[Review 7688] Monopoly themed dinner @ 花月庭 La Scala

24/08/2019
花月庭  La Scala
旺角太子道西193號帝京酒店2樓
2/F, Royal Plaza Hotel, 193 Prince Edward Road West, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/monopoly-themed-dinner-e3517388

Monopoly themed dinner
2019-08-24  1839 瀏覽
At the moment La Scala is doing a Monopoly themed buffet which is worth checking out.
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You get to walk on a monopoly board at the buffet area.
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You will find edible game pieces and so many captivating items.


Monopoly cake:

As well themed items, they have popular and signature items like Hainan Chicken, oysters, lobsters etc.

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My favourites were the ricerolls which were presented with three options: lobster gravy, minced meat and soy sauce.
The Taiwanese guobaos were filling as they were filled with Wagyu beef.
Overall, there is something for everyone!

[Review 7687] #omnipork [Possibly HK's First OMNIPORK charsiu] @ 好燒味 Good BBQ

25/08/2019
好燒味  Good BBQ
金鐘金鐘道93號Lab Concept 金鐘廊1樓C01AD號舖
Shop C01AD, 1/F, Queensway Plaza, 93 Queensway, Admiralty
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/omnipork-possibly-hks-first-omnipork-charsiu-e3516730
#omnipork [Possibly HK's First OMNIPORK charsiu]
2019-08-25  270 瀏覽
I don't really eat much Chinese food but omnipork is making me eat more Chinese food lately.
This time it was GOOD Bbq because they have launched the omnipork charsiu which will be officially launched on the the 30th August.
I love the taste of charsiu so went and had it.
The price tag is affordable unlike other vegetarian dishes.
On first bite, it really did taste like charsiu because it was smokey and the spices that they use for charsiu was there.
The taste reminded me of juyukgone (pork jerky) which is amazing,
Definitely worth trying so I might try it again as they are constantly improving the recipe.

[Review 7686] Light meal @ 牛角日本燒肉專門店 Gyu-Kaku

26/08/2019
牛角日本燒肉專門店  Gyu-Kaku
深水埗深旺道28號V Walk 2樓116A號舖
Shop 116A, 2/F, V Walk, 28 Sham Mong Road, Sham Shui Po
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/light-meal-e3516588

Light meal
2019-08-26  83 瀏覽
Gyu-Kaku is so popular in Hong Kong that there are so many branches.

I was captivated by the rice topped with spring onion and seaweed which was why I went.
As this place specializes in grill, it would be strange if I didn't order any meat so I got the miso pork.
The impressive thing is that they have beyond burger steaks and plant based fish so next time I am going to try it.

Basically I am happy with carbs, and it was simply delicious having plain rice with seaweed and spring onions.
When you burst the yolk, it is even better.

The pork was also good because it looked like fresh uncured bacon.
There are so many sauces to choose from but I chose miso so that it would taste salty like bacon.


Overall, quite good so next time I will try the vegetarian items to grill.

[Review 7685] Korean Coffee joint @ Tom N Toms Coffee (

26/08/2019
Tom N Toms Coffee (已結業)
深水埗深旺道28號V Walk 2樓21號舖
Shop 21, 2/F, V Walk, 28 Sham Mong Road, Sham Shui Po
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/korean-coffee-joint-e3516537

Korean Coffee joint
2019-08-26  12 瀏覽
There are quite a few branches of Tom N Toms Coffee around Hong Kong.
I thought it was American but it is actually Korean.

They had some captivating sweet treats so I tried them.
Muffins are everywhere but the ones here had runny fillings.

Tried the triple chocolate muffin and the apple and cinnamon muffin which were both oozing with filling from the middle and piping hot.

The apple and cinnamon muffin was good  because the cinnamon was strong. there were bits of apple puree in the middle as well so these muffins are worth trying.

