Cronuts from Delicatessen Corner

Delicatessen Corner (Tsim Sha Tsui)

To be honest, I was not here for the cronuts. I was after the【Zürcher Geschnetzeltes】.
A Veal or Beef dish cooked with Mushrooms and Cream, served on the side with a fried Potato Roesti.

However, the table outside only had set lunches and dinners so I did not know they had an a la carte menu as well.

Inside the restaurant, there is a delicatessen corner selling sausages, sandwiches, cakes and cheeses.




Since they had cronuts, I decided to try them even though they were invented in the USA and not by the Swiss.

There were four flavours for cronuts:
Chocolate and yoghurt crisp

Cinnamon:

Raspberry crisp:

Pineapple crisp:

I suppose it is not really worth dining there because the cronuts cost $22 takeaway and if you dine there they cost $32 each with a 10% on top.
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Chocolate and yoghurt crispy deli cro-do:


Interestingly, instead of calling them cronuts, they called them cro-do using the first part of the donut word.
The cro-do was pretty disappointing, it was oily, rancid and chewy and the crispy yoghurt pieces on top were dehydrated and chewy just like freeze dried apple pieces.
The cream in the middle was sweet and sickly.
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Price: $4X
Service: crap
Service charge: 10%
Yummy factor: merde!
Noise levels: Noisy
English Menu: Yes
Air Conditioning: Yes
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Back for my favourite fish at 家樂小廚粥麵茶餐廳

家樂小廚粥麵茶餐廳 (Tseung Kwan O)

Came here again just for the steamed flounder.


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Soup:

The soup was carrot and pork soup and tasted how it should.
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Steamed flounder fish:


On my previous visit, it was flounder with black beans and green spring onions.
However it was pickled vegetables this time which made it quite salty.
Other than that, the fish was tender and comes off the bone easily.
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Pot rice:

It stank when it arrived, the ceramic pot was really smelly.
Luckily I did not put the soy sauce in because the soy sauce was full of oil which can be seen on the reflection.
The preserved sausages were not as good as other brands because they were really oily and had lots of fat in it.

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Price: $9X
Service: OK
Yummy factor: ok
Napkins provided: yes
Portion sizes: big
Noise levels: Noisy
Glass of water provided: tea
English Menu: no
Air Conditioning: Yes
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Learn to be independent at Ichiran

ICHIRAN (Causeway Bay)

I have always found the culture in Hong Kong to be weird, people can’t be alone and if your quiet people think your stuck up!

What amazes me is that girls always have to go to the toilets and anywhere together and on public transport pairs/friends always have to sit next to each other even if it means holding up the queue.

Then you get these mature looking women who have these cartoon voices that sends chills down your spine!!

Anyway, at Ichiran, I am surprised why people still bother going in groups because when you dine there, the tables are solitary cubicles and private.

I loved dining here because you can appreciate and really taste the noodles without any distraction.

The menu is simple, there is only one broth, so all you have to do is choose the hardness of the noodles, the broth strength, whether you want green spring onions and garlic and how spicy you want it to be.

When the noodles are ready, they open the mini blinds infront of you and place your noodles on the table, after that they close the mini blinds leaving you in privacy.

Here was my ramen
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Strong broth, hard noodles, green onions, garlic with pork:

I liked the way the spoon was designed so that it can stand on the edge of the bowl.

The broth was really nice and there was a strong pig's liver taste, just like the famous liver noodles at Wai Kee in Sham Shui Po.

The broth was creamy and savoury but expect to be thirsty afterwards.
The noodles were my favourite thin Hakkata noodles and the spoonful of chili sauce in the middle was quite hot.
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Tofu:
I ordered the tofu which must have been missed, but luckily the mini poster reminded me so I ordered again.

When it arrived it was two small tubs of tofu.
According to the poster, one is an appetizer and the other is dessert served with syrup.

Tried it without syrup and it tasted like a savoury gelatin pudding with a strong tofu taste.
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Dessert tofu:


After adding syrup, it became dessert.
The taste was ok but I preferred it plain.
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They had refillable water to drink but it was icy cold.

Overall, the experience here was good but I would only come again if there is no queue just like this visit!
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Price: $8x
Service: OK
Yummy factor: ok
Portion sizes: small
Noise levels: None
Glass of water provided: Yes
English Menu: Yes
Air Conditioning: Yes
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Breakfast burgers are the best at Triple O's

Triple O's by White Spot (Wan Chai)
At Triple O's, the only burgers I like so far are roast beef, prawn burger and the fish burger.

