Monday, April 01, 2013

It's spring, its time for green fingers

Lobby Lounge (Wan Chai)
Thanks to the Luk Kwok hotel for inviting me to try their new tea sets and THE PLANT~

Located on the ground floor of the spacious Luk Kwok hotel lobby, it is a relaxing place to have drinks and tea.

Tried the high tea set ($168 for two), various tea sets ($70 per person) and the new PLANT dessert.



All of the above comes with drinks and I chose my favourite English breakfast tea.

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English breakfast tea:
The tea was made with fresh leaves hence it had maximum tea flavour.

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High tea set:
This was a three tiered stand, but for photographic purposes I have only taken photos of each tier.
There was a plate of fried items, a plate of finger sandwiches and a plate of sweet treats with scones and cheesecakes accompanied with jam and cream.





My favourites were the curry samosa with raita dip, finger sandwiches, and scones which tasted perfect with cream and jam.

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The Plant:
It was basically a sawdust pudding in that bowl garnished with grounded hazelnuts, biscuit crumbs, chocolate pebbles with a sprig on Rosemary in the centre.
I really liked it because it was fun to eat.
It would be good if there was more grounded hazelnuts because I love hazelnuts.

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Seafood green curry and rice:
The green curry was really nice and not too spicy served in a cute clay pot.
The curry sauce was really delicious with the fries.

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Club sandwich:
Delicious club sandwiches with fries.
I thought the portion was quite big for one person!
The sandwiches had egg, ham, tomato and lettuce in them.

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Crab cakes:
The crab cakes were delicious and the diced cucumber tasted nice together.
The sweet chili sauce is optional because it tastes nice with or without it.

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Grilled beef and chicken satays:
The beef and chicken satay were well marinated, they both had strong cumin taste.
The satay sauce was a bit sweet and the peanut taste could be stronger.

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More Fujian delights hidden by a market

Shop: 真真美食店 (North Point)
Came here for more Fujian delights because they are rare in Hong Kong.

There are two more, one located in Tokwawan and the other located nearby near the North Point MTR.

I came here especially for the soup which contained stuffed intestines with pork blood.
I do not really like intestines because they smell but I thought the pork blood may be interesting.



Walking down the busy market street, there is also a tram line so trams occasionally go past.
I had trouble locating this place because the Chinese characters at the front of the restaurant were different to the ones listed on OpenRice.

Anyway, finally found it and there were a few tables, the decor was slightly old.
Sat down and the menu was very simplistic too.


Tried the order those intestines stuffed with blood but they don't do them anymore, and tried to order the Taiwanese stir fried noodles but they did not have them either, so ordered the soup with intestines and savoury rice.
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Savoury rice:


They didnt give me a spoon but luckily the soup came with one.
The rice does not have much meat in it but it was extremely cheap and delicious with pieces of fish, Chinese mushrooms and peanuts.


It reminded me of stir fried glutinous rice but it was made with normal rice which is not so heavy.
Each grain of rice was covered in soy sauce but not overly salty.
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Soup with intestines:


I just drank the soup and it was lovely and sweet because of the Chinese radishes.
There were lots of small diced Chinese radishes in the soup and the texture of the radishes were not too soft.
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Next time I should try their daily dishes because it looks good, you can choose two items and rice for $27.

Cheese and ham obanyaki

Shop: Azukiya (Causeway Bay)

Azukiya is located next to Kashayao where they sell sweet and savoury obanyakis.


I have always wanted to try the savoury one, so this time tried the cheese and ham obanyaki.
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Cheese and ham obanyaki (white):
The obanyakis were half done so it was ready in a flash.


Part of the centre was sticky so it stuck to the paper.


The obanyaki was quite tasteless because 70% of it was the obanyaki pastry which was sticky and chewy, and it was sweet as well so I did not like much.
When I got to the centre it tasted much better because of the gooey cheese.
There was not much ham.


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Sunday, March 31, 2013

Soup @ Yat Yuet Sing Fast Food Shop

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Eight treasure soup (Baatbotong):
Last time I tried their deep fried chicken leg I spotted the eight treasure soup on the menu, so this time I came back for it.
After I removed the lid, it was piping hot, so I burnt my tongue again.
The soup had so many ingredients in it, tofu, prawns, vegetables and Chinese mushrooms.
The taste of this soup was really nice and it had strong tofu taste because the tofu had strong soybean taste.
They also had Western beef soup which I want to try as well.

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Rachel's Palmiers

Shop: Rachel's cookies

Thank you Mjqueen7e for getting me these palmiers.

The box is beautifully designed with a butterfly that is also part of the box.


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Rachel's Palmiers:



The palmiers were really delicious, they were flakey and buttery.
It was slightly sugared on the edges but not too sweet.
The palmiers had many layers which made it really delicate and flakey.
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Japanese cheese balls @ Maxim's Cake Shop

When I saw these Japanese Cheese balls I should have trusted my instinct not to get them because Maxim's SAVOURY items are always sweet.


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Japanese cheese balls:




The size of these cheese balls were bigger than the ones sold at other bakeries, but the taste is more important than size.
Anyway, I did not like them because the cheese taste was not strong and it was sweet.
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Orange mochi @ Wing Wah

Shop: Wing Wah (Tseung Kwan O)

I was surprised to see that they had Orange flavoured mochi at Wing Wah Bakery because the style at Wing Wah is quite traditional.


There were two flavours orange or red bean.
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Orange mochi:


The mochi was covered in coconut and there was orange filling encased with a layer of white bean paste.


The taste reminded me of the snowy mooncakes that they sell during Mid Autumn festival because of the white bean paste.
I would have preferred it if the orange flavour was more refreshing because the orange peel taste was more prominent.
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