White Chocolate and orange dark chocolate fondue @ Hui Lau Shan

 

The last time I had the fondue was in February, ten months later, HLS have introduced a better fondue, and the fondue items were slightly better than last time.
This time, there are two chocolate flavours for the fondue, white chocolate and strawberry and chocolate and orange.

 

The white chocolate and strawberry was sweeter than the chocolate. The strawberry flavouring was not as fake as expected.

 

As for the fondue elements there were: melons, cantaloupe melons, kiwis, strawberries, bananas, marshmallow, finger biscuits and frozen mango cream cake.
The finger biscuits were slightly soft and stale.
As usual I think its weird to put melons and kiwi’s into fondue, but maybe its Asian style or the availability of fruit, usually it is berries and banana’s.

The chocolate fondue was not as sweet compared to the strawberry, and there were pieces of orange rind, which gave it some orange flavouring.
The chocolate fondue was nice with the banana, and the rest tasted nice with the strawberry fondue especially the strawberry because the sweetness of the fondue took away the sourness of the strawberry.
The marshmallows were better than last because there was no colour in it.

 

Lastly there was the frozen mango cream cake, I would have preferred more fresh fruit instead or the cookie cake because the cream was just tasteless and not really a cake if it was just plain frozen cream and mango.
It is similar to the serradura, but just made with fake cream.

The candle beneath the fondue was not that strong because the chocolate did not become hot after sitting there for a while, and I tried to burn the marshmallow by placing it close above the flame nothing happened!

The ramen wind is moving directions @ Ippudo

Ever since Ippudo opened I have always wanted to try it because I like the thin Hakata style noodles.

I tried to go to the CWB branch but it was packed, there is not much waiting space outside.
The waiting space is just the lobby area when you come out from the elevators.
The reservation/registration system at CWB is slightly different, you can use their touchscreen system to enter the number of people and get notified via mobile.

table reservation system @ CWB Ippudo

 

Anyway, with the new crowd at Butao in CWB and Ippudo, I decided to go to the TST branch.
I went just before dinner so I did not have to queue.

Similar to Hide-Chan there were more items on offer and drinks too, however there are service charges as well.
I wanted to try the Wasabi Tonkatsu but this was only available at CWB according to their FB page.
After browsing the menu, I realised that some were Hakata noodles and some were the thicker type noodles.
I also wanted to try the Deep-fried Squid Tentacles with Seaweed Flavour but I only found out about it after I had dined there.

 

 

In the end I chose the Akamaru Shinaji which I thought was not spicy according to its English description, however it turned out to be spicy.
On top of that I ordered an egg as well.

The noodles came quite fast, and the broth was thick like Hide-Chan.

There were lots of viscous cloudy white bits floating in the broth which tasted like collagen.

 

I was hoping for more spring onions because the previous reviews seemed to show there were lots in the bowl.

 

Overall, I really liked it, the flavouring was stronger and better than Hide-chan, however Butao has this uniqueness about it which is moreish.

I think with Ippudo, it was expected to be good, and it turned out to how I expected it to be, hence there was no surprise in it.
The egg was slightly different to other Japanese eggs with a runny centre.
It was literally an egg cooked just right, whereas the other eggs I have tried have a denser runny yoke.
The yoke served here was extremely runny, so caution must be taken when eating it.

 

 

does not exist on the menu

 

On one of the pages there was an attractive item which looked like sorbet cased in half a lemon, but when I tried to order it, they said it was for illustration purposes only

Tai Hing roast everyday, but not for me

Before the mass advertisements and commercials THE used to be an average place for Chinese food serving Chinese roasts.
To me, they still fare average despite the amount of TVC’s campaigns featuring how you can go there for breakfast, tea, dinner, anytime, any day theme.

Ordered the crunchy roast pork belly in wasabi sauce, which includes soup.

Although the food was not impressive, their customer service was really good, there was a fly in the soup and the waitress apologised and exchanged the soup.
{It was probably the same soup brought back with the fly removed, but at least they said Sorry and offered to exchange it, which is better than other restaurants.}

close up of the fly/bug

 

 

 

I did not like the food much, because the rice beneath the meat was fried rice and baked again with the pork on top, it made the rice dry and greasy.
The pork was chewy and not fresh, and there was a strong overnight pork odour to it.

I would have preferred it if it was plain rice and Roast BBQ pork in wasabi as opposed to pork belly.

Although I did not like it, but it would be a good source of calories for those who need it, especially with the combination of fried rice and roast pork belly for the cold winter.