[Review 5314] Playful buffet @ PLAYT 咖啡廳

02/06/2016
PLAYT 咖啡廳  營業中
PLAYT
銅鑼灣告士打道310號柏寧酒店1樓
1/F, The Park Lane Hong Kong, 310 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/playful-buffet-e2596460


So much has changed since my last visit.
PLAYT pronounced PLATE lets you have fun with your buffet where you can play and arrange your food for a photo contest for a free buffet.
For more details, see the flyer on the desk).
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The environment is spacious with an urban street style and industrial touch to it.
I love the artwork on the walls especially the entrance with the simple white paint and colourful dots.





There are various open kitchen theatres serving a good range of food.

Fresh seafood:



Carvery:


Spanish suckling pig:

Indian selection:

Dim sum and Chinese dishes:




Paella and squid ink pasta:


Sushi:


Home-made gelato:



Desserts:


Celebrating PLAYT's opening from June, the buffet restaurant is proud to present a special Mangalica pork experience to delight gourmet lovers.
Mangalica bone-in ham (Cured for 24 months), savoury sausages, flavourful salami and juicy Mangalica bone-in pork loin.




While most people go for seafood and oysters, as an expat I love my carbs so I went for the Indian rice, pastas, potatoes and carvery vegetables first.

After satisfying my carb cravings, I went on to the Chinese dishes such as lobster and efu noodles and pork trotters in sweet vinegar.



Each diner is given this stylish pot which has seacucumber, fishmaw and duck feet in delicious gravy.



Lobsters crammed with roe.

Anyway, it was time for dessert and their homemade flavours were impressive.
They had dragonfruit, mango and pomelo, raspberry cheesecake, vanilla m&ms, foie gras and cherry and Chinese moutai wine icecream.

To summarize, I really liked the foie gras flavour because it was savoury and the moutai was an interesting pick.
The eclairs were deliciously cute.

I can't wait to come back again because I love their stylish decor and creative dishes.









































[Review 5313] Improved menu @ Holy Crab Bar and Restaurant

02/06/2016
Holy Crab Bar and Restaurant
中環蘭桂坊8-11號昌隆商業大廈3樓
3/F, Cosmos Building, 8-11 Lan Kwai Fong, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/improved-menu-e2595977

Since the last visit, the menu has improved and there are more choices.
I had the holy crab linguine which was a simplistic pasta with no fuss.
It was basically linguine tossed with lots of crab which you can see and the sauce had a natrual crab taste with a hint of saffron.

It was good that they didn't use any strong creamy sauces or tomato based sauces which would over power the crab.
For some reason I have an addiction for veggie burgers so I had that as well and I liked this one is because it was topped with refried beans.
The veggie patty was made with cheese, rice and other veggies which were quite filling and you get two patties in a dusted bun.

For drinks we had the lemonade and lemon garden which were both freshly made.
The lemon garden was quite nice because it had fresh ginger but the ginger fibres were a bit too woody and got in the way as you drank it.

The lemonade was refreshing.






[Review 5312] Back for the supper buffet again @ The Lounge

02/06/2016
The Lounge (香港JW萬豪酒店)  休息中
The Lounge (JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong )
金鐘金鐘道88號太古廣場香港JW萬豪酒店大堂
Lobby Level, JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/back-for-the-supper-buffet-again-e2595971

Back for the supper buffet again
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Within two days I was back on the 30/4/2016 for the supper buffet because it was that good.
Most of the dishes were the same except for dessert and the cheeses.
That night, the blue cheese was cut into cubes and they had feta cheese which wasn't there on the 28/4/2016.
I was hoping to have apple crumble again but that night it was pear tart.
The apple crumble I had on the 28/4/2016:
http://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/superb-supper-buffet-e2577608

They had coconut pudding which wasn't there before so I tried it.

The abalone was really good so I had it with rice and put abalone gravy on it and it tasted fantastic.
The prawn dumplings were also amazing because the dumpling skin was translucent and held together nicely.








[Review 5311] Rice burger @ 麥當勞 McDonald's

02/06/2016
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/rice-burger-e2595966

A few years ago in 2013, they had the Rice Fun Wrap [Chicken].
http://www.openrice.com/en/hongkong/review/mcdonald-rice-fun-wrap-chicken-e2293916

Now they have the FAN-Tastic burger which has a crispy chicken patty in the middle with scrambled egg.
I don't know why but the rice fun wrap was tastier.
The rice here was a bit too heavy and dry and I didn't like the scrambled egg because it was too sweet and there was sweetcorn in it.







[Review 5310] Yi-ming's Botanic Fantasy Fashion Show at Zuma @ Zuma Hong Kong

02/06/2016
Zuma Hong Kong
中環皇后大道中15號置地廣場5樓501-503號舖
Shop 501-503, 5/F, The Landmark, 15 Queen's Road Central, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/yi-mings-botanic-fantasy-fashion-show-at-zuma-e2595957

Went to Yi-ming's Botanic Fantasy Fashion Show 2016 which was held at Zuma.
After the show, there was FOOD~!
I loved the sushi rolls especially the creamy avocado and salmon.
The cucumber and sesame one was good too.
They were so good that you can't stop eating them.






[Review 5309] Great pizzas but poor attitude @ 歌柏絲意大利餐廳 Grappa's Cellar

01/06/2016
歌柏絲意大利餐廳 Grappa's Cellar
中環康樂廣場1號怡和大廈地庫1號舖
Basement 1, Jardine House, ,1 Connaught Place, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/great-pizzas-but-poor-attitude-e2595232






Went here for lunch because I love their pizzas.
Had the pizza al salsicca which is topped with delicious bits of crumbled meat and pepperoni.
The pizza base was soft and airy while the toppings were strong and flavourful but a bit salty.
The only thing I didn't like was the attitude because they make it an issue if you don't order much.

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