[Review 6476] Sorrowful Rice Finale @ 粵軒 Canton Room

25/03/2018
粵軒  Canton Room
灣仔告士打道72號六國酒店1樓
1/F, Luk Kwok Hotel, 72 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/sorrowful-rice-finale-e3008571

Sorrowful Rice Finale
2018-03-25  6977 瀏覽
Sorrowful rice 黯然銷魂飯 is a bowl of Cantonese barbecued pork, with an egg, on rice inspired by Stephen Chow’s 周星馳 1996 movie, The God of Cookery 食神.
This dish was launched two years ago hence this is version 3.0.
Last year, I tried version 2.0 and version 3.0 is the finale as they said they will not serve it again.
The difference between 20. and 3.0 is the Pork oil which is said to be more aromatic as they use Roast Pork oil drippings.

Here was the menu that night:
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A nice appetizer to begin the dinner with French beans coated in Salted Egg Yolk and Black Fungus in Vinegar.

Next was the baked crab which was complimented nicely by the Special edition aged Worcestershire sauce from UK.
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My sorrowful rice which was the 70th bowl out of 238 bowls served that night.

It was very satisfying especially with that thick egg yolk and the rice and juicy thick cut Roast Pork!!
[The eggs they use are Japanese Eggs and a special soy sauce which I wouldn't mind just pairing with plain rice because the soy sauce is that good.]
Again, a fork and spoon were seriously needed!
Dessert was Dandelion and Dragonfruit pudding and a mini egg tart.


Although this is the finale, they might launch version 4.0
Let's see!

[Review 6475] So far so good @ 贏麵 (已結業)

25/103/2018
贏麵 (已結業)
上環蘇杭街10號啟豐大廈地下4號舖
Shop 4, G/F, Kai Fung Mansion, 10 Jervois Street, Sheung Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/so-far-so-good-e3008553

So far so good
2018-03-25  991 瀏覽
On the weekdays, this joint does not stand out but it stands out on Sundays when everything else nearby is closed.
It didn't look open because it was in such a state, there was no air con and no one about.
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The menu was reasonable.

I ordered the Sichuan Street Noodles because it didn't have meat.
The portion turned out to be quite big and I was impressed there was quite a fair bit of noodles in the bowl which won't leave me feeling hungry.
The broth was strong and spicy, there were pickled vegetables and lettuce on the top.
I will definitely come back and try other noodles so hopefully it will be consistently good.

[Review 6474] Dumplings from Kowloon to WC @ 餃掂手工餃子雲吞專門店 Nom Nom Dumpling

25/03/2018
餃掂手工餃子雲吞專門店 Nom Nom Dumpling
灣仔莊士敦道44號地下
G/F, 44 Johnston Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/dumplings-from-kowloon-to-wc-e3008194

Dumplings from Kowloon to WC
2018-03-25  77 瀏覽
Their Matsutake mushroom dumplings are really good so tried the Wanchai branch to see if it was as good as the one in Prince Edward.
As it is new, there are so many curious people trying it out as well so I would recommend trying it later because the service is rather rude and scarily you can hear people behind the kitchen clearing their throats and err you know what they do next.......
Other than that, the dumplings were top notch.
In all past visits, I have tried their fried dumplings so had the boiled version which was surprisingly good as the dumpling skin isn't as thick as it looks.
The Sichuan cold noodles were rather strange because they were served with sesame sauce which I did not use and mixing the sauces on the table with the noodles tasted even better.
The table and seating is very cramped compared to Prince Edward and strangely the service is also better at that branch.

[Review 6473] Full of Life at Café Life @ Café Life Patisserie & Cafe

25/03/2018
Café Life Patisserie & Cafe  休息中
上環皇后大道中251號太興中心二座地下B&C號舖
Shop B&C, G/F, Tower II Tern Centre, 251 Queen’s Road Central, Sheung Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/full-of-life-at-cafe-life-e3008025

Full of Life at Café Life
2018-03-25  590 瀏覽
Cafe Life started off at PMQ and now they have a bigger and spacious joint on QRC.All their cakes are Japanese style and everything is so pretty.
The only thing is that, they could do with more tables to cope with people ordering toasts and other things that really need a table.
At the moment, Sakura is trending and on the menu.
Tried the Sakura roll which was delicate filled with fresh cream.

It was so good that I had the strawberry cake which also uses that deliciously whipped fresh cream.
Finished with the Sakura tea which you just don't want to add the Sakura foam cap because the flower at the bottom is so dainty and decorative.
The milk cap blends in perfectly and I think it had some slight saltiness to it.

