[Review 5570] CWB vs Hung Hom Modos Apple waffle @ 摩豆 Modos

18/11/2016
摩豆 Modos
銅鑼灣景隆街5號聯成商業中心地下3B號舖
Shop 3B, G/F, United Success Commercial Centre, 5 Cannon Street, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/cwb-vs-hung-hom-modos-apple-waffle-e2680307

Thankfully I tried the apple waffle at the CWB branch first because it was really good.
The waffle base was crisp with a slight chewy because the structure is like those honeycomb cakes with capillaries.
It was stuffed with so much apple that it tastes like the filling you get in McDonald's apple pie but about three times the amount.
Evidently an apple pie overload.

[Review 5569] Sour plum musubi @ 華御結 Hana-Musubi

17/11/2016
華御結  Hana-Musubi
上環干諾道中168-200號信德中心2樓231D號舖
Shop 231D, 2/F, Shun Tak Centre,168-200 Connaught Road Central, Sheung Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/sour-plum-musubi-e2678685


Had some musubis before going to Macau.
Got the snow crab with mayonnaise and the whole pitted plum musubi.
Started with the crab which was light but still tasty.
The whole pitted plum turned out to be the best because I loved the sharp salty taste, but the first few bites were a bit boring because the yummy part is in the middle.

[Review 5568] Wobbly table @ 太平洋咖啡 Pacific Coffee

17/11/2016
太平洋咖啡 Pacific Coffee
薄扶林薄扶林道香港大學太古樓地下國際交流中心
Global Lounge, G/F, Swire Building, HKU, Pok Fu Lam
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/wobbly-table-e2678681

Needed a drink so went here for tea.
Normally I order the Earl Grey but went for Jasmine tea for a change.
They gave me the wrong tea to begin with so I got it changed, it was horrible and minty.
The Jasmine tea was ok but the table was really wobbly that it made my tea spill!

[Review 5567] Vegetarian buffet @ Red Mango

16/11/2016
Red Mango
九龍城賈炳達道128號九龍城廣場地庫1樓B107-B108舖
Shop B107-B108, B1/F, Kowloon City Plaza, 128 Carpenter Road, Kowloon City
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/vegetarian-buffet-e2678673

There are not many vegetarian buffets around which makes this place successful in Kowloon City.
As well as good food, they have a good selection of drinks such as red dates and other nutritious options.
I was really impressed because everything was tasty, my favourite were the oysters because they even had this viscous gel on the outside!!
The sweet steamed buns were delicious as well and they had my favourite pandan.

[Review 5566] Chocolate and orange icecream @ 阿波羅 Apollo

16/11/2016
阿波羅 Apollo
彩虹清水灣道45號彩雲商場B213號舖
Shop B213, Choi Wan Commercial Complex, 45 Clear Water Bay Road, Choi Hung
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chocolate-and-orange-icecream-e2678215

Chocolate and orange are always a match made in heaven but sometimes the orange peel can be overwhelming.

I spotted this dark brown chocolate icecream with lots of orange pieces in it so I went over and took a look.
It turned out to be Chocolate and orange nata de co co.

I have never liked nata de co co because the ones I have tried were really artificial in taste and texture (probably from China but surprisingly nata de co co originates from the Philippines).

The nata de co co in this icecream is infused with orange so I decided to try it as there certainly wouldn't be any orange peel here.

The taste of this icecream was so good, and the orange was quite natural without any orange bitter peel taste.

There was so much nata de co co in the scoop of icecream that every spoonful was divine with these big chunks of orange nata de co co, and I loved the chew in the icecream.

It was like eating molecular gastronomic pieces of orange jelly which was more chewy than normal because of the frozen texture.

I used to think nata de co co was young coconut meat pieces soaked in syrup but after googling it I was more than amazed to learn that it was fermented coconut water which gels through the production of microbial cellulose.
Microbial cellulose is also used in the Medical industry for tissue engineering, wound dressings etc.

[Review 5565] Pandan Chamomile tea @ HABITŪ caffè

16/11/2016
HABITŪ caffè
金鐘夏慤道10號和記大廈地下G22-27號舖
Shop G22-27,Hutchison House, 10 Harcourt Road, Admiralty
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/pandan-chamomile-tea-e2678200

I love Pandan so I was curious about the Pandan chamomile tea.
It had me thinking if it was a tea blend but it turns out to be a chamomile tea bag with a pandan leaf.
I am not keen on Chamomile but the good thing is that you can take the tea bag out asap so that that the chamomile won't be strong.

Anyway, interesting drink!

[Review 5564] Mrs Vinegar rules NOT @ 醋娘子 Mrs. Vinegar

16/11/2016
醋娘子  Mrs. Vinegar
上環永樂街139號地下B舖
Shop B, G/F, 139 Wing Lok Street, Sheung Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/mrs-vinegar-rules-not-e2678183

In English, when someone rules it means they are the best but Mrs Vinegar does not and ironically there are many rules in this shop!
Cents (not even a a damn 5cent, that is crazy) or $1000 notes are accepted.
HKD:CNY  100:110
Drinking water is not available:
$40 minimum lunch charge, 10% service charge after 6pm and they will seat you when everyone has arrived.

So anyway, I never planned to try this place but walked past and discovered they had English Chip butty on the menu so it got me curious as to why a Chinese place would have such a British item because not many people would know what a chip butty is.
I am assuming that this dish is targeted for expats but they don't have this in English outside so what is the point of doing it when the targeted people can't see it.

I don't expect them to serve REAL English chips but I just wanted to try it so I went in and ordered it.
After waiting 5 minutes, they told me the bun was sold out so I decided to go there another day.

On the second visit a day later, they still didn't have the bun so I ordered chips with Sichuan sauce to check out the chips.
It was overdone crunchy Brown crinkle cut chips so I don't think I would have liked the chip butty if it was available and the meat was mostly fat and not fresh.
This is the reason I am forced to eat meatless meals in Hong Kong because most places serve meat that is not fresh but of course if you pay more then you get fresh meat which is stupid.

I liked the other options such as chips and dandan meat sauce, again if the chips were fried nicely and the meat was fresh, it would be wonderful.
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A waste of $25.