$9 for noodles in a doggybag

城發粥麵店 (Wan Chai)

I have never tried this joint before because there are always grubby men sitting outside.


Today, the place was empty so I ordered some stir fried noodles to take out.

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Stir fried flat rice noodles:As they were only $9, they were probably vegetarian and do not contain beef.
I usually pick out the beef anyway.
Basically the noodles came in a bag with a short flimsy plastic fork.



Overall the taste of the noodles were bland and there were too much beanshoots.


It felt like eating food straight from a doggy bag.
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Refreshing Chinese style salad

民聲冰室 (Tai Hang)
This tiny restaurant is famous for meat patty mountains with a salted egg on top.


There was a time when the Chinese fast food chain FAIRWOOD had a similar item and for some people who have not been here before thought its was the first in Hong Kong!
http://www.openrice.com/english/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2174106

Anyway, I came here to try the chicken after reading reviews that it was not spicy and the steamed egg with crab.

I tried this restaurant first even though my review for the Shau Kei Wan branch was published earlier.

I had the chicken twice at this place and it tasted different on the two visits.

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Steamed egg with crab:


It was basically steamed egg with a crab on top, there was lots of soy sauce on top.
The texture of the egg was really silky but it was also quite firm when you put the spoon in it.
I was surprised that beneath the steamed egg, there was more liquid which tasted nice with the rice.

As for the crab, I only ate the crab roe which was delicious.
The crisp spring onions and the steamed egg were really good together.
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Spicy chicken - first visit:

The first time I tried the spicy chicken, the dish was exciting being packed with so many ingredients in it.
There was preserved eggs, peanuts, Chinese parsley, red bell peppers, and Chinese vinaigrette.
It was almost like eating a Chinese salad because the Indian lettuce and noodles beneath it were perfect and absorbed the delicious vinegar.
However it seems to vary because sometimes they use Indian lettuce and sometimes they use iceberg lettuce.
The vinegar tasted like the Japanese vinegar used for salads.

The noodles reminded me of "Chan chuen fun" but I still haven’t had a chance to try it yet as not many places have it.
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Spicy chicken - second visit:
On the second visit, the sauce was not as tangy as the first time and the lettuce beneath the chicken was different.
This time it was iceberg lettuce, which had a crunch and did not retain as much sauce as the Indian lettuce did.
The noodles were thicker this time and did not absorb as much sauce as the thin ones.
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Salted lemon with sprite:


This drink tasted as good as the one I had in Macau, but there was only one piece of salted lemon.
It tasted better when there was less Sprite in proportion to the salted lemon because the taste of the salted lemon comes out more and the sprite does not taste so sweet.
As there was one piece of lemon, I only poured half of the sprite in. In Macau, they serve bottled sprite as well.
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Non pork eating religions be aware, While traffic warden gives thumbs up!

Traffic warden gives the thumbs up!

Luckily the traffic warden cleared some road for the cameraman to film!

http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20130528/18274664

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Hopefully non pork eating religions have not eaten their beef balls because according to the news their beef balls are made of pork! 

Hokkaido Dairy Farm in Central

Hokkaido Dairy Farm Milk Restaurant (Central)

There are lots of Hokkaido Dairy Farm branches these days and the craze for it was not as big as before.


Previously I tried the branches in Admiralty and Wan Chai.

This time we tried the branch in Central located conveniently on Wellington Street after a tasting.
Thanks to Mjqueen7e who used her groupon for this transaction.

We ordered three items and they arrived quite quickly, one of the waiters also gave us advice for taking food photos too!

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Spicy pork, egg and pasta:
The pasta was al-dente and not too soggy but the spicy pork was too spicy.
It was spicier than the local brands of Spicy pork.
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Roast pork, egg and rice:
This was quite similar to the Chinese version but the roast pork slices were thicker and the sauce was sweeter.
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Egg sandwich:
This was my favourite because it was simple and the egg was cooked just right with fragrant egg taste.
After adding some sesame oil, it tasted even better.
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New menu changes at Pung Pung noodles

碰碰麵撈麵專門店 (Mong Kok)
There are not much food options for me in MK, so I usually come here, this was my third time dining here.

The menu has changed since my last visit and the choice of noodles have changed too.

My favourite ultra thin vermicelli was not there but they now have "horse mane" vermicelli so I tried that.
I tried to ask what it was and they answered it was rice vermicelli which I already know.
I just wanted a more detailed description ie whether it was thin or thick!