[Review 6472] English fare at Eat East - Chili Beef @ 波仔 Eat East

24/03/2018
波仔  Eat East
將軍澳港鐵調景嶺站TIK3號舖
Shop TIK3, Tiu Keng Leng MTR Station, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/english-fare-at-eat-east-chili-beef-e3007353

I don't really buy from Eat East because is just Cantonese stuff but I looked twice the other day to see if I was seeing things when I saw a range of English fare at Eat East!!!!Among the range was Cottage Pie, Beef Con Carne, Roast Parsnips, Lamb Tagine etc so I decided to try the Chili Beef.
The good thing is that the whole box is Just Chili Beef ie no pasta or rice because you are getting what you are paying for unlike other meals where you get 3/5 rice/pasta and 2/5 of sauce so within that 2/5s, only 1/5 is meat!!!

The taste was really good and there were huge chunks of pulled beef but perhaps I underestimated how spicy it would be.
Other than that it was fine.

[Review 6471] Japanese Tasting Menu @ Maison ES

24/03/2018
Maison ES  休息中
灣仔星街1A號地舖 (入口位於電氣街)
G/F, 1A Star Street (entrance at Electric Street), Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/japanese-tasting-menu-e3006893

Maison ES is led by Esther Sham more popularly known as Chef TATA.
The 6-COURSE TASTING MENU I had is available until the end of this month which has been created to celebrate her 10th year at Maison ES.
This restaurant is tucked away behind Star Street with beautiful French Vintage decor which makes it a perfect get away from the city.

I was quite impressed by the experience because every course was well executed.
We were a table of 12 and considering there were so many of us, everyone's dish was still hot and we all got them at the same time.

Here was the [6-COURSE TASTING MENU]
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Started with the [HOKKAIDO SCALLOP ceviche] topped with salmon roe, sweet corn, okra, mizuna and honey yuzu dressing.
Dinner started off well with this ceviche because everything tasted in harmony, especially the sweetcorn puree which was really comforting and the sweetcorn pieces which were a bit like Mexican corn while the okra added the charred taste to the whole thing and the silky scallops.

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FOIE GRAS TAMAGO CUSTARD with Asian mushrooms
Steamed egg and foie gras sounds heavy but the foie gras has been turned into foam which turns into liquid when you spoon the egg hence every spoonful is infused with foiegras and the earthy mushrooms on top makes it even more delicious.
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BACALAOS confit served with chorizo garlic crumbs, clams, steamy dashi fish broth & charred spring onion oil
For this dish, I like the way they have selected Bacalaos which is a slightly salted fish topped with crispy chorizo garlic crumbs and surrounded in a clams fish broth. Hence strong flavours here.
The crispy fish skin is real good!

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UNI SPAGHETTI topped with nori
Unlike other pastas, this one is not creamy, again rich flavours in play here.
I think I could taste ground dried scallops as something made it quite sweet.

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USDA PRIME SHORT RIB grilled served on hot spring stone with acacia honey roasted pumpkin & spicy nanami spinach
Although, the beef was the star of the show, the vegetables were just as good because the spinach was really flavourful with a hint of spiciness and the pumpkin was out of this world.
I have never tasted pumpkin as delicious as this because it was so soft that it just melted in your mouth and there were other flavours infused in the pumpkin.

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DESSERT SURPRISE:
Finished with the dessert which was a great ending.


I would definitely recommend this place as all the courses were fantastic.

[Review 6470] New Soba Menu @ 丼丼亭 Don Don Tei

23/03/2018
丼丼亭  Don Don Tei
銅鑼灣百德新街22-36號翡翠明珠廣場1樓Festiva 6號舖
Shop 6, Festiva, 1/F, JP Plaza, 22-36 Paterson Street, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/new-soba-menu-e3006387

There are three branches of Don Don Tei and they all have different menus.
The one at WTS serves mainly donburi, while the one at Hung Hom serves an extended menu of the one at WTS with sashimi as well.
As I haven't tried the CWB branch, I decided to give it a go, again the menu is so different and they serve mainly sets but as the soba was good at WTS, we decided to try the sobas.

My first favourite was the soba roll with sea prawn tempura.
It looked quite sophisticated.

I tried it without the sauce and it wasn't tasteless because it was mixed with mayonnaise which complemented the prawn very well.
However it was a slight challenge to eat.
Next was the cold soba with sashimi which was soba covered in an abundance of salad.

After mixing everything together, it became a delicious noodle salad which is healthy and perfect on a hot day.
Last but not least was the Soba Tsukemen which tasted like Sukiyaki because of the sweetness and it was more filling but not too heavy as the onions are there to balance it.