[Review] Krispy Kreme Festive donuts

Krispy Kreme used to be an addiction of mine where I used to try all the flavours, however in the recent years, there have been too many donut shops popping up taking donuts to the next level with over the top decorations and toppings etc.

Drawing near Christmas, Krispy Kreme have launched a range of festive donuts which drew me back, basically not overly fancy yet affordable compared to modern donuts these days.

What captivated me were the square parcel shaped donuts with shimmer on them.

The cherry parcel was my fancy.

Once again I was rekindled with the sugar satisfaction from the Krispy Kreme donut that was filled with delicious tart cherry jam.

Although there was no almond, I strangely tasted almond in the icing which was to my liking.

[一幻拉麵 Ebisoba Ichigen] Hattendo Cafe Buns for White Valentines Day

Save room for dessert if you are eating at Ichigen Ramen.They are serving the famous cream buns from Hattendo Cafe during the whole month of March for White Valentines Day.
Had one after ramen and I loved it, it was a soft pillowy bun filled with fluffy white cream which tasted like a lighter version of buttercream.

It comes wrapped up like a burger.

English labeling at the back.

一幻拉麵 Ebisoba Ichigen:
Wanchai:
Shop B, G/F, Yan King Court, 119-121 Queen`s Road
Tsim Sha Tsui:
Shop OT G59, Ocean Terminal, Harbour City

Hattendo Cafe:
G104, Ground Floor, Gateway Arcade, Harbour City

HK's McDonald's German chicken sausage burger 2014

To get ready for the footie season, McDonald's have launched the German chicken sausage burger which was popular last year.

The German chicken sausage burger has Emmental cheese, saukeraut, dill mustard, chicken sausage and a spicy chicken patty, the same as the one in the crispy chicken burger.

Previously tried a trial version which was much better because the chicken was not spicy and it had lemon dressing.
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German chicken sausage burger:


I loved the emmental cheese because it has a cheesier taste than McD's regular processed cheese complimented by the tangy saukeraut.
It was a nice filling burger for someone with a large appetite because it had a chicken patty sausage with a lovely herb taste, a nice change from pork or beef sausage.
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Potato wedges:

As usual the wedges were delicious with a flavoured coating.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

Rancid McVeggie burger

This was my second McVeggie burger and the worst one!
I should have gone to a city branch of McD's because this branch was worse than the one nearby in Polam village.


There was virtually no sauce in it!!



The veggie patty was rancid and extremely dry because of the lack of sauce.

KFC's new Japanese rice coated chicken

Tried the new fried chicken coated in Japanese rice at the branch in Wanchai.

They also had chicken strips which I did not try:



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Japanese rice coated chicken:



The taste of the coating was really good because there was a lot going on from the pepperiness of the black peppercorns and the crunch from the pieces of rice and rusk shells.
If the quality of the fried chicken was better then it would have been perfect because the chicken was too dry and I would have also liked more of that coating sprinkled on.
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Anna Sui Sweet purple potato icecream

Lab Made Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Laboratory (Tsim Sha Tsui)

Went to the TST branch to get the Anna Sui flavour and the shop was plastered all over with Anna Sui.

The aprons and icecream machinery were also plastered with Anna Sui too.


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Anna sui:

I was surprised it did not taste as good as I expected because I had a crappy Sweet potato nitrogen icecream at Dessert Kitchen and it had a stronger sweet potato flavour with real sweet potato puree in it.
In got a bit too sweet towards the end and I did not like the pieces of savoury potato crisps in the icecream.
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McVeggie burger 2014

When I saw news that the McVeggie burger would be available I was glad.
In UK, it is permanently on the menu called the Spicy veggie sandwich (a veggie patty with chickpeas, coriander and cumin, served with lettuce and cucumber and a dollop of sweet chilli and mayo sauces.)

The Hong Kong version has mushrooms in it and was only available at Cheung Chau during Buddha's festival.
Last year, I deliberately went to Cheung Chau for the McVeggie burger.
http://www.openrice.com/english/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2297433

With all the media and rising awareness of Green Monday, McDonald's has decided to serve the McVeggie burger all over Hong Kong until 7th May.

Green Monday is a social enterprise that encourages healthy, environmentally friendly living in Hong Kong. It starts with going meatless on Mondays — an easy and effective way to reduce your carbon footprint and improve your health.

As soon as the burger was launched, I tried the McVeggie and the sweetcorn pie.

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Oscar the Grouch:
I think McD's trashed the packaging!!
Instead of designing vibrant wrappers printed with colourful veggie illustrations to promote a healthy burger, they made it look like trash with brown wrapping!!
The cartoon looks like OSCAR the GROUCH from Sesame street who loves TRASH!!!

For improvements, perhaps a white wrapping with mushroom illustrations and colourful words for McVeggie??


The wrapping also reminded me of a TOAD and recycled paper!~!


On the other hand, the sweetcorn pie packaging was bright and eye-catching, you could see people having them.



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Sweetcorn pie:



I didn't really like this because sweetcorn is a vegetable and not a dessert so the creamy sweet sauce and sweetcorn tasted weird together.
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McVeggie:




Compared to the one at Cheung Chau, it was disappointing.
The patty was soft, dark and chewy which proves it has been made for quite a while because no one ordered it.
Looking around the restaurant, no one had the McVeggie burger nor was it eye-catching to people who walked past.
There was no mashed potato in the patty compared to the one at Cheung Chau.
I happened to try it again at another branch and it was even worse because there was virtually no sauce on it and it tasted rancid.
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KFC's new Thai herb chicken and porchini baked rice

Kentucky Fried Chicken (Wan Chai)

Went to KFC to try the new Thai Herb chicken and rice in porchini sauce.

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Thai herb chicken:

The taste of the fried chicken was ok, the herbs were not strong enough to taste it.
For Thai food, herbs such as lemongrass would spring to mind, but the fried chicken did not even have that and the the basil taste was weak too.
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Baked chicken and rice in porchini sauce:

The idea of porchini sauce was good but it tasted revolting.
It just tasted like rice with thick oily rancid butter sauce mixed with soggy garlic breadcrumbs.
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McDonald's : Curry Tonkatsu rice box

McDonald's
At this designated branch, they had pork tonkatsu rice box which was why I came here.
Previously I have tried the beef and chicken which I did not like because it was Teriyaki sauce that was too sweet.
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Curry Tonkatsu rice box:

The curry sauce was so much nicer than Teriyaki which was too sweet.
The pork cutlet was juicy and soft.
In the future I hope to see Beef or chicken paired with curry sauce.

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Receipt:

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Mango marshmallow icecream:
Too sweet.

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