Showing posts with label Peanuts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peanuts. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

The secret touch to the Lamma Island marshmallows

I have always wanted to try these, but on my last visit to Lamma I could not find them.
These sweets must be really famous in Lamma, before I tried them I did not know what to expect because in Chinese they are meant to be marshmallows but in English they are called Peanut candy according to their labeling.

When I opened the bag, the smell of dessicated coconut was really nice and coconutty just like toasted coconut.

The texture of it was soft and nothing like a nougat, after I took a bite, it turned out to be marshmallow so the Chinese labelling/description is more accurate.

The marshmallows were lovey and soft with some chew to it.
This is the best marshmallow I have tasted. The coconut gave the marshmallow a really nice taste and there were pieces of peanuts in it too!

The big secret is the crispy crunch.
Most people think that the crunch comes from the peanuts which I almost did as well but it was not the peanuts.

After tasting it carefully I realized the crispy crunches were coming from pieces of toasted rice in it.
The marshmallow is a must get item from Lamma!!

After reading the reviews, it appears the price is roughly the same as four years ago, but you get fewer pieces per bag!

I wish I tried these marshmallows a few years ago!
Although they seem expensive, the taste is amazing, and they are slightly cheaper than a macaron.

Sunday, April 08, 2012

Malaysian Egg rolls @ Sisters Kitchen

After seeing the photos of the egg rolls on OpenRice, I found them quite appealing so I bought some to try. I have not tried these before nor do I know what they are.
I thought they were sweet pancakes at first with chocolate sauce drizzled over it according to the photos posted on OpenRice.

Anyway, got some egg rolls and the Buk Kut Teh soup.

They also had CHICK kut Teh soup which sounds cute because it is chicken instead of pork!
I wonder if they have it in Malaysia because there are lots of religions there that can not eat pork. ★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★ Popiah Egg rolls:
They looked quite different from the rolls sold two months ago, they did not have any sauce on it. (Left top corner of this picture)
I asked if there was meant to be any sauce so they gave me some vinegar which looks nothing like the sauce used before because the sauce on the picture is thick. Inside the rolls were mostly white carrots, a few shreds of cucumber and some crushed peanuts.
The roll was sweetish with some Satay sauce taste.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★ Buk Kut Teh soup:
The soup tasted really nice but there was too much oil on top.
The herb taste was really strong especially the wolfberries.
In the soup there were button mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, tofu puffs, beancurds and a piece of pork ribs.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

Monday, April 02, 2012

Peanut flavoured snowflake ice @ Tong Bak Fu

Although this is the first one to open in hong kong serving snow flake ice, the long queues deterred me to come, finally another branch has just opened in Hong Kong, so I had to take this opportunity to try it before the congestion starts.

I feel fortunate I didn't go to the Mong Kok one and queue for it, because after trying 6 dessert houses including this one, I felt that other places offered more choices.

The only thing I liked was their mini white flour balls (tong yuen), cute in size and rather chewy, unlike the ones I had at Mr Sweetheart, which were rather soggy.
However the white pearls here were too soft, and less chewy.
I also tried the Aiyu jelly, it was light and melts in the mouth, not as firm as Fangfiona describe, but probably due to the ratio of ingredients when making of it.

I just felt their "pick your choice" forms could be printed better, the chinese characters are all blurred together. (see pic)

For menu design, Mr Sweetheart must be praised for, as the menu has clearly been given thought to it, also it has English as well.

In terms of portion size, quite reasonable, and texture was reasonable.
However the one in Yuen long called "min min bing" is just like ice-cream, and not worth travelling for it.

Lately, the two at TST, China Town and Sweet C. C are quite good too, also with plenty of choice, both serving taro flavour, the one at China Town is white, and the other one is purple.
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illegable chinese characters
illegable chinese characters
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receipt that clearly confirms wat u ordered
receipt that clearly confirms wat u ordered
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aiyu jelly pictured center of marshmellows
aiyu jelly pictured center of marshmallows
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yummy chewy little flour balls
yummy chewy little flour balls
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