[Review 5472] The right place for me @ The Right Place

23/09/2016
The Right Place  此店前身為 M1 Bar
尖沙咀寶勒巷17-19號地下
G/F, 17-19 Prat Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/the-right-place-for-me-e2651119

At the beginning I thought this was just an ordinary bar serving food because the menu just looked like the standard ones you find in every bar.
We ordered drinks first which really surprised us by its presentation.
Dr Healthy (a mocktail) was served with a side of salad that you can eat.
Fantasy place ( a mockail) was served in a dimsum basket with grapes decorated with blueberries and a halved passion fruit topped with preserved plums.
Adding the preserved plums gives the drink a slight bitter and tart taste.
For cocktails, we had "My cup of tea" which was served with tea leaves and a tea pot.
It had a lovely infusion of elderflower and gin.
Food wise, we had 65 deg C sous vide grilled chicken wings with garlic and chili because nearly every table ordered it.
They tasted like typhoon shelter chicken wings with a good degree of spiciness.
Next were the Sake US Manila clams with chili and garlic.
The taste was amazing because the chili was really aromatic and there was hint of butter in it without being too heavy. There is a piece of garlic bread to soak up the sauce but I ended up drinking it because it was so nice.
Last but not least, the octopus with baby spinach salad tossed with pommery honey mustard dressing was really appetizing because the sauce was sweet and moreish.
While I was dining there, I enjoyed what they were showing on TV because it was artistic and about designers and fashion which is more entertaining than other stuff in my opinion.
To summarize, I like the way they serve healthy food and drinks with a touch of Modern and Chinese to it.











[Review 5471] Earl grey tea flavoured eggette @ 摩豆 Modos

22/09/2016
摩豆 Modos
旺角花園街174號A1舖
Shop A1, 174 Fa Yuen Street, Mong Kok, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/earl-grey-tea-flavoured-eggette-e2650999



The weather is getting cooler now so this is the best time for hot street snacks that I can't usually hold with my hands because I am sensitive to hot temps.
Anyway, just when I was prepared to handle a hot item, it wasn't hot when it came.
Perhaps, it was ready and I had walked away for too long.
The tea flavour was quite nice and it wasn't too sweet but the texture was too crispy for my liking.

[Review 5470] Prices have gone up but consistently good @ The Spice House

21/09/2016
The Spice House
灣仔石水渠街69-71號年威閣2樓A舖
Shop A, 2/F, Linway Court, 69-71 Stone Nullah lane, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/prices-have-gone-up-but-consistently-good-e2650371





I always come here for the minced chicken with basil and rice and the fermented red beancurd glass vermicelli C11 and C13.

Both were tasty.
The glass vermicelli has a lovely aromatic red beancurd touch with lots of celery in it while the minced chicken is nice and spicy.

[Review 5469] Saravanaa Bhavan debuts in Hong Kong @ Saravanaa Bhavan

21/09/2016
Saravanaa Bhavan 
尖沙咀亞士厘道23-25號雅士利中心4樓
4/F, Ashley Centre, 23-25 Ashley Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/saravanaa-bhavan-debuts-in-hong-kong-e2650370








Saravanaa Bhavan is famous in the UK so I was elated to learn that they are in Hong Kong.
Definitely highly recommended to expats because this is the stuff we get overseas and I won't waste my breath recommending it to the locals because what they expect from Indian food is entirely different.
Saravanaa Bhavan is vegetarian so it is now competing with Branto, Woodlands, and Khana Khazana.
To be honest I haven't really tried the others because I rarely dine in the dark side of Kowloon.
I remember vaguely dining at Khana Khazana's WanChai branch.
Anyway, I was really looking forward to dinner here and it definitely didn't disappoint because it is just as good as the one in UK.
I had an extremely difficult decision choosing the dishes because there were so many choices for dosa and uthappam.
Luckily the rice pudding dessert was not available that night because I am going to go again soon with my brother so we can compare it with the Tooting branch.
Here were the dishes that we had:
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Cheese dosa:
I chose this because it contained grated cheddar cheese!
Basically it was crispy filled with delicious melted cheese and you can think of it as an Indian crepe!
As well as cheese they had other fillings and the rava dosa is also good so you can see how difficult it was choosing a dosa!
++++++
Idly Vada:
I have never tried this before so I got the Idly Vada so that I could try both the Idly and Vada.
Idly is Steamed rice and lentil patty patty and it is like a steamed rice cake but savoury and damn delicious!
Vada is a fried lentil donut which I tried the first time and it was so fxxing good!
Strangely it tasted like a light fluffy potato donut.
++++++
Tomato uthappam:
uthappam is a Rice and lentil pancake and again there were so many damn delicious choices to choose from so I have to dine here again!
Every damn combination they had is going to be damn delicious such as onions and peas, tomato and peas etc.
The tomato pancake was how I imagined it to be, crispy and fluffy with bits of tasty tomato.
++++++
bagalabath:
bagalabath is kurd rice which is yoghurt and rice.
Previously tried this before at some restaurant in Central but they don't always serve it.
The bagalabath here is so creamy and it is like a runny rice pudding with lovely bits of ginger and chili in it.
I had to be careful of the bits of chili though because it was too spicy for me.
++++++
To summarize, I enjoyed this meal because the items I chose were starchy and tasted like potatoes and I love anything that tastes like potato!

