Part2:☆Γρεξοπ☆ΓΡΕΞΟπ☆Grecoπ☆Γρεψοπ☆Γκρέκοπ☆

Grecoπ (Wan Chai)

Grecoπ is a great place for Greek food, but it is located in the middle of nowhere!

A year later they have new items on the menu so I went to try them out.

They have two new desserts but it was not available when I went.

I would go again but this place is too far away and I really cannot be bothered to walk here despite the food is brilliant.

They sell taramasalata and hummus dips in the fridge.

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Fries with crumbled feta:



Since my last visit, I had forgotten how delicious their fries were.
There was crumbled feta on top which makes the fries more appetizing.
There were quite a few fries that were really long in length!
The length of the fries are about the length of a plastic fork.
They are even taller than a can of coke.


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Grilled Greco burger:

Before I started devouring the burger I was delighted how it was neatly wrapped because not all burgers are presented in a nice way.
You could see they put effort in making the burger and each layer was neatly place including the sauce.
The patty was really nice and the texture of it was different, it tasted similar to kofte with herbs.

They also put two slices of cheddar in the burger.

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Greek spinach pie:

The spinach pie was my favourite, wholesome spinach in the pie covered with delicate filo pastry.
It was filled with so much spinach!

If the pie had been warmer it would have been perfect.
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My previous visit at Greco:
http://www.openrice.com/english/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2217064

URBAN croissants at the urban side of town

URBAN Bake n Take (Tseung Kwan O)

Urban bakery's first branch was at the Hysan place.
After opening their second Branch at langham place, this is their third branch away from the city.


I did not try the croissants at Hysan place because when I went, there was a horrible buttery smell in the air.

The range was the same with almond croissants, cheese croissants, caramel croissants and the deluxe croissants.


Decided to try it because their was no queue and there was a food court nearby to eat it.
Tried the Langoustine with curry emulsion croissant, cheese croissant and caramel croissant.

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Langoustine with curry emulsion croissant:

After ordering it, the Lingoustine (crayfish) was measured by weight and put in a bowl for mixing.



It was helpful of them to slice it in half for me, but the taste was slightly disappointing because the sauce had a weird taste which ruined it for me.
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Cheese croissant:

Lacked cheese taste and it was slightly sweet too.
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Caramel croissant:


Too buttery and greasy.
Although it was flakey, it was heavily greased.
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To conclude La salon croissantere is much better because the butter is not as heavy and does not leave me with indigestion.
Eating just one croissant from this place leaves me stuffed for at least six hours.

Brown sugar Sachima by Taipan

Taipan Bread & Cakes (North Point)

Sachimas are popular treats for kids.

To me, they are similar to sticky rice crispy/cornflake bars made in cookery lessons at school.

I was attracted to the ones at Taipan because they had so many flavours for the sachima!!

-Brown sugar and cashew nut
-peanut and raisin
-orange and honey
-ginger
-meat floss

The flavours were rather funky and modern!!

Anyway I bought the Brown sugar and cashew nut flavour.
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Brown sugar and cashew nut sachima:

The good thing about these modern sachimas is that they do not have that weird smell.


The sachimas were light and delicious, the sweetness was just right, but the brown sugar taste was not strong enough.
The main problem was that it fell apart when you ate them.
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Squid ink series @ The Ramen

The Ramen (Kowloon Bay)

Came here because the other places were packed and this place was quite empty.


I was attracted by the black squid udon and ramen so ordered them both.
I believe they mean Squid ink/Black squid ink because there is no such thing as black squid.
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Black squid yaki udon:

The udon was nice and al-dente and the squid ink sauce was a little too salty and the crushed garlic was too strong.
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Black squid Miso ramen:

I ordered this because it was not spicy according to staff, but when it came it was red because they gave me this other spicy ramen by mistake.

After a while, the correct one came, but it was slightly spicy so I believed they used the same ramen but put it in the squid ink broth.
The ramen fared better than the udon because the broth was stronger.
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The ramens were a bit overpriced in my opinion.

Tasteless broth @ Gyujin

GyuJin (Tseung Kwan O)

Tried this place because all the other options were packed with people.


Chose the milk broth which was tasteless, luckily they had fried rice, plain rice and Japanese curry.
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Milk broth:

Tasteless.
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Japanese curry:


Luckily this tasted quite nice but the herbs in it were quite strong.
Japanese pearl rice was used for both plain rice and fried rice.
The curry tasted nice with tofu and fishballs which you can cook in the hotpot.
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Icecream incident:
The icecream that they have is Haagen Daz which is hard to scoop out.
It was quite funny because someone got stressed out scooping some Baileys icecream and it made a strand of their hair fall out because it went straight in the icecream which fell in the strawberry section!


No one touched it afterwards!~
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Jackeline's healthy private kitchen 健康私房菜

Jackeline is well known for her treatments on Acne, she is seen on TV commercials and adverts on buses.

