[Flamingo Bloom] debuts at Tsim Sha Tsui

Kowlooners thirsty for Flamingo Bloom can now quench their thirst at the second new branch at TST!

With winter just around the corner, tea lovers can look forward to an enhanced menu full of
nourishing hot teas, such as the highly aromatic, fresh Australian Blush Pear x Jasmine Tea or
Lemon with freshly ground Ginger x your choice of tea base, such as Jasmine Tips Green,
Honey Orchid Black, Highland Oolong and Chrysanthemum Pu'er.
Most Flamingo Bloom teas can be prepared hot or cold, according to your preference.

And to make the new opening even sweeter, Flaming Bloom’s Tsim Sha Tsui menu offers
another Hong Kong favourite: Bubble waffles with ice-cream.

First, choose from six ice cream
flavours: Cookies & Cream, Milk Chocolate, Bitter Sweet Matcha, or Strawberry Fields. Next
comes the decadent toppings, including Pink Salted Milk Cap, Oreo Crumbs, Salted Caramel
Crumbs, and Double Matcha Sticks.

Get a free floaty at the TST branch with any drink purchased until the 2nd November.

[COCO, The Mira Hotel] Fashion Matcha Afternoon Tea

CENTRESTAGE x COCO Fashion Matcha Afternoon Tea

Recently tried the Fashion Matcha afternoon tea at COCO to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the MIRA DINING GROUP.

I admit that I haven't dined at MIRA DINING outlets for a while and I have missed so much, they have come up with some really mouth watering and unique items such the chocolate durian tart, pandan waffles and even chocolate mustard for their meat pairings.

Guests are greeted with a green tea ceremony to start with.

The Matcha afternoon tea managed to impress me even though I am not mad about Matcha.

It was the Matcha that I liked because it wasn't grassy.

Presented with this stylish tea set, I always start with the savouries, moving onto the scones and then the sweets.

The savouries and sweets were equally as good which was good.

Starting with the savouries there was: roasted capsicum cupcake with goat cheese topping, matcha cream cheese with spicy cajun shrimp toast, baccola (salty cod) rilettes with sesame, matcha soba noodle salad with sesame.

The savouries were all fantastic but the roasted capsicum cupcake with goat cheese topping was the most memorable because the savoury cupcake was really tasty and the velvety cheese topping was divine.

Moving on to the Korean Matcha Cranberry Scone with homemade Orange Jam flavoured with Japanese Sudachi Lime, it was heavily dusted with Matcha powder that you can see my finger imprint after picking it up!!

The pairing of refreshing orange jam was a match made in heaven because there was a lot of solid orange pieces in the jam and it wasn't bitter complemented with fluffy whipped cream.

The Trendy Sweets comprised of: Taiwanese Matcha Elixir on Lamington & Yuzu, “Metallic Moonlight” Kyoto Uji Matcha infused in Vietnamese 40% White Chocolate Tart, Golden Wire Korean Matcha Latte Pudding by Executive Pastry Chef Jean-Marc Gaucher.

Finished with the Fashion passion drink which was a concoction of passionfruit and green tea.

It had a great refreshing fizz with notes of passionfruit, but most importantly it was not too sweet.

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Available from 26 Aug – 30 Sep, 3pm – 6pm at COCO (G/F) on Mon – Fri & Sun,
and at WHISK (5/F) on Saturdays
HK$448 for 2 Guests with cosmic chocolate treat (26 Aug – 9 Sep)
HK$428 for 2 Guests (10 Sep – 30 Sep)
Subject to 10% service charge. Mira Plus Members enjoy 25% discount.
Booking enquiries: 2315 5566 or dining@themirahotel.com

http://www.themirahotel.com/centrestage-x-coco-fashion-matcha-afternoon-tea/

[The Spaghetti House] New Ocean Bounty menu

The Spaghetti House at Wanchai is a good place for dinner during the weekdays because all the people working in that area have deserted the place.

There was a new summery Ocean Bounty menu launched for summer.

They even had sea cucumber on the menu paired with salad but I was immediately attracted to the squid ink ravioli filled with spinach and scallops that are made freshly everyday.

It was a very hot day so had the macchiato with haagan dazs vanilla icecream topped with a square cube of frozen red bean puree recommended by the manager.

Definitely a photogenic drink with a strong matcha bitterness complimented by the red beans at the bottom.

