[Review 5417] $98 tea set! @ Mango Tree

29/07/2016
Mango Tree
尖沙咀柯士甸道西1號ELEMENTS圓方金區2樓2032號舖
Shop 2032, 2/F, Metal Zone, ELEMENTS, 1 Austin Road West, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/98-tea-set-e2625062

I thought I heard it wrong when my friend told me about this $98 tea set but it really exists.
At Mango tree, they are doing this light set where you can choose the snack platter or sweet platter with a drink and it only costs $98.

If you are feeling hungry, you can choose both the sweet and savoury platter with the drink for only $128.
The deal is pretty good as the restaurant is quite relaxing with a good view when it is not too sunny or raining.

As I had a big lunch before coming here, I chose the dessert platter and a drink.
The drink was difficult to choose because all the choices looked good.
In the end I went for the Trio frozen smoothie because it was colourful with crunchy colourful pieces at the bottom which taste like water chestnuts.


All the items were pink and pretty.

My favourite was the strawberry puff because the strawberry slices were sweet paired with delicious strawberry mousse.

The strawberry layered pudding was interesting because you don't often get strawberry flavours in Thai cuisine.

[Review 5416] Italian food at Cadenza @ 大公館 Greater China Club

29/07/2016
大公館  Greater China Club
荔枝角長義街9號D2 Place 1期10樓A號舖
Shop A, 10/F, D2 Place One, 9 Cheung Yee Street, Lai Chi Kok
4https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/italian-food-at-cadenza-e2625054

At the Greater China Club, they now serve Italian dishes at Cadenza.

We went there for dinner and here was what we had.

Started with tartare which looks like your usual beef tartare but in fact, it is vegetarian made with tomatoes with a secret recipe sauce.
I really liked it because I love tomatoes and the secret sauce tasted like Lea Perrins Worcester sauce which gives it that sweet, sour and spicy punch with a hint of dark colour that makes it look like beef.
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Next we had deep-fried cepes risotto “Arancini” which were filled with beef cheek ragout black truffle sauce topped with foam.
Personally I liked it because the beef cheek has a lovely texture and it was like eating rich beefy riceballs.
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Then we had fresh Oysters (Left to Right)
United States – American Pearl
France – Gillardeau
Australia – Sydney Rock
The oysters were fresh and my favourite was the Sydney rock which is the saltiest.
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Next were the scallops with fresh almond, apple and black truffle dressing.
A great dish on a summers day.
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For the mains, we had Maine Lobster risotto with deluxe lobster jus, Papardelle with tomato braised beef and Black Truffle Spaghetti.
The papardelle was my favourite and the Black Truffle Spaghetti was quite strong in flavour.

Maine Lobster risotto with deluxe lobster jus

Papardelle with tomato braised beef
Black Truffle Spaghetti

We also had the Black Augus Gold Label Australia Rib Eye (14 oz) which was lean, soft and juicy.

Finished with these flattering desserts which were beautifully presented.
The best one was the surprise egg which has a chocolate egg shell, mousse egg white and a runny yolk centre.

“Piña Colada” in our way
(for coconut lovers)

Caramel Panacotta with Carmelized almonds
(quite sweet)

Cadenza Surprise Egg

For drinks, I had the Pineapple Mojito which had a strong taste of fresh mint leaves.
The pineapple taste could have been stronger.

[Review 5415] Avocado soymilk smoothie @ Papillon Caffe

29/07/2016
Papillon Caffe
灣仔皇后大道東183號合和中心17樓1701-1705號舖
Shop 1701-1705, 17/F., Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/avocado-soymilk-smoothie-e2624793

I needed something cold to drink so went here.
There were so many smoothie choices but the one that caught my attention was the avocado and pear.
As I don't like pear, they were able to blend it without and it was blended with soymilk.
They don't put any sugars in it which is why they paired it with pear so that it makes the drink sweet.
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The avocado smoothie was really good, it was extremely thick as it was mostly avocado and it was nice that they gave me a spoon to stir it.
It was like drinking a blended icy avocado so it was nice and cooling with a lovely savoury taste.

