[Review 5440] Back again for more scrumptious food @ QMO

11/08/2016
QMO
灣仔船街4號地舖
G/F, 4 Ship Street, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/back-again-for-more-scrumptious-food-e2629762

Back again for more scrumptious food
2016-08-11  243 瀏覽
Previously went myself so didn't try much so went with friends on this visit and tried more stuff.

Started with the Crystal bread which was yeasty as well as crispy with appetizing tomatoes on top.
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Next we had baby shrimps, tomatoes and olive oil caviar which was another appetizing dish to share.
The baby shrimps were sweet and tasty.
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The octopus carpaccio was topped with potato foam and Idiazabal cheese.
It was quite light in taste because the cheese was not strong enough.
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The Quinoa baby vegetable salsa was quite sweet in taste.
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Moving on to the mains, we had the French Hake, Clams with Asparagus.

The Dutch mussels were amazing and a must order because they were fresh and sweet.

The seafood Paella was a nice dish to share with chopped pieces of seafood in it.

The Presa - Iberico pork shoulder is a must order because the pork is lean and juicy and the mash that comes with it is not your ordinary mash, it was thick and stickily runny like melted white chocolate.

Here were the desserts we had:

The cheesecake was nice because I couldn't taste the lemongrass and the honey foam on top was divine.
The other dessert that I liked was the chocolate because it was soft chocolate spongecake contrasted by the coffee.

Lemongrass cheesecake, walnut and honey foam

Egg waffle, peanuts and passion fruit sorbet

rum "baba", coffee, melty chocolate

[Review 5439] Fizzy drinks @ 果感生活 Passion Drink

11/08/2016
果感生活 Passion Drink
西貢敬民街9號高勝樓地下13號舖
G/F, 13 Ko Shing House, 9 King Man Street, Sai Kung
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/fizzy-drinks-e2629724

Went to Sai Kung again because couldn't go to Kowloon due to the stupid transportation and I was getting bitten by fleas while waiting so decided to go into SK for a drink instead.
On this visit, I had this really nice fizzy vegetable drink which had kale, orange juice and apple.
It was quite sweet because of the orange but it was such a treat having a fizzy juice drink with REAL juice.
I feel a little guilty though because it was the first time she made it and I hope the sodastream still works.

[Review 5438] Drinks with passion @ 果感生活 Passion Drink

11/08/2016
果感生活 Passion Drink
西貢敬民街9號高勝樓地下13號舖
G/F, 13 Ko Shing House, 9 King Man Street, Sai Kung
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/drinks-with-passion-e2629570

Drinks with passion
2016-08-11  149 瀏覽
I was unlucky on the first visit because they closed early that night so I ended up going to SK for nothing.
Went another day and it was open.
Had the salted lemon drink which was nice and fizzy but I would have preferred it without sweeteners.

[Review 5437] A taste of Brooklyn @ Brooklyn Bar and Grill

11/08/2016
Brooklyn Bar and Grill
中環蘇豪士丹頓街29號地舖
G/F, 29 Staunton Street, Soho, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/a-taste-of-brooklyn-e2629444

When you get off the escalators and walk along Staunton Street, you simply can't miss this brightly decorated joint on the corner.
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You will find lots of people taking selfies there because it looks really good.

Brooklyn Bar & Grill serves American comfort food but also serves other dishes to accommodate the city.

Sadly I missed lunch because they have pulled pork pie which I will come back for another day.
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I had mussels which were just as good!
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The sauce looked really creamy but it was not and there were so much chopped vegetables in the white wine garlic sauce which went deliciously with the toasted bread that had cheese on it.
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As well as the mussels I really liked the sauce because strangely I could taste cheese and it was so good, I requested for more bread but without the cheese this time to properly soak up the sauce as there was so much of it that I was tempted to drink it like soup.
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Finished off with my favourite tea, I was really surprised they had it as most bars don't have tea and they had quite a few teas to choose from.
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Coming back for the pie soon!

[Review 5436] The world is mad for garlic @ Mad for Garlic

09/08/2016
Mad for Garlic 
銅鑼灣勿地臣街1號時代廣場食通天11樓1104號舖
Shop 1104, 11/F, Food Forum, Times Square, 1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/the-world-is-mad-for-garlic-e2628875

Mad for Garlic is a garlic themed restaurant where every dish has garlic in it, even the desserts has garlic as well.

It is franchised from Seoul, Korea.

I don't normally eat in Korean eateries because everything has kimchi but Mad for garlic doesn't.
Comparing the decor, the Hong Kong restaurant is too bright and not goth enough because Hongkongers are a bit scared of the dark side.
Ordered steaks because they looked good and I could pretty imagine the taste of the garlic tower so I didn't try it.

Both steaks were good, the tenderloin was meaty and tender while the rib eye steak was juicy and soft but too fat in some parts.
To be honest I could have finished the two steaks to myself!

Emmental garlic tenderloin steak:
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It was all good apart from the cheese because it was grilled to the point that it was like hard plastic and just lifted off the steak.
The size of the steak was quite small.

grilled rib eye steak with herbs and cheese gratin:
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The steak was soft and juicy and the cheese gratin was actually potato mash but the butter taste was a bit too strong but after putting salt on it, the taste was amazing.
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It seems they were in a hurry to get the plates back because they insisted to collect the plate when there was still some food on it.

[Review 5435] Heavenly curry @ Chautari Restaurant

08/08/2016\
Chautari Restaurant
上環皇后街1號熟食市場1樓CF6號舖
Shop CF6, Food Market, 1 Queen's Road, Sheung Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/heavenly-curry-e2628598

Discovered this place after dining at Tsang Kee.
I saw some Indian expats having the saag paneer and it just looked delicious so I came back to try the curry.
As it was dinner, I got the spinach and lamb curry with naan.
I was so glad to have ordered the naan because it was fluffy and the crispy parts were delicious as well.
The curry was also bloody delicious because the spiciness was just right and the texture of the spinach was like whipped creamy spinach.
Ended up ordering more naan because there was quite a bit of curry left.
After I finished the meal, I didn't feel any bloating like you get from other Indian restaurants.

[Review 5434] East Ocean mooncakes x Twinings tea pairing @ 東海薈 East Ocean Seaview Restaurant

07/08/2016
東海薈 East Ocean Seaview Restaurant
尖沙咀北京道1號11樓
11/F, One Peking, 1 Peking Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/east-ocean-mooncakes-x-twinings-tea-pairing-e2628167

Mooncakes are really heavy and sweet that you always need to wash it down with a strong Chinese tea.
As well as Chinese tea, other teas can also be paired with it.

East Ocean has done a mooncake pairing with Twinings tea which costs $60 in a limited edition tea can.


Here are the pairings:
-White lotus seed paste mooncake with rose garden black tea
-Mini egg custard mooncake with summer berry green tea
-chocolate custard mooncake with London Strand Earl Grey
-low sugar white lotus seed paste mooncake with pure sencha green tea
-red bean paste mooncake with budding meadow camomile tea.

Personally I prefer modern mooncakes filled with egg custard and the chocolate egg custard so for my teas I would pair it with the London Strand Earl Grey and Pure sencha green tea because I prefer my teas straight forward.

Anyway, that day we got to make our own tea blends and custard mooncakes.

The freshly baked mooncakes were divine because the pastry was very aromatic and the custard filling was really velvety.

As well as mooncakes, there were other snacks like crispy curry triangles which reminded me of British style Chinese spring rolls.