Still my favourite, and surprises everytime @ Oh Food!

Glad that people are getting to know Oh Food.
Their flyers are effectively being distributed because I have had many people asking me if the food is good and I have also seen people walking around with these flyers in their hands.

Every time I come, there is something new on the menu, and by the time I write my review it may be out of date.
Even now, I have found some new items, which I want to try such as the Lasagne with white sauce and the seafood pasta with green sauce!~
I am curious to taste the green sauce because its hard to imagine what is could be.

A new scheme since my last visit was the member’s card, anyway for the latest information check out www.ohhalalfood.com

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Egg Sandwich:
Although it does not look Arabic, it tasted quite nice.
As you can see the filling was generous, there was lots of egg and tomato.
The sauce was just right, not too sweet, and there was a touch of cumin in it which made it unique.

 

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Thoom sauce:
As always, the white garlic sauce is so heavenly light and fluffy.

 

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Fries:
Also my favourite, because I like the thin fries and the spices on top complement it very well, however I still have not managed to find out what the spices are.
I wish I knew what they were.

 

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Green pea salad:
One of my favourites salads here which was previously not available, and I think the herbs are mint leaves.
The taste of this starter is not that strong and gentle on the stomach before the main food arrives.

 

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Apricot juice:
This is another new item on the menu that was previously available in the north point branch.
However it was slightly too sweet and it tastes like if water has been added.

 

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chocolate eclair:
My favourite dessert, the chocolate is chewy on top.

 

 

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sliced beef with potatoes and brown sauce:
Although it looks very dark in colour, the taste is not as strong as you would think, so dont let the colour deter you!

 

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pita bread and hummous:
The hummous is runnier than the hummous I have come accross and not so tangy, but i think they use more sesame in ratio to the chickpeas.

 

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2011 Saint Honore winter series Part one: Tomato and herbs puff pastry

Saw this poster for the winter series special, which features the puff pastry.
In Chinese the direct translation, is Herbs and tomato meat sauce puff.
I wonder if they meant puff pasty with Bolognaise sauce inside.

Apart from the puff, they had chocolate donuts and potato and chicken herb bun.

 

To be honest all three are tempting, but since the puff pastry was not sold out, I bought that one.
In their bakery range, I found another bun that was similar to the chicken and herb, it was a long shaped bun, but its description was chicken potato and cream bun.

 

The bolognaise puff was interesting, because puff pastry and bolognaise are a western thing and they have combined them both together.
That’s assuming it really does taste like Bolognaise!
The common Western puff pastry flavours are usually Cheese and onion, cheese and mushroom, Tuna… and the chinese style ones are curry, BBQ….

Anyway, I should have heated it up and it would have tasted nicer.

The filling was dark red and it contained meat and green peppers, overall it was similar to bolognaise. The tomato sauce and herbs could have been stronger.

 

 

It is definitely worth trying but needs heating up.

2011 Saint Honore's winter series - Part 2

 

After trying the so-called Bolognaise puff named by me, I got the potato, herb and chicken bun from the Wan Chai branch.
They also had the chocolate donut however it was not made of the usual donut dough, it was the Chinese bun type of dough shaped into a donut ring and baked.

The potato, herb and chicken bun looked like a flat circular bun dusted like a muffin.

 

I did not expect the filling inside to be generous because it had the characteristics of the Chinese bakery that the bun itself is thin and there is not much filling inside.

 

The bun itself was the typical Chinese bun, which does not spring back when pressure is applied to it.
The filling inside was like a thin layer of jam on bread.

But anyway, it did taste quite nice, the potato was slightly starchy and the herb was strong, although they did not mention what herb it was, it tasted like Rosemary.
I think the only thing that spoiled it was the sweetness.

Food and money handled with the same hand! @ The Lotus

This Vietnamese restaurant opened in the summer of 2011, six months on I decided to give it a visit.

There was nothing interesting on the menu, which was why I never tried it.

However when I walked past, the green curry looked good, so I stopped by for a takeaway at their takeaway section.
There was a reasonably long queue, about four people ahead, so after glancing at the food options I went to back of the queue and could not see the operations going on at the counter.

When I was second in the queue, I saw a woman behind the counter wearing an apron, right hand not in gloves, and the left hand wearing thin rubber gloves.
The customer in front ordered chicken, which was hygienically covered in cling film, so the woman unwrapped the cling film and used the gloved hand to put the chicken in the takeaway box, which was perfectly fine.

However when the customer paid, she handled the notes in the same hand that she just used for the chicken!

Anyway, since I was going order the pork chop, I did not think it required her hand to touch the pork chop directly, I assumed there would be food tongs.

But to my horror she used her gloved hand (the hand that just handled the money with) to pick up the pork chop and chicken wings and put it in my takeaway box.

Just imagine if the $50 note I paid with was previously owned by someone who wipes their butt with money, then the poor bugger after me would be eating food that may be contaminated because she touches the money with her gloved hand and then touches the food directly when she serves the next customer!

I also noticed that, the cashier system was just like the wet market in Hong Kong, she did not put the money into the till, but she put it in the pocket of her apron, so every time the customer pays she would fumble with the money and change from her apron.

Anyway, to conclude, the people in front must have seen her handling the money and food directly with the same hand and were ok with it, and if I got food poisoning, the people in front of me and behind me must have got it too.

I think I must lower my hygiene standards for foods in Hong Kong or the general public should upgrade their knowledge on hygiene, OR neither case in Hong Kong because it’s a case of take it or leave it.

It also amazes me that in the summer shops will put chocolate and confectionery products on shelves which are in direct sunlight or near the door with temperatures that can reach mid-thirties where it will melt or go off!

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Green curry with chicken wings and pork chop

 

The green curry sauce had a strong coconut taste. The pork chop was slightly too salty.
Took a bite into the first chicken wing and it was raw!

First raw chicken wing

 

Tried the second one and it was also raw!

second chicken wing that was undercooked

 

The chicken wings were bloody as seen on the pictures and the rice was stained by the chicken blood~!

 

chicken blood stain!

 

Since I had already lost my appetite by their lovely hygiene, the raw chicken wings were not that shocking!
Overall it tasted OK, the MSG was strong.

The only improvement required is better hygiene standards.