[Review 6761] Peach Apricot Yoghurt Frap @ 星巴克咖啡 Starbucks Coffee

10/08/2018

星巴克咖啡  Starbucks Coffee
東涌達東路20號東薈城地下G23號舖
Shop G23, G/F, Citygate, 20 Tat Tung Road, Tung Chung


https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/peach-apricot-yoghurt-frap-e3123536
A few years ago, Starbucks had the Yoghurt Frap but I didn't try it because when I asked them they said it was yoghurt powder and not real yoghurt. Anyway, the Yoghurt Frap was launched again this year and it was peach and apricot so I decided to try it as I like these fruits. The taste was quite nice and not too sweet but as they used yoghurt powder, it just tasted like froyo and Yakult.
Perhaps, fresh yoghurts go bad quickly hence they used yoghurt powder.

[Review 6760] Starbucks Ube Taro Pudding @ 星巴克咖啡 Starbucks Coffee

10/08/2018
星巴克咖啡  Starbucks Coffee
觀塘海濱道83號One Bay East西座宏利大樓地下W2號舖
Shop W2, G/F, Manulife Tower, One Bay East, 83 Hoi Bun Road, Kwun Tong
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/starbucks-ube-taro-pudding-e3123462

Starbucks Puddings have been successful and now they have the new ube flavour.
In the past, they had caramel, Sakura, Green Tea, Chocolate and other flavours in Japan.
This time I had the new ube pudding but they didn't have the sleeve label so I wasn't able to see what ingredients were inside.
The ube pudding was smooth and not too sweet but the ube flavour was not that strong.

Similar to the Purple Potato Tart, there were purple potato cubes in it.

Overall, it was quite a nice silky pudding contrasted by the cubes of purple potato.

[Review 6759] Yung Kee Cart Noodles @ 榕記車仔麵 Yung Kee

10/08/2018
榕記車仔麵  Yung Kee
將軍澳寶琳貿業路8號新都城中心3期21號地舖
Shop G21, G/F, MCP Discovery, 8 Mau Yip Road. Po Lam, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/yung-kee-cart-noodles-e3123417

Yung Kee Cart Noodles
2018-08-10  55 瀏覽
Previously tried this cart noodle joint in Kowloon City.
They specialize in cart noodles with a choice of herbal broths.
Tried this new branch of Yung Kee to see if there was any difference.
As it was new, there are only three broths : Pork broth, Vegetarian Mushroom and White pepper.
Tried all three and each one is very different.
The white pepper one can be very peppery while the vegetarian one is very sweet so the pork bone broth is rather neutral.
For the noodles, the thick ones were the best.

[Review 6758] Why the sweetness @ 百味川 Pak Mei House

08/08/2018
百味川  Pak Mei House
富路7號葵涌廣場地下A39號舖
Shop A39, G/F, Kwai Chung Plaza, 7 Kwai Foo Road, Kwai Fong
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/why-the-sweetness-e3122609

I have always wanted to try this place because of the mountain yam noodles.
There are various broths you can choose from just like cart noodles and then you choose the toppings.
I chose the spicy Sichuan broth which was very spicy.
The noodles were thin and absorbed the broth nicely but sadly the broth was sweet as well as spicy so it was nasty.

[Review 6757] Mini Aquarium with soggy sand @ The Story Cafe and Bakery

08/08/2018
The Story Cafe and Bakery
青衣青敬路33號青衣城1樓117號舖
Shop 117, 1/F, Maritime Square, 33 Tsing King Road, Tsing Yi
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/mini-aquarium-with-soggy-sand-e3122511

Mini Aquarium with soggy sand
2018-08-08  133 瀏覽
I was in the area so discovered this cute joint.
The mini Aquarium dessert looked fun to eat so decided to try it.
Each one is garnished with so called sand and a candy seashell.
The stuff that was pretending to be sand was soggy if you compare it to the pictures on social media.
Anyway, apart from that it was just a bland lychee  mousse with butterfly pea jelly on top.
It was not that sweet and the lychee mousse was light and not too creamy.

[Review 6756] Sparkling drinks @ 茶滿滿 Moon Moon Cha

08/08/2018
茶滿滿 Moon Moon Cha
旺角彌敦道688號旺角中心一樓F84號舖
Shop F84, 1/F, Argyle Centre, 688 Nathan Road, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/sparkling-drinks-e3122450

Sparkling drinks
2018-08-08  130 瀏覽
A few years ago you could get these wines with pearlescent glitter that would swirl like a galaxy.
Now tea shops are going to the next level by making their drinks sparkle.
As I am not keen on sweet drinks, I just sipped the top as most of the syrup was at the bottom so I was ok.
All I can say is that they are photogenic but it was psychologically weird drinking all this glittery goo.
On another note, it was really impressive that one of the staff spoke good English.
As for the brown sugar milk, it was very sweet, but then again, just don't mix the bottom or just drink the milk at the top.

[Review 6755] A Sweet ending @ Oggi (已結業)

08/08/2018
Oggi (已結業)
天后水星街9號地下B舖
Shop B, G/F, 9 Mercury Street, Tin Hau
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/a-sweet-ending-e3121622

A Sweet ending
2018-08-08  47 瀏覽
I love Gnocchi so went there specifically for that, however it was sold out so I had to choose something else. This also happened in another restaurant nearby so gnocchi must be very popular or very unpopular in Tinhau.

Anyway, ordered the mussels for in creamy white wine sauce $85.
It was very sweet and creamy with a white wine aftertaste. Since I had the mussels I ordered the chips baked with cheese $52 as chips and mussels go well together.
The texture was a bit strange because they were fried and then baked.
The cheese tasted like they put butter/margarine on it.
For desserts had the baked marshmallow with icecream $43 which was on a layer of non sweetened cornflakes.
It was simply delicious and reminds me of those homemade gooey chewy marshmallow crisps using marshmallow and rice crispies.