Been wanting to try this for a long time, so ordered the Yoghurt prawn angel hair,
when it came, there were some slices of ham in it too, was not expecting that, but anyway, gave the pasta some flavour as prawn wasnt that strong.
The sauce was pretty pink, with lots of freshly cubed tomato pieces, nice tangy sauce, but not strong in yoghurt taste even though it is meant to be yoghurt.
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
Chocolate egg tart @ Chocolux Cafe
A short crust base chocolate tart, wtih a strong chocolate taste, the texture was soft and supple just like an egg tart.
Tasted good, I would of liked a creamier chocolate though.
I think this is the most expensive egg tart I have eaten, for $20.
Tasted good, I would of liked a creamier chocolate though.
I think this is the most expensive egg tart I have eaten, for $20.
Deliciously confusing @ 八方雲集鍋貼水餃專門店
Discovered this restaurant while passing by, reminded me of Dumpling house in Sai Kung as they have many flavours, including fried dumplings and boiled dumplings.
Anyway I ordered a set which consisted of 10 dumplings of one flavour and a soup.
The soup is nothing special, just a filler to make it a set, just like Australia Dairy Company where the scrambled egg is the best, and the macaroni is there to fill you up.
I chose the fried curry dumplings with sweet corn soup, the soup arrived first and tasted OK, with bits of ham and egg, sweetcorn etc in it.
Then came the dumplings, I took a bite and realised it was the Korean flavoured one, and realised they had served me the wrong one.
I told the waitress I was given Korean dumplings instead of curry, and she couldn’t find my order, later I found out the previous customer had taken my ticket and paid for it, and the Korean dumplings were meant to be theirs. At the same time, the guy behind me insisted those dumplings were his, as he ordered curry as well, but I told him they were Korean not Curry.
To my surprise, the waitress knowing that I had eaten one dumpling from that plate passed it to the man, even though one dumpling was missing, and the flavour was wrong.
Poor guy, eating the wrong dumplings, and eating after me, and being conned for 9 dumplings when he should have had 10!!
Apart from the blunders, the dumplings tasted quite nice, in my case I got to try two flavours thanks to their mistake. The Curry one is very good, and there is still curry sauce in the dumpling after being fried. The Korean one is also worth trying, spicy, but not very spicy, with a hint of Kimchi in the dumpling.
Anyway I ordered a set which consisted of 10 dumplings of one flavour and a soup.
The soup is nothing special, just a filler to make it a set, just like Australia Dairy Company where the scrambled egg is the best, and the macaroni is there to fill you up.
I chose the fried curry dumplings with sweet corn soup, the soup arrived first and tasted OK, with bits of ham and egg, sweetcorn etc in it.
Then came the dumplings, I took a bite and realised it was the Korean flavoured one, and realised they had served me the wrong one.
I told the waitress I was given Korean dumplings instead of curry, and she couldn’t find my order, later I found out the previous customer had taken my ticket and paid for it, and the Korean dumplings were meant to be theirs. At the same time, the guy behind me insisted those dumplings were his, as he ordered curry as well, but I told him they were Korean not Curry.
To my surprise, the waitress knowing that I had eaten one dumpling from that plate passed it to the man, even though one dumpling was missing, and the flavour was wrong.
Poor guy, eating the wrong dumplings, and eating after me, and being conned for 9 dumplings when he should have had 10!!
Apart from the blunders, the dumplings tasted quite nice, in my case I got to try two flavours thanks to their mistake. The Curry one is very good, and there is still curry sauce in the dumpling after being fried. The Korean one is also worth trying, spicy, but not very spicy, with a hint of Kimchi in the dumpling.
Astonished by the Turkish bomb @ Mado 雪糕咖啡店
Came all the way to Megabox for ice-cream, and ordered the ice-cream slices and the Turkish bomb to try.
Luckily there were vacant tables, however nobody cleared the tables, even after we ordered and sat down with the ice-cream.
So had to clear it ourselves.
Despite that, I really liked the chairs and table, cute and elegant, cool blue in colour, and the logo was also classy in gold. My first impressions of Mado, was Italian rather than Turkish, and the style is so different to other Turkish things in town.
