Pierce chicken @ 加州紅Green Box

Firstly I am not a Green box person, I only go to Neway.
So basically I was already biased towards their karoake system and food before I even sat down.

We got there late in the afternoon, opted for the buffet and was told the buffet starts at 7.
I wasn’t very pleased, because Neway’s buffet starts at 6.30, and we were told, we could stay till 8.30 depending on how busy they were and 1.5 hours isn’t a very long time for food.

Anyway, sat down in the room, and ordered their Fruit punch, the only good drink they have, syrupy fruit punch, that isn’t very sweet, with bits of orange fruit in it.

After a while, a waiter came in with two large piping hot baked oysters, which was quite a relief, as I was very hungry and eagerly waiting for it to turn 7, so I could go out and get the food.
The oyster was topped with melted cheese, and the oyster surrounded with white mushroom sauce.
It all combined well together, and I felt a little bit better after that, not so hungry.

I took a look at their promotional flyers on the desk, and was amazed they have Pierce chicken, and serve their snacks, so I was wondering if that would be included in the buffet.

Finally it turned 7pm, and so I went out and collected the food, I picked stir fried instant noodles, and the chicken wings (which seem to be from Pierce). They tasted like the ones at Pierce.

For the dessert, I got this Thai thing with coconut milk, which contained sea coconut and these pandan flour things. The dessert was ok, a bit sweet, so I only scooped out the pandan things, which tasted good.

Overall, I got a better impression of the Green box, and they also issue you with an official receipt too.

I also saw them have a team meeting on how to improve things, which seems reassuring for their patrons, improving the floor standard, so that its not so slippery.

 

 

Banana pie @ McDonalds

Tried the banana pie even thought I dont like Banana, but I like to trying new things.

It tasted rather sweet, with a cooked banana taste.

Cold pie @ caffè HABITŪ

Initially came to try their sea salt chocolate cake, but it was rather cold that day, so decided have a hot pie instead and feel warmish and leave the cake for the next visit.

Was greeted by a rather busy waitor, who was talking on his cell phone, after he finished his conversation, I ordered breakfast tea and chicken pie.

The food arrived, but I wasnt very impressed, because parts of the pie was still cold, but I was too lazy to asked for it to be reheated.
For the tea, I wasnt given any sugar, so I had to ask for a sachet.

Anyway for heated foods, this has given me a bad impression. Compared with pacific coffee, 99% of their heated stuff is piping hot.

Oyster omlette @ Ma Thai

Finally there is some real Asian cuisine in Hang Hau, a suburb part of the Hong Kong offering Malaysian/Thai food.

Originally wanted to try their Laksa and Buk Ku Teh, but I gathered I could try these later as a quick dinner in the future.

There is a wide yet limited range on the menu, a wide selection, but not all available, most probably due to the location, the people in the suburbs will probably choose the basic and ordinary dishes known to them, rather than adventuring on specialised dishes.

Anyway we ordered the dinner for two, which includes a starter platter, soup, choice of 2 mains courses with rice or roti.

Our choices were as follows:
Starter platter
Soup
Scrambled egg with baby oysters
Hainanese chicken
2 x Rices

Some of the staff were quite efficient and ready to explain their dishes and some were just doing their job.

Anyway first to arrive was the Scrambled egg with oysters, very fragrant, and lots of oysters in it. There was a dish of chilli sauce accompanying it too, which went well together, and tasted like the Big elephant brand chilli sauce.

I scoffed the egg with rice as I was hungry, but the order of the dishes arriving was a bit messed up, after stuffing myself with that, I was a little bit full.
I would have preferred to have the appetiser first, which would be more appetising, but the order of the dishes arriving were:
Scrambled eggs with oysters, soup, rice, starter platter and then the chicken.

The soup was placed on top of those artificial heaters, and it was scary, because the little burner kept making crackling and exploding noises, so I sat well away from it.
There were two choices of soup, Tom Yum and Seafood, so I got the seafood, which tasted strong of seaweed.

The starter platter contained thai style chicken feet, crispy roll, prawn cake, and fish cake.
The chicken feet were quite spicy, the prawn cake tasted ok, and the fish cake, I never like due to the herbs in it.

The Hainanese chicken was slightly dry, and the sauces were not as good as other places.

As well as our table, it seemed the scrambled egg with oysters was a popular pick, they were serving many tables with this dish.

But for two people, it was a bit too much, or it may have been just right, if the order of food arrived accordingly. It included a dessert too, which tasted of coconut, and a chewy texture like the chinese desserts. All that food for $202.

 

Very scary, exploding/crackling noises

 

 

 

Honey malt cake @ Starbucks

I rarely go to Starbucks these days, as Pacific Coffee is always nearby, and I can always grab the regular quiches, sandwiches and whatever takes my fancy.

This visit, I came with intention to try their Honey Malt Cake, which is the same one advertised by Maxims as the Angel Chiffon cake.
I would have tried the Maxims one, but it comes as a whole cake.

Anyway, the one here, had the honey comb pieces in a separate little dish.
When I ordered it, the staff asked me if I wanted it to be heated, which is rather weird, cos the cream would melt.
She then passed me the cake, which annoyed me a bit, cos I had the expectation to add the honeycomb pieces myself and sprinkle it where I want.

In general the cake tasted very nice, very soft, not too sweet, and the honey comb pieces gave it some extra sweetness.

I wanted to try their Apple fritter, but I will save it for the next time.