Lab Made + HK ⇨ L❤ve HK N-icecream flavours

I do not like Cantonese food because it is a lot of weird fusion but decided to try the Hong Kong crispy toast because it was ice-cream.
After trying that, when the flavours changed, they had mooncake so I tried that as well!

I rarely eat Chinese mooncakes because I do not like savoury and sweet tastes mixed together.

I get addicted to the ice-creams at Lab Made because of the flavours and the sweetness is never too sweet!

They put real ingredients into the ice-cream rather than fake flavouring!

After my experience with the apple crumble with REAL pieces of Apple and REAL pieces of Crumble I had no hesitation ordering their crispy toast because it would have real pieces of toast in it.
The week they started doing mooncake as well so I decided to group the Hong Kong flavours on this review.
The purple rice should be in this review too but I tried that when they opened so it was on my first review.

It would be fun if they made savoury ice-cream too! I would definately try it if it purely savoury!
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Mooncake $44:

 

 

The appearance of this was really similar to the apple crumble because there was crumbs on top.
I really liked this and I chose this over an ice-cream mooncake too because the ice-cream mooncakes are just ice-cream inside a chocolate shaped mooncake!
This one had REAL lotus seeds in it, the lotus seeds were slightly bitter but kept its starchy texture in the ice-cream.
The sweetness was perfect and it was not too sweet.
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HK Crispy toast $38:

 

This was ice-cream, toast, peanut butter and condensed milk!
I loved the crispy toast bits together with the ice-cream and the combination of that tasted really nice.
When I ate it, the crispy bits of toast remained crispy.
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It was really good Lab Made has made me like something that I do not like usually.
I think it is mostly to do with the temperature, texture and the fact it was mixed into ice-cream!
Who doesnt like icecream???

LN2 + Creativity reinvented ⇨ L❤ve Nitrogencream 2

Ever since Chin Chin Labs opened in London I have been a fan of Ice-creams made with Nitrogen and the laboratory fun that comes with it.

As well as CCL, Heston Blumenthal does a great job too.

The first time I came across Nitrogen in food was in a drink, but it was not pure Nitrogen but nitrous oxide N2O to make it fizzy and "supposedly" to give you euphoria effects.
However that drink did not turn out fizzy and I did not feel any euphoria effects. As well as fizzing up the drinks it is also used in whipping cream and laughing gas.

On the first week Lab Made opened, there were two flavours i wanted to try the purple rice and the sticky toffee, however I went too early and it didnt open until 3pm so I went elsewhere.

The second time they changed their menu, I wanted to try the Bailey's flavour but I was busy then so finally made it the third time when they changed the flavours again.

This time they had: Strawberry and greek yoghurt, Purple rice, Lemon Meringue and Chocolate.
I tried the purple rice and the Lemon Meringue first, I did not intend to try the Strawberry because on a their website it was just plain strawberry but on the board it was written as Strawberry and greek yoghurt which made it worth trying.

I really like the ice-creams here because as well as gimmick and fun, the flavours are great too and they are not too sweet which can put you off with the first taste.
They had a good balance of western flavours and asian flavours because for people with western tastes are bound to choose the Western flavours.

There was a water dispenser there which was great.

I am not sure if dry ice is expensive but it would be fun if they had dry ice on the floor so when you walk in the shop it would be fun walking on fog as well as seeing it being produced when the icecream is made.
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Lemon Meringue:

I loved the taste of the Lemon, it was really refreshing and extremely tart.
It contained lemon rind as well so it tastes a little different to the usual lemon flavouring.
The taste of this dessert was exactly the same as a dessert sold at UK's Marks and Spencers, which I cannot remember the name of but it was lemon mousse with grated lemon rind and a sweet ginger sponge at the bottom.
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Strawberry with Greek yoghurt: - No Picture
The taste of this was great as well, some people did not seem to know it contained yogurt hence they said it was sour.
But the yogurt ingredient was why I tried it as well, it tasted like fresh strawberry yogurt and it was not too sweet.
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Apple crumble:

So far, this would have to be the best flavour and you would be missing out if you havent tried this.
It was literally like eating a mashed apple crumble mixed in with ice-cream.
The pieces of apple were exactly the type you would find in an apple crumble, soft and stewed, same with the delicious pieces of buttery crumble.
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Purple rice:

I am not fan of Chinese desserts but I just wanted to try the purple rice, there was generous amounts of purple rice in it which gave it some chew, and since the temperature is cooler than your average purple rice dessert, it was nice and chewier.
The taste was extremely creamy.
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Overall, the sweetness of all their ice-creams were just right that you can try other flavours without getting that cloyingly sweet feeling.
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Apart from the ice-cream the design of the shop was nice, it was clean and chic, and I liked their uniform too. The logo itself is really cute, they have used test tubes as ice-cream cones.

Pizza and Zaza with a Zing @ PizzaZaZa

Tried this nice joint in Tai Hang for Pizza previously known as Mist Pizzeria.
The decor was much the same as before.

 

 

Tried the Salcissa pizza which has italian sausage, pineapple, red onions, black olives and mushrooms.

When it arrived, they grate parmesan cheese on top if you want it.
The holes in the grater are really small, so the grated cheese comes out in fine strands.

 

The base was nice and thin and there was a good balance of italian sausage and the other ingredients.
After adding some grounded pepper it further enhanced the taste of the italian sausage.

 

On my next visit I hope to try the following items as the home-made ravioli was sold out:
Home-made ravioli stuffed with fresh burrata, guinea fowl meat sauce.
Roast french pigeon risotto with pistachio nuts.
Slow cooked egg with wild mushrooms potato puree and black truffle sauce.