Showing posts with label Lemon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lemon. Show all posts

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Pancit bihon @ Quezon

Phillipino food is normally sugary and also sour because they like to add Lemon or Vinegar to their food.
I started with a plate of noodles, the Pancit bihon it was thin rice noodles cooked with soy sauce some lime juice.
There are two sizes: a plate for $10 or a plate for $15, I knew I was going to like it, so ordered the bigger portion.
The noodles are flavoured nicely with notes of lemon. I added extra chilli vinegar to it as well, which made me even hungrier.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Confused by their bakery and restaurant @ Cafe Balencia

Same as commented by someone else, I had the same confusing experience with this Café/restaurant.

I had no intention of trying this place, but came here randomly.

I was attracted by their bakery section, which reminded me of Das Gute.

Anyway, I assumed you could get products from their bakery and order drinks to drink there, but the bakery and dining section are TOTALLY independent of each other.
I think they should have an OBVIOUS partition that both places are separate.

So in the end, I only sat down for a drink.

On the drinks menu, there were teas, coffees and cooler, so I chose a Lime soda.
To my disappointment it was just Sprite.
I could have got sprite anywhere instead of having it here!

Later I checked openrice and found that this was the only branch in HK, which is surprising, and someone also had the same confusing experience!
Maybe next time I will just buy bakery products instead.

SakuSaku chicken burger with lemon sauce @ MOS

Tried the new Saku Saku chicken burger with lemon sauce.

The chicken filet in the burger was crisp and juicy drizzled with lemon sauce.

The coating of the chicken had some black pepper which could be seen.

It tasted really similar to cantonese lemon chicken.
It was basically the same as the grilled chicken burger with orange and black pepper sauce.

Grilled chicken burger with orange sauce at MOS
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2139974

As well as that I got the lemon and honey konjac drink, however from labelling it said it came from Taiwan which was unexpected, I assumed all MOS products to came from Japan.
Lemon sakusaku
Lemon sakusaku
 

The new talk of bread in town @ BreadTalk

This branch of bread talk is located within the Wellcome supermarket.
It is rumoured that mall has been run by a Singaporean company hence it makes sense that there is a BreadTalk there.
However I wonder how long it survive because BreadTalk is quite high end for that area.

Anyway, it offers the same variety as their other branches.
I decided to try their cakes, so I bought three: Taro and kaya cake, lemon meringue tart and boston cherry chocolate cake.
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Taro and kaya cake
Taro and kaya cake
 
Taro and kaya cake
For this cake, it was a sponge roll filled with purple taro paste.
I could not taste any Kaya or see any kaya as stated on the label.
The taro paste was rather starchy.
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Lemon meringue tart
Lemon meringue tart
 
Lemon meringue tart
This was interesting because it actually had a slice of lemon on top.
It tastes like the usual lemon meringue cakes but it was too sweet.
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boston cherry and chocolate cake
boston cherry and chocolate cake
 
Boston cherry and chocolate cake
This was the best out of the three, it was not that sweet, and there was so many of cherry.
It was decorated with a small of macaron on top.

Savoury and sweet crepes @ La Creperie

The previous review I wrote for this restaurant only did justice for the French, so for this second visit the review is in English.

I was excited when this place opened, because it serves Crepes, a thin crispy pancake with various topping (not be confused with american hotcakes) and savoury ones too.
After their sucessful branch in Shanghai, here it is in Hong Kong!
This type of French cuisine is more down to earth too, just simple pancakes and local items like moule frites rather than the classy French meals with numerous aperitifs and foie gras.

The restaurant was laid out with black wooden tables and chairs and lighthouse salt and pepper shakers.
It was like walking into a restaurant by the seaside.

The wall on one side had the thick grey bricks just like medieval Normande which is scenic medieval buldings and lush green grass.

As it just opened, there were not much people then on this visit, the staff there were nice and considerate, I was asked if the music was too loud and it was turned down.
Gradually the restaurant filled up with people, and the atititude of the waitors was still amazing, they even asked us if we minded people to sit by us, and also at the end, they thanked us for the tips too.
Never in a million years would honks to that!
It was also good that the waitors were French people, so were the customers.

Anyway back to the food.

Ordered two galettes, and two sweet crepes.

La plage: lemon cream, mint and Meringe.
creamy lemon sauce that tasted like lemon curd. I thought the Meringue would come as crushed pieces but it come as a small little meringue.

Apple and cinammon: la krompouz
This was really nice, thick caramel with cinammon and stewed apples.

La bosco: mixed seafood, parsley, white wine, cream
It was quite creamy, and there was a hint of spicyness in it, which I didnt expect for French food, but with the buckwheat pancake, it tasted nice.

les pierres noire: french camembert, cheese, smoked ham , mixed mushrooms, salads
This was my favourite, very cheesey. also nice gooey cheese wrapped inside, and the mushrooms were diced so finely.

To finish off the meal, tried the sweet cider. I never really order alchohol, but this one claimed to be very sweet and fruity.
When it came, it was served in two big bowls, the colour of the cider was bright golden brown orange. The taste was truly fruity, and at 2.5% I could not taste any alcohol which I can for other 2.5% alcohols.
Although I couldnt taste the alchohol, I could feel the effects of alchohol kicking it.
La plage
La plage
 
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Grey bricks that resembles old normandie
Grey bricks that resembles old normandie
 
Sweet cider 2.5%
Sweet cider 2.5%
 
les pierres noire
les pierres noire
 
La Bosco
La Bosco
 
la krompouz
la krompouz
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