Lemon and apricot cake @ Pacific Coffee

I am such a fan for Pacific coffee products, it is rare for me to dislike anything there.

One thing I do not buy is coffee, but I do drink tea.

I got the lemon and apricot cake as a light snack, its not too sweet, and there are lovely bits of apricot in it.
It is not too greasy either.

The date on the packaging is rather memorable, because it consists of consecutive numbers.

 

Melon and lemon jelly drink @ Hui Lau Shan

The summer season is over but the heat is still here, and I need to KEEP cool with a drink.

Usually I can cool myself with the pink grapefruit and jelly, but now the autumn menu is out, so the pink grapefruit is no longer available.

Anyway I got the melon and lemon jelly and it was better than I imagined, melon has always been savoryish, especially with Parma Ham, but as a drink, it worked well with the sour notes of the lemon.

The only thing that could be improved was their slooooooooooooooooow service, I suspect she didnt know how to use the blender, the fruit at the bottom was blended, while the ice remained at the top untouched, then she finally realised it after a while and pushed down the ice, and Hey presto! I finally got my drink after waiting for ages!!!!!!!

Lemon chicken with Spaghetti @ Spaghetti house

Previously I have had pasta cooked with lemon, it makes the whole dish very appetizing.

Carnegies in Wan Chai does pasta with zuchinni and lemon, whilst California Pizza kitchen does pasta with chicken in lemon sauce.

The spaghetti house version is slightly disppointing in that it is totally sweet, and the pasta is bland.

As for the baked escargots with potato, it was slightly different to what I was expectng too.
I didnt expect to have a large clump of tinned spinach in the middle, and the parmesan cheese powder on top made it taste like inflight meals.

 

Lemon butter cookies

Situated on the quiet street of St Francis Yard, it stands out brightly in orange towards the end with La Fleur opposite, and a green noodle cart on corner of the hill.

A lively shop selling cookies and cakes.
The pandan cake sells at $220 for a seven inch diameter cake, but this has to be pre-ordered, hence my next visit.

The shop is quite basic, with a counter for cookies and cakes.
The shelves are stocked with cookery books and jars of massive lollipops for display only.

I got the lemon cookies as the other flavours were quite common.
It was very buttery, and a strong taste of lemon peel, with a lingering aftertaste.

Since they do Pandan cakes, it would be cool, if they had Pandan cookies too.

The best noodles in Happy Valley @ Happy Noodles

Before this restaurant opened, they used to be located next to Freshness burger, a tiny joint that only sits about 6 people.
It was my favourite noodle place, but as it was small, I didnt go there often.
Now that they have expanded, it is much more accessible and the seating is much more comfortable with air conditioning.
Basically, they offer the basic noodles in noodle bars, but the soup base is brilliant, especially the Laksa base and the Tom Yum Kung.
The Tomyumkung has been especially formulated that you cant taste that annoying Lemon grass, and it has a piece of lemon served with it.
The tomyum soup tastes very similar to MAMA instant noodles, with a sour taste.

 

The Laksa is also good too, the soup base isnt too hot, and it has a strong prawn base.
The toppings I chose were really good, especially the pork liver, it was cooked just right, and full of flavour.

 

As well as the food, the drinks were good, the lemon tea dosnt have that bitter taste to it, and the job's tears with lemon is very natrual that dosnt leave a weird taste after drinking it. It was very soothing, and not too sweet.

Job's tears and lemon

 

The interesting thing is, that job's tears with lemon is a Chinese version of the English barley and lemon drink.
The menu is very user friendly and it has ENGLISH, yay~!!
Apart from the soup noodles, I have also tried the chow mein, and it is also the best, it dosnt need additional sauces such as soy sauce, the chow mein is packed with ingredients from ham, spring onion, chinese red sausage, although it varies from visit to visit.
Even though it is slightly expensive, the food is delicious and clean.

 

Flattering McWings platter @ McDonalds

Tried the chicken wing platter a la carte for $24.4.

It contains six chicken wings: Original McWings, BBQ Wings, and the new Honey and Lemon wings. ( 2 pieces of each flavour)

The Original McWings are just the normal fried chicken wings on the McDs menu and the BBQ wings have been recently been introduced before along with Grilled salt and pepper wings.

Previous review on BBQ wings:
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2113086
I previously mentioned that they didnt have Lemon flavouring, now they have it finally.

The taste of the honey lemon wings was quite nice, the honey was not sticky and not too sweet, and the lemon was not the refreshing lemon flavour but slightly bitter, like lemon zest.

Apart from that, the packaging for the chicken platter was good, the wings were well separated, so the flavours did not get mixed up.
The fried wings were in the middle compartment, and the darker ones were BBQ and the other one was Lemon and Honey.