Back to the ice-cream, I really liked it, not sweet at all, and a strong milky taste with chewy texture. With other ice-creams, after a few spoons you would be left feeling with a numb mouth and freezing body, but I didn’t feel cold after eating it, and I could still taste each and element in the ice-cream.
The ice-cream slices were slightly sweeter than the scoops, probably because only sauces were added, so it needed to be sweeter or else it would be rather plain. I tried the original one and the almond one, both were chewy in texture, and the almond one had fine crunchy almonds in it like crunchy sugar.
Then came the Turkish bomb my favourite, plain ice-cream mixed with pistachios, apricots, and coconut. A creamy full bodied ice-cream just at the right sweetness. It takes a few seconds to get used to, the gooey texture, and the difficulties in trying to spoon it out. The Turkish bomb reminded me of the nougat, chewy but cold, full of ice-cream, and lots of texture, real coconut shreds, and the delicate apricot and pistachio.
The ice-cream owes it texture to the main ingredient “Mastic” a resin cultivated from Mastic trees in Greece.
Luckily there were vacant tables, however nobody cleared the tables, even after we ordered and sat down with the ice-cream.
So had to clear it ourselves.Despite that, I really liked the chairs and table, cute and elegant, cool blue in colour, and the logo was also classy in gold. My first impressions of Mado, was Italian rather than Turkish, and the style is so different to other Turkish things in town.
Back to the ice-cream, I really liked it, not sweet at all, and a strong milky taste with chewy texture. With other ice-creams, after a few spoons you would be left feeling with a numb mouth and freezing body, but I didn’t feel cold after eating it, and I could still taste each and element in the ice-cream.
The ice-cream slices were slightly sweeter than the scoops, probably because only sauces were added, so it needed to be sweeter or else it would be rather plain. I tried the original one and the almond one, both were chewy in texture, and the almond one had fine crunchy almonds in it like crunchy sugar.
Then came the Turkish bomb my favourite, plain ice-cream mixed with pistachios, apricots, and coconut. A creamy full bodied ice-cream just at the right sweetness. It takes a few seconds to get used to, the gooey texture, and the difficulties in trying to spoon it out. The Turkish bomb reminded me of the nougat, chewy but cold, full of ice-cream, and lots of texture, real coconut shreds, and the delicate apricot and pistachio.
The ice-cream owes it texture to the main ingredient “Mastic” a resin cultivated from Mastic trees in Greece.
茶古力 cha.ke.li by ye Shanghai
I like tea, british tea, and chinese tea, so when I saw FoodieWil's post of chocolate with different tea fillings inside I had to give it a try. My first encounter of chocolate and tea was Lipton's chocolate tea, which tastes quite nice.
I picked seven flavours out of the nine. All uniquely decorated, however they were not marked indicating its flavour. I would hope that in the future they would have leaflets with the flavours and pictures for the people with less sensitive taste buds.
Also it would help people to identify the flavours if it was given as a gift.
I tried the delicate light flavours to begin with such as Jasine, Iron Buddha and progressed with Oolong being the last. Each were distinctively different, the chocolate breaking down in the mouth and oozing with tea flavour. I liked the fact that the delicate tea flavours were paired with the gentler chocolates, and the strong teas were matched with the bitter chocolates just like FoodieWil mentioned.
I dont like Pu'er, due to its earthy/mud taste however with chocolate it takes that taste away which makes it very delectable. I did not pick NISHIOCHA as I am not a fan of white chocolate or Matcha, also I think the creaminess of the white chocolate would cover the matcha. But anyway my favourite flavours were FLOWERPASSION, DARKSPICE, and DARKEMBRANCE which I never thought I was going to like.
Packaging wise, could be improved, a box should be provided for free, as Hong Kong is a very hot place and the gourmet chocolates will have stuck together by the time you've gone home. My order was fairly big, and picking chocolates out of a bag takes the fun out of it, I like to have that indulgence factor of opening the box and being indecisive of which chocolate to pick.
I picked seven flavours out of the nine. All uniquely decorated, however they were not marked indicating its flavour. I would hope that in the future they would have leaflets with the flavours and pictures for the people with less sensitive taste buds.
Also it would help people to identify the flavours if it was given as a gift.
