[Review 7387] Hot Pot at Pier Story @ 碼頭故事

02/05/2019
碼頭故事
尖沙咀寶勒巷3號萬事昌廣場1樓101號舖
Shop 101, 1/F, Multifield Plaza, 3 Prat Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/hot-pot-at-pier-story-e3390456

Hot Pot at Pier Story
2019-05-02  220 瀏覽
Pier Story specializes in Hot Pot in TST.
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I love the Oriental decor and the best thing is the menu because the English is well translated.


Before we chose the hot pots, we nibbled on the crispy pork strips which were quite spicy.
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For broths, there are quite a few to choose from so we had two non spicy ones as well as two spicy ones.
There was a plate of squid I thought which turned out to be the TRACHEA of a cow.
It was white in appearance, when cooked it was springy with a crunch but not much taste so it owes its flavour to the broth.


Another one of my favourites were the chicken testis,  the HuaDiao wine is served separate so it becomes an option but if you like the wine, I suggest pouring it in the bowl as soon as you get it so the wine will infuse into it.
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Next was the cuttlefish mince in bamboo.
They were springy and bouncy.
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Other offal parts and meat we had:




Finished with the brown sugar rice cakes which were chewy and glutinous.
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Overall a fun night at Pier Story.

[Review 7386] Green Common Deli at Citygate @ Green Common Deli

02/05/2019
Green Common Deli (已結業)
東涌達東路20號東薈城名店倉地庫B1-B10號舖Taste內
Taste, B1-B10, Citygate, No. 20 Tat Tung Road, Tung Chung
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/green-common-deli-at-citygate-e3390433

Green Common Deli at Citygate
2019-05-02  298 瀏覽
I am so glad there are two Green Common Delis, one at Kowloon Tong and the other one is here!
Last time had the tofu so this time got the omnipork with aubergine.
Both of these dishes are flavourful but the taste of the Aubergine was my favourite because it had lots of shimijei mushrooms with a touch of ginger as well as those brown fermented soy beans.
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The aubergines were chunky and soft with lots of omnipork.
Overall it was affordable as it only cost me HKD28.

[Review 7385] Affordable vegan fare at Green Common Deli @ Green Common Deli

01/05/2019
Green Common Deli
九龍塘達之路80號又一城MTR層MTR05號舖Taste內
Taste, Shop 05, MTR/F, Festival Walk, 80 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/affordable-vegan-fare-at-green-common-deli-e3389999

Affordable vegan fare at Green Common Deli
2019-05-01  898 瀏覽
I am so glad that I was in KT recently as I hardly go there these days because there are too many people and supermarkets in Hong Kong do my head in as they didn't used to have the self check outs.
Now that supermarkets have these self check outs, I am more willing to go shopping these days however their system is still not as advanced as UK and other countries because reduced items or people paying with vouchers/discounts still have to go human manned tills.
All they have to do is stick a reduced barcode for people to scan but being HK, there is no trust.

Didn't take many photos of the counter as I didn't expect it to be listed.

Got the Mapo Tofu for HKD29.5 which is extremely reasonable made with omnipork, however they do not serve rice at that counter but you can get it at other counters at the supermarket.
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It was quite impressive as the portion was big and there was quite a fair amount of ominpork in it.

Basically all the dishes are in the heated cabinet so you can see before you buy and eat it straight away as it is hot.
The taste of the mapo tofu was quite flavourful but the garlic and sweetness was quite prominent but overall delicious.

[Review 7384] HFT at Mikiki @ 鴻福堂 Hung Fook Tong

01/05/2019
鴻福堂  Hung Fook Tong
新蒲崗太子道東638號Mikiki 1樓117號舖
Shop 117, 1/F, Mikiki, 638 Prince Edward Road East, San Po Kong
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/hft-at-mikiki-e3389519
I was still hungry after dinner so got a bun from HFT.
There is chicken or pork so got the chicken.
The bun is quite big and fluffy filled with minced chicken.
Overall quite nice but quite sweet, the typical Chinese style steamed buns.

[Review 7383] Herbal drink @ 海天堂 Hoi Tin Tong

01/05/2019
海天堂  Hoi Tin Tong
香港仔湖南街13 號平安樓地下B舖
Shop B, G/F, Ping On House, 13 Wu Nam Street, Aberdeen
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/herbal-drink-e3389454

Herbal drink
2019-05-01  67 瀏覽
To be honest I rarely get drinks from HTT.
Only went because I had a free drinks voucher for this herbal jelly drink.
I have tried herbal jelly before without sweetener and it just tastes bitter so I was expecting the same with this drink as it was made with similar ingreidients.
To my surprise, it tastes like the canned herbal jelly without the bitterness from that you get from tortoise jelly.

[Review 7382] It's all about being blue @ Paper Stone Bakery

01/05/2019
Paper Stone Bakery (已結業)=
太古太古城道18號太古城中心2樓255號舖
Shop 255, 2/F, Cityplaza, 18 Taikoo Shing Road, Tai Koo
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/its-all-about-being-blue-e3389378

It's all about being blue
2019-05-01  128 瀏覽
There has been so many trends in Hong Kong and whatever has trended has been put in drinks, bakery etc.
The Butterfly pea  flower has now been found in bread!!

Tried the butterfly pea blueberry cheese bread from Paper Stone Bakery.
The texture of this bread is very chewy and crammed with lots of blueberries and cheese on the first slice.
Overall, I was very pleased with the bread because it had a good texture and it wasn't sweetened.
The only sweetness came from the blueberries so it wasn't overly sweet.

[Review 7381] Interesting dishes at CityUs Bistro @ Bistro

02/05/2019
Bistro (裝修中)
九龍塘達之路83號香港城市大學學術樓(三) 7樓
7/F., Academic 3, City University of Hong Kong,83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/interesting-dishes-at-cityus-bistro-e3388565

Interesting dishes at CityUs Bistro
2019-05-02  1504 瀏覽
Recently went to CityU for food and I was really surprised with the variety of choices and they were popular with the students.
I went there specifically for the chicken leg with mash but when I ordered I didn't know there were other options as well so chose the salad by accident.
Although I made a mistake, the salad turned out better than I thought because it was just cucumbers with balsalmic drizzled on.
I like the way the menu hasn't changed much so this is one of the dishes that is there all the time as well as roast chicken.
The pork patty that was given (underneath the chicken) wasn't bad either.
On the other side, they have baked potatoes as well.
The pizza they serve was creative especially the presentation and it looks like those window display pizzas.