[Review 6546] In love with Malaysian Mimi noodles @ Mimila

14/05/2018
Mimila  休息中
沙田沙田正街18號新城市廣場1期7樓704號舖
Shop 704, 7/F, New Town Plaza Phase 1, 18 Sha Tin Centre Street, Sha Tin
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/in-love-with-malaysian-mimi-noodles-e3046051


In love with Malaysian Mimi noodles
2018-05-14  1361 瀏覽
There is an abundance of Singaporean food in HK but not many options for Malaysian food.
Discovered this place as I was in Shatin.
What led me here was the escalator that is a travelator to begin with before it ascends into an escalator.
As I was curious, I took them and it led me right into Mimila as it is the first shop that greets you when you get off the escalator.

I loved the baby blue theme and bar by the kitchen.

Mimila is a Modern Malay noodle joint according to the menu and the desserts were captivating.

Before indulging on the desserts, I had to get a noodle which is the star of Mimila.
There are two types, soup or tossed noodles.
For May, they are doing Laksa Chicken Rice which looked tempting on the menu as the rice and laksa are separated so the rice doesn't get soggy.


I had the tossed noodles with prawn roe dry mimi noodles.
As well as prawn you can choose Spanish white pork slices or White Pepper Ribs for a more Malaysian twist to it,

I was really pleased because I love thin noodles and they serve prawn roe noodles which give it an even more prawny taste.
I forgot to take a picture of the hot soy sauce but a few drops to the noodles made them wonderful as the chili in it gave the noodles a lovely spicy flare.

For drinks, I had the Barley Lemon water which was comforting and not too sweet.

Now to the desserts which were equally as good as the noodles.
I absolutely love fragrant pandan chiffon cakes and here they serve it with whipped cream and desiccated coconut which makes it taste even fantastic.

The durian Swiss roll was sold out so had the durian cheesecake which was also good.

Definitely coming back again for the other noodles.

[Review 6545] Strawberries and cream @ 英王麵包店 A-1 Bakery

10/05/2018
英王麵包店  A-1 Bakery
鑽石山龍蟠街3號荷里活廣場3樓322號舖
Shop 322, 3/F, Plaza Hollywood, 3 Lung Poon Street, Diamond Hill
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/strawberries-and-cream-e3044841

I love strawberries and cream and cream cakes with strawberries so this Omelette cake appealed to me.It looked more like a hotdog though.
The colour of the cake was very yellow just like most cakes in Hong Kong.
For some reason they like to make everything yellow.
Anyway, the cream was good and it was whipped cream that was unsweetened, strawberries were not fresh as they had that mushy texture.
The cake part was disappointing as it was very coarse and crumbly.

[Review 6544] Beef cravings satisfied here @ Cow Bean

06/05/2018
Cow Bean  休息中
將軍澳常寧路2號TKO Gateway東翼1樓140-141號舖
Shop 140-141, 1/F, East Wing, TKO Gateway, 2 Sheung Ning Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/beef-cravings-satisfied-here-e3041129

Beef cravings satisfied here
2018-05-06  69 瀏覽
Every now and then, I am always craving for some beef.Went here to cure my beef cravings because they serve it Western style and Asian style.
I like it simple. ie steak and fries but my friend preferred rice so had the Beef Donburi.
The beef donburi was a surprise because you get three different beef styles on the rice.Tenderloin, Rib eye and Thinly sliced beef!

My tenderloin was good as it was all cut up so I didn't have to cut it at all.

The tenderloin was relatively tasty and not too dry but the chips were a little cru
nchy for my liking as they tasted like they had been fried a few times.
Finished with Spanish coffee and coke float.

