Maxim's Tiramisu cake slice

The Tiramisu cake slice from Maxim's was actually quite nice.
It was dusted with coffee powder and the cake in the middle was moist with delicious whipped cream layers.

Back for my favorite green tea tiramisu

Restaurant: Maccha House (Diamond Hill)

Came back for more Maccha desserts because I did not get to try them all last time.


Maccha House has been opened for quite a few months so operations are going smooth.


On this visit, I still could not try the Maccha brulee because when it arrived, it was still frozen
I wish they could improve on that because on my first visit, the Maccha brulee was frozen rock hard!
On this visit, it was also rock hard.


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Tuna Ochazuke:

The rice is covered with tuna sashimi served with a pot of Ochazuke.





In Kyoto, ochazuke is known as bubuzuke. When a Kyoto native asks if a guest wants to eat bubuzuke, it may really mean that the person has overstayed and is being politely asked to leave.





After the ochazuke was poured onto the rice, the rice softened up a bit and warmed up, but the ochazuke was not hot enough.
There were also pickles and wasabi to enhance the tuna.
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Curry chicken with spinach and egg rice:


This was also delicious but if you plan to have desserts do not order it because it is quite filling.
I liked the steepness of the bowl because the curry sauce gets concentrated at the bottom so there is enough curry sauce throughout.
There was too much excitement in this dish because there was egg, chicken and spinach.
The egg was scrambled really nicely, soft and fragrant, and tasted delicious with the spinach.
On top of that there was chicken that is bound to make you really full and the curry sauce was delicious but slightly spicy.
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Soup:

The soup was plain vegetable soup with a light flavour.
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Green Tea tiramisu:





When it arrived the top layer was quite runny which was interesting but it turned out to be really creamy.
Every part of the maccha tiramisu was delicious from the sponge combined with the creamyness of the dessert followed by the freshness of the green tea powder.
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It's spring, its time for green fingers

Lobby Lounge (Wan Chai)
Thanks to the Luk Kwok hotel for inviting me to try their new tea sets and THE PLANT~

Located on the ground floor of the spacious Luk Kwok hotel lobby, it is a relaxing place to have drinks and tea.

Tried the high tea set ($168 for two), various tea sets ($70 per person) and the new PLANT dessert.



All of the above comes with drinks and I chose my favourite English breakfast tea.

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English breakfast tea:
The tea was made with fresh leaves hence it had maximum tea flavour.

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High tea set:
This was a three tiered stand, but for photographic purposes I have only taken photos of each tier.
There was a plate of fried items, a plate of finger sandwiches and a plate of sweet treats with scones and cheesecakes accompanied with jam and cream.





My favourites were the curry samosa with raita dip, finger sandwiches, and scones which tasted perfect with cream and jam.

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The Plant:
It was basically a sawdust pudding in that bowl garnished with grounded hazelnuts, biscuit crumbs, chocolate pebbles with a sprig on Rosemary in the centre.
I really liked it because it was fun to eat.
It would be good if there was more grounded hazelnuts because I love hazelnuts.

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Seafood green curry and rice:
The green curry was really nice and not too spicy served in a cute clay pot.
The curry sauce was really delicious with the fries.

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Club sandwich:
Delicious club sandwiches with fries.
I thought the portion was quite big for one person!
The sandwiches had egg, ham, tomato and lettuce in them.

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Crab cakes:
The crab cakes were delicious and the diced cucumber tasted nice together.
The sweet chili sauce is optional because it tastes nice with or without it.

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Grilled beef and chicken satays:
The beef and chicken satay were well marinated, they both had strong cumin taste.
The satay sauce was a bit sweet and the peanut taste could be stronger.

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Tiramisu @ La Pizzetta

Walked past and saw this new shop so had a look at what they were selling.

They had Deep fried cheese risotto balls which reminded me of this shop called La Pizzetteria
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=31588

 

 

 

As the name of this shop and the food is really similar to the one in Wan Chai I thought it was the same owner.

On this visit I only tried the Tiramisu.
Luckily I took it out for a photo as there was a hole at the bottom of the bag because the cup was wet so after I saw the hole I held it another way incase the bag ripped.

 

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Tiramisu

 

The Tiramisu was layers of sponge soaked in alcohol and cream.
The sponge was heavily soaked and extremely soggy and soft.
As for the cream I found it too heavy and sweet.
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Your restaurant choice for desserts as well @ 金源小館 Your Restaurant

Usually I come here for Chinese food but I suddenly remembered they do desserts as well so went in to try some.
I was only intending to try two but in the end I tried four and there are two more I want to try as well.
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This was the first time sitting on the outer table so I had a different view of the restaurant.
I saw these nice chandeliers and French style windows which was really interesting for a Chinese restaurant, but it really matched what I was trying today.
As there are no pictures of the chandeliers I am posting a few here.

 

 

 

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I was rather surprised for such a Hong Kong style restaurant that they had western desserts and they even had home made ice-cream!!!!

The qualities of these desserts were really good! It was quite diverse that they cook local dishes and make western desserts.
While I was there, there was quite a few people buying desserts too.

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Caramel egg pudding
The rest of the desserts are served in plastic tubs and this one was taken out of the holder and put in a bowl.
The egg pudding was smooth and the caramel sauce was nice too with the usual bitterness.
The sauce was quite runny.
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Tiramisu
I thought this was going to be heavy and creamy but it really surprised me because it was light and the sponge was soaked in some liquor which balanced out the creaminess of the mousse.
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Blueberry cheesecake
Again, this one tasted better than I thought, it was extremely light and the blueberries had been soaked and had some fizz to it when you ate it.
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Whisky ice-cream
I was quite full for ice-cream but the portion looked tiny so tried that as well.
The texture is similar to frozen cream and not ice-cream so the temperature of the dessert is not freezing cold like real ice-cream.
The whisky was strong but I found this dessert too heavy because it just tasted like heavy cream.
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The price of these desserts were reasonable too at $19 per dessert.
Although I saw a non domestic furry friend in the kitchen it was better than seeing a six legged thing.