[Review 6658] Drinks at [Tick Talk]

01/07/2018
Tick Talk (已結業)
長沙灣順寧道50號東寶閣地下6號舖
Shop 6, G/F, Peaceful Mansion, 50 Shun Ning Road, Cheung Sha Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/drinks-at-tick-talk-e3085964

Went past this a while ago but soon forgot about it because the location is at the outskirts between cheung sha wan and sham shui po.
Finally went past it again and got a drink because it was so hot that day.
Got the mint chocolate slushie and it was impressive watching the guy make it because everything was measured eg the milk, flavouring etc so that each drink will taste consistent.
It was blended with ice cream so I really liked it and the mint taste did not taste like toothpaste so it was really good.

[Review 6657] Iron Cow on the Island @ 鐵牛台灣牛肉麵 Iron Cow Taiwanese Beef Noodles

29/06/2018
鐵牛台灣牛肉麵 Iron Cow Taiwanese Beef Noodles
中環蘇豪威靈頓街98號翡翠中心2樓A及B號舖
Shop A&B, 2/F, Jade Centre, 98 Wellington Street, Soho, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/iron-cow-on-the-island-e3084271

Iron Cow on the Island
2018-06-29  46 瀏覽
Finally tried Iron Cow as it was on the Island, before they were only on the Kowloon side.
Either restaurants start off on the Island then make their way across to Kowloon or they start off in Kowloon and pave their way to the Island and the order really does have a difference.
As this one was the latter, I didn't really have expectations on the food.

After trying almost every type of noodle, the beef soup is the best and the beef tendons were soft and gelatinous.
The tomato broth was a bit artificial but the Taiwanese vermicelli is definitely worth requesting for.
The chilled noodles was a bit disappointing because I didn't know it was in sesame sauce like the Shanghai style ones.
The dan dan noodles fared better but I didn't realize it was a dry one without soup.
For drinks, the mint and chocolate one was really cooling and not too sweet.
The osmanthus oolong is recommended if you love tea.

[Review 6656] Sheung Wan's Star of Canton @ 利寶閣 Star Of Canton

29/06/2018
利寶閣 Star Of Canton
上環德輔道中199號無限極廣場2樓
2/F, Infinitus Plaza, 199 Des Voeux Road Central, Sheung Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/sheung-wans-star-of-canton-e3084235

Sheung Wan's Star of Canton
2018-06-29  134 瀏覽
Star of Canton used to my regular place for dimsum when they had a branch at East Point City in 2009.
Since it closed I haven't been for decades.
The branch at Infinitus Plaza is really convenient so went here for dinner.
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I was really impressed with the modern tea cups but funnily enough, you still have to wash them!!

Tea and appetizers are charged.

Appetizers:


I was excited to see apple fritters but sadly they have stopped doing it.

In the end, tried the new BBQ pork dish which was really good as they use Iberico Pork which was tender and chunky.



It came with soup which was crammed with Chinese delicacies eg fish maw, abalone and sea cucumber etc.

The braised vegetables in fermented red beancurd sauce was really good but it wasn't braised because you could taste and see that it was stir fried then put into the ceramic pot!


Finished with the fried noodles which was spicy and high in sodium!

[Review 6655] Cheese and pickle sarnie @ Pret A Manger

28/06/2018
Pret A Manger  休息中
中環港鐵中環站大堂W6號舖
Shop W6, Central MTR Station, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/cheese-and-pickle-sarnie-e3084191

Cheese and pickle sarnie
2018-06-28  786 瀏覽
I love cheese and sandwiches so this was the one for me.
The cheese was tasty because it was nice and sharp balanced by the lovely green leaves and tangy Pret pickle.
As well as the filling, the whole grain bread made it really healthy with a touch of fibre.
Next time I am going to try the Posh Cheese and Tomato baguette.

[Review 6654] Crystal Chicken @ 文聚料理(分子)

28/06/2018
文聚料理(分子)
北角和富道84-94號銀輝大廈地下G2B舖
Shop G2B, G/F, Ngan Fai Building, 84-94 Wharf Road, North Point
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/crystal-chicken-e3084176

Walked past a few weeks ago and this chef dressed in a traditional chefs coat came out and started telling me about his special chicken.
As I had already had dinner, I didn't try it.
Went back another night as I was still hungry, had the signature chicken set for $45 which comes with rice, vegetables and drink/dessert.

According to the media, the chef uses a special method to cook the chicken hence the name crystal chicken because there is a layer of jelly between the chicken and the chicken skin.

The chicken was tasty and you could taste that it has been marinated for a while before it was cooked.
I thought it was a little hard and dry but I believe it would have tasted better if I came earlier when it had just been cooked.
The scallion oil was quite good as it was not too salty.
However the presentation and what I expected was a little different as it just looked like normal chicken even though it is said to be cooked using molecular gastronomic technique and slow cooking according to the media.

[Review 6653] Mixed grain rice at [Coco Ichibanya] @ CoCo壹番屋 CoCo Ichibanya

28/06/2018
CoCo壹番屋  CoCo Ichibanya
佐敦彌敦道380號香港逸東酒店LG樓7號舖
Shop 7, LG/F, Eaton - Hong Kong, 380 Nathan Road, Jordan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/mixed-grain-rice-at-coco-ichibanya-e3084165

Mixed grain rice at [Coco Ichibanya]
2018-06-28  239 瀏覽
Coco Ichibanya at Eaton Hotel's foodcourt has this exclusive mixed grain rice for $5 extra.
The mixed grain rice comes with the vegetable curry which has bell peppers, baby sweetcorn etc for $50 but as I didn't like the veg combination, I went for the other vegetable curry for $42 and changed to the mixed grain rice.
It was my first time having the veg curry and I loved the soft potatoes and carrots.
The mixed grain rice was not that dry and hard so it was really good and filling compared to plain rice.

[Review 6652] Sweetcorn soup @ 八方雲集鍋貼水餃專門店 Bafang Dumpling

27/06/2018
八方雲集鍋貼水餃專門店  Bafang Dumpling
藍田匯景廣場4樓2J號舖
Shop 2J, 4/F, Sceneway Plaza, Lam Tin
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/sweetcorn-soup-e3083752

Stopped by for soup as I was in the area.
The Taiwanese Sweet corn soup tastes a little different because it smells sickly sweet with some milk in it.
There are some occasional blended pieces of sweetcorn but not much.
Overall, the dumplings fared better.