As a Brit, I was so happy to find out that you can now get over 200 Sainsbury's items at Market place by Jason, ThreeSixty, Jasons.Food & Living and selected Wellcome supermarkets.
It is about time because Tescos, Marks and Spencers, Waitrose and other brands can be found in Hong Kong.
To me, Sainsbury's is my local supermarket in UK, I go there for my groceries.
Went to the Hong Kong launch at Market Place by Jasons whisked away in a London cab.
There was a lighting ceremony followed by a tour of the products.
We got to try four recipes using Sainsbury's products designed by Chef Tom Burney.
My faves were the mackerel and red cabbage filo tart, cheeseboard bites, Wimbledon Sandwich and the Summer Cooler.
At the designated supermarkets (Market place by Jason, ThreeSixty, Jasons.Food & Living and selected Wellcome supermarkets) you will find highlighted Sainsbury's ranges:
by sainsbury's, Taste the difference, SO Organic and freeform.
It was exciting because I managed to find my comfort foods as well like curries, pies and pizza and most importantly a good selection of cheeses.
We were given a goody bag at the end of the event filled with goodies!!
It is the time of year when shops are selling Zongzis to celebrate dragon boat festival.
Kee Wah have come up with a variety of creative dumplings and the Vegetarian one with Quinoa is my favourite this year because it is healthy and tasty.
Zongzis are eaten hot so all you have do is boil them for a bit and they are ready to eat.
Here were the ones I tried.
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Quinoa Rice dumpling with Blaze mushroom:
As well as being light, it was delicious because it was crammed with nutritious chestnuts, black beans, red beans, rice rice and the pickled radish gave it a nice crunch and flavour.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Spanish Iberico Pork rice dumpling with supreme dried scallop:
Looking dark in colour the taste was not as strong as I expected with good balance of starchy bean filling to the meat and salted egg yolk.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Betty’s xo sauce rice dumpling with pork belly:
Glutinous rice, pork belly, xo sauce (garlic, shallot, chinese ham, dried shrimp, red pepper, dried scallop, dried shrimp).
This was my favourite because it was spicy which makes the sticky glutinous rice more appetizing.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Chinese ham and supreme dried scallop rice dumpling with two yolks:
The size of the zongzi was comparatively bigger than the other ones and it was like a Kinder surprise dumpling because it was loaded with surprises!
Ham and Egg yolk:
Whole chestnut:
Whole dried scallop:
The second egg yolk:
I loved the five spice powder and double egg yolks which gave the overall dumpling extra saltiness.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Red bean paste with mandarin peel zongzi:
I love the pairing of red bean paste and mandarin peel because the bitterness of the peel balances the sweetness of the red bean paste.
I saw photos of Yamataka seafood market doing Hello Kitty themed food so decided to check it out as it is only available from now until the end of May, 2017.
The location is above the Wanchai Ferry pier which I find unpleasant to walk from Wanchai MTR at the moment because of the construction works and industrial dust.
Instead of going from Wanchai, I got the ferry from TST which turned out really good because when I got off the ferry, there were flower petals on the ground and lots of these flowers on the way towards Yamataka market.
The entrance was really cute and there were Sakura flowers that you have to walk under.
Evidently it was busy because almost everyone loves Hello Kitty.
It was definitely a good day to eat that day because these pretty flowers were blooming outside which made it feel even more girly and there was this beautiful blue sky.
On the Hello Kitty menu, there was tamago, hand roll, seafood don, Mizu shingen mochi and strawberry pancakes.
I got the seafood don and Mizu shingen mochi.
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Hello Kitty seafood don:
The Hello Kitty was just too cute to eat, it was basically sushi rice in a Hello Kitty shape with sashimi laid around it with sakura shaped egg and cucumber.
As for the taste, you are getting fresh seafood supplied by Yamataka seafood market so it is fresh.
I just wish the rice was a little bit softer.
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Hello Kitty Mizu shingen mochi:
The dessert was equally as pretty but hard to photograph because it is a clear piece of mochi!
It had a faint peach taste which is how I like it but there is bean powder on the side if you need it.
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Video of the food and environment:
