To Try: 八月居 House of Jasmine

Review by chocolatemuimui
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2230299

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台山焗蟹砵，$168，把整隻蟹切件一起焗，蟹蓋露於表面，賣相吸引。下面的蛋內有果皮、豆豉、肉碎及蟹件等，蟹汁滲滿蛋內，味道很鮮，加起來層次感豐富，口感真不錯。若能添加一碗白飯，相信眾人分享也不夠，個人很愛這道菜。

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As I do not like pork, I am really glad there is a chicken version, this is the first place I have seen with a chicken version!

開平鹹雞籠，$28三件，這個外表普通又像鹹水角的炸點，原來味道很不錯。炸得金黃色的糯米皮，表面香脆，內裡煙韌，包著豐滿的雞肉粒、蝦米及菜圃等餡料，調味恰好，令人想多吃一件。

 

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Mochi spring onion buns!! usually they only have cheese in other places.

麻薯香蔥包，以常吃的日式麻薯包加入香蔥粒，鹹中帶甜，味道令人喜愛。新鮮焗起的包身外表微脆，內裡鬆軟且煙韌，口感跟味道都很讚，這款點心我更喜愛。

 

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最後是糖水，紫玉淮山甜湯圓，以薑糖水來煮，淮山粉腍，也夠薑味，喝著令胃也暖起來。

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Lemon and Barley drink @ 美食果汁吧 Deli Juice Bar

I like the way there is a piece of lemon in the bottle for the Lemon and Barley drink.
Not many places will actually put a piece of lemon for takeaways or bottled drinks.

http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2230348
MSal's review

To Try List: 福元湯圓 Fook Yuen

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彩色芝麻湯圓

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芋圓紅豆豆腐花

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Egg tarts with a disposable spoon @ Yamazaki Bakery

 

Got four egg tarts from Yamazaki, there was a choice of the normal egg tarts or egg tarts made with egg whites and milk.
So got two of each.

 

The appearance of these egg tarts are sligthly different from the usual egg tarts, they are taller and deeper.
They look the same as the ones sold at TIT*F.

 

All the egg tarts here are supplied with a disposable spoon.

 

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Egg Tarts:
The egg tart filling was firmer than the usual Chinese egg tarts and the crust was hard and also very sweet.
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Egg Tarts made with Egg white and milk:
The filling was not as yellow as the egg tart because it was made with egg white and milk, the taste was much milkier and not so sweet.
Overall I preferred the taste of this one.
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For both egg tarts, the base was very thick and almost made up for a third of the egg tart height.

It was really good that the egg tarts were protected with a paper cup.

Korean Walnut shaped Taiyakis filled with red bean

韓國皇帝胡桃紅豆餅 Korean Walnut Cookie

I am not a fan of red bean paste but I decided to give it a try.

 

The owner was really friendly and there were other items as well to try but since I am allergic to the Kimchi I just tried this.

The outer layer of this walnut snack was similar to the Taiyaki, so I expected it to taste soft and slighty tough on the skin with sweet red bean paste in the middle with the occaisional pieces of walnut.
For red bean lovers this would be a great snack because they are bite sized and if they are freshly done they taste nice warm as well.

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Green tea and red bean waffles @ Yamazaki

I attempted to buy them previously but when I used the bakery tongs to pick them up they were rock hard so I left them.

However on this visit they were fresh and much softer so I bought the Green tea with red beans waffle and the original waffle.

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Original waffle:
This one was not as sweet as the green tea one but still quite sweet.
It was firm on the outside and soft in the inside.
The waffle had a very buttery smell and taste too.
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Green tea and red beans waffle:
The buttery smell and taste for this waffle was not as strong as the original however it was much sweeter that you could not really taste the green tea.
There were quite a few red beans in the waffle.
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