[Review 6666] Tamale @ Verde Mar @ Verde MAR

05/07/2018
Verde MAR
灣仔大王東街24號地下
G/F, 24 Tai Wong Street East, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/tamale-verde-mar-e3088781

Tamale @ Verde Mar
2018-07-05  362 瀏覽
Although Dragon boat festival and zhongzhis are over, at Verde Mar they now have Mexican Dumplings called Tamales.
There is a vegetarian one and meat one where you can choose to have it steamed or fried.
I went for the steamed vegetarian one which is nice and healthy filled with cactus and sweetcorn.
Tamales are basically fillings covered in corn dough, wrapped in a corn husk which is then steamed or fried to eat.
As well as the Tamale, I also had Tortilla soup which was rich in tomato and the cheese in it was delicious topped with lots of Tortillas.
It was a wholesome soup with all those ingredients in it.
The Agua Chili shrimp was refreshing on a hot day, their zesty lime dressing is so appetizing and moreish.
For drinks, you can't miss out on the cactus juice or avocado milkshake which are both healthy choices.
The cactus juice is lighter and tastes a little bit like apple juice.

Since my last visit, there are so many new pinatas and for those who haven't been to Mexico, there is a nice booklet with a brief intro about Mexican food.

[Review 6665] Time Flies @ Kampoeng

05/07/2018
Kampoeng
銅鑼灣糖街1-5號銅鑼灣商業大廈地庫
B/F, Causeway Bay Commercial Building, 1-5 Sugar Street, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/time-flies-e3087994

Time Flies
2018-07-05  144 瀏覽
Time flies, it has been three years since I last visited.
Dined there and the menu was extensive.
Tried two soups because not many places serve soup.
The soto ayam was very comforting because it was like Western soup but stronger.
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The oxtail soup was more hearty.

A popular dish was the beef rendang, the chunks of beef were soft and full of flavour with a hint of lemongrass.

For the main dish, had the Nasi kuning where there was a bit of everything.
It was quite spicy but went well with the lemongrass rice.

My favourite was the Tempeh which is interesting because it is famous all over the world especially with Vegetarians because you can get Tempeh Bacon and people use it in bagels.

The tempeh was fried nicely with a light coating.
Finished with the cendol and Indonesian sweets.
Both were as good as my first visit in 2015.

[Review 6664] Healthy Taiwanese cart noodles @ 養心麵 (已結業)

03/07/2018
養心麵 (已結業)
銅鑼灣軒尼詩道365號地舖
G/F, 365 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/healthy-taiwanese-cart-noodles-e3087369

Healthy Taiwanese cart noodles
2018-07-03  320 瀏覽
I had a great experience at Yeungsumdin (養心殿) hotpot so decided to try their noodle joint in Wanchai.
At the noodle joint they have the same hotpot ingredients as choices for the noodles.
The best thing is the digital kiosk because it has English so you can see what each ingredient looks like.
Sadly, the hotpot place doesn't have this!!

As I was able to see all the ingredients in picture form, it helped me to order the items I liked hence a delicious bowl of noodles.

The broth I chose was the healthy which contained nourishing peach gum.
All the ingredients were fresh and tasty.
For drinks, I had the butterfly pea tea and ginger pandan tea.
Personally I liked the pandan ginger because it was fiery ginger with a soothing fragrant pandan aroma.

[Review 6663] Modernized Macaunese delights @ 小島•澳門菜 Cafe Terceira

03/07/2018
小島•澳門菜  Cafe Terceira
銅鑼灣勿地臣街1號時代廣場13樓1302號舖
Shop 1302, 13/F, Times Square, 1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/modernized-macaunese-delights-e3087344