Although I did not order the "horse mane" vermicelli, the table next to me had it and it was similar to glass vermicelli but slightly thinner.
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Daily special:
The daily special that day was fried salt and pepper fish joints or fish joints in salt water so I chose the salt water one.
When it came I was surprised they put glass vermicelli in it as well which was a bonus.

It was quite good because it soaked up the sweet fish broth.
The fish meat that was in between the bones were silky, soft and gelatinous.
The major problem was that the whole dish was luke warm, but luckily the fish did not have a fishy taste because when fish gets cold, the unpleasant smell comes out.
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Shrimp roe noodles tossed in soy sauce:

It had the same problem as the above, the noodles were cold.
So for a person who gets burnt on moderately warm items, the cold noodles would probably feel even colder for normal people.
The sauce was not as good as before because it was too sweet.
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Finally ..................ET is open!

ET Taiwanese Salted Flavored Chicken (Wan Chai)

When this opened I decided to go there and try it, but it was closed.

Everyday I kept passing by and it was still not open!!!

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n'th attempt:

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Attempt in April:

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A month later I decided to try my luck again and it was finally open!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
However the menu was different, there used to be more choices but now it has been reduced.

On the left is the old ordering form and on the right is the new ordering form.

Basically on the new menu, you can choose the portion size according to the number of people.
I chose the portion for 2-3 people because the portion for one is usually tiny especially with chicken.

They only had the spring onion and onion flavoured chicken whereas the menu before had many other flavours.

Anyway for this set you could choose three other items to go with it and I chose guava, chicken organs and potato.

All these items were neatly stored in the fridge.


After ordering, the guy cuts the chicken with scissors into a metal bowl and the chosen items as well adding seasoning, sauces, and their signature onions,
There was a huge bowl of onions and the pieces of onions were HUGE, it was basically a whole onion sliced in half and quartered.

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ET Chicken:
It was similar to Hau Hing's chicken but packed with more seasoning and additional items.
The chicken organs were not what I was expecting because they were gizzards and not liver, they were quite hard and chewy as well.
I chose guava which was also a wrong decision because the guava was not as refreshing as apple would be and the last option I chose potatoes which were not soft enough.
Even though it was not perfect, I would order it again and try other items with the chicken.
Overall the chicken was quite nice and flavorful but the onion pieces were a bit too big (slightly bigger than a Chinese spoon) and bothersome, they were raw as well.

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Cheesess' new makeover and new cookies

Cheesess (Tsim Sha Tsui)

Previously if you have been here before, you were greeted with a black mysterious fridge, there were no cakes at sight.

Hence the reason I have not tried their cakes yet.

The brand new look showcases their products with a lovely new counter with a glass cabinet.


I was now able to see products that I could not see before such as the sauces, Cheesess teacups and coloured syrups that people can buy to decorate their cakes.



As well as their famous cheesess teacup with forks and spoons that resemble mini gardening tools, they now have cookies on sale too.

I was given some cookies to try and each one was labelled and individually sealed.
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Cranberry Raisin oatmeal Cookies:
This cookie was my favourite because I loved the chewyness from the raisins and cranberries and the tartness of cranberries were the best.
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Walnut Raisin Cookies:

Although it saids Pecan on the labelling, I think it is meant to be Walnut as it tastes like walnut.
This one had a buttery nutty taste.
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Earl grey cookies:

When it was taken out the packet, you could instantly smell the earl grey.
The taste was fresh.
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Coco oatmeal cookies:

The oatmeal cookies were drizzled with chocolate and there was a nice cocoa taste to the cookies along with fragrant oatmeal.
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Oatmeal cookies:


Compared to the chocolate oatmeal, this one was not so exciting and it was slightly too sweet.
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Butter soft cookies:

The butter soft cookies were another one of my favourites!
Imagine it melting in your mouth as soon as you eat it, well it did just that!
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Almond cookies:


They have used whole almonds so there is strong almond flavour and a nice crunch.
The texture of this cookie was quite hard.
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After trying these cookies, I plan to get the kyoto raspberry and London earl grey cheesecake later.
While I was there I sampled the lychee cheesecake which was lovely and light, it was also ice cold so the texture was interesting just like a sorbet.
Thanks to Lemon Tea and Cheesess for inviting me to the try their new cookies.