New mini Kami bucket with camo design @ KFC 2011

Went to try the mini kami bucket just because of the potato sticks.
The mini kami bucket meal consists of two pieces of chicken, potato sticks, kami pudding and a drink for $39.

 

In Hong Kong they only serve the waffle cut fries which are boring, I prefer them served with fries just like the UK, and they also have gravy as well.

Anyway, I was excited when they had potato sticks, an alternative to waffle fries.

 

From the product shot, the shape and size of the potato sticks looked like fish fingers.
On closer inspection, they were just hash browns made into that shape.
The chicken tasted how it should however the potato sticks were overdone, it was too crispy and not fluffy inside lacking potato taste and smell.
It looked slightly different to the product shot, because the real thing looked evidently like a hash brown, but the one in the product shot had a smooth surface looking like breadcrumbs or a long croquette.

 

The Kami pudding had two flavours: strawberry and caramel.
I opted for the caramel, which has a layer of caramel at the bottom.
The kami pudding is actually made by epoch desserteries.
The taste of the pudding was ok, slightly creamy sweetened by the caramel at the bottom.

caramel kami pudding

 

Overall, the design of the bucket was really nice, it was the camo pattern incorporated with the KFC design resulting in red camouflage design.
A nice concept using the camo pattern as a packaging design for the kami dessert.

red camoflage design

Ja Ja jambalaya rice is delicious @ Blue Smoke Bar-B-Que

Finally paid the Blue Smoke Bar-B-Que a visit, which is conveniently located in LKF.

It is part of the Dining concepts group, which features their menu online.

I was attracted to this place because the starters looked really good, especially the Mac and Cheese which are fried balls with macaroni and cheese inside.
It is south American/Mexican cuisine.

I tried the Chicken Jamabalaya and the chilli beef burger.
The chicken Jamabalaya was the best, every part and every grain of rice was flavourful.
Anyway next time I will be back for the Mac and cheese.
The burger was good too, but I would have preferred a western bun rather than a sweet local Chinese bun.

 

 

 

Disappearing and weird staff @ 恭和堂

It is not like me to get drinks from this place, but I saw this murky lime coloured drink in one of the five dispensers so went over to see what it was.
I thought it was going to be cane juice but it was lemon and barley.
The rest of the four dispensers where traditional Chinese herb drinks which I do not drink.

Anyway, I ordered a cup of lemon and barley, and one of the assistants got a paper cup and put it it under the dispenser, filled it and left!
I was left wondering if the drink was ready or not!
Then another rude assistant came over to see why I was waiting at the entrance so I passed her the $9 which was the cost of the drink.
All she did was take the $9 and left, she didnt even ask what it was for.
She did not even pass me my drink.

Since I had already paid for the drink, it seemed legal to collect it the cup from the dispenser!

Overall the drink was OK, there was not any taste of any preservatives.
I felt the drink was slightly thick, but perhaps because there was not much left in the dispenser, so it was only residue.

The only let down was the strange service.

Although the customer service was poor, perhaps POLAM town is too urban, the people do not seem to have a concept of OpenRice or food reviews, they were highly suspicious and unfriendly when photos of the surroundings and drinks were taken!
This is probably why there are not any reviews on this place or restaurants around this area which are quite local and do not have branches in the city.

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Price: $9 per cup
English menu: nope
Service: NOT AT ALL!
Sweetness levels: very light but sligthy syrupy
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Saved by sriraicha sauce @ 西貢真味越南小廚

Went here because there were quite a few positive comments on it on OpenRice.

The restaurant is extremely tiny and capable of seating around ten people.

Again, this is another restaurant in Sai Kung which tastes too local.

The beef and tomato was very disappointing because if you have had that in the city, the rice is red and not plain boiled rice.
There were only a few pieces of beef and beneath it was big chunks of carrot.
The grilled chicken was even worse, it was dry, but luckily there was a bottle of sriraicha sauce on the table.
The dishes came slowly, so by the time one dish was finished, the other one arrived.

I do not usually comment on the price, but around $34 per dish it quite expensive and it does not include a drink as well.
Perhaps the cambodian noodles in tomato soup would fare better, as the comments were mostly on that.


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Despite it is called Yuen Long jing gay, there are no shops in Yuen Long

Basically this noodle joint in the food court specialises in the mouth numbing hot and sour Sichuan noodles.

As well as the standard rice noodles (mai sin), they also a do a thinner type of noodles called “dragon beard noodles”.

I got the dragon beard noodles and picked two sides, the soft bone pork and spicy ground julienne potatoes.

The bowl of noodles was presented nicely and came with lots of other treasures such as pickled vegetables, beancurd skin, beanshoots etc.
The noodles were the best, but as you eat them, they become softer from absorbing the soup, and the soup gets thicker from the starchiness from the noodles.

Apart from noodles served in broth, there is also the one in sauce, which is good as well, however the sauce one is slightly oily.

Although there are not many reviews, there are many people queueing up for it and I like the way they can served their noodles not spicy for people who want to try Sichuan noodles.