Showing posts with label walnuts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label walnuts. Show all posts

Friday, March 29, 2013

Walnut rice milk with pine nuts

Shop: 85C

The Walnut rice milk was so delicious I went back for it again.
I ordered the cold one because you can also have it hot.
This time it was served in a paper cup.
The lid was nice and interesting.


When you open the stopper, there is foil on the hole which is quite hygienic.




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Walnut rice milk with pine nuts:
The walnut drink was really nice and creamy.
It was quite thick too with finely grounded pieces of rice, walnut and pinenuts.
I really recommend ordering this drink.


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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Korean Walnut shaped Taiyakis filled with red bean

韓國皇帝胡桃紅豆餅 Korean Walnut Cookie

I am not a fan of red bean paste but I decided to give it a try. The owner was really friendly and there were other items as well to try but since I am allergic to the Kimchi I just tried this.

The outer layer of this walnut snack was similar to the Taiyaki, so I expected it to taste soft and slighty tough on the skin with sweet red bean paste in the middle with the occaisional pieces of walnut.
For red bean lovers this would be a great snack because they are bite sized and if they are freshly done they taste nice warm as well.

Saturday, March 31, 2012

2009 Christmas Fudge cake with cranberry @ Starbucks

Christmas is a time that draws me to places that I am not usually fan of, usually because the food contains cranberries, turkey, or stuffing, even the sweet selection will be interesting.

I shall be going to Starbucks to try the following Christmas selections: mini turkey wrap, turkey sausage, christmas log.

Today I tried the Fudge cake with cranberry, it was rather dense, and I was expecting cranberry sauce to pour out from the middle, but it turned out a splodge of cranberry on the top with Walnuts.

This is one in the selection that I felt wasnt so Christmasy.

Friday, March 30, 2012

Mado's ice-cream @ Istanbul Express

After Mado’s closed down in Hong Kong,, I didn’t think I could taste the chewy ice-cream again!

Now Istanbul serves it, they serve the scoop and the slices.

The ice-cream seems to be made by Istanbul or imported but slightly different to the ice-cream at Mado’s, the textures is much more gooey and chewy.
The portion for one scoop was very generous, one big bowl! Either it was their generosity or either because of its elasticity it was difficult to scoop out resulting in a big scoop!

I got two scoops, savoury caramel and sweet walnut. I was impressed they were served in separate bowls so the delicate flavours wouldn’t be mixed together!
The sweet walnut was nice and gooey with bits of walnut, however the caramel tasted a bit off, sort of like overheated milk.

As well as a sweet dessert, it is a good remedy for GI upsets, slows down bowel movements, especially after eating chilli's!

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Walnut cookie @ helping hand by Saint Honores

Saint Honore is a supplier of cookies for the Helping Hand eldery, thanks to a donator who donated to the helping hand, I was able to sample Saint Honores walnut cookie.

The cookie was rather sweet, so not advisable for the eldery or diabetic.

The texture of the cookie was very buttery and crumbles easily.
It has the typical chinese cookie appearance with a glazed surface, and deep cracks of being baked.

The sugar the Chinese use is also different which makes it have that cloying sweetness.

Saturday, March 24, 2012

☆Γρεξοπ☆ΓΡΕΞΟπ☆Grecoπ☆Γρεψοπ☆Γκρέκοπ☆

This restaurant immediately caught my attention because of the Greek letter π (Pi).

For the first year of Maths at Imperial College, you are required to learn the Greek alphabet as a prerequisite, however the most Greek letters I ever used were alpha, beta, sigma and delta.

Anyway, it was really fun to see that their dining tables are decorated with Greek letters.

I faxed them over an order because I was not sure if they would understand me reading out the Greek dishes in a British accent, also if the staff was Asian I wasn’t sure if I could understand them pronouncing Greek dishes with an Asian accent!

Although these are not the types of kebabs I am looking for, I still like to try new dishes especially the Mezedes.

But I wish someone would open a British style Pakistani kebab shop in Hong Kong, the Greasy ones with julienne cabbages, lemon juice and chilli sauce that are WTF (worth the fat) as the-eating-pan saids.

I ordered the following: 1 X Skewer Souvlaki Kalamaki, Greek yoghurt with honey and walnuts, Grilled feta cheese, Patzarosalata (beetroot) and the Melitzanosalata.
The Patzarosalata was not available so I changed it to the Tzatziki.
I was disappointed because I really wanted to try the Patzarosalata mezedes, which is made with beetroot and yoghurt.
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1x Skewer Souvlaki Kalamaki
This was tender grilled smoked chicken on a skewer, the chicken was juicy however it was bland on its own and tasted nice with Mezedes.
Souvlaki Kalamaki
Souvlaki Kalamaki
 
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Greek yoghurt with honey and walnuts:
This was my favourite, the yoghurt was extremely thick like cream cheese with a very tart taste!
The texture of the honey is so much different and runnier than the ones I have tried.
The way I ate this was spooning the yoghurt and letting excess honey fall off.
I think this is the best honey because people always say that honey is soothing but I never felt that, all I felt was the sweetness of it stinging my throat! But the honey here was truly soothing! The sweetness was natural.
Honey and walnut yoghurt
Honey and walnut yoghurt
 
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Tzatziki:
I did not really want to order this, but because the Patzarosalata was not available I got this instead. The taste of cucumber was faint, and it tasted the same as the yoghurt in the dessert.
Tzatziki
Tzatziki
 
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Grilled feta cheese
I have never tried grilled feta before, so this was new to me.
I felt that it could have been grilled more because it just tasted like feta that was steamed.
The texture was not stringy like the typical heated cheese, but it was soft and mushy.
The olive oil and herbs enhanced the grilled feta’s taste nicely.
Grilled Feta cheese
Grilled Feta cheese
 
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Melitzanosalata
This was grounded parsley, aubergines, red peppers, and walnuts with olive oil.
It reminded me of some starter at Habibi (Mediterranean food).
The paste was very light and moist similar to puree.
Melitzanosalata
Melitzanosalata
 
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Pita bread: This came with dips and there were so many herbs sprinkled on it. The pita bread was thicker and chewier than the ones I have come across before.
Pita bread
Pita bread
 
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Shop: Grecoπ
http://www.grecopi.com/
Shop 13, 1/F, Block A, Causeway Centre, 28 Harbour Road, Wan Chai
Service: Good
Sweetness levels: OK
MSG levels: none
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