[Review 5616] Meals brought to your table @ 大快活 Fairwood

04/12/2016
大快活  Fairwood
荔枝角深盛路9號宇晴匯2樓30A 及30D號舖
Shop 30A & 30D, 2/F, The Pacifica Mall, 9 Sham Shing Road, Lai Chi Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/meals-brought-to-your-table-e2689841

Fairwood is expensive and usually a waste of money because the food isn't good and it is self service.

Anyway, they now bring your food over in the evenings.
There wasn't much to choose on the menu so I chose bittermelon but it was risky because the bittermelon is probably not well cooked.


My suspicions were true and they crisp and horrible.

The sauce wasn't good either because there were lots of black charred bits.

(NOT BLACK PEPPER OR BLACK BEANS)
Luckily, something tasted good in the dish and that was the tomatoes and the soup!!
The other dish was rice with preserved sausages.

[Review 5615] Revisiting an old place @ 大發茶餐廳 Dat Fat Restaurant

04/12/2016
大發茶餐廳  Dat Fat Restaurant
灣仔大王東街6號地下
G/F, 6 Tai Wong St East,, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/revisiting-an-old-place-e2689812

Revisiting an old place
2016-12-04  199 瀏覽
Restaurants are thriving in Wanchai, and people are not deserting the area after work.

There are so many new and modern restaurants popping up that old ones are slowly disappearing away like Prawn noodle shop and Charlies place.

I visited 大發茶餐廳 in 2011 where it was filled with regular diners who would give fresh faces a death stare when you went it.

All that has changed and it seems they are in competition with new restaurants nearby in the weekends and evenings.

I went on a Sunday when it was quieter.

To my surprise they now have an English menu.


Ordered my favourite blood curds and two other dishes which I have not tried before,

I wanted to order the salt and pepper white baits again but I didn't.
+++++

Blood curds:


Compared to the blood curds served a few years ago, they were not so oily this time with less garlic and chili but still delicious.

+++++++++++++
Lemon chicken:
 1 讚好

You can evidently see two colours, a lighter piece (bottom)  and a dark one (top).

The lighter one is obviously fresh and the darker one was fried twice or from yesterday which should be crispier and it was.

Anyway, it was surprisingly delicious because the lemon sauce was tart enough and not cloyingly sweet.
[From observation in UK, Chinese Takeaways will normally mix fresh and old Lemon chicken so that you don't serve a customer all the old stuff and plus it won't taste nice so they won't come back.]

+++++++++

Salted fish and preserved veg pork patties:

 1 讚好

The patties looked dry but they were not and the salted fish in the patties were really delicious.
+++++++

Visits in 2011 and 2012.

23/7/2011

https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/wickedly-yummy-fried-salt-and-pepper-whitebait-e2183825

2012

https://www.openrice.com/en/hongkong/review/blood-curds-and-squids-dat-fat-restaurant-e2268512

[Review 5614] Freedom of choice @ Atelier Vivanda

04/12/2016
Atelier Vivanda
灣仔船街9號地下A舖
9A, Ship Street, Wanchai, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/freedom-of-choice-e2689756

Freedom of choice
2016-12-04  2041 瀏覽
Previous at Atelier Vivanda, it was just meat and potatoes but now they have bar bites because not everyone likes a fixed menu.

Started with mocktails.

My orange one was refreshing with a strong hint of passionfruit as well.
 1 讚好

We ordered items from the bar menu
Bon Fire (bar menu).

The smokey aroma was a bit too strong for me.
 0 讚好

Combo Platter which had Comte Cheese / Thinly Sliced Smoked Beef Matured 50 days / Peta Negra Bellota Pure Origins Iberian.

Started with thinly sliced smoked beef that has matured in 50 days, it was flavourful and appetizing before dinner.

Pata Negra Bellota Pure Origins Iberian had a waxy texture.
The cheese was my favourite because it had a light taste which was enhanced by the Caractère olive oil that has a lovely peppery taste.
Sardine Marinated (bar menu):

I liked the sardines because they were salty and tasted great with bread,
 0 讚好

French Oysters served with charcoal, lemon juice and vodka granité (bar menu):

Duck Leg Terrine (bar menu):

Salmon gravalax:
Fresh salmon and nicely pickled sides.

Egg:

The yolk was runny and it was coated in crispy black sesame.


For dessert finished with Avocado cream muesli which was surprisingly light.
The grapefruit sorbet was natrual and soothing..

[Review 5613] Ferrero Rocher Waffle @ 摩豆 Modos

04/12/2016
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/ferrero-rocher-waffle-e2689379

I only eat waffles from here because it doesn't have that Typical egg taste that HKers love.

Anyway, the waffle here is crisp and chewy.

That day I had the Ferrero Rocher which was filled with chocolate and hazelnut and surprisingly it tasted like eating waffle with a melted FR inside.

[Review 5612] Korean noodles @ 吉野家 Yoshinoya

04/12/2016
吉野家  Yoshinoya
將軍澳常寧路2號TKO Gateway西翼1樓W104號舖
Shop W104, 1/F, West Wing, TKO Gateway, 2 Sheung Ning Street, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/korean-noodles-e2689377

Korean noodles
2016-12-04  212 瀏覽
Went here because I wanted to try the cheesy Korean noodles.
Unfortunately for both choices, it comes with a Korean soup base which is obviously hot.
Luckily they have another soup base so I didn't use the original because after I tried it, it was way to spicy.
The cheese things were filled with cheese and tasted quite artificial because it was too bouncy with no meat or fish taste to it.