[Review 5522] HMV rocks therefore the food does too @ HMV Bar & Restaurant

21/10/2016
HMV Bar & Restaurant (已結業)
已改名為 HMV kafé
銅鑼灣百德新街22-36號名珠城4樓
4/F, Pearl City, 22-36 Paterson Street, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/hmv-rocks-therefore-the-food-does-too-e2665680

Unsuspectingly, there is a restaurant on the top floor of the HMV shop in CWB.
A great place for people to gather with a wide variety of choices.
Started with fresh country selected mussels cooked with pancetta, saffron, cream sauce with rustic bread.
The mussels were springy and tasty and the crispy bread was good for soaking up the sauce.
Next was my favourite crispy calamari with a fruity tartare sauce mixed with yuzu.
I also loved the salad because it was Kale leaves mixed with creamy avocado with juicy pieces of oranges.
The next dish had a Chinese touch to it.
It was chicken with pasta in chicken broth with shitaake mushrooms.
Breakfast Pizza was good because I love breakfast and it had my favourite elements in it.
The Live Boston Lobster Mac & Cheese had a rich lobster taste but I couldn't taste the cheese.
We also had the hmv Wagyu Beef Burger which I didn't try but the others said it was good.
Finished off with a slightly different Tiramisu which was served in a cone.
The Classic Apple Crumble with Cinnamon Gelato was my favourite because of the cinnamon gelato and the crumble was rich and buttery.
For drinks, I finished with White Chocolate Mint which was quite sweet with pieces of chocolate in it.

[Review 5521] Chaotic day for The Bottle Shop @ The Bottle Shop

20/10/2016
The Bottle Shop 此店前身為 Little Beer Room
中環必列者士街15號地舖
G/F, 15 Bridges Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chaotic-day-for-the-bottle-shop-e2665497

Due to the publicity from their IG media the restaurant was quite busy that day.
After waiting an hour and a bit, the guy comes over to ask if everything was alight and tells us that the main Chef was off today hence the wait.
They had a big takeaway order as well so they had to handle that before serving the customers at the restaurant.
My pancakes were ok but I don't know if they would taste better because the main chef wasn't there but the funny thing was when the guy was bringing it over, the icecream flew off and landed on the girl's shoulder and then went splat on the floor.
Luckily, it didn't soil her clothing.
We only got one yoghurt when we ordered two breakfasts so that was strange.

[Review 5520] Yellow fin sole burger @ MOS Burger

20/10/2016
MOS Burger
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心1期地下C29-31號舖
Shop C29-31, G/F, MCP I, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/yellow-fin-sole-burger-e2665040

I was going to try the Yellow fin sole burger last week but luckily I didn't because it was on promotion this week.
This location used to be Indomart but not anymore!!
The Yellow fin sole burger was as good as expected but it was a bit too watery inside and the fish was extremely soft and silky with a hint of fishiness.

[Review 5519] Tasteless broth @ 日牛涮涮鍋專門店 Nichigyu Shabu Shabu & Sukiyaki Restaurant

19/10/2016
日牛涮涮鍋專門店  Nichigyu Shabu Shabu & Sukiyaki Restaurant
將軍澳坑口重華路8號東港城1樓197A號舖
Shop 197A, 1/F, East Point City, 8 Chung Wa Road, Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/tasteless-broth-e2664967

Went here for lunch because it was inexpensive.
Rice, vegetables, noodles, froyo and the drinks bar are unlimited.
The chicken thigh that you get comes in big chunks so after it is blanched in the broth, the texture is still springy and tender.
The only let down was the broth because it was tasteless especially the tomato.
They have a basket for bags so people can put store it under the chairs.
Mainlanders don't seem to understand how to do it.

[Review 5518] Back again for quick noodles @ 車仔麵之家 Car Noodle's Family

19/10/2016
車仔麵之家 Car Noodle's Family
灣仔春園街32-38號榮利大廈地下6號舖
Shop 6, G/F, Wing Lee Building, 32-38 Spring Garden Lane, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/back-again-for-quick-noodles-e2664959
Went back for some noodles, this time I picked the thin yellow noodles which went better with the salty soup.
It didn't really absorb the soup but as the soup was really salty, the noodles were tasty.

[Review 5517] My last rice roll from QQ Rice @ 西龍傳香飯糰 QQ Rice

19/10/2016
西龍傳香飯糰 QQ Rice
深水埗欽州街37號西九龍中心6樓626號舖
Shop 626, 6/F, Dragon Centre, 37 Yen Chow Street, Sham Shui Po
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/my-last-rice-roll-from-qq-rice-e2664475

A while back I got some serious food poisoning but there was no virus according to tests.
Anyway, for weeks I kept shxtting out whatever I ate undigested.
It was so bad that I was turning to health foods to see what could fix it.
Coincidentally QQ Rice opened then and I made myself eat one everyday and it helped regulate my digestive system and my health improved.
(Or it could have been psychological).
At that time they had wild lake rice which has been discontinued now.

Heard that they will be converting the shop into vending machines so I decided to get it one last time because you can still choose the fillings.
My favourite crispy caraway was sold out so  I chose Emperor vegetables, pickled veg, tofu etc as shown on the order form.
It was all good except for the chicken because the chicken was not fresh.
The reason I prefer to eat vegetarian dishes as it is difficult to get fresh meat!
Anyway goodbye for now and I hope to get a riceroll from the vending machine one day.
Sadly there is only one I would choose and that is the chili beef.

[Review 5516] Curiosity of a fake prawn @ 百味食品 Bai Wei Shi Pei

18/10/2016
百味食品  Bai Wei Shi Pei
旺角彌敦道688號旺角中心一期地下G22號舖
Shop G22, G/F, Phase 1, Argyle Centre, 688 Nathan Road, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/curiosity-of-a-fake-prawn-e2663902

I haven't had these noodles for ages but the hygiene looked ok here so I decided to get it.
On the menu was vegetarian prawn so I asked what it was and they showed it to me.
Since it looked real compared to other vegetarian prawns I have seen, I chose that and imitation sharks fin because I love imitation sharks fin.
It was really good because you mix the sauces yourself.
As you can see, the vegetarian prawn is very realistic!
The texture is like konjac but I didn't eat it because I don't think I can digest that