Steamed cake @ 潮人飯堂 T.Pot Bristol

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Deep fried vegetables coated in salted egg yolk and batter

 

Usually they coat prawns in salted egg yolk but here they have used aubergines and pumpkins.
In terms of cholestral it is not as high as the prawn version because vegetables are used instead of prawns but it was very oily and greasy from the frying.
The aubergines and pumpkins had shrunk inside when it was fried, so it was mainly batter and some slight powdery egg yolk.
Overall I did not like it because it was just eating fried oily batter with some powdery egg yolk.
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Steamed cake

 

Surprisingly this was quite nice, it was not very Chinese which was good, it had sliced almonds on the top and strong cinnamon in the cake mixture.
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Etienne's award winning cakes @ Epoch

Came here especially for the Marike, before trying it, I wasn’t aware of its ingredients, however I couldn’t taste the coriander in it, but it didn’t taste as nice as I imagined it to be.
Marike: Apple and coriander jelly with passion fruit, in a dome of white coconut mousse
Piemontios: Hazelnut mousse cake with almond, white chocolate cream and caramelised apples

Marike:
The outer coconut mousse was creamier than I would have liked it, its texture was more like whipped cream.
The filling was slightly sour.

Piemontois:
This was actually the best, it was coconuttier than the Marike, but not in a creamy way, the outside of the cake was dusted with coconut.
Inside were layers of cake and cream, and pieces of stewed cinnamon apple that were not stewed too soft.
Although the cake description says caramel apples, it tasted more like cinnamon apples.
As well as the apples there were pieces of almonds giving it a slight crunch.

Maxim's snowy mooncakes 2010

Since the snowy mooncakes were introduced, they have much improved,
the earlier ones didnt have so many flavours, and they were overly sweet.
Most were made with mung bean paste which was nasty.

I chose black forest and apple pie crunch after checking they did not contain mung bean paste.

There are two apple ones, fuji apple crunch and the apple pie crunch,

The product shot of the apple pie crunch appears to be brown and chocolately in the middle however when it was cut open, it was just sandy brown.
The apple pie crunch was a bit too sweet and strong in cinammon, I wish there were more bits of apple in it too.

The blackforest tasted nicer, with berry filling in the centre.

Overall the mooncakes are ok, but the full list of flavours are not listed on their website.
I am a bit surprised in this technological generation, their website it not fully up to date with the latest promotions, this was not the first case I couldnt find their lastest products, last time i tried to look up their new tea drink from MX, it wasnt on their website either.

Anyway, since the website was not very up to date, I decided to take a picture of the flavours, because their crappy leaflet dosnt list all the flavours either.

I was told no photos were allowed, but this is stupid, they obviously do not want more people to know about their products.

pdt shot of blackforest + apple pie crunch

 

 

 

Apple pie crunch

 

Blackforest

 

Caramel apple spice winter drink @ Starbucks

The new drink at Starbucks sounds interesting, it is hot apple juice rather than coffee, tea or milk as a base.

I wasnt quite sure what to expect, but the taste of cooked apples turn very sour.

From the product shot, I really liked the golden clear liquid topped with cream, however when I got mine, it was in a paper cup, and its best features couldnt be seen by others, it just looked like I was holding a normal coffee or some hot drink from Starbucks.

 

 

Under the US website for Starbucks, this drink is classified as a kids drink.
http://www.starbucks.com/menu/drinks/kids-drinks-and-other/caramel-apple-spice?foodZone=9999

The Caramel apple spice winter drink is basically steamed, freshly pressed apple juice and cinnamon syrup, topped with sweetened whipped cream and caramel drizzle.
In the US, they also do a plain version (steamed apple juice without the cream).

I took my first sip, and it was better than expected, it wasnt the type of apple juice that you would get from a carton, it was like McDonalds apple pie fillng in liquid form, it was slightly sour, but the sourness was not that eye squinting sourness of carton apple juice.

The spices in the drink made it pleasant, the whipped cream made the drink even more dreamy.
I would have loved more cream and caramel, it was like drinking apple pie.
If the cream was ice-cream, it would be like drinking apple pie and ice-cream.
But the whipped cream and caramel tasted perfect with the steamed apple juice.

Apple and cinnamon bun @ Sunny Boulangerie et Patisserie

Surprised that there hasnt been any other reviews after mine, despite more and more branches of Sunny opening in HK.

Anyway, this time I got the apple and cinnamon bun and a chicken pie.

Basically their bakery is chinese style. The apple and cinnamon bun was ok, the bun was a bit chewy, the typical Chinese bread.
The pie was a bit dense, not much sauce, but it contained chicken and ham.

Many layered bread @ Cafe Balencia

Last time wanted to get this bread here, but I didnt realise it was not part of the restaurant.

Anyway, the bread looks similar to the one at bologne, especially the crust.
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It is natrually sweet and tastes better after toasting.

 

 

 

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The chocolate and cinammon toast tasted too sweet, but the cinammon powder was very strong.

 

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The mochi donuts had two flavours: custard and chocolate.
The custard one tasted better and not too sweet.
The chocolate was one too strong.
Basically it was a mochi fried like a donut.

 

 

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