COMING BACK SOON!

[Review 5468] The prized melon @ Ufufu Cafe

21/09/2016
Ufufu Cafe
尖沙咀金馬倫道5號太興廣場5樓
5/F, Tern Plaza, 3A-3C Cameron Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/the-prized-melon-e2650357







The prized melon
2016-09-21  621 瀏覽
To be honest, I came here for the melon but they have other dishes as well so dined there as it was a proper restaurant.

I didn't dare look at the parfait menu because the choice makes you dizzy as reported on the local media.
 0 讚好

Started with the green tea latte which was rich and creamy but I didn't like the sweetened synthetic cream on top.
 0 讚好

The pasta with clams came in a lovely broth with a rich clam taste and the pasta was al-dente.

The steak was as good as expected because it was lean and juicy.
 0 讚好

The crab cakes were crispy on the outside and silky soft in the middle.

So this was the moment I was here for!

A very pricey dessert but then it was flown all the way from Japan.

The melon was sweet and mushy topped with apple slices, kiwi slices, strawberry slices, caramel pudding and softserve.

Everything was perfect but I didn't like the sweet cream that was in the melon seed cavity but otherwise a lovely dessert when someone treats you to it.

[Review 5467] Seafood options @ 必勝客 Pizza Hut

20/09/2016
必勝客 Pizza Hut
旺角西洋菜南街2A號銀城廣場3樓
3/F, Ginza Plaza, 2A Sai Yeung Choi Street South, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/seafood-options-e2650250






Seafood options
2016-09-20  990 瀏覽
I haven't been to Pizza Hut in ages so decided to go and compare it with the ones in the UK.
The choices are definitely different and localized to suit the people here.
There are lots of seafood options so we went for that since you can't order these in the UK and my friend is such a tiger prawn fan!
Tried two new Artisan pizzas which are made with daily freshly made dough.
The pizza base is soft and crisp and reminds me of deep pan pizzas without the oiliness.
The salmon one was on the sweet side because of the honey mustard sauce and the Parma ham one was my favourite because it had bits of crumbled sausage meat on it.


Here were the prawn dishes that we had:
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Baked King prawns with cheese.

I couldn't quite taste the cheese but it tasted like the Chinese style ketchup prawns.

+++++++++++
King prawn and salmon fillet with creamy spinach sauce:

The salmon fillet was nice and tender and the sauce was surprisingly good because it was not as creamy as it looked.

+++++++++++

For pasta, we had the King Prawn carbonara but I was full so I only ate the prawns which were meaty.

[Review 5466] Hong Kong McDonald's Ovaltine Softserve @ 麥當勞 McDonald's

20/09/2016
麥當勞  McDonald's
將軍澳寶林邨寶林商場地下103號舖
Shop 103, G/F, Po Lam Centre, Po Lam Estate, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/hong-kong-mcdonalds-ovaltine-softserve-e2650225

Hong Kong McDonald's have launched a series of Ovaltine desserts.
The McFlurry was tempting because it had Ovalteenies in it.
Ovalteenies are round tablet candies made of compressed ovaltine.
As I am not a fan of ovaltine I decided to get the ovaltine softserve because it was the most basic one.
The taste of the ovaltine softserve is better than the drink because it does not taste overly milky and the malt flavour is stronger.







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