Foilicious chicken is back and better than ever

Its been a while since KFC did Foilicious chicken, this year the combination for the set seemed quite good so I got it.

The set I got had Foilicious baked chicken with radish, imitation shark fins soup and drink for $39.5.

 

 

I was quite surprised by this set, most of the elements were quite Cantonese, especially the imitation sharks fin soup and the Chinese radish being served in a Western fast food chain!

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Foilicious chicken:

 

The chicken from the batch I had was quite dry that day, but if it was a fresh batch it would have tasted perfect.
The sauce they used was the soy sauce that they use to marinade chicken and the chicken skin was thin and it was slighty sticky and gelatinous that I ate it.
However it was quite salty.
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Chinese radish:

 

The radish looked different to the product shot, in the product shot they looked like chunks but the actual items were thin slices. There were four pieces in total.
The radishes were beneath the chicken and it absorbed the sauce. I thought they were going to be served separately because they looked big in the product shot.
Although the radishes tasted nice, they were too salty and not soft enough.
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Sharks fin soup:

 

 

The sharks fin soup looks similar to the Cantonese one but tastes slightly different as if it has some KFC chicken gravy in it.
In the soup there are pieces of shiitake mushroom imitation sharks fin.
Same comments as above, I found the soup too salty.
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Mock sharks fin soup @ Snack Express

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Got the mock sharks fin soup and it tasted really bland.

There was not much ingredients in the soup.
It was about 95% soup and 5% black fungas, egg and chicken.

 

The taste of the soup was really bland and does not tastes as strong as the 7-11's version.

Tofu heaven @ tofuism 豆腐主義

I love tofu, but usually the places that do the pan-fried tofu with fish paste on top are usually road-side restaurant. As Hong Kong is a hot environment, I am more concerned about hygiene, so I can only eat this during the winter.

Anyway this place totally appealed to me, especially it has a hip English name, the fonts have had thought put into it too.

The menu is also amazing, endless choice, which I have to go back again next time.

This time I tried the fried black tofu with fish paste, tofu sharkfins soup and PeiPa tofu.
All tasted good, and the hygiene was good, the plates were clean, not the sticky plates you would find in the road-side restaurants.

Black Tofu - a generous portion of 5 pieces for $10, the tofu tasted a bit firmer, not as soft as other places, but tasted ok.

Tofu sharkfin soup - tasted perfect, not too salty and no MSG.
The ingredients in this soup were a perfect match: glass vermicelli, tofu, black fungus, very very very fine shreds of duck meat. Infact the soup was a very big portion, and the duck meat enriched the flavour of the soup, overall I was very impressed with the soup because of geniune meat rather than grounded meat.
The temperature was also just right for a superhot day, a torture of heating oneself up in a hot day drinking piping hot soup.

PeiPa tofu: I never tried it before, so this is my first time, but I got a real good impression from it. The outside was golden yellow, and the texture of the crunch was like authentic tempura.
Inside it was filled with fish, herbs and tofu, also not too salty.
The whole thing was 100% edible, first class fish paste, because there were no grounded fish bones to spoil it.

Overall A class tofu for a very cheap price. Awaiting for a branch to open in kowloon or Hong Kong would be great.
The deep fried PeiPa was excellent, as the oil used to fry it was fresh too.
Hope it keeps this standard in the future.

 

Sharks fin dumpling @ 福記

There is nothing worth mentioning in general regarding their food, however their Sharks fin dumpling are quite good. Thin dumpling skin, and steamed just right that it dosnt stick to the box.

Sometimes if I arrive late in the day, it would be sold out, or only one portion is a available.

Inmitation sharks fin soup @ 日年華美食 The Excellence

On the windows of this shop, there are newspaper and magazine cuttings, yet it was not listed on OpenRice.

Anyway lets see if this place gets more reviews.

The food is ok, its siu mai's are the best.
The fake sharksfin soup is also ok, with lots of black fungus, chicken, glass noodles etc.

The food is also quite cheap, but the canned drinks are from china.

Inmitation sharks fin soup @ 通達食店

My favourite joint for quick noodles, and fried treasures, the noodles here are always good.

This time tried the fake sharks fin soup, the soup colour was dark caramel containing glass noodles, sliced mushrooms and meat.

My friend got this bowl of pork in soup, basically fat pork belly, which stunk like hell!
Don't know what is the specialty for this dish!!

Fish maw and sharks fin sampler @ 真材實料 The Best Food

Saw a review on this place earlier showing pictures of Fish maw and sharks fin at cheap prices so decided to give it a try.
There was one in Mong Kong I intended to try, but that place and food didn’t convince me enough, this restaurant looked reasonably clean and specialised at these delicacies.

Anyway picked the set for two with braised duck feet with fish maw, and sharks fin soup.
The set also includes a choice of two Chinese dishes, so picked sweet and sour fish, and steamed tofu with scallops and black beans.

First to arrive was the sweet and sour fish, then came the sharks fin soup. The soup was thick clear broth with chinese mushrooms, chicken, sharks fin in it. The taste was ok on its own, you didn’t have to add any red vinegar or sesame oil.
Tofu was the last to arrive, and after all that strong tasting food, the tofu was a bit tasteless.

The braised duck feet was nice and soft, the bones were easily removable, the fish maw was big in size, but needed pepper to balance out the fishy taste.

The sweet and sour fish was really good too, the portion could have been bigger.

However the cost of the set was $258, so if you exclude drinks, main dishes, the fish maw and sharks fin is worth around $80-100, so that’s $40-50 per person for fish maw and sharks fin.
I think this place is a nice place for people who want to have those delicacies at a low price, but don’t expect it to be as good as the expensive ones. What you pay is what you get!