[Review 5414] Curry fix @ 醉串 Skewed

29/07/2016
醉串 Skewed
銅鑼灣謝斐道440號駱克大廈B座C2地舖
Shop C2, G/F, Lockhart House Block B, 440 Jaffe Road, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/curry-fix-e2624791

Curry fix
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Went here for some curry and they basically serve the Japanese style curry in a stone bowl.
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It wasn't spicy but flavourful and appetizing on a hot day.
The portion was quite big so I didn't finish it all.
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The pork cutlet was nice and lean with a crisp coating.

[Review 5413] Dining right in the middle of LKF @ 'Ciao Chow - Italian Cafeteria

29/07/2016
'Ciao Chow - Italian Cafeteria
中環蘭桂坊德己立街30-32號加州大廈地舖
G/F, California Tower, 30-32 D'Aguilar Street, Lan Kwai Fong, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/dining-right-in-the-middle-of-lkf-e2624789

I was too lazy to walk any further for dinner so stopped right here for dinner.
It was right in the middle of LKF.
The restaurant was big with an open kitchen.

For drinks, we had the Pineapple sage collins and the aged balsamic punch.
The pineapple sage was slightly spicy because there was black pepper in it.
Strangely, the aged balsamic punch tasted like coke because the vanilla and fig made it sweet.

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Started with the Gorgnozola Piemontese:
This was pieces of bread with Piemontese blue cheese layered with Mascarpone.
I absolutely loved it and needed more bread because the cheese was brilliant.
The bread was a bit like naan, some parts of it were crispy and some parts were chewy.

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Next we had two salads.
The first was Funghi which was brown mushrooms, arugula, celery, parmigiano reggiano dressed in vinaigrette.

The salad was quite grassy.
Then we had Panzanella which was cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, capers, olives, basil, grilled bits of garlic bread drizzed in extra virgin olive oil.
I liked this salad because it was full of flavours from the tomatoes, capers and olives.

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For pizza, we had a basic Margherita which had San Marzano tomatoes, garlic, oregano and extra virgin olive oil.
Although it was simple, the tomatoes made it really delicious because they were quite tart.
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Our last main was the pasta which was more like bouillabase soup.
It had Sardinian petit pasta (Pastina) which are like cute pasta pellets with a firm texture.


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For dessert we finished with Tiramisu which was very creamy.

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[Review 5412] Consistently delicious at Sooo vegi @ 素食主意 Sooo Vegi

28/07/2016
素食主意  Sooo Vegi
北角電氣道254-280號華凱大廈A座6號舖
Shop A6, Wah Hoi Mansion, 254-280 Electric Road, North Point
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/consistently-delicious-at-sooo-vegi-e2624771

Came here for a quick fix before having tea with friends.
I had the Mexican roll because it was nice and light on a hot day.
The roll was wrapped with avocado, vegetarian meat sauce, kidney beans, purple onions, sour cream and tomato sauce.
It was consistently delicious as the first time I tried it because it was packed with flavours.

[Review 5411] Chocolate Black Tea Frappuccino again @ 星巴克咖啡 Starbucks Coffee

27/07/2016
星巴克咖啡  Starbucks Coffee
佐敦彌敦道378號彌敦酒店地下A舖
Shop A, G/F, Nathan Hotel, 378 Nathan Road, Jordan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chocolate-black-tea-frappuccino-again-e2623935


Starbucks have launched two new tea frappuccinos, the Double Chocolate Green Tea Frappuccino and Chocolate Black Tea Frappuccino.
I ordered the Chocolate Black Tea Frappuccino which has a layer of Earl Grey tea jelly at the bottom topped with black tea frappuccino blended with Kenyan tea leaves and chocolate java chips.
This is the best frappuccino I have ever had because there is a strong Earl grey flavour as well as chocolate and the jelly at the bottom is really nice.

Next time I will get the bigger size.