Showing posts with label baguettes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baguettes. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 09, 2014

Healthy Vietnamese baguettes

I remember getting a flyer from this shop a while ago but as I was having dinner I did not stop by and try.

Finally tried it and the baguettes were surprisingly good.

While I was there, someone ordered the whole baguette which only costs $69, fit for a few people to share.



I went for the mini which only costs $19.

Next time I am going to try the toasts which has scrambled eggs and vietnamese sausage.

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Vietnamese French baguette:




The baguette was filled with liver pate, Vietnamese pork roll, pork floss, tomato, carrots, pickled cucumber and cilantro.
Chili slices are optional.
As an expat I love baguettes and this was great because it was filled with lots of ingredients.
The optional chili was surprisingly good because it balanced well with the pork belly and the pickles made it refreshing.
The baguette was lovely and fresh, soft and crusty.
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Spring rolls:

The Spring rolls were crispy and perfectly fried.
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Salty lemon soda:

Had this refreshing drink and it was amazing because it was not sweet which is how it should be.
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Salty lemon soda with lime:

This is basically the same as above with lime added.
I preferred this one because it had more flavours and complexity.
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Grilled meat roll:

Lastly I had the grilled meat roll which came with sweet sauce.
It is a great snack for meat lovers but I am not keen on meat.
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I will be back to try their vegetarian baguettes and toasts.
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Saturday, July 05, 2014

Al fresco place to have French food

I was early for a tasting at Gin Sai when I spotted this shop across the road.
They have a branch in Sheung Wan, but this branch is better because it has a wide range of baguettes, quiches and soup.


It was after 6pm so all their food was at reduced price and I got a baguette with brie and lettuce for $26 which was a bargain.




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Brie and lettuce baguette:

The baguette was really good because there were so many slices of Brie which was creamy and soft but unfortunately the baguette was too hard and chewy.
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Ham and cheese quiche:

Nice wooden knife and fork!

The quiche looked weird, it was as thin as a pizza and the cheese on topped was brown.
I felt like I was eating pizza because of the grilled cheese on top and how thin it was.
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Monsieur Chatte:
Shop 4, G/F, Lucky house, 17-21 Burrows Street, Wan Chai

Thursday, April 18, 2013

bee my favourite baguette

This joint used to be located at Prince Edwards on the busy side of Kowloon.

They have now moved to the classy side of Central located in between Sheung Wan and Central.
I like this branch because you can dine there and it is much bigger than the shop in Prince Edwards which only had two seats at the bar table.



I finally tried the baguettes because at the Prince Edward branch I could only try the snacks because there was no where to eat it.

To be honest I have attempted to dine at the Central branch many times without luck, it was either closed or the items I wanted were sold out.

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Salad:


The salad was surprisingly nice because of the salad dressing, it was thick caesar dressing which was lovely and cheesey.
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Vegetarian fish baguette:

Although I am not a vegetarian it was nice that they had many vegetarian choices.
The vegetarian fish they used was the usual type that restaurants stock but it was jazzed up with mustards and other sauces.
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Chicken in wine baguette:

As expected I really liked this and innovative that they used chicken in wine as a filling.
The wine taste was strong complemented by the crunchy medley of salad in the baguette.
The only thing I did not like were the julienne carrots which were too sweet.
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Back for my favourite French baguettes @ Chez meli melo

Chez Meli Melo (Sheung Wan)

Located right next to La Rotisserie lies this really nice baguette shop.

This joint is a popular pick for the French and expats who want to sink their teeth in a real baguette.

