Showing posts with label yuen long. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yuen long. Show all posts

Thursday, April 04, 2013

Let your tastesbuds sense molecular gastronomy

Restaurant: Sense Dessert Cafe (Yuen Long)
I have not tried food made by the gastronomic process so I really wanted to try this place.


This place is located in Yuen Long which was really pushing my boundaries as I do not usually travel further than Hong Kong or Kowloon for good food.


Since the introduction of the Giant Green Tea lava cake at the Steakhouse and the one persons portion at Sin Mei they also have it here.

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Tiramisu:
Basically when it came, it looked like a plant in a flowerpot.


It was tiramisu covered with crushed biscuit crumbs to mimic the soil with a sprig on mint in the middle.


It just tasted like ordinary tiramisu jazzed up although the coffee and alcoholic taste was strong.
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Rose leaf drift on the mousse:
I do not like the taste of rose but I tried it anyway.
The rose pudding at the base was extremely milky and the taste of rose was strong.


The foam on the top was just frothed up milk made into extremely fine foam.


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Floating Island in the smog/illusion:


This was frozen ice cream with fruits. The white part tasted of coconut and the orange part tasted like pineapple sorbet.
The pairing of these two flavours reminded me of pina colada.
One of the blueberries was really big.
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Sinking chocolate in the red sea:




The frozen icecream was made in the same way as above, there were two flavours, the white one was vanilla, and the burgandy colour tasted like berries.
The frozen icecream just tasted like Mini Melts icecream which is also made by using Nitrogen to flash freeze it so that there is no air whipped into it.
The chocolate lava cake in the middle just tasted like the usual fare!
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Chocolate caviar and milk pudding:




The milk pudding was really creamy and silky, and there was a spoon of chocolate caviar served separately.
The caviar was made by using a pipette dropping the chocolate droplets to made it solidify.


The chocolate taste could have been stronger.
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Thursday, March 07, 2013

Stingray! Stingray! Stingray! Stingray!

薄荷葉泰國菜 (元朗)

Mint House

http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2286381

Tagged along with some friends to this restaurant because I wanted to try Sense Dessert nearby.

The portions at this place were big.

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Salt and pepper stingray:


This was the highlight of the meal because I have never tried it before.
The texture of the stingray and its bones are similar to SKATE!
It was really worth trying and I loved the salt and pepper seasoning.
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Grilled pork neck:

The salad that came with it was big and there was so much meat on the plate.
The pork tasted nice with the refreshing sauce and it was not too dry or fatty.
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Clethra Loosestrife Herb soup with tofu:

I loved this soup because the taste was strong and slightly bitter.
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Friday, January 18, 2013

Innovative bakery in Yuen Long

It is a pity that this bakery is out of town or I would try their bakery more often.
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We found out about this bakery on a recent visit just to try Sense dessert because Sense Dessert was one of those places that makes you travel out of town for it.

On the first visit my mind was just on Sense Dessert so I did not get anything that day but after reading reviews I found out about other buns that were worth trying.

After the visit to SD, I was slightly more familiar with Yuen Long and how to get there so went to YL again to try Song Song noodles and I went to this bakery as well to get the buns.
I thought that this place would have buns or breads shaped like sticks because of the name Franstick but it was the usual Hong Kong style buns, however the flavours and creations were innovative and not so traditional which appealed to me.

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Pandan scone:
The size of the scone was huge and it was only $5!
The colour of it was quite cute because it is rare to see a green scone!
As for the taste, it was quite nice and interesting because it was just like eating a normal scone with raisins and a hint of pandan flavouring.
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Apple bread:
Basically it just looked like a huge Mexican bun. Inside it was extremely delicious as it was filled with cooked diced apples just like the filling in an apple pie.
Although I did not like the sweet crispy topping on the bun, it was a bit like the crumble on top of an apple crumble.
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Lemon and custard:
It was a pity I did not get this as well because I reckon it would taste good too.
So hopefully someone will try this and give it a review!
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