[Review 6543] Ramen as well as Tsukemen @ 元祖沾麵專門店 Ganso Tsukemen

05/05/2018
元祖沾麵專門店  Ganso Tsukemen
尖沙咀厚福街5-6號多富閣地下5號舖
Shop 5, G/F, Dorfu Court, 5-6 Hau Fook Street, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/ramen-as-well-as-tsukemen-e3041104

Ramen as well as Tsukemen
2018-05-05  32 瀏覽
I KNOW THIS PLACE IS FAMOUS FOR TSUKEMEN but I actually went there for the Tonkotsu ramen because they serve the ramen I like.It came in this thick broth which had a strong pork broth taste.
The ramen soaked up the broth nicely so I was really satisfied and the broth tasted so concentrated like it had been there for days using the same broth continuously topped up.
The eel with rice was just the usual so I recommend the tonkatsu or the tsukemen.
Also had the rice with cheese.
The cheese was not cheddar and it appeared to be mixed with some butter and milk powder.
Basically Asian style cheese like the stuff you get with Korean grills so that it looks like you are eating cheese but it's not even cheesy!

[Review 6542] Chicken Tikka Pizza @ Morrison Cafe & Bar

05/05/2018
Morrison Cafe & Bar (已結業)
上環皇后大道中284號地下及1樓
G/F & 1/F, 284 Queen's Road Central, Sheung Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chicken-tikka-pizza-e3040866

Chicken Tikka Pizza
2018-05-05  349 瀏覽
Met up with a friend here so had some food.
I had the chicken tikka pizza because I didn't feel like having those all day breakfasts.
It was surprisingly good because there was quite a lot of chicken on it and it was all white meat.
You could also taste some slight yoghurt in it too.

[Review 6541] Chinese Tea and Cronuts @ 妃嘗樂 Softpuccino

05/05/2018
妃嘗樂 Softpuccino
旺角弼街64號地下A號舖
Shop A, G/F, 64 Bute Street, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chinese-tea-and-cronuts-e3040019

Chinese Tea and Cronuts
2018-05-05  160 瀏覽
A while ago, I was tempted to try their cronuts but there was a juicy fat black fly hovering over every donut which put me off.
I was in MK again and the black thing wasn't there this time so I went in for the cronuts.
These cronuts and flavours are exactly the same ones at Queen Sophie so they either get it from the same supplier or QS is their supplier.
Anyway, I got three flavours: Passionfruit, Cinnamon and Caramel.
Honestly I should have just got one first because all three were just Chinese style CRUNCHY like chips etc.
They don't have soft and crispy textures or perhaps the Chinese just like CRISPY and CRUNCHY textures.
The Passionfruit fared better while the other two were too sweet so I got the oolong tea.

For the tea, I was deciding between the Cold Brewed Siji Oolong and the Jinxuan oolong.
Ended up getting the Jinxuan oolong which was more impressive than the tasteless teas at Cha Long and it was cheaper as well.
It had a nice aromatic grassy oolong taste but somehow I think I have bought this oolong tea bag somewhere because you can tell that tea bag was not one that they put tea leaves in house but it was already sealed beforehand.
Or it could be tea supplied by Sophie.

Overall the cronuts were disappointing and the customer services was too laid back and they didn't really give a toss.

[Review 6540] Could be better @ 巧手製作 Crafted

03/05/2018
巧手製作  Crafted
將軍澳常寧路2號TKO Gateway東翼地下EF03-EF05號舖
Shop EF03-EF05, G/F, East Wing, TKO Gateway, 2 Sheung Ning Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/could-be-better-e3038620

Could be better
2018-05-03  1198 瀏覽
While all the other joints at Food Lane have been running for a month, this joint has just opened recently.
It has an attractive open kitchen where you see a stack of roujiama buns.
I love roujiamas and they had modern ones like Thai style, Japanese style etc.
They also have pan fried dumplings, dimsum and these TaiShan inspired ricerolls.

I ordered the plain rice rolls with spring onions to see if they were anything like Full Congee and this other joint at Kai Tak.

This is what I got after a 20 minute wait.
To be honest they looked nothing like the Taishan rolls or the product shot.
The rolls were not thin, elastic and translucent but the usual ricerolls shaped to look like them!!
The spring onions on the ricerolls were supposed to enhance the taste but they did the exact opposite because they were evidently raw, grassy and bitter.
If only you could imagine chewing a bunch of green spring onions straight from someone's shopping bag from the wet market!!!!
The soy sauce that was given with it was dead sweet and the aroma from the polystyrene box was amazingly strong that it gets infused in the ricerolls.
Overall, wonderful!!!
The steamed bun was slightly better but too soggy even though I already took it out of the bag asap.