[Review 7684] Ripped off @ Salad Cafe 《Neo-Romanticism》

20/08/2019
Salad Cafe 《Neo-Romanticism》 (已結業)
旺角彌敦道700號T.O.P This is Our Place 2樓208號舖
Shop 208, 2/F, T.O.P This is Our Place, 700 Nathan Road, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/ripped-off-e3515278

Ripped off
2019-08-20  64 瀏覽
A while ago I saw cute pictures of a Matcha Latte with a cute chocolate doggy so had to try it.
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The product shot was the just like what I saw earlier posted by another person on SM so this had to be the drink.
There is a hot and cold, the hot comes with a chocolate dog while the cold comes with a marshmallow one as shown.
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However, when it came, the dog was totally different.
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They said it should be the cold one.
Anyway, I believe the chocolate dog is too expensive hence they are cutting the budget by using marshmallow instead.
ANYHOW, THEY SHOULD CHANGE THE PRODUCT PICTURE AS WELL.
THE TASTE WASN'T REALLY WORTH RANTING ABOUT AS IT WAS JUST THE USUAL MATCHA LATTE MADE FROM MATCHA POWDER WHICH IS ALREADY SWEETENED BY DEFAULT JUST LIKE STARBUCKS.
A waste of money!

[Review 7683] Freshly baked Taiwanese cakes @ 山田本舖 Yamada Bakery

26/08/2019
山田本舖  Yamada Bakery
太子太子道西108-118號康齡大廈地下C4號舖
Shop C4, G/F, Honland Building, 108-118 Prince Edward Road West, Prince Edward
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/freshly-baked-taiwanese-cakes-e3515248

Went past this tiny joint which was selling these cakes in gold boxes.
I thought it was Japanese but they were actually Taiwanese.
There is a schedule on the window so people can see when the cakes come out from the oven.
There are different flavours as well: pandan, chocolate and cheese from memory.
All I wanted was the pandan and they cost HKD60-75.
The pandan was quite nice and the texture was fluffy.
Quite nice as they were not too sweet.
I ended up eating more than I intended because it was quite addictive.

[Review 7682] Tasty Taiwanese Wraps @ 炸老闆

22/08/2019
炸老闆 (已結業)
旺角弼街60號地舖
G/F, 60 Bute Street, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/tasty-taiwanese-wraps-e3515234

Tasty Taiwanese Wraps
2019-08-22  1616 瀏覽
Discovered this on the way to Prince Edward.
At first, I thought this joint served Taiwanese Roti which is oily and flakey but on a closer look, they looked like round pieces of fried naan bread with filling.
The frying oil looked clean so I was confident in giving it a try.
To be honest, I don't know much about Taiwanese food so I'll refer them as Taiwanese wraps for the time being as they look like wraps.

You can get them a la carte or with tea.

As a tea lover, I got the set.
For each wrap, there are different fillings and the signature basic one has just egg.
On the menu, they are all shown open so you can see the the fillings clearly but when they give it to you, it is folded over.
There were so many to choose from but clearly luncheon meat was my first choice as well as Taiwanese basil because it is very aromatic.

Sausages were not my choices as I only like English pork sausages!
They also have salted egg with minced pork which is tempting.


Basically they fry the wrap, put sauces on and stuff it with the ingredients of your choice.
At first I was put off when I saw those sauces because Hongkonized Taiwanese food is always too sweet but luckily it turned out normal.
It was a bit salty but damn delicious as the wrap was chewy in the middle and slightly crispy.
The ham and egg wrap was to my liking as it was like eating a thin crispy panini.


It also reminded me of the sandwiches at Taoyuen village which are non fried but flakey and crispy!



Taiwanese basil egg wrap:
Definitely a nice surprise with a runny yolk.


The bottle of tea has a stopper in the middle to prevent the teabag from gushing tea out but sadly I couldn't get the tea bag out afterwards as I wanted to see if I could get a second round out of it.

Will be back for the other wraps and I love their teas which are all cold brewed with tea bags.
Overall delicious but quite messy to eat.