Pumpkin and ham quiche @ Pacific Coffee

There are now four quiche flavours at Pacific Coffee, the latest addition is Pumpkin and Ham.

The salmon and the spinach & mushroom used to be my favourite but now it is Pumpkin and Ham.
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Pumpkin and Ham quiche:
As always their quiches taste really nice but it is slightly oily and there is some MSG in it.
I like their quiches because it doesn’t taste so eggy and there is cheese on top.

 

The one I had this time was pumpkin and ham, the pumpkin and ham was cut to thin slices.
The pumpkin was nice and molten, it was UNSUGARED which was good because the Chinese have a thing about putting sugar with pumpkin and in savoury dishes.
The ham in the quiche was from the same supplier, the same ham they put in their croissant which is dry and rubbery with a tough edge.
Overall I really liked it and if they had used a softer ham it would taste better.
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High tea served in two rounds @ Focaccino

The High tea was served on a plate rather than elegant silverware.

The high tea was served in two parts, the first part was the items on the white dish.
After paying the bill and leaving the restaurant I noticed there should have been panna cotta as well, we notified the chef, she apologised and asked if we wanted takeaway or have it there.
So we I had it there and was given a fresh set of forks, but both were DIRTY with food stuck on it.

Food:
The tea set included: 2 quiches, cheese and salmon sandwich, cheese and ham sandwich, 2 fruit tarts, 2 cheesecakes, 4 mini scones, 2 panna cottas, 2 profiteroles (replaced by sandwiches as they were out of stock).

Quiche: tasted strong in egg with bacon pieces.
Sandwiches: both contained cheddar cheese, the cheese was ok for the ham, however the ham was slightly stringy and fat. For the salmon, I felt the cheese was the wrong type, it should have been cream cheese.
Fruit tarts: diced pineapple, blueberry and strawberry on a tart based filled with chocolate mousse.
Cheesecake: tasted better than expected, not too light or heavy with a hint of lemon and sultana just like the ones you get from M&S in uk.
Scones: Totally not authentic although they did taste like scones, they should have been served with clotted cream and jam, however they were drizzled with strawberry syrup, and not even any cream was served.
Panna Conna: this was the one they forgot to serve, basically it was very creamy and needed the chocolate sauce to support it.
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Salmon quiche loaded with salmon @ Pacific Coffee

This is one of the standard items I usually get at Pacific Coffee.
The quiches are quite decent, at least they taste like the ones in the UK.

They have three flavours: bacon and onion, spinach and mushroom, and Salmon.

My favourites are spinach with mushroom and the Salmon.

The Salmon quiche is a seasonable item.

Sometimes it can be very salty, and the one I had this time had so much Salmon in it.
There was about 70% of Salmon in ratio to the quiche.

 

If you do not like fish, the the spinach one is good too, but it has lots of black pepper.

Mandarin splash out @ The Mandarin Cake Shop

I have always wanted to try their cakes so I was really chuffed that I could splash $100 on their bakery with a $100 gift certificate from Openrice.

 

It was tempting to try their cakes and their savory items, but in the end I decided to get the savory items and a donut because the cakes should be indulged there with a cup of nice tea.

Before I went, I checked their online menu and reserved the ones I wanted through phone.

When I got there my order was packed and ready to collect.
I really liked their paper bag and lavish packaging.

Lavish packaging

 

nicely wrapped

 

 

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Custard donut
It was dusted with castor sugar and inside there was generous custard filling.
The sweetness was just right.

 

Custard donut

 

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Beef pie
I was expecting the beef to be chunks but it was minced beef inside and the gravy was rich.

Beef pie

 

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Sausage with XO sauce quiche
This was interesting because it was made with XO sauce which is Chinese.
The sausage used was proper western sausage, and the filling of the quiche was quite eggy and cheesy.
It also contained pieces of scallop which must have come from the XO sauce.

Sausage and XO sauce quiche

 

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The receipt

 

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Apart from the above, these were also on my wish list!
Spinach quiche
Apple turnover
Donuts
Cassis mousseline and bavaroise with sago
Cream horn
Carrot cake
Raspberry apricot mousse
Lychee raspberry mousse
Sacher cake

The Mandarin Cake Shop
M/F, Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, 5 Connaught Road, Central