Not tourist friendly @ Sai Kung Cafe & Bakery

Sai Kung Cafe & Bakery
G/F, 6-7 Kam Po Court, 2 Hoi Pong Square, Sai Kung

 

Took some government officials from UK who are also in the food business to this local bakery only because they wanted to try some local products.
Anyway, the shop was not pleased when they tried to pay with a $500 note, but if you were a tourist, you wouldnt have much change on you. I would have thought Sai Kung was tourist friendly and used to Tourists paying with large notes.

Apart from that, their items were slightly more expensive than other shops.
I finally got to try this famous pineapple bun that has been on debate with other reviewers and I am not going to step into this debate.
I just felt that it was too dry.

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Price: $8.5
Service: Bit stuck up
Yummy factor: nope
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The star of tseung kwan O @ Super Star Seafood Restaurant

Once again, Chinese food! Not my favourite cuisine!~
But not the worst!
It's not that I dont like Chinese food, its because it is too oily and sweet and made in a weird way.
The dim sums and Chinese food actually tastes better in UK.

Anyway, ordered an array of dimsum and other dishes which I did not take pictures.

 

For once I was impressed by their Prawn dumplings.
It was better than TimHoWan, the dumpling skin was intact and al-dente.
Other dishes included the chinese wax meats and rice.
That particular dish diminished my appetite especially that waxy smell which could make me throw up anytime.

The romaine lettuced cooked in black bean sauce and garlic was nice, but there was too much oil which you can see a good centimetre thickness of it remaining.

Fake cream layered cream cake @ 台揚食品

Saw the counter from outside so went in and had a look.
They were selling rice mochi's and these cream layered cakes.
I have always wanted to try these, but havent really been motivated because Asian cream tastes different.

Anyway I got the cherry one to takeaway. There were other flavours as well such as chocolate, plain and chestnut.
There was no fork given, so I asked for one.
The fork was pathetic, it was just a toothpick in my opinion, and when I tried to use it, it was hard to eat the cake with it .

I didnt like layered cake, the cream tasted weird and fake, and the cherries which I was most looking forward to tasted horrible.

Although I didnt like it, credit must be given to how neatly it was made and how nice it was cut.
It was a bit too expensive for $28. I thought it was only worth paying $20.

 

 

Too hot for supersupergirl to handle @ 臺灣鴨舌專門店

 

Walked past and saw this modern shop with white walls and pink shopfront, stopped by and was shocked to see it sell internal organs of ducks.
The appearance of the shop gave me the impression it was selling other foods, but definately not organs!~
For these type of snacks, I would have assumed their shop theme to be brown.

 

These snacks are the type I would expect to see hung at Hung's delicacy or in Sham shui Po.

It is rare to buy these snacks just like that because usually they are served in restaurants especially the intestines and necks!

Anyway I got the duck wings.
Luckily they warned me it was spicy.
I just touched the tip of my tongue with the duck wings and my face went bright red, so you can imagine how spicy it was.

 

 

The organs that they sell are: Tongues, hearts, intestines, feet, wings, bones, head, necks, kidney, beef stomach, chicken wings and chicken wing tips!They are sold per gram.

A green 缽仔糕!!!!!! A real head turner @ Macau Soya Bean

I hardly ever buy from this place, because all the products are too Chinesey such as glutinous desserts, silky tofu, etc. There were a few green items I wanted to get, but to my dismay they told me it was Green Tea and not Pandan.

Despite the fact I do not like Chinesey green tea combinations such as green tea and red bean.
I got this mint green 缽仔糕 expecting it would be green tea and red bean! The usual boring combination.
To be honest I never eat 缽仔糕, they are usually too sweet and I hate red beans.

To my surprise when I was taking the photo I could smell coconut, a good sign!
The pudding was firm, and the beans were nice and hard, not too starchy.
The sweetness was just right and the texture was like dense jelly.

As I am not really a red bean lover, it would be cool if it the red beans were chocolate chips.
They should be more adventurous and make more flavours!!!

Flavours I think they should make:
Mint with chocolate chips, Strawberry with strawberry pieces, Chocolate with crushed peanut, coffee.
The list could be endless.

Thai green layered cake @ 豪江豆業

 

Walked past and another green snack caught my attention.
Last time it was a pandan bootjaigo, this time it was the Thai style layered cake.

I find this shop quite interesting because they are specialists in Chinese snacks such as tofu, chinese desserts but they also offer some modified items such as pandan bootjaigo and now the Thai layered cake.
Although in Chinese it is called cake, it is not the western type of cake made of sponge.
These items really stand out in the display next to the traditional Chinese items.

I was very impressed that it was coconut flavour and not green tea that is used all over the Chinese food industry.
Anyway, the sweetness was just right and I hope it stays that way.
It is usually the case when I intend to buy two, I assume it would be too sweet but it turns out to be just right and then when I do buy two, it turns out too sweet.
I just feel the sweetness levels at this shop are not consistent.

The taste of this layered cake was interesting it was a mix of coconut and cane juice pudding.
Visually it reminded me of those novelty rubbers that come with novelty stationary sets.

" Love chocolate " fondue @ Hui Lau Shan

Ordered the chocolate fondue, which is practically as good as the fondue else where, the fruit could have been fresher and the fruit selection could have been more appropriate.
Usually it is berries, but I suppose in Hong Kong, I have to make to with the locally available fruit such a melon.
I consider melon as more of a fruit to go with savoury items such as Parma ham

The fondue set comprises of chocolate fondue, ice-cream, plate of cut fruit consisting of banana, kiwi, strawberries, honeydew melon and cantaloupe melon, finger biscuits and 3 marshmallows.

Although the waitress forgot to light up the candle beneath the chocolate fondue until I was halfway through eating it, I could have done without because the type of chocolate they used dosnt harden.

The fondue set costs $58 but there are vouchers to download on their website.

Apart from the chocolate set, I also got the curry mixture, which consists of fish balls, sliced stomach, squid tentacles and white carrot.
The curry was a little too spicy for me and there was a film of chilli oil at the top, which made it even spicy.
The sliced stomach was a little too soft, but the rest was ok.