The only thing that wasnt good, was the shop was on a busy road with smokers and traffic everywhere, so while detoxifying yourself you are also consuming pollutants by smokers n traffic.
Showing posts with label beetroot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beetroot. Show all posts
Friday, March 30, 2012
Nice but muddy and grassy @ Natural Green
Ordered the beetroot juice with cucumber and celery, it was nice and healthy without the sugars, however the beetroot could have been better cleaned, cos there was bits of beetroot skin and earth residue at the bottom of the cup.
The only thing that wasnt good, was the shop was on a busy road with smokers and traffic everywhere, so while detoxifying yourself you are also consuming pollutants by smokers n traffic.
The only thing that wasnt good, was the shop was on a busy road with smokers and traffic everywhere, so while detoxifying yourself you are also consuming pollutants by smokers n traffic.
Hotpot fun @ Megan's kitchen
I had been planning to have hotpot here since gourmet pictures of colourful cuttlefish balls were posted.
Apart from that, their website impressed me as it was in English, Chinese and there was a downloadable menu.
According to their website (www.meganskitchen.com), they claimed to have fitted induction cookers/餐桌內置電磁爐頭 however when we sat down for hotpot we had to use the gas canister powered one, which was a bit scary.
Before ordering, the table was laid with sauces and condiments ($20/person) which are charged regardless if you use them or not, same with the preserved eggs and ginger ($20/person).
Apart from the wide choice on the menu, we were allocated next to a noisy table, which made it hard to concentrate on the menu. The restaurant was 30% full throughout the evening, even when we left, so I couldn’t understand why they didn’t space out the people.
For the soup bases, there were so many that it was hard to choose.
Ideally I wanted the crab and tomato soup with the souffle finish, purely because the souffle finish was a must, but then I thought it would be weird matching some of the ingredients in tomato soup.
Other good choices were the congee base with abalone, escargots in sichuan chilli and English Oxtail broth.
So not only Gao Gei has congee hotpot.
As for the escargot, it seems really fun to have escargots in it too.
Although the prices may seem pricey for the soup base, all the ingredients in the soup are actually edible, not only the soup base is pricey, the condiments are also pricey.
In the end I chose the Hokkaido curry, the soup itself contained apples, carrots and other wholesome vegetables that could be eaten as well.
Not all hotpot restaurants have treasures in the soup.
For my hotpot I chose rainbow cuttlefish balls, salmon and spinach dumplings, truffle and beef dumplings, lettuce and tofu.
The cuttlefish balls were nice and colourful when they arrived, from purple, magenta, green to yellow.
The lettuce was cut nicely and placed neatly in the bowl like pot of growing vegetables.
The rainbow cuttlefish were made from 7 colourful items: purple sweet potato (purple), spring onion (green and white), spinach (dark green), beetroot (magenta), pumpkin (orange), yellow bell pepper (yellow), red bell pepper (slightly orange).
As for taste, the cuttlefish used in making these balls were fresh, and you can just taste its freshness.
The spinach one was rather memorable, so was the sweet potato, however after putting it in the hotpot for a while, the colour is no longer purple, but it was inside.
The texture of the sweet potato one was interesting, you can actually feel the stickyness of the sweet potato.
Next best was the spinach and salmon dumpling, each dumpling was freshly made with salmon and freshly chopped spinach.
It was so fresh that when you ate it, the spinach inside is still jade green with a crunch just like freshly blanched spinach, and the salmon had a nice fishy taste to it.
I really liked this dumpling because all the ingredients were freshly done, and not grounded into a paste.
As for the beef dumplings with truffle, it tasted weird, no truffle taste at all!
There were other dumplings which I should try on my next visit, mui choi and pork!!
The tofu and vegetables tasted how it should, so overall I really liked hotpot here, except for the gas hotpot and depending where you sit, and the people surrounding you.
Apart from that, their website impressed me as it was in English, Chinese and there was a downloadable menu.
According to their website (www.meganskitchen.com), they claimed to have fitted induction cookers/餐桌內置電磁爐頭 however when we sat down for hotpot we had to use the gas canister powered one, which was a bit scary.
Before ordering, the table was laid with sauces and condiments ($20/person) which are charged regardless if you use them or not, same with the preserved eggs and ginger ($20/person).
Apart from the wide choice on the menu, we were allocated next to a noisy table, which made it hard to concentrate on the menu. The restaurant was 30% full throughout the evening, even when we left, so I couldn’t understand why they didn’t space out the people.
For the soup bases, there were so many that it was hard to choose.
Ideally I wanted the crab and tomato soup with the souffle finish, purely because the souffle finish was a must, but then I thought it would be weird matching some of the ingredients in tomato soup.
Other good choices were the congee base with abalone, escargots in sichuan chilli and English Oxtail broth.
So not only Gao Gei has congee hotpot.
As for the escargot, it seems really fun to have escargots in it too.
Although the prices may seem pricey for the soup base, all the ingredients in the soup are actually edible, not only the soup base is pricey, the condiments are also pricey.
In the end I chose the Hokkaido curry, the soup itself contained apples, carrots and other wholesome vegetables that could be eaten as well.
Not all hotpot restaurants have treasures in the soup.
For my hotpot I chose rainbow cuttlefish balls, salmon and spinach dumplings, truffle and beef dumplings, lettuce and tofu.
The cuttlefish balls were nice and colourful when they arrived, from purple, magenta, green to yellow.
The lettuce was cut nicely and placed neatly in the bowl like pot of growing vegetables.
The rainbow cuttlefish were made from 7 colourful items: purple sweet potato (purple), spring onion (green and white), spinach (dark green), beetroot (magenta), pumpkin (orange), yellow bell pepper (yellow), red bell pepper (slightly orange).
