300] Panfried Vegetable dumplings: @ 八方雲集鍋貼水餃專門店 Bafang Dumpling

28/05/2016
八方雲集鍋貼水餃專門店 Bafang Dumpling
將軍澳調景嶺彩明街1號彩明商場擴展部份地下259號舖
Shop 259, G/F, Extension, Choi Ming Shopping Centre, 1 Choi Ming Street, Tiu Keng Leng, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/panfried-vegetable-dumplings-e2592697

Panfried Vegetable dumplings:
2016-05-28  348 瀏覽
I was still hungry, so went here for dumplings.

panfried Vegetable dumplings:
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The filling was moist with a nice crunch filled with carrots, cabbage, black ear fungus and burdock.

[Review 5299] 2016 Kee Wah Bakery rice dumplings @ 奇華餅家 Kee Wah Bakery

28/05/2016
奇華餅家  Kee Wah Bakery
尖沙咀麼地道66號尖沙咀中心UG54-57A號舖
UG54-57A, UG/F., Tsim Sha Tsui Centre, 66 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/2016-kee-wah-bakery-rice-dumplings-e2592691


2016 Kee Wah Bakery rice dumplings
2016-05-28  293 瀏覽
It is the time of year when shops are selling Zongzis to celebrate dragon boat festival.
I dread this time of the year because of the hot summer to come.
Anyway, Kee Wah have come up with a variety of dumplings with healthy quinoa and a sweet one made with Osmanthus and Purple Sweet Potato.
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Rice Dumpling with Osmanthus and Purple Sweet Potato:
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The new sweet dumpling is quite creative as it is made with the fragrant osmanthus and purple sweet potato which is the current trend in most sweet recipes.
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There are lots of red beans in it as well.
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Basically a sweet dumpling loaded with goodies.
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Quinoa Rice Dumpling with Pork Floss:
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As well as traditional rice dumplings, this is for the health conscious made with Quinoa.
 1 讚好

With the pork floss, it has a sweet tone to it.
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Chinese Ham and Supreme Dried Scallop Rice Dumpling with Two Yolks:
The size of the zongzi was comparatively bigger than the other ones and it was like a Kinder surprise dumpling because it was loaded with surprises!
I loved the five spice powder and double egg yolks which gave the overall dumpling extra saltiness.
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Betty's XO Sauce Rice Dumpling with Pork Belly:
Ingredients: Glutinous rice, pork belly, xo sauce (garlic, shallot, chinese ham, dried shrimp, red pepper, dried scallop, dried shrimp).
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This was my favourite because it was spicy which makes the sticky glutinous rice more appetizing.
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[Review 5298] Suzie Wrong cocktail @ Eyebar

27/05/2016
Eyebar
尖沙咀彌敦道63號iSQUARE國際廣場30樓3001號舖
Shop 3001, 30/F, iSQUARE, 63 Nathon Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/suzie-wrong-cocktail-e2592646

Went to eyebar to try their new Suzie Wrong cocktail which comes with a tumbler to take home.
As well as the cocktail, they had nibbles.
I loved the dark chocolate with crispy Iberico ham because the saltiness went nicely with the chocolate.

[Review 5297] Fried prawn dumplings @ 南海一號 Nanhai No.1

27/05/2016
南海一號  Nanhai No.1
尖沙咀彌敦道63號iSQUARE國際廣場30-31樓3001及3101號舖
Shop 3001&3101, 30/F-31/F, iSQUARE, 63 Nathon Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/fried-prawn-dumplings-e2592640

Went to a cocktail party at Nanhai no.1 and they had these fried prawn dumplings which are normally steamed.
The fried version is much better because it is crispy filled with springy prawns in the middle.

[Review 5296] Tasteless @ 有暉車仔麵餐廳

26/05/2016
有暉車仔麵餐廳
新蒲崗彩虹道242號采頤花園商場地下
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/tasteless-e2592055

Congee is always recommended when people are sick because it is tasteless and oil free.
I think flat rice noodles are good too when you are sick as they are tasteless as well.
I went to this joint because the noodle shop opposite was rude.
As I didn't know you could order plain noodles I ordered a noodle with a topping and when I gave them my order sheet they said minimum order was three toppings so I added two more to the list.
Anyway, when it came, there were only two items and it cost $28 which I don't know how they calculated it.
After I told them, there were only two items they put a third item in and changed the bill to $29.
I found the noodles tasteless even though the broth had a strong MSG taste.
The curry potatoes were not my cup of tea because it was just sweet and spicy.
I really disliked the chicken feet as well because they were just fried frozen chicken feet which were tasteless and the texture was weird.