I tried the delicate light flavours to begin with such as Jasine, Iron Buddha and progressed with Oolong being the last. Each were distinctively different, the chocolate breaking down in the mouth and oozing with tea flavour. I liked the fact that the delicate tea flavours were paired with the gentler chocolates, and the strong teas were matched with the bitter chocolates just like FoodieWil mentioned.
I dont like Pu'er, due to its earthy/mud taste however with chocolate it takes that taste away which makes it very delectable. I did not pick NISHIOCHA as I am not a fan of white chocolate or Matcha, also I think the creaminess of the white chocolate would cover the matcha. But anyway my favourite flavours were FLOWERPASSION, DARKSPICE, and DARKEMBRANCE which I never thought I was going to like.
Packaging wise, could be improved, a box should be provided for free, as Hong Kong is a very hot place and the gourmet chocolates will have stuck together by the time you've gone home. My order was fairly big, and picking chocolates out of a bag takes the fun out of it, I like to have that indulgence factor of opening the box and being indecisive of which chocolate to pick.
Tasteless food @ 芝露小甜 Cheenoiserie
Hidden in the outskirts of Hong Kong, I noticed it by its elegant french name and decor, upon entering the cafe, it feels almost like a French European brasserie.
The owner obviously spent time and effort decorating this cafe with the chairs and tables laid out like the european cafe and the chandeliers.
Food wise, it wasnt very European, ie teas were Hong Kong style which spoilt it.
I had chicken curry pasta and it was a bit bland, the chicken was obviously tasteless frozen chicken. The soup didnt taste like anything, I think it was supposed to be pumpkin since it was orange, but it tasted of plain pure milk with boiled bread!!!
The owner obviously spent time and effort decorating this cafe with the chairs and tables laid out like the european cafe and the chandeliers.
Food wise, it wasnt very European, ie teas were Hong Kong style which spoilt it.
I had chicken curry pasta and it was a bit bland, the chicken was obviously tasteless frozen chicken. The soup didnt taste like anything, I think it was supposed to be pumpkin since it was orange, but it tasted of plain pure milk with boiled bread!!!
Prawn noodles @ 蝦麵店 Prawn noodle shop
Before I tried this, I compared their menu against Katong, prices here a cheaper than Katong. However they are relatively cheaper because of their ingredients, ie seafood, Prawn noodle shop offers mussels, crabsticks, fish balls which are frozen goods and readily available.
Katong is more expensive as it contains big prawns, and cockles, where they need to be sourced.
The most expensive prawn mee offered by Katong is 70 dollars while Prawn noodle shop costs 43 dollars.
Anyway, walking in the shop, there is a strong prawn smell, which is reassuring, as the Prawn noodle is their speciality. I ordered the Prawn noodles, which I was told was spicy by the staff. However it was not that spicy, just like the other reviewers said, so I would recommend this place for people who can't have it that spicy.
The soup base is strong in prawn, and not so sweet as the other places, and it dosnt have black peppar taste either.
Noodle wise, they have the basics, cambodian noodles, vermicelli, and oil noodles. But I don't like the vermicelli here, as it is thicker than the ones in Katong, and sweeter.
For the main ingredients, the pork was good, not too dry and had flavour to it, prawn wise, a little less in quantity than Katong, in Katong, one prawn is sliced into two pieces, however here, the prawn is sliced into four pieces.
Katong is more expensive as it contains big prawns, and cockles, where they need to be sourced.
The most expensive prawn mee offered by Katong is 70 dollars while Prawn noodle shop costs 43 dollars.
Anyway, walking in the shop, there is a strong prawn smell, which is reassuring, as the Prawn noodle is their speciality. I ordered the Prawn noodles, which I was told was spicy by the staff. However it was not that spicy, just like the other reviewers said, so I would recommend this place for people who can't have it that spicy.
The soup base is strong in prawn, and not so sweet as the other places, and it dosnt have black peppar taste either.
Noodle wise, they have the basics, cambodian noodles, vermicelli, and oil noodles. But I don't like the vermicelli here, as it is thicker than the ones in Katong, and sweeter.
For the main ingredients, the pork was good, not too dry and had flavour to it, prawn wise, a little less in quantity than Katong, in Katong, one prawn is sliced into two pieces, however here, the prawn is sliced into four pieces.
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