Supersupergirl's restaurant reviews

Sunday, April 22, 2012

McCafe's new Pandan and Red bean cake

I was really looking forward to this because I love Pandan.

It was an interesting cake to be offered by McCafe because usually the cakes are chocolate, cookies, hazelnuts and berries so this was quite different from their usual range.

I bought this cake with the Himalayan tea, which I have already written about earlier, but the Pandan cake is a new item introduced on 19th April 2012.
A la Carte the cake costs $25 but with the tea, it costs $16.

The pandan and red beans in the cake were a strange combination! I am also quite biased because I do not like red beans.

Usually pandan is paired with coconut.

Anyway, I found the cake extremely sweet because after finishing the cake, the Himalayan tea was tasteless, so you can imagine how sweet the cake was if the tea tasted not sweet at all.

The cake tasted like those Chinese coconut and red bean puddings and the pandan taste was so faint I couldn’t taste it.
Perhaps the red beans and coconut taste was too strong that I could not taste any pandan.
Without the red beans the cake would have been nice, because I didn’t like the starchy sugary red beans!

The cake had biscuit base, layered with pandan sponge cake and cream.
On the top it was dusted with cake crumbs.

It would be great if one day McDs came up with a pie filled with Kaya or Pandan

Feels like fish and chips by the seaside

With all these new places that have opened in Sai Kung, I had to resist getting Crepes at Crepe Francais, Japanese hotdogs at Juicy J's and my favourite roast chicken at Smart King!!!

I came here just for the fish and chips and to see if I could get any memories of Camden Town back.

When I got there, it reminded of seaside towns such as Brighton and Eastbourne at the seafront, especially the popcorn machine.

Inside the shop, it looked more like a fish and chip shop with fryers and the glass cabinet.
However it did not have that familiar fish and chip shop feeling like the Chippy.
It felt nothing like Camden town, the only Camden town familarity I could find was the photos on the side of the wall, and the Camden Town tube station sign.
That was the only element of London I felt in there.

Anyway, the brilliant thing was that they forked out on British magazines and they were the lastest issues, so I wouldnt mind going there often to eat something and read the magazines.

The menu however was quite limited, the only two things that were British was the fish and chips, cumberland sausage and chips.
The rest were quite Chinesey such as chicken wings Chinese style which are plain chicken wings that are dunked in the oil and fried.
Judging by the previous pictures, the hamburger looks Chinese as well.
It would be great if they imported some pies such as chicken pies or beef and onion pies.

I wanted to order the grilled squids but it didnt quite match my fish and chips.

In the end I just got fish and chips with mushy peas and a chocolate milkshake.
I had no expectations for the mushy peas because the previous comment mentioned that they were rather watery and they were indeed watery as if they were diluted to make more portions out of it.
From the picture it looks like soup with some mushy peas in the centre.

The chips were ok, but perhaps a little overdone.
It was good they had Sarson's vinegar but it lacked a vinegary taste and there was only a slight bitter taste to it.
The batter on the fish was great, it was thin and crispy, the texture of the fish was too soft but it was nice and moist.
However the fish may have been in starch for too long that it had no texture, it just melted in my mouth.

Finally the chocolate drink was too sweet.

But overall, it is nice dining there and it feels like eating fish and chips at the British seaside.
This shop is owned by the locals and there was a girl from the local Sai Kung school there most probably the daughter of the owners.

《公Lee》《Kung利》@ 月滿莊士敦道

Kung Lee could not have chosen a better spot in Hong Kong to sell their famous cane sugar drinks and Cane Sugar pudding!

Located right next to Southern Playground and the Southern Stadium, there is bound to be people needing to rehydrate themselves after strenuous sports!

Also smack in the heart of Wan Chai, round the corner from the MTR exit, near the trams, near the footbridge leading to the exhibition centre, and a must pass point for people heading towards Queen's Road East.

As well as that, it is also a passing point for people going to the Arts Centre and Performing arts academy!

Anyway it is really good to see it in Wan Chai, although the cane sugar drink costs $1 dollar more but I am saving a few dollars by not having to travel to Central and hiking up the hill!

Since I can always grab a drink, I got the Cane sugar pudding which is usually sold out, it costs $12 which is the same price as the Central branch.

The puddings are made on site and not transported from the Central branch as enquired by many people that day.
The shop floor is tiled with those old green tiles which is surprising that you can still source them nowadays!

Anyway the pudding tasted as good as the Central branch and the sweetness was just right.
It leaves a sweet aftertaste as well and the texture of the pudding was quite firm.

While many historic buildings are being preserved in Wan Chai it is fun to see another addition with some historic feel added to it.
At the moment the interior is quite plain and I wonder if they will bring more iconic items to the shop.