Pumpkin noodles @ ajisen

Was a bit bored with the options available at Ajisen, so tried the noodles in pumpkin soup.

Surprisingly it was quite good, the pumpkin soup tasted stronger than expected.

There were two pieces of soft pumpkin fried in tempura batter.

 

a la carte items @ yeh lam kwok

Decided to try their a la carte items as well as the mains, tried the pumpkin and crab soup which was surprisingly nice.

In general pumpkin soup always tastes good if done nicely not with added sweeteners as the Chinese like it, it contained plenty of crabmeat.

The cheese and ham toasted sandwich was also good, but it looked different to the product shot.

 

 

A big piece of pumpkin but not smashing

Ordered the pasta with tomato and pumpkin sauce.

I was expecting the pumpkin to be cut to smaller pieces, but it was two massive pieces that took covered up the box.

The pumpkin still had its skin on!!

 

McD's pumpkin soup

Wanted to try the new pumpkin soup but I did not feel like having it with burgers, so I ordered a McCafe’s tomato and egg ciabatta to go with it.

The ciabatta was really nice, the cheese had melted and it got infused with the tomato and egg.

 

After I finished the ciabatta I moved on to the soup, the consistency of the soup was just right and it was slightly starchy due to the pumpkin fibres.
It was quite nice and went well with the ciabatta, the soup was not too sweet or too strong and contained real pumpkin puree. The soup also had a dash of cream on top.

 

Fairwood breakfast: chicken croquette and pumpkin congee

Order the chicken croquette set and the pumpkin congee. 

The set I got had a potato, chicken and bacon croquette, which comes with a piece of chicken and a bowl of macaroni.
On the product shot, the piece of chicken looked like a piece of chicken cutlet.

When I got my breakfast, I realised it was grilled chicken and not cutlet, anyway, it did seem odd having two fried items in a set.
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Grilled chicken:
The grilled chicken was slightly oily but the chicken tasted ok and there was some MSG in it too.
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There was Chinese salad cream for the croquette but I did not use it.

Chinese salad cream

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Croquette:
The croquette was oily as well, but the croquette filling was nice, it was creamy mashed potato with pieces of chicken and bacon.

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Macaroni:
The macaroni tasted average to me because it was not soft enough and I don’t like ribbed macaroni.

macaroni and ham

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The pumpkin and pork congee is surprisingly nice from Fairwood.
It tastes better than Ocean Empire's version.

There are generous amounts of pumpkin in the congee and visible pieces of spring onions.
The ratio of pumpkin to congee is about 50:50.
The texture of the pumpkin is not too soft and I like the way it has been chopped into tiny pieces.
I love the golden colour of the congee and the green pieces of spring onions which make this congee colourful and fun.
I would recommend this congee to the elderly or babies.