Not Breakfast at Tiffany's but Breakfast at Bing's

As well as delicious afternoon Bings, they have breakfast Bings!

There were two which I wanted to try: Ham and cheese, sausage and egg.

Initially I ordered the ham and cheese but then I had second thoughts and got the sausage and egg as well.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Ham and cheese bing:
They are made in the same was as the usual bings.

They put fried eggs in the Bing which is slightly quicker than cracking an egg on the Bing!

As a signiature, all the bings have a piece of crisp in it.



The ham and cheese bing was delicious, the wrap tastes much better than bread because it is thinner so there is more proportion of ham and cheese.
The piece of crisp in the bing is further enhanced by the cheese making it taste like a cheese cracker.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Sausage and cheese bing:

Sausage patties in the container.

The sausage and egg bing is made in a similar way.

Again, this tastes similar to McD's egg and sausage muffin but better because the Bing crepe is much lighter than a muffin.
The crispy piece in the middle makes it more interesting and makes the bing more rigid in terms of structure.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
I liked the breakfast bings because they were minimalistic, there were no extra sauces, it was just the crepe, egg, crispy piece and the ingredients.
Hopefully I can get motivated another morning to get them again.
This time I will get the cheese and ham with an extra piece of sausage patty.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
老金煎餅 Mr. Bing
Shop 6C, Southorn Centre, 113 Johnston Road, Wan Chai

Further reading: Bing style apple pie

http://supersupergirl-dining.blogspot.hk/2013/10/bing-style-apple-pie.html

Great food but service that turns you away!

Metropolitan Cafe (Admiralty)

This cafe has been here for ages but it never appealed to me.
After curiously walking in one day the food looked quite decent so tried it.

The restaurant is very open and offers no privacy which is probably why there are less locals dining there.

You can see people coming into Pacific Place while curious locals peer in to see what your eating!

They serve pastas, salads panini and sandwiches.


★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Salad:

For salads, you choose the salad base, then the ingredients and then the sauce.

The salad is very pricey and the woman who makes them is extremely rude and impatient.
She rushes you with your choices, and when you ask what sauces are available she blurts them out at an inaudible fast tone!

My favourite ingredients were the mandarin slices and the almonds.
The salad and ingredients are all uniformly covered in sauce because they mix it for you.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
hot deli roasted beef:

Not as much gravy as the display item!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
BBQ roast chicken:


Had the breast part of the chicken which was tender and juicy, the BBQ sauce that came with it was deliciously tangy and sweet.

The only let down was the pathetic plastic knife and fork which made it difficult to cut the chicken.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Pulled pork Panini:

The panini was huge, it was more like a pita bread sandwich.
It was filled with delicious melted cheese, kidney beans and pork.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Summer fruit punch:

This drink was so nice that I ordered another one but the second was not as good.
The second one was fizzier and tasted more like soda, whereas the first one had more juice and less soda.
Both were topped with delicious fruits such as grapes, watermelon, mandarin slices, blueberries and melon.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

A cup of Cheesecake!

Cheesess (Causeway Bay)
Had a tasting nearby so came here to kill time.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
New York Teacup Cheesecake:

It comes with a plastic bag so that you can keep the rubber cup and garden spade spoon!~
The texture of the cheesecake was still a little frozen but it tasted nice, it was dense and rich but the taste of cheese was not that strong.
It is similar to the Japanese style cheesecake taste with a Western cheesecake texture.
There is an optional berry sauce which would enhance it even more but I did not try that because I wanted to taste the cheesecake.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

Crab Noodle (Central)

I was attracted to this newly opened place because of the spinach noodles so went there.

It was located on the ground floor of Haleson Building which I have never even heard of.
When I got there, the building was kind of old so it was surprising there was a noodle restaurant in there.
There were quite a few customers there already.

I recognised one of the staff which happens to be from Pung Pung noodles in MK.

It just shows that the same creativity attracts the same people who admired it before.

Now, with a similar shop in Central, it allows more creativity because people are willing to pay more and expect more creative food.

For each of the choices there are five types of noodles to choose from: spinach, tomato, soba, egg or Yunnan thick rice noodles.
I chose the fresh crab in spinach soup with spinach noodles and soba noodles with crab wontons.

The drinks selection was good too, it was hard to choose because you can't try them elsewhere.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
crab in spinach soup with spinach noodles:


The spinach noodles that I had were different to the previous review because they changed it that day.
Judging by the photos, the previous ones were probably more al-dente.
The noodles were garnished with crabmeat, sweetcorn, fish roe and fried beancurd skin.
The soup was lovely and green with blended spinach in it, at first it was thick but towards the end, it went runny.

I would advise eating the crabmeat first before it disappears in the broth and you can't see it.