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Parisien - Ham and guerkins:


With an authentic baguette and nice fillings nothing can go wrong.
This time I tried the Parisien which had ham and guerkins and it was great because the saltiness of the ham and the refreshing guerkins were a perfect match.
However it would taste nicer if the baguette was warmer.
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Pumpkin and black pepper soup:


This was complimentary from the owner and it tasted really nice because it had freshly cracked black pepper in it and the taste of pumpkin was natural and unsweetened.
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Chocolate cake:


The chocolate cake was delicious.
It was moist chocolate cake on the outside with soft chocolate filling in the centre that was not too sweet.
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Sunday, March 03, 2013

Slightly confused by their sandwiches: Boulangerie Bistronomique

Boulangerie Bistronomique (Western District)

On my last visit I tried the Mille Feuille which was OK because it reminded me of the cakes I had as a kid but it was too sweet with the custard and I would have preferred plain cream instead of the custard.

This time I came back for the Tete de cochon sandwich which is only served from 12-3pm.

I wanted to try the Bahn mi because of the pate and the Tete de cochon because I have always wanted to try the pig's head.

For the sandwich sets they come with two sides and you can choose from: salad, soup or crisps (chips in French).
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Bahn mi:
[Vietnamese pork pate/Liver pate/pickles/coriander/chili pepper]



When it came, it looked Vietnamese style because of the coriander, carrots and pickled vegetables, however when I took a look at the fillings it had sliced pork trotters which was not on the menu.


The taste of the pate was ok, but the sliced pork trotters/ears ruined it for me because I hate them.
Vietnamese sausage would be a more appropriate ingredient instead of the pork trotter slices.
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Tete de cochon:
[Pigs head terrine/gribiche sauce/pickle pepper/mustard]

I was really looking forward to this because I have always wanted to try the pork brain.To my horror I could already see sliced pork trotter from the edges.


When I took a look at the fillings there were more disgusting pork trotters/sliced pigs ears again which was not listed on the ingredients.


The meatier item on the left of the picture could have been the brain but it tasted like Ox's tongue and they said it was meant to be terrine but it didn't look like terrine at all and where was the jelly?
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Soup:
Although the soup tasted nice, but as a carrot soup it lacked the taste of carrot.
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crisps:
The crisps were quite salty but luckily they were fresh.
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Salad:
Basically it was rocket leaves in vinaigrette which tasted ok.
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Monday, November 05, 2012

New milano buns from Arome Bakery Room

Hot news from Arome bakery room, the new made to order milano in three delicious flavours.

Tuna and ham with dill paste
Roasted chicken with red basil sauce
Roasted beef with avocado paste

They only cost $29 and you can get a hot or cold drink with it for an extra $8




Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Delicious fillings in the Tim Kee French Baguette

I have always wanted to try the baguettes here, but the location is far from the nearest MTR stations.

As I was coming by MTR, I could only choose between Jordan or Austin station to get off.
Made the mistake of choosing AUSTIN even though it was slightly nearer because you need to interchange trains about three times and the trains run on a five minute frequency which I could have walked from the Jordan stop.

What made it worse was that it was raining heavily that day when I got there so I couldn’t exactly give up!

Anyway finally got there and ordered the baguette.
Basically there were only three choices: garlic bread, small baguette and large bagette.
While I was waiting I saw some magazine clippings featuring their baguettes and there are four primary ingredients that they put in which are five spice belly, vietnamese sausage, salted pork knuckle, French pate (I am guessing it is french pate because I cant read the chinese).
When it was made, butter and mayonnaise was spread on the baguette first and it was filled with picked carrots, tomato slices and those four meats.

Usually I am picky and would pick out any fat pieces but when I knew it had pork belly after reading the feature it was too late so I left them in there, and secondly there probably wasn’t much pork belly in there in comparison to the baguette.
Luckily all the fillings in the baguette were heavily flavoured I could not taste the pork belly and the squishy fat!
The salted pork knuckles and French pate tasted the strongest and nice too.
There was strong black pepper in the baguette too. In comparison to Mr Baguette at Fortress hill and Wan Chai, I prefer the baguette here because there is pate, but at Mr Baguette there are more choices.

I liked the pate so much that I ordered an extra piece of garlic bread and pate so I could get a better taste of the pate. I should have done that with the pork knuckle too.
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Supersupergirl’s special order!!!
To be honest I thought this tasted better than the baguette!!
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