[Review 6521] Possibly the best golden prawns @ 上海婆婆336 Shanghai Po Po 336

22/04/2018
上海婆婆336  Shanghai Po Po 336
尖沙咀彌敦道63號iSQUARE國際廣場6樓605-606號舖
Shop 605-606, 6/F, iSQUARE, 63 Nathon Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/possibly-the-best-golden-prawns-e3029382

If my friend wasn't recovering from food poisoning, we would have ordered spicy dishes.Anyway, the golden prawns had to be ordered because they were so damn good especially with a bowl of plain rice.
When they arrived, you could smell that fragrant salty egg yolk, and the colour was orange and captivating.
The saltiness was just right so I hope they keep it consistent as I will be back for this dish.
Had the Sichuan dan dan noodles which are always good in a peanut broth along with Sichuan spices.
The stir fried bean thread noodles were soft and springy complemented by the pickled veggies.
My friend had the chilled noodles which were quite sweet with a strong sesame sauce.
I am not a fan of desserts but the mini dumplings in osmanthus and fermented rice soup was good.
The ginger dessert soup was good for my friend's sick stomach! hahaaha`

[Review 6520] Singmalay Treats for Tea Time @ 馬來一菜館 Café Malacca

21/04/2018
馬來一菜館  Café Malacca
此店之前身為Café 508 咖啡廳
西環石塘咀皇后大道西508號香港JEN酒店2樓
Level 2, JEN Hong Kong by Shangri-La, 508 Queen's Road West, Shek Tong Tsui, Western District

https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/singmalay-treats-for-tea-time-e3028637

Singmalay Treats for Tea Time

2018-04-21  891 瀏覽

[Cafe Malacca] located at Hotel Jen is a popular place for Singaporeans and Malaysians to hang out because you get the real deal there.

They are now serving Singapore and Malaysian Treats during Tea Time so it was a good opportunity for me to try all these treats which I have not tried before, these treats are also on the A la Carte menu so next time I know what to order.

Starting with the Savouries, there is Pie Tee, Chwee Kueh, Murtakbak and Curry Puff, moving on to the sweets, there are Kuih Dadar, Kaya Toast and Durian Pudding which comes with Kopi-O or Teh Tarik for $288 with an extra 10% service charge.

All the savouries were equally good but my favourite had to be the Chwee Kueh which is like savoury rice pudding topped with preserved radish and sambal sauce.

It was my first time trying the Murtakbak and it tasted like a stuffed square puff pastry balanced by the pickles on top.

Moving on to the sweets, the creamy durian pudding was amazing and the kaya toasts are always my favourite because I love pandan, just like the Kuih Dadar pandan crepe rolls filled with coconut.

To finish off, the Kopi-O and Teh Tarik were a perfect ending.

I am so glad I tried this and the Tea Set is great way of sampling these Singmalay delights if you are new to it!

[Review 6519] Eating from a Cauldron!! @ 鼎皇臭臭鍋 Cauldron Hotpot

18/04/2018
鼎皇臭臭鍋 Cauldron Hotpot
尖沙咀金馬倫道34-36A號福僑大廈地舖
G/F, Fook Kiu Mansion, 34-36A Cameron Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/eating-from-a-cauldron-e3027326

Eating from a Cauldron!!
2018-04-18  677 瀏覽
Cauldrons also spelt Caldrons were found in the medieval times when people believed in Witches.
When I heard about this place, it aroused my interest as I thought it was going to be one of those themed restaurants/cafes but it turns out to be a Taiwanese Hotpot place.
It is located in TST so there are now two Taiwanese style hotpots.

On the menu, there are eight different hotpots and the LUNCH DEAL is really good because you can add $12 to get the Braised Meat Sauce Rice or the Sesame Onion Salted Fish Sauce Rice.
The Sesame Onion Salted Fish Sauce Rice is a must because it was so damn good, it was hot fluffy rice topped with finely diced crisp but sweet onions topped and minced salted fish that isn't too salty.
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The Braised Meat Sauce Rice tasted better than anticipated because it was not sweet like other restaurants in Hong Kong and there was a fragrant shitaake mushroom taste.

For the hotpots, it was really difficult choosing one so ended up getting the spicy one and the house special.


I ordered the house special because it had my fave fermented tofu, duck blood and pork blood cake.
The glass vermicelli tasted really delicious as it absorbed the broth.



The Taiwanese spicy hot pot was also good because of the Sichuan style broth.

I really liked the cute dumplings in the spicy pot.

Finished with the drinks which were $8 extra for each.
The plant tea is not made of plant but topped with black biscuit crumbs aka soil hence the name.
It was nice and creamy topped with salted cream cap on top and the tea tasted like earl grey.



Hopefully the food is consistently good on the next visit as I do intend to come back for the rice.

[Review 6518] Stylish, healthy and delicious @ Today's Food Lab

18/04/2018
Today's Food Lab (已結業)
上環文咸東街6號順發樓地下6B號舖
Shop 6B, G/F, Sen Fat Building, 6 Bonham Strand, Sheung Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/stylish-healthy-and-delicious-e3027275

Stylish, healthy and delicious
2018-04-18  1184 瀏覽
Discovered this joint a while ago but it was closed on Sunday so went back on a weekday.
The menu is simplistic with six choices.

C2 with slow cooked chicken was definitely the choice for me.
It has Broccoli puree, cauliflower puree, chicken breast, celeriac, leek core, chia seeds and mixed grain rice with
complementary cinnamon and ginger orange tea.
I chose this because I love cauliflower and broccoli and they were both pureed which is comforting as it tastes like baby food which I eat as well.

