Dreamy gelato at [Dood Bottega Gelateria]

I am so glad I stumbled across this gelato shop on the way to dinner.

The gelato wasn't really labelled so I had to ask but they were really nice and gave out samples.

There was a good variety of flavours like black sesame, white sesame and mango which locals can relate too.

For me, I fell in love with the caramel because it was sweet with a strong caramel as well as vanilla taste.

You could visually see vanilla seeds in it. The texture was smooth and elastic which was impressive but not as elastic as Turkish icecream.

There was a unique cheese and tomato gelato which was quite nice because it was topped with tomato jam and there was a great savoury twist to it.

Also tried earl grey and chocolate which are non dairy sorbets and not gelato.

Strangely I found the earl grey sweeter than the caramel as it was syrupy.

As well as 3 Italiani doing chocolate sorbets, you can also get it here.
There used to be another Italian gelato parlour in Sai Kung called Bibini but the owner decided to run a pizza restaurant instead.
Will definitely return if they launch any more exciting flavours.

[Dood Bottega Gelateria]
Shop G13, G/F, Emperor Group Centre, 288 Henessy Road, Wan Chai

Heavenly donuts at Double D Burger

I was going to get a burger but the shop was quite small and cramped so I ended up getting donuts.

The donuts were amazing because they were freshly fried so they were still warm and there was no sugar or icing powder to coat it but it was covered in thick warm salted caramel sauce which had a proper salty kick to it.


The hot soft donuts were just delicious with the caramel sauce. If you find them too sweet, you can scrape some sauce off and it will be scrumptious.
I loved the bottles of chili sauce but I couldn't get close to them to take a picture.

Duck fat caramels:

Tootsie roll:

Caramel Frappuccino @ Starbucks Coffee

Got bored with the green tea frappuccino and hojicha, so this time I got the Caramel Frappuccino.

I assumed there was no coffee in it, but it tasted bitter.
After asking the barrister it turns out that you need to tell them beforehand.

But overall, the drink was quite nice and not too sweet and the caramel was nice and strong.

Baked egg pudding @ Panash

I was expecting this baked egg pudding to be sweet just like the other defacto egg puddings in Hong Kong.

 

When I opened it, there was a layer of caramel on top which has gone lumpy after baking, the taste of that layer was not that strong.
The second egg pudding layer was delicious and smooth, the egg taste was extremely strong but not cloyingly sweet. Its texture and taste is similar to the egg tart filling found in western custard tarts.

 

 

Then at the bottom there was runny caramel sauce which had the usual bitterness but not too sweet.

Caramel cheesecake @ Pacific Coffee Company

I can’t remember when I last visited Pacific Coffee because their food selection is so boring and repetitive.
They seem to have new items every three-four months so you are not missing out much if you do not go regularly.

This time they had the new Caramel cheesecake, which had a reasonably thick caramel flavoured cheese base.

The taste was really nice and similar to butterscotch however the texture was too dense and thick that most of the cheese gets stuck to the fork.
The caramel cheesecake was composed of a soft dense biscuit base, a thick layer of caramel cheese, a layer of cheesecake and thick brittle dehyrated caramel cream on top.

Mochified snowy mooncake~! @ Mochi Cream

After reading the review by FoodieWil, I just had to try for myself.
Totally agree with FoodieWil’s comment that it is a Japanese version of ChineseGoGo.

ChineseGoGo is a high-end version of the glutinous sweets with various fillings, and now top class Mochi has appeared.

There are 19 flavours: Apple pie, Chocolate banana, White chocolate, Mango, Peach Yoghurt, Bluebery Yoghurt, Sweet Potato, Darjeeling tea, honey cranberry, Café Au lait, Rum n Raisin, Chocolate, Green Tea, Black Sesame, Green Soybean, Red Sweet Potato and Sakura.

I am not really into Adzuki beans, or the conventional Japanese flavours such as green tea, sweet potatoes etc, so I chose six flavours APPLE PIE, PEACH YOGHURT, DARJEELING TEA, HONEY CRANBERRY, CARAMEL PUDDING, and RUM RAISIN.

I tried the APPLE PIE first, the texture was interesting, just like eating eggshells, like the sugar shells on the mini easter eggs, then oozing with apple sauce with bits of apple in it, and exploding with fluffy light whipped cream.

Then I tried the honey cranberry, also oozing with sweet cranberry liquid, this one contained bean paste, same with the Darjeeling Tea, packed with strong Tea flavour.
The Rum raisin one also surprised me with a strong Rum infusion with the cream.
I didn’t like the Peach Yoghurt one, because the Peach was a bit perfume like, not natural giving an aftertaste, I would assume the same for the blueberry one too.

However the Caramel Pudding was the best along with the Apple pie, it was thick smooth custard filling inside, with a strong bitter caramel syrup in the centre. The brown syrup tasting and looking EXACTLY like the real caramel puddings.

Anyway if your not a fan of Adzuki beans, then Apple pie or Caramel pudding would be the choice, its sweetness is different to the sweetness of the bean paste. Although both are as sweet as each other.
To me the ones with bean paste inside remind me of the Snowy moon cakes during moon cake festival, both full of bean paste. Maybe one day, they will have cheesecake flavours!

 

Almond caramel mousse tart @ Teresa Festival

A classy shop in the midst of Queen's Road East, but not that noticeable.
Anyway it looks like a Victorian shop, rather than a cake shop.

I ordered a Almond caramel mousse tart to takeaway, I thought it was not really worth that price, basically it is flavoured cream topped with crushed Almond, not mousse at all on a dark chocolate base tart base.

Buffulo wings and Grilled chicken @ Freshness Burger

I chose the new snacks at Freshness burger, Buffulo wings, Grilled chicken, Caramel pudding and green tea pudding with Raspberry.

The buffulo wings were crunchy and strong in tomato salsa sauce, the grilled chicken was very nice and tender, slightly sweet due to the teriyaki sauce.
Although the desserts were made by epoch, I liked them the best, creamy pudding with sauce.