Recently I tried the all day breakfast burgers which taste even better.

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Sunny Start Combo:



Fried egg, crispy bacon, melted cheese & Triple “O” sauce on a toasted bun.
This burger was so nice because the bacon was 100% crunchy and salty that it flavoured the egg and toasted bun complimented by the gooey melted cheese.
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The Champ Combo:


Sauteed mushrooms & melted cheese in a folded omelette topped with fresh tomatoes and Triple “O” sauce on a toasted bun.
Similarly the mushrooms in the omelette were the star of the show which had an earthy juicy taste.
I preferred the omelette because the egg was tastier and if you order extra bacon it would taste fantastic having mushrooms and crunchy bacon together!!!
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Hash brown:

The hash brown was big but unfortunately it was too oily, next time I will order chips instead.
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Price: $124
Service: OK
Yummy factor: great
Napkins provided: yes
Portion sizes: reasonable
English Menu: Yes
Air Conditioning: Yes
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Great curries from Prata King

Prata King (Wan Chai)

Spotted this new joint after visiting this new bar opposite the road.

Previously it used to be a Thai joint which has now moved to Jaffe Road.

Prata King specializes in Roti pratas but as I was hungry I had the curries with rice.



The choice is simple, you can either choose Pratas, Curries with Pilau rice, plain rice or plain pratas.

For Pratas, there is a choice of plain, egg, banana, potato, chicken, cheese and queema.

For curries, there is a choice of chicken, beef, mutton or mixed vegetables paired with pilau rice, white rice or plain prata.

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Mutton curry with pilau rice:

I loved the taste of the curry because it was not too spicy and the mutton was so soft with pieces of green pepper and tomatoes in it.
It reminded me of lamb casseroles at school and there was something about the taste of the curry which tastes like pub curries.
There was also a dash of cumin in the curry which took away the gaminess of the lamb.

The pilau rice was also delicious, it was fluffy and soft, every grain of rice was long.
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Beef curry with white rice:

The white rice was disappointing because it was not Indian long grain rice.
Basically the curry tasted the same as above but with beef instead.
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Price: $4X
Service: OK
Yummy factor: good
Napkins provided: yes
Portion sizes: reasonable
English Menu: Yes
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Famous dumplings at Fook Yuen

Fook Yuen (North Point)

If it was not for my friend, I would never dine at this place nor would I order from here because on my first visit I found the service quite.................SHIT

Anyway, Thanks to my friend for sharing some with me.

I don't normally have Chinese desserts so I don't know if this is the best but the dumplings were huge and there was so much black sesame paste inside.
I liked the soup more because there was a strong ginger taste.

Black sesame curry from Campers

Camper's (Quarry Bay)
I was intending to try the desserts at this place but they don't do the purple sweet potato one anymore so I had a curry instead.
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Black sesame beef curry:


The curry was weird, the beef did not taste like beef and I suspect it was not fresh.
From the colour, texture and smell, it was really similar to pork.
I did not like it because it tasted like boiled pork that you find in Chinese soups.
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The menu was still annoying as before because there is no English and it is handwritten.

Icecream with Horlicks is back at McDonlds

McDonald's (North Point)

Icecream with Horlicks is back!!

At this branch, they have a new ordering and queuing system.

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Icecream with Horlicks:


I don't often get McDonald's ice-cream but the softserve with Horlicks is good.
The Horlicks powder was slightly savoury which took away the sweetness of the ice-cream, it also reminded me of extra fine digestive biscuit crumbs on the ice-cream.
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Premium hotpot with fresh seafood

Beidouweng Hotpot Cuisine (Prince Edward)
Before I came here, I heard from non reviewers that their hotpots were quite premium.

The seafood is guaranteed fresh and they have lobster as well.


I tried the lobster tail which was meaty and springy flavoured by the strong broth and regretted not putting the head in as well.



The broth was strong with lots of chicken.
At the end it was great for blanching vegetables.




These livers were divine, they taste as good as the ones served at Wai Kee because the texture are slightly crisp and elastic.
I should have eaten more but it's difficult to judge how long to blanch it.

These dumplings were loaded with springy prawns and did not shrink.

The sea cucumber intestines were springy and delicate but it was hard judging how long they had to cook for.


Surprisingly the grilled items were good too especially the fish because it was so crispy and the chicken wings were nice and sticky with a hint of herbs and honey.

Although it might be late to celebrate CNY here, they are doing a Valentines deal which could be a good to avoid the crowd.