Maxim's countryside breakfast set

I tried the Countryside breakfast because I like potatoes and not many places serve this style of potatoes with breakfast unless you are in spain.

When I saw the advert for this, I felt that the breakfast was more Spanish than European.

Anyway, the countryside set comes with stir-fried potatoes and their so called "European sausage" with a choice of bacon, egg or ham.
I ordered the set with egg.

 

 

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Stir fried potatoes:
The potatoes were cut with a crinkle knife.
They were fried for a bit and then stir fried with onion, however I found it too sweet.
I was really looking forward to the potatoes but they did not taste as nice as I expected.

 

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Egg
The egg looked really nice, but it was cold and tasteless.

cold and tasteless

 

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Continental sausage:
It looked like a European sausage but the texture was exactly the same as a Frankfurter.

 

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Toast with butter:
I had no expectation for the toast but the butter that came with it made it delectable because it was salted butter.
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Although the breakfast is continental style, I felt that most of the items were localised especially their sausage and potatoes.

Fairwood breakfast: chicken croquette and pumpkin congee

Order the chicken croquette set and the pumpkin congee. 

The set I got had a potato, chicken and bacon croquette, which comes with a piece of chicken and a bowl of macaroni.
On the product shot, the piece of chicken looked like a piece of chicken cutlet.

When I got my breakfast, I realised it was grilled chicken and not cutlet, anyway, it did seem odd having two fried items in a set.
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Grilled chicken:
The grilled chicken was slightly oily but the chicken tasted ok and there was some MSG in it too.
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There was Chinese salad cream for the croquette but I did not use it.

Chinese salad cream

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Croquette:
The croquette was oily as well, but the croquette filling was nice, it was creamy mashed potato with pieces of chicken and bacon.

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Macaroni:
The macaroni tasted average to me because it was not soft enough and I don’t like ribbed macaroni.

macaroni and ham

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The pumpkin and pork congee is surprisingly nice from Fairwood.
It tastes better than Ocean Empire's version.

There are generous amounts of pumpkin in the congee and visible pieces of spring onions.
The ratio of pumpkin to congee is about 50:50.
The texture of the pumpkin is not too soft and I like the way it has been chopped into tiny pieces.
I love the golden colour of the congee and the green pieces of spring onions which make this congee colourful and fun.
I would recommend this congee to the elderly or babies.

A really nice taro flavoured froyo

I have always wanted to try this Froyo joint but never got round to going.

Anyway, the taro froyo was the one I have always wanted to try and the Indian alphonso mango as well.

The interesting thing is Joda's cup [which used to be located opposite this place] had a green mango slush as well that was nice.

I like any mango flavours as long as they are not the Orange coloured ones sold in HK.
I don’t know what type of mango that is, but it has a taste that I do not like.
The type that I like is the Australian mango, which is red and green on the outside.

Anyway there were only four flavours that day: Alphonso mango, Taro, Strawberries and Cream, green tea and original.

 

I was only allowed to sample two flavours, which was disappointing because if they did taste nice I would have got an extra cup of yoghurt.
I tried the Alphonso mango, which was slightly slushy, and the other one I tried was the strawberries and cream.

I wanted to try the green tea and original flavour as well, but I had already tried two samples so I couldn’t try anymore.

 

So in the end I just got the Taro froyo. The taro flavour was really nice; it was the taste I was expecting but did not get from Razzleberry.
Razzleberry had a really nice concept, but their froyo let them down.
The tartness was really pleasant and not acidic yet creamy at the same time.
As for the strawberries and cream it tasted like fresh strawberries grounded with cream.
On my next visit I want to try the original and green tea froyo and other interesting flavours which they might have.
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Shop: EskiMO's
http://www.eskimos.hk/
Address: 255 King's Road
Service: Could be more generous with giving out samples
Yummy factor: Delicious
Sweetness levels: OK
Napkins provided: Yes
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