Home-made Cuisine with Openricers & their families

To celebrate the opening of the Tai Kok Tsui branch, Home-made Cuisine has invited 40 openricers and their families to mark this event.
The theme was home style cooked food hence the reason why family members were invited.

As well as Tai Kok Tsui they have a branch in Wan Chai which is much smaller.

Earlier visit @ Home-Made Cuisine Wan Chai:
http://www.openrice.com/english/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2257187

Thanks to Mjqueen7e for bringing me along because I got to try the items I did not previously try.


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Barley wheat tea:


The colour of this was interesting, it was bright yellow, but I liked the taste because it was quite wheaty and nutty.
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Pumpkin and salted egg yolk in batter:


This was my favourite because it was not too salty, the combination of mashed up pumpkin and salted egg yolk was quite nice.
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Deep fried fish fillets with strawberry sauce:
This was quite a fun dish but I could not really taste the strawberry in the sauce because the salad cream in the sauce was stronger.
The fish was slightly cold.
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Lotus root patties:





The lotus root patties here are different because it was a slice of lotus root with the patty placed on top.
Hence when you eat it, there is a good mouthfeel of lotus root.
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Shanghai noodles with truffle paste:


The concept was quite good but I would prefer a thinner type of noodle because these were too soft.
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Prawn wrap @ Pret A Manger

Pret A Manger (Central)

Thank you Pret A Manger for the lovely refreshing food.

As said before, this is a Brit brand and Best of the British....

I wanted to try the prawn item before but it was sold out, luckily I was told by a Pret representative there is a kitchen at most Pret joints so I was able to get the Prawn wrap.

Next time if your favourite item is not there, do ask the kitchen and they are more than happy to make it for you .

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Interesting finds:

The soup range is also good, if it wasnt so hot, I would have ordered the Brittany fish stew. The choices vary at different joints and the other Pret at Admiralty station was serving cumin and cauliflower that day which is also my favourite.
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Iced lemonade (apple):

After trying the passionfruit and grapefruit, I decided to try the apple this time.
The apple was really nice and refreshing too and I loved the greeness of the drink.
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Prawn wrap:

All I can say is taste the difference! These prawns were meaty and springy unlike the frozen tasteless ones. Each prawn had a lovely natrual coral pink colour and the sauce was just perfect and not too sweet or sour, which made it the perfect prawn cocktail sauce.
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Lychee panna cotta:


The lychee panna cotta was delicious and soothing, as well as lychee you could taste citrus rind.
In the middle there was delicious lychee jelly and a lychee.
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Learning how to make coffee

United Cafe Restaurant (Jordan)

United Cafe Restaurant has three branches in Kowloon, it is partnered by two people whom one is Christian and one is a Catholic.



Thanks to the SodaCard membership rewards I got to try the new tea set, dine there and learn how to make Cappuccino.

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Tea set:


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Avocado and salmon tartar:

The tartar was really nice especially the generous avocado base at the bottom which was creamy with pieces of diced tomatoes.
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Learning how to make Cappuccino:

The barrister and owner were really patient and detailed in showing us the steps, explaining the procedures and why it is done that way.
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Tea sets @ Triple King Cafe

Triple King Cafe (Causeway Bay)

On my previous visit the tea sets were quite impressive so decided to come here again.

I was slightly disappointed because the tea set menu has changed and there are less items to choose from.
The prices have also gone up too.
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Interesting drink:

Coke with salted lemon and coke jelly!
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Garlic bread with liver pate:

This was delicious and the liver pate was really velvety and silky, but the only let down was there was so much oil on top that I needed to soak it off with a tissue.
The side of lettuce that did not look nice was actually quite good and the sauce was nice and tangy but the colour of the sauce was weird.
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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.