In Hong Kong there are not many Macau style restaurants about but then Macau is only an hour away by ferry.
Anyway, tried Cafe Terceira which appears in their teething stages.
Ordered the signature suckling pig bun which comes with piri piri sauce.
The suckling pig was spot on as it crispy and tender but the sauce didn't look like piri piri sauce and it is totally different from official pictures on facebook.
It was definitely a modern interpretation of the Macau style Pork Chop bun as the crispy bun had some sort of sweet creamy sauce on it as well as butter!
Also tried the platter which had modern twists to it like the Bacahal fish balls stuffed with American yellow processed cheese!
The cheese toasts were fancy with a HK twist as it wasn't cheesy with some sort of creamy sauce and truffle.
NICE!!
The trotters in vinegar were rather springy, very different to the soft ones at sam jaan dung.
Fun and different to eat though!
On the platter, there was this red sauce which I suspect is the real piri piri sauce because it was nice and spicy but with a HK style sweet twist to it.
Overall, I like the way they have interpreted the dishes, Hong Kongers will love it!

[Review 6662] Old school soup joint @ 仁和堂龜苓膏專門店

0370/2019
仁和堂龜苓膏專門店  休息中
鯉魚門鯉魚門道鯉魚門廣場1樓125號舖
Shop 125, 1/F, Lei Yue Mun Plaza, Lei Yue Mun Road, Lei Yue Mun
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/old-school-soup-joint-e3086444

Old school soup joint
2018-07-03  139 瀏覽
Every now and then I like to have some Chinese soup.
Yan Woh Tong has quite a wide variety of choices and that day I tried dong gwai which was quite strong.

In the bowl, there were chunks of meat and herbs which can be eaten as well.

It would help if their menu had English to compete with that green and red franchise!
Next time I plan to try the other soups but sadly, the locations are not that convenient.

[Review 6661]The Golden Pillow! @ 倪姐泰國美食 (已結業) Ngai Jei Thai Food Restaurant

01/07/2018
倪姐泰國美食 (已結業) Ngai Jei Thai Food Restaurant
九龍城侯王道9號地下A舖
Shop A, G/F, 9 Hau Wong Road, Kowloon City
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/the-golden-pillow-e3086076
The Golden Pillow!
2018-07-01  242 瀏覽
Went here for dinner and had their lovely boat noodles.

We had one each because the broth is strong so it was too good to share.

You can choose chicken, original and other noodles like Tomyumkung.

I had the original because it has crispy pig skin, meat balls etc.
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Chicken Boat Noodles:



The steak was lean and juicy complimented by their lovely homemade chili sauce.

My favourite was The golden pillow which is basically a crispy bread bowl stuffed with curry and clams.
This was a mini version for one so it was great having it all to myself.
The curry doesn't exactly taste like curry but it was thick and delicious with the bread.

[Review 6660] Delish Taiwanese fare @ 玖五牛肉麵 Jiu-Wu Beef Noodle

01/07/2018
玖五牛肉麵  Jiu-Wu Beef Noodle
銅鑼灣駱克道399號金禧大廈地舖
G/F, Golden Jubilee House, 399 Lockhart Road, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/delish-taiwanese-fare-e3086063

Delish Taiwanese fare
2018-07-01  1980 瀏覽
This joint has been attracting crowds since it opened which is the reason why I decided to go a few months later when everything is running smoothly.
The menu is clear and nice.

Inside, the shop is playing a nice selection of cantopop.
For noodles, there are three different broths to choose from: Beef, Spicy or Tomato.
I made a good choice of selecting the plain noodles in beef broth so that I could try the side dishes which included tofu, ducks blood, beef tendon and tripe.
The Sichuan stinky tofu was really good but the texture of the ducks blood was a bit like konjac.
The noodles were good and hung the broth nicely and I am glad I chose the beef broth because by adding some of the Sichuan sauce to the noodles it was basically the Sichuan broth.

The beef tendons were so soft and gelatinous with a good flavour.

My friend had the chilled signature noodles which was tossed in a sweet sesame sauce complimented by wasabi powder.

Finished with some really good drinks.
The Pineapple Tea was natrual and it had pineapple juice in it while the pearls were al dente.

I like the way, they are being environmentally friendly by using metal straws.