Plain simple cake at Harlan's

Harlan's Cake Shop (Tsim Sha Tsui)

I have always wanted to try Harlan's but never got round to it because the cake selection is not as good as before.

As I had time before a tasting nearby I only found one of their cakes attractive so tried that cake.

I was attracted to the green one with strawberries but I did not know what it was prior ordering because there was no label for just that cake!

They used to have this pretty cake called the Five Senses and this other green one called Mint Chocolate which I wanted to try to but they did not have it either.


It took a while to get served because there was only one person at the counter while the customer being served was really indecisive on their choices.

Anyway, finally got served and ordered the strawberry cake and found out that it was Green tea and strawberry cake.

All three tables were low in height which made it extremely uncomfortable to dine there because the table level was just lower than the chair seating and the average persons knees.

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Green tea and strawberry cake:
The cake had a nice plump red glazed strawberry on top garnished with crushed pistachio pieces.
The cream was white and fluffy and did not taste artificial.

There was a nice balance of cream, ripe strawberry slices in the middle but the green tea cake was surprisingly hard and coarse. The texture was quite dense too but the green tea taste was not too grassy.

I felt that the cake was slightly over priced because the one I chose was not that fancy and the location of this place was not that nice as it was right beside an escalator.
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Smoked salmon croissant at Le Salon

Le Salon Restaurant et Croissanterie (Causeway Bay)

The croissant craze is finally over and they are no longer constantly out of stock.

They have special flavours every month and this time it is Smoked salmon.


During the craze they only sold about 10 -20 of the special flavours each day.

I never thought about trying the special flavour because the regulars flavours were sold out by 5pm in the past.

On this visit, there were quite a few croissants in the cabinet at 6pm, regular and special flavours.

The mango which used to be a special flavour has now become a standard flavour for mango lovers.

There was a croissant set for $45 so I got the set.

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Salmon croissant:

The croissant was light with flakey layers, but the salmon filling was a bit too light and lacked salmon taste.

The sauce was basically made with flour which acted as a thickener in the sauce.
I could not even taste the onions or the egg as stated on the poster.
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Chestnut croissant:
I got the chestnut again because this is the only place that does decent chestnut filling that is not starchy.
It tasted as good as before with light icing on top.
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Earl Grey tea (large):The tea was really hot!
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Too cute! must see and must try Babyccinos

Pacific Coffee Company (Wan Chai)

I was always curious what the Babyccinos were on the Kid's menu so I finally decided to try them both.

There were two choices: Babyccino and Babychoccino.

The Babyccino is basically steamed milk and the Babychoccino is steamed milk with chocolate.


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Babychoccino:


The drink was seriously cute when it came, the size of the cup is probably the size used for coffee shots with a lovely big foam cap on the top.

Unfortunately I was not able to photograph it there but I did for the other drink.
The taste was really nice, there was a temperature difference, the first sip was warm and and it gets colder nearer the bottom.
I felt that it was quite sweet so the sugar in this is probably the daily intake of sugar in normal sized beverage.

After I finished it, there was lots of lovely chocolate flavoured froth left.
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Babyccino:


This was basically steamed milk. I do not like plain milk so I added cinnamon powder to it which got rid of the plain milk taste.
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I hope to see in future more flavours or perhaps they can sell a Rainbowcino set with five of these cute babyccinos in different flavours eg Rasberry, Green tea, Caramel, Hazelnut and Chocolate!

OpenRice website revamp

Dada Bar + Lounge (Tsim Sha Tsui)

Thanks to OpenRice for inviting me to their "discovering party".

It was basically a showcase for their newly revamped website which is going to be launched soon.

There were some improved functions and one which I thought was annoying because when you browse the latest reviews you have to click "see extra" for every one to see the full review.
For people writing reviews, the new interface is similar to blogger with the tools on the left hand side.
At the party, there was food of course and it was basically canapes.

My favourite was the brie, mini pizza and quiche.
A drink was included too and I had orange juice which was unsweetened and I liked it.

Marks and spencers Milk Chocolate with raspberries

Thanks to 糖小妹 for getting me this bar of chocolate.

Raspberries and chocolate are always a good pairing.

The wrapping for this bar of chocolate was nice too.

The chocolate had so much freeze dried raspberry pieces in it which made it really enjoyable and I really liked it because the raspberry taste was really prominent.

Fried chicken leg set for $25

Yat Yuet Sing Fast Food Shop (Kowloon Bay)

The fried chicken legs here are great so decided to get it again.

This time I got the set for $25 which has a drink, ham sandwich and fried chicken leg.

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Chicken leg:The chicken was rather dry on this visit and it did not come off the bone easily.
It was difficult to eat because it was extremely hot and would not cool down in the hot weather.
It was nice of them to supply a disposable plastic glove so you didn't get your hands oily.
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Ham sandwich:It was buttered bread with a slice of ham in the middle.

I took the ham out and put chicken, crispy chicken skin in it instead and the chicken sandwich tasted much nicer.

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Drink:There was a choice of fizzy drinks, HK style tea or coffee which I do not drink but chose coke for the sake of choosing it and had a few sips.
It was fizzy unlike other places that serve flat drinks.
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Das gute Chocolate chip soft cookies

Das Gute Cafe (Tai Koo)

Thanks to 糖小妹 for getting me these lovely cookies from Das Gute and Congratulations to her because she has now reached the Pro Level on OpenRice.

They were chocolate chip soft cookies..

The taste of these cookies were really nice and there were lots of chocolate chips in it.
It had a buttery taste with delicious dark chocolate chips.

The only thing that was contradictory was they were hard and not soft.