I was really impressed when the food came, even though it was in a box, you could see that it was fresh.
There was no browning on the edges of the celeriac and leek cores which are tell tale signs of vegetables that have been cut for a while.


The portion was big enough to satisfy my hunger as it wasn't those bird portions for girls who pretend to eat.
As well as the portion, the taste was fantastic as the celeriac and leek core bits gave the puree flavour while giving it a fine presentation along with the chia seeds and paprika powder.
I was really lucky to try some of A1 which was the Shrimp Potato Shredded Fruit Salad.

To my surprise, I thought it was Salad paired with yoghurt to finish as a dessert but the yoghurt is actually the sauce for the salad made with Taros!!
It was consistently good as the chicken, again, you can see the ingredients are fresh, colourful and tasty.
After adding the taro yoghurt, the taste was even better and the taro sauce also went well with the chicken breast.
The taro yoghurt was not the usual yoghurt as I imagined but non dairy and made of taro and their secret vinaigrette.
Finished with the pumpkin soup which was very smooth and natrual without any other flavourings.

Overall, I was more than impressed because the food was fresh and delicious and it is good the way they have thoght about presentation and the play of colours to make it colourful as well healthy.
I hope the chicken stays on the menu because I will be back.

[Review 6517] There is something fishy about these noodles @ 麵麵 Noodle Noodle

20*/04/2018
麵麵  Noodle Noodle
旺角彌敦道726號1樓
1/F, 726 Nathan Road, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/there-is-something-fishy-about-these-noodles-e3026951

There is something fishy about these noodles
2018-04-20  1763 瀏覽
Went here with a friend who wanted to try this place.
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Before I went, I took a look at the photos and deduced that it was a noodle shop but I couldn't find work out what sort of noodles they serve because they looked white but didn't look like rice noodles or Yunnan noodles.
When I got there, discovered that this restaurant serves FISH NOODLES ( noodles made of fish).


This makes it quite unique because the only time I ever encounter fish noodles are hotpots where you squeeze these pouches for fish noodles.

To my amazement, there are two types of fish noodles: fish noodles and craft fish noodles.
The difference is the texture and amount of fish in it, the fish noodles has 70% fish meat while the craft fish noodles has 50%.

Started with nachos, something I never imagined!~

[Nachos On The Boat] is basically crispy fish skin topped with cheese, meat sauce and guacamole.
It was a fun combination to eat and I love fish skins especially with guacamole or mayonnaise.
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All noodles come with three appetizers: cherry tomatoes which are sweet and punchy, beancurd sheets in a creamy seaweed sauce and their homemade chili sauce.


+++++++++++++
[Fish roe paired with fish dumplings served with craft fish noodle]:
The noodles were very creamy as they used mentaiko so it was like an Asian version of carbonara.

As a fan of Sichuan noodles, the [Roasted Australian M7 Wagyu Craft Noodle] was one of my favourites.
It was topped with thinly sliced beef which were lean and juicy.

Last but not least was the [Crispy Twinnie Roe] in broth which is made with 70% fish meat.
The texture reminded me of konjac noodles as they were very springy but it was like eating strands and strands of fishballs.
The good thing is, that you end up consuming a lot of fish in one go!


The crispy fish rolls were damn good because they were really crispy and tasty.
There are two different ones, pure fish and fish with cuttlefish pieces.
Personally I liked the one with cuttlefish.


Overall, I was quite impressed with these noodles because they were boneless and didn't have any bad fishiness in them.
The decor is clean and modern which is rare in MK and the best thing is that it is on the 1st floor so you can always take the stairs up/down.
Finished with the hot and cold fruit teas which were not too sweet.

[Review 6516] Just salmon sushi @ 爭鮮外帶壽司 Sushi Take-Out

19/04/2018
爭鮮外帶壽司  Sushi Take-Out
鑽石山港鐵鑽石山站18號舖
Shop 18, Diamond Hill MTR Station, Diamond Hill
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/just-salmon-sushi-e3026922

Just salmon sushi
2018-04-19  188 瀏覽
I was still hungry so grabbed a box of salmon sushi.
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Normally I get the loose ones but I couldn't be bothered to choose that day.
I like the way how they have improved the sushi boxes, there is an area to put soy sauce and wasabi.
There is a warning on the labelling to be careful of small bones so they've got their arzes covered!


The base of the box now has ridges which prevents the sushi from moving around when you carry it.
As for the taste, the salmon was fresh so there was not much complaints.

[Review 6515] Peking duck burger @ Veggi Monster

1804/2018
Veggi Monster (已結業)
上環永樂街1號世瑛大廈地下1B號舖
Shop 1B, G/F, Cheungs Building, 1 Wing Lok Street, Sheung Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/peking-duck-burger-e3025373

Peking duck burger
2018-04-18  95 瀏覽
Veggi Monster has lured me here again.
Since my last visit, there are so many new burgers so it was really hard choosing as each burger was unique.
There was a new kimchi burger as well.

In the end I had the Peking Duck!
Everything was in harmony, from the usual duck sauce, cucumbers and the vegi patty.

The Flame Rex was also damn good because I loved the Sichuan flavours so it was very satisfying but to truly satisfy my hunger, I always eat two burgers on every visit!


The advantage with veggie burgers is that they taste good at any temperature, the taste does not change muchbut for meat burgers, the texture and coating changes.