Black burger White Burger @ Hong Kong's McDonalds

When I saw the promotion for these black and white burgers, I just couldn't wait.

In China, they served these Black and White burgers before but they were mini ones and each box had a mini black burger and a mini white burger, but in Hong Kong McDonald's are smart because the burgers are standard sizes so you have to go again to try the other one.

The new series are quite Taiwanese style because of the Taiwanese pearls, but the burgers themselves were not that Asian because they contain mashed potato and lovely mushroom/truffle sauce.

As soon as they were launched I ordered the McDelivery because there would probably be a huge queue of curious people ordering the black and white burgers.

These burgers are the best burgers McDonald's has ever served in Hong Kong because in other countries they have other creations which also taste good such as the Cordon Bleu that was served for a limited time in the UK.

As well as the burgers, they also had other new items which were: Smoky hot wings, Bubble tea and Black and white sundae which I ordered as well.

At the restaurant, it was an interesting sight, there were lots of rice options on the menu!!!

 

Both black and white burgers have mashed potato base and lettuce, whilst the white burger has pepper mushroom sauce for chicken and the black burger has TRUFFLE sauce to pair with the beef.
And yes it really is TRUFFLE SAUCE!! but truffle is getting cheaper these days because you can get truffle essence.

The burgers reminded me of the trial McD's German chicken sausage burger which was also delicious because of the potato patty.
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Black burger:
(Quoted from McDs) Discover the dark side of flavour with our new mashed potato base burger smothered in truffle sauce, topped by two 100% beef patties wrapped in deep black squid ink bun with bacon.

 

The taste of the beef surprised me, it actually had some charred taste like Burger King because the bacon was quite smoky, and the truffle sauce was really nice.
Since I am not fond of beef, the charred beef taste was too strong for me.
I just felt the bun could have been bigger and the squid ink taste could have been stronger.
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White Burger:
(Quoted from McDs)Discover the white side of flavour with light and creamy mashed potato base burger smothered with pepper mushroom sauce, topped with crisp chicken patty, wrapped in light wheat bun with bacon.

 

 

This was my favourite of the two because I always prefer chicken and the mashed potato beneath it was really silky and I am not joking the pepper mushroom sauce was a perfect match.

 

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Supersupergirl's Black & White Burger:

 

 

 

This is not on the menu, but you can buy both and swap the top part of the bun.
Personally I loved it because I was able to sample the best of both worlds with mushroom and truffle sauce!
Again the chicken one tastes the best.
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Smoky hot wings:

 

The colour of these chicken wings were bright orange.
For people who cannot eat spicy foods, they were extremely spicy just like the spicyness of the McCurry burger.
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Bubble tea:

 

Basically it was Hong Kong style tea with pearls!

help!! I am stuck!!!

 

I was given their standard straw and the pearls were too big for the straw and got stuck!
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Black and white sundae:

 

This is icecream topped with caramel, black and white pearls.
The taste of this sundae was delicious because icecream with caramel can never fail and the pearls made it fun!
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Both burgers are really worth trying, especially the White Burger and the Black and White sundae!!
The quality and taste of these burgers were certainly well above average for McDonalds standards.

Laminuette cakes

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Pandan cupcake:

The cupcake was really moist and I felt that it was more like a steamed cake than baked.
I did not eat all the cream on top because it was too buttery and thick, and the taste of the pandan was a little artificial compared to other pandan cakes I have tried.
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3.6 Hokkaido mousse cake:

The Hokkaido mousse cake was really nice, it tasted like tofu pudding with a light sponge base.
I rarely eat the chocolate decorations but the white chocolate on top had pretty musical notes printed on it.
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Che Che New York's dark chocolate and bacon

Che Che New York (Tsim Sha Tsui)

Just after I bought some chocolates at K11's Che Che New York, I discovered they were selling it too at 7-11 convenience stores.

Luckily the flavours at 7-11 were not sold at the K11 branch.

I saw the chocolate with bacon so i got that.
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Che Che Chocolate and bacon dark chocolate:

I do not normally eat bacon, but tried it anyway and it was surprisingly nice because the pieces of bacon were crunchy without fat.


The bacon that was embedded in the chocolate reminded me of those bacon sprinkles used in salads and the taste of bitter dark chocolate with the savoury smoky bacon bits were delightful.
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Mint chocolate chip with baileys icecream

Lab Made Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Laboratory (Tai Hang)

Again went to LabMade because of the new Mint chocolate chip with baileys icecream flavour.

The appearance and colour reminded me of HD's mint leaves and chocolate because it was not green.


Overall the icecream was nice with pieces of chocolate and there were crispy bits too however it was slightly bitter.

Seriously delicious Chinese cookies

Nga Yuen Cake Shop (North Point)

Thanks to Mjqueen7e for these extremely delicious cookies.


I have never tried these Chinese cookies before even though I have bought some for Ivycwk at a different shop.


I am not sure if all the shops taste as good as these or this one was exceptionally good.

They are freshly baked everyday according to Mjqueen7e.

The texture of these cookies are really crumbly, and collapses into fine crumbs in your mouth and the taste was amazing because it tasted like a combination of McVities digestives and McVities Rich Tea biscuits.

The drop of chocolate in the middle made it even more delicious without being too sweet and that part tasted like chocolate covered digestives without the wheat bits.

They seem to be able to keep for days because I had a bag of crumbs left which I ate a few days later and they still tasted fresh.

Usually I never eat biscuit crumbs but these cookies were delicious and crumbled easily so I saved the crumbs.


I wish the size of these biscuits could be slightly smaller to fit in ones small mouth.

The brand new look of Mian

Mian (Quarry Bay)

Previously this shop was located at North Point famous for serving Chinese pappardelle noodles.

The new Mian is much more hip and modern located on the same street as Yo Bago.




The menu is nice and simple too.


I came back for the pappardelle noodles and to try the savoury rice which was a new addition.

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Pappardelle noodles and beef cheeks:


The portion size is much bigger than before and the taste was good as before so the standard has been kept!
The beef cheeks were lovely and tender.
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Savoury rice:


The rice was really nice especially with the celery leaves on top giving it a nice aroma.
I just felt that the rice was too mushy and salty.
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Mian homemade sauce:


They used to have jars of this on the table but now they only give you a reasonable amount!
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Dessert with TVB's Neighborhood Gourmet

Lan Yuen Chee Koon (Prince Edward)

I really liked the pistachio dessert on my visit I decided to go back for it.
I also had the pineapple pudding as well.

There is a jar that they proudly show people the pistachio nuts that they use.


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Pistachio dessert:
While I was there, the TV was broadcasting TVB"s Neighborhood Gourmet which also happened to feature their pistachio dessert.




The dessert was slightly disappointing this time because it was lumpy and quite sweet.
I hope on my next visit it will taste as good as my first visit.
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Pineapple pudding:


The pineapple pudding was quite nice with pieces of pineapple in the dessert.
However it was slightly too sweet.
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