I was invited to a Private Kitchen dinner promoting healthy food, before I got there I did not associate that Jackeline was indeed the famous Jackeline for treating Acne.

I was led there by fellow bloggers and we arrived at this industrial building opposite Tsuen Wan police station, it was when I saw the front of the place I realised it was the famous Jackeline.

We were greeted by Jackeline who is a sweet and friendly lady.

She is such a Charismatic lady who can cook healthy dishes as well.

Here is what we tried.

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Lychee gin and tonic 荔枝琴通寧

琴酒加入新鮮荔枝肉浸泡，全天然清新甜香。

Gin with fresh lychee and lemon.



Non alcoholic version:




To start off with, this drink was a lovely refreshment because it was light and bubbly, the best thing about it was that it was not sweetened so the sweetness is from the natrual lychees.


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咸柑桔羅漢果茶:


潤喉清熱又解毒，柑桔咸香配合細膩的羅漢果甜，意想不到的合襯

Salted tangerine and Momordica drink:

Although there is no picture, this was amazing too because it was unsweetened.


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酸甜紅蘿蔔:


青木瓜及嫩酸薑：高纖蔬菜有助調理腸胃，酸酸甜甜，開胃又幫助消化


Pickled sweet carrots:

This was a nice appetizer to start off with.

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雞肝醬脆米球：自家製雞肝醬切粒後包裹熟芝麻及脆米，芝麻的果仁香及脆卜卜的米粒，更突出雞肝醬的味道。

Liver pate in crisp coating.




These cute morsels looking like chocolate truffles were delicious balls of chicken pate rolled in crisp cereal.

The taste was just divine!


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響螺沙參燉瘦肉：加入明目枸杞、清熱冬瓜，此湯清滋補陰，適合捱夜人士飲用



Again a delicious oil free soup, but it was a bit hot that day to drink soup.


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荷葉五穀飯：將白米、紅米、小米、薏米、綠豆包在荷葉中蒸熟，清熱又補脾胃



This was mixed grain rice which provides good roughage for the body, it was deliciously complemented by silky chicken liver pate which makes the grains of rice smoother when you eat it.










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淮山百合炒木耳：淮山益气補脾腎，百合清甜滋潤，木耳則養血美顏。




I love this this healthy mix of vegetables.


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上湯金銀蛋南瓜苗: 南瓜苗由本地農場即日採摘，爽甜回甘，富有營養及食療價值。



This was my favourite because I rarely get a chance to try the pumpkin plant, the twines and leaves were delicious.


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手撒雞



Delicious MSG free chicken!


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自家陳皮蒸鮑魚



The abalone was steamed with their homemade dried citrus peel.


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薑蔥炒蟹



The stir fried crab was deliciously done and tasted like professional dishes served in restaurants.


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金沙蝦



Although high in cholesterol it was delicious and the shell was edible too!


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酥炸冬菇：鮮冬菇肉感幼滑，酥炸後菇味更突出。有極高抗氧化功能，比靈芝還要高！



The Chinese mushrooms were delicious and extremely crispy that made a crispy noise when you ate them.



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蒜炒蕃薯葉：Jackeline自家種植，蕃薯有的好處，蕃薯葉通通都有，而熱量只有蕃薯的四分之一，豐富的纖維質，讓人有飽足感之餘，更有助改善腸道健康。注重養生又怕胖的人，地瓜葉將會是更好的選擇！



The sweet potato leaves are grown by Jackeline!!

They were tender and sweet.


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原隻木瓜燉雪耳蓮子百合：滋補、潤肺、養顏，四季皆宜的美肌甜品。





Steamed papaya.


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蕃薯湯圓糖水：將Jackeline自家種植的蕃薯做成餡，餡中混入少許海鹽及煉奶，令蕃薯甜味更提升。



Chinese dumplings filled with mashed sweet potato, sea salt and condensed milk.

The filling was delicious and tasted like salted egg yolk.

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Overall, the meal was really delicious HEALTHY, NON OILY meal that was flavoured just right~


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Upcoming events:


There will be a cooking class by Jackeline promoting healthy skin and how eating to eat healthiliy on August the 2nd for couples who do not cook.


To attend email: JackelineKitchen@gmail.com


Maximum 24 guests, first come first served.


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「Jackeline 健康私房菜大招募」

大招募目的：以美味私房菜帶出健康訊息，Jackeline 最常推介的保養皮膚方法，就是在日常食事之中，加入合適的養膚食材，在不知不覺間，達到美膚養顏的功效。

Jackeline 免費請你食飯外，更會即場示範方便、快捷、健康嘅烹調方法，讓「無飯」夫妻變「模範」夫妻

對象：「無飯」夫妻

人數：24位

日期：暫家8月2日（週五）晩上舉行

報名方法：將姓名、聯絡電話、電郵傳送電郵至JackelineKitchen@gmail.com , 名額有限，先到先得。成功受邀者將於活動1星期前收到電郵及電話確定。

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