As for taste, the cuttlefish used in making these balls were fresh, and you can just taste its freshness.
The spinach one was rather memorable, so was the sweet potato, however after putting it in the hotpot for a while, the colour is no longer purple, but it was inside.
The texture of the sweet potato one was interesting, you can actually feel the stickyness of the sweet potato.
Next best was the spinach and salmon dumpling, each dumpling was freshly made with salmon and freshly chopped spinach.
It was so fresh that when you ate it, the spinach inside is still jade green with a crunch just like freshly blanched spinach, and the salmon had a nice fishy taste to it.
I really liked this dumpling because all the ingredients were freshly done, and not grounded into a paste.
As for the beef dumplings with truffle, it tasted weird, no truffle taste at all!
There were other dumplings which I should try on my next visit, mui choi and pork!!
The tofu and vegetables tasted how it should, so overall I really liked hotpot here, except for the gas hotpot and depending where you sit, and the people surrounding you.
美味廚 Megan's Kitchen
灣仔灣仔道165至171號樂基中心5樓
5/F, Lucky Centre,165-171 Wan Chai Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/hotpot-fun-e2113247
灣仔灣仔道165至171號樂基中心5樓
5/F, Lucky Centre,165-171 Wan Chai Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/hotpot-fun-e2113247
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Bigger portions and the dog has grown up
FIRST VISIT:
Most of the reviews here are on coffee, but as I do not drink coffee, I tried their pastas.
It costs around $48-$60 per dish, and caters for vegetarians too with vegetarian version of meat.
I wanted to order the vegetarian pastas but it costs more than the meat ones.
Anyway their non-vegetarian pastas range was brilliant as well.
ALL of their pasta dishes were al-dente and the chef carefully laid the pasta on the dish neatly and garnished it with herbs.
For all of the pasta dishes you can choose the type pasta you prefer.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Stir fried bolognaise fettuccini:
The fettuccine was al-dente, the width of the fettuccine was nearing parpardelle pasta.
The fettuccine was stir-fried in the bolognaise sauce which contained finely diced onions and green peppers. The diced onions and green peppers was cooked just right, it was still crisp.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Spicy prawn and basil pasta:
The prawns in this were really fresh and not the frozen ones.
The spicyness level was just right, not too spicy, but enough to agree that it was spicy.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Linguine with stir fried clams and black pepper:
This was also good, it was virtually non oily.
The clams were fresh, but perhaps the black pepper was slightly too strong and dominated the taste.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Linguine with stir fried clams and garlic:
This tasted even better than the one with the black pepper.
The clams were fresh.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Cheese and tomato toast:
This was really nice, it reminded me of using grated cheese on bread and grilling it. The tomato went well with the cheese because the cheese was not the processed type.
However I would of preferred the toast not so burnt just like the ones served in the previous food reviews.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Beetroot juice:
This was a mix of beetroot, apple, pineapple and honey.
The proportions of apple and pineapple were well balanced that the sourness of the apple and pineapple did not over power the beetroot.
When it was served, there was lovely frothy foam on the top.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
This cafe is good for dog lover, there are so many pet pictures plastered on the walls and cute dogs at the cafe too.
I have been there a few times and only seen one cat, it would be good if there were more cats too, because the logo of the restaurant features a cat.
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SECOND VISIT
Haven’t been here for ages so decided to dine again.
The dog that was once a pup was huge now.
Anyway, I have not tried their risotto before so ordered the risotto with prawns and clams.
The prawns were big and fresh, the clams were clean without sand.
The rice they used was the proper Italian rice. 
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Restaurant: Purplemind Cafe, G/F, 31 Yin Chong Street
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Most of the reviews here are on coffee, but as I do not drink coffee, I tried their pastas.
It costs around $48-$60 per dish, and caters for vegetarians too with vegetarian version of meat.
I wanted to order the vegetarian pastas but it costs more than the meat ones.
Anyway their non-vegetarian pastas range was brilliant as well.
ALL of their pasta dishes were al-dente and the chef carefully laid the pasta on the dish neatly and garnished it with herbs.
For all of the pasta dishes you can choose the type pasta you prefer.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
The fettuccine was al-dente, the width of the fettuccine was nearing parpardelle pasta.
The fettuccine was stir-fried in the bolognaise sauce which contained finely diced onions and green peppers. The diced onions and green peppers was cooked just right, it was still crisp.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
The prawns in this were really fresh and not the frozen ones.
The spicyness level was just right, not too spicy, but enough to agree that it was spicy.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Linguine with stir fried clams and black pepper:
This was also good, it was virtually non oily.
The clams were fresh, but perhaps the black pepper was slightly too strong and dominated the taste.
Linguine with stir fried clams and garlic:
This tasted even better than the one with the black pepper.
The clams were fresh.
Cheese and tomato toast:
This was really nice, it reminded me of using grated cheese on bread and grilling it. The tomato went well with the cheese because the cheese was not the processed type.
However I would of preferred the toast not so burnt just like the ones served in the previous food reviews.
Beetroot juice:
This was a mix of beetroot, apple, pineapple and honey.
The proportions of apple and pineapple were well balanced that the sourness of the apple and pineapple did not over power the beetroot.
When it was served, there was lovely frothy foam on the top.
This cafe is good for dog lover, there are so many pet pictures plastered on the walls and cute dogs at the cafe too.
I have been there a few times and only seen one cat, it would be good if there were more cats too, because the logo of the restaurant features a cat.
☆★☆Vegetarian menu☆★☆
SECOND VISIT
Haven’t been here for ages so decided to dine again.
The dog that was once a pup was huge now.
The prawns were big and fresh, the clams were clean without sand.
The rice they used was the proper Italian rice.
Restaurant: Purplemind Cafe, G/F, 31 Yin Chong Street
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