Showing posts with label Cafe de Coral. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cafe de Coral. Show all posts

Friday, June 05, 2015

Caribbean curry at Café De Coral

There was not much on offer for lunch so I went for the vegetarian curry which was called Carribeanian Style veggie curry with rice.


I wonder if the spelling was deliberate because it was in Chinese it is mixed bean curry.
In the box I found some green beans and pineapples, the pineapples were obviously going to be there because pineapples are associated with anything tropical like Hawaii and the Caribbean.





Anyway, there was a good mix of chickpeas and kidney beans but the curry was too salty and not authentic Caribbean. 

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Chinese style salmon and spinach omelette

Café de Coral (North Point)
I rarely dine at CDC but came here randomly because the fish on the menu seemed attractive.

There was fried fish filet in tomato sauce or salmon and spinach omelette.


Luckily I did not order the filet because it was coated in egg (Chinese style).
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Salmon and spinach Chinese omelette:

When it arrived I realised the egg was Chinese style! CRAP!
It was such a good pairing of salmon and spinach but because it was done in a Chinese way, the egg was hard and plasticky.
The western style eggs are soft and fluffy.
There were also pieces of red peppers in it too which really ruined it.
For the locals it probably tastes nice but it was definitely not my cup of tea.
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Sunday, April 01, 2012

lettuce and fish patty soup @ Cafe De Coral

Ordered a mini roast pork with rice, including HK style tea, and also ordered a lettuce and fish soup.

The tea I gave away, and the rice was nice and soft, and the roast pork was not too fat or lean, with enough soy sauce.

The soup, had bits of lettuce and fish patty, the advantage having it here, is that it is more hygienic than the one served in the congested streets.

Crispy pork chop and macaroni @ Cafe De Coral

Ordered two sets, roast pork with rice, and pork chop bun with macaroni.

The roast pork rice was piping hot, the sauce was more like sticky gel, but as I was hungry, it all tasted good.
The pork chop in the bun was rather small, but the bun itself was good, crusty chewy bun.
The macaroni was disappointing though, very bland, and tasted like aeroplane food.

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Its fusion not western breakfast @ Cafe De Coral

I never have any expectations for Café de coral, their interior and logo is 1960s and glum, and their menu is super confusing too!

I only paid it a visit because I wanted to try the Hokkaido egg breakfast, the set includes a fish fillet, choice of toast or chinese carrot cake and freshly brewed coffee.

The other breakfast set with the fish was supposed to look western, but I thought it was chinese, especially the luncheon meat and carrot cake, very chinesy indeed, it’s a bit hard to find Luncheon meat for breakfast in Europe.

The sauce that came was the fish was totally Chinesey too, it was tartar sauce, but the base of the sauce was sweet, even McDonalds tartar sauce is more authentic.
The fish tasted nice on its own without the sauce.
The egg with hokkaido milk just had an extra butterness and milk aroma to it.

The congee was ok, the oysters could be tasted, however the pork was not fresh, so it ruins the taste of the congee.

Friday, March 30, 2012

Chinese roast @ Cafe De Coral

Its always a headache going to Café coral for food, the menu is very confusing and hard to order, and the stuff is a bit too local for me.

You just don’t know what to expect with local food, in the end I picked the simplest dish I could find, chicken leg with rice.
When I ordered, there was a confusion that it may be a piece of fried chicken, in the end it was chicken marinated in soy sauce and roasted.

It was presented a like a western roast served with gravy.

There were French beans on the side for decoration, the rice was too soft and the grains of rice not that distinct.
The chicken was a bit tough, hard and dry for a chicken leg, and the best thing of the dish was the gravy.
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