The other drink Strawberry wonderland was just simply stunning with the sexy red strawberry floating on ice.

Started with the creamy asparagus soup with scallops which is a good pairing of asparagus and scallops because both are delicate in flavour.

The garlic bread was perfectly toasted and buttered, it was crispy with a slight soft centre saturated with garlic butter.

The mussels came in a rich tomato sauce which made every mussel tasty while the sauce was great for dipping the garlic bread.

Now to the star of the show, the squid ink ravioli filled with spinach and scallops were big while the ravioli pasta was soft and hung the lobster sauce well. 

www.thespaghettihouse.com

[Flamingo Bloom] Modern stylish affordable crafted teas

As well as food,  tea is another big thing for me, be it Chinese leaf tea or English tea.
For some people coffee is their start to the day whereas its tea for me.
Since Shortbread Teas closed down,  there hasn't really been another proper tea house.
Flamingo Bloom is totally different, I first noticed it when there was an eye-catching  lovely pink front backdrop covering the entrance.

There are four main tea blends with Jasmine tips green being the signature,  Highland oolong,  Honey orchid black and Chrysanthemum Pu'er.
They serve these teas for only $19, but why not go for the fancy crafted tea when you can have it with fruit, boba pearls, latte and even topped with a salted milk cap.

The tea that I had was just my style because all I could think of was Wimbledon and Cream teas.
It was SMASHED STRAWBERRIES JASMINE TIPS GREEN WITH A SALTED MILK CAP.

The taste was exactly like drinking fresh strawberries with thick cream just like strawberries and cream during Wimbledon Tennis season.
The name couldn't coincide better with Tennis because a Smash hit is where you hit the ball with an overhead smash.
Important tip:  The salted milk cap is drunk without the straw so that when you drink it from the cup,  you end up with a mix of strawberry tea and the milk cap,  otherwise with a straw you just end up drinking the tea and the milk cap is left floating on top.
Also tried the other teas which were as good as my expectation, basically a tea with a decent natural taste since they are brewed with tea leaves.
The decor and logo revolves around flamingoes so expect bright colours with a summery splash,  something that will put you in a positive energetic mood all year round.

Grand opening on July 2nd (Sun) 2017, they are giving away mini Flamingo floats with any drinks purchased between July 2 to 4 from 8:00 am - 8:00 pm, while stocks last.

Other drinks at Flamingo Bloom:
[Jasmine tips green with fresh fruits]

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[Honey orchid black with Boba and salted milk cap]

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[ Jasmine tips green with Salted milk cap]

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This is a brand that I can see popping up in London or New York because it has style and an image that can be readily accepted anywhere.

[Flamingo Bloom]
50 Stanley Street,
World Trust Tower,
Central, Hong Kong

[Appolo] Uji matcha froyo

I love Appolo's frozen yoghurt because it is the mother of all froyos in Hong Kong before the Froyo trend and it tastes natrual.
Went here because I was having dinner nearby and discovered that they had this uji matcha froyo which sounds good as you don't often find any froyo that is matcha flavoured.

As well as uji matcha, they also had this new Hokkaido vanilla flavour but you can't try them.

I was told that it was froyo mixed with uji matcha powder.

Anyway, the woman there was a bit grumpy so it was hard asking her about the different flavours.

There was some free strawberry yoghurt at the bottom from the last order.

As for the uji matcha, it was quite nice but a bit too sweet which overpowered the yoghurt flavour and the uji matcha flavour was quite strong with hard starchy bits of red beans in it.
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From Kyoto with love at Shoeian Kyoto

I am not a fan of Matcha or Kyoto but tried this place because it was new.
There were quite a lot of choices for Matcha fans.













According to the staff, there is a shop in Japan.


I needed a plastic bag but I was told it costs 50 cents, but in the end they gave it to me because it was for food.
To be honest I don't know if the plastic bag policy applies to bakery.


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Kyoto matcha bread stuffed with matcha paste:


The matcha paste was not that strong and very sweet and the bun texture tasted like local buns so that was a bit disappointing.
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Kyoto matcha strawberry bread:

The strawberry bread had a similar taste and again the texture was like local bread so I didn't like it and there was an artificial strawberry aroma.
There was white paste in the middle which I havent a clue what it was but it was very sweet.


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