The the spinach soup was delicious, it was similar to cream of spinach soup but without the cream with finely grounded spinach.
The spinach noodles were also good too because it hung more soup to it as well.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
soba noodles with crab wontons:

The crab wontons were also nice but I preferred the spinach soup above.
The broth was good with a strong crab taste and the wontons had some fresh crabmeat inside.


★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Sweetcorn drink:



The sweetcorn drink was boiled with sweetcorn and sweetcorn tassels to give it an intense sweetcorn flavour.
At the bottom of the drink, there were sweetcorn pieces too.
It was a little bit too sweet at first but after the ice melted the sweetness was just right.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
While I was there, they were already being interviewed, so this place is going to be pretty busy!


The sesame oil they have here is really strong!!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

Your salad at Great Food Hall

Great Food Hall (Admiralty)

As well as this is place, Mxtrxpolitxn Cxfe in Admiratly which has bad customer service offers tossed salads.

The salad here is cheaper but there are less items to choose from some such as sweet mandarin slices and parma ham.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
My salad:


Although the choices for the salad are not as good as Mxtrxpolitxn Cxfe, there were more beans to choose from and greens too.
The sauce I chose was the Asian sauce which is savoury with a hint of sesame oil.
The spinach leaves, sweet peas and beetroot tasted lovely with that sesame dressing, and the cheese I chose gave it an extra touch of saltiness, while the beans were there just for extra protein.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

Trifle and scone for tea from J'aime bien Patisserie

J'aime bien Patisserie (Wan Chai)

Since it opened, I have always wanted to try this place for the trifle, not many places serve Trifle because the locals are not fond of it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Trifle:


The trifle is a British three layered dessert with jelly on the bottom, then custard, sponge cake and cream on top.
So far only Marks and Spencers and a few others places serve this.
I felt that the trifle was too sweet as a whole and the custard was too thick and sugary.
In conclusion, Marks and Spencers is still the best for trifle at the moment.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Earl grey scone:

The scone is said to be made with a secret recipe from Hilton hotel.
I was slightly confused because one of the staff said there was strawberry cream with it, and the other staff said it was just served plain.
The sweetness was just right and the earl grey was quite strong, however it was quite dry.
I was a bit disappointed it was served plain.
It also tasted like a scone made with local ingredients.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

Two thirds but 100% natural

2/3 Dolci (Wan Chai)

Ever since I saw photos of the tiny decorative edible macaron on one of the cakes, I have always wanted to try it but when I came it was closed.
I was quite curious why this place was called 2/3 Dolci because there was something mathematical on Star Street because just down the road there is 1/5 Nuevo!

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

On my first visit, I was already full so I only bought the baby chiffon cakes which are shaped like mini Bundt cakes.

Baby chiffon cakes:

I got six for $32.
(see how cute the size is compared to a USB tip).
Raspberry (pink)
Maccha (green)
Hazelnut (beige)
All of these chiffon cakes were soft and delicious, the hazelnut one was the best followed by the raspberry.

Coincidentally when I got home, I realised I had received an invitation from 2/3 Dolci which is why I am writing this as a combined review.

A week later went to the tasting

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

Why is it called two thirds (2/3)?
This place is called 2/3 because 2/3 of their products are sweets with a touch of Italian and their products are 2/3 in size and sweetness of the original Italian recipe.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Gelato:
Their gelato is made using an old fashioned slow churning process which reduces air in the gelato thus requiring less articial flavours and heavy sugars to balance that.

Here are the flavours I tried:
Earl Grey (Left), Pistachio (Right)
There were grounded earl grey leaves in the gelato which gave it an extra depth of flavouring and the Pistachio gelato was just as nice as the cake version because the pistachio taste was strong.
The pistachio gelato was made with Sicilian pistachio nuts.

Peanut butter:
beneath the pistachio and earl grey, there was a scoop of peanut butter icecream.
I dislike peanut butter as a spread but as a gelato, the taste was gorgeous.
It was creamy with strong peanut butter taste without the sickly sweet taste that the spread has.

Guava (top), Chocolate (Bottom left)

The guava has a texture similar to sorbet and it was slightly gritty because of the grounded guava pips and the chocolate had a lovely rich cocao taste without being too sweet.
Overall, the gelatos were impressive because they were not too sweet.
Earl grey and pistachio are good picks.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
La Via del Tè tea:

The tea that they serve here is from Italy available in 6 different flavours exclusively at 2/3 Dolci.
I had the Breakfast tea which went well with the gelato and cakes.
There is also coffee and Hot chocolate too.
The hot chocolate is called 1/3 Dolci and 2/3 Dolci Hot Chocolate – Made from French 56% and 64% chocolate chunks, two options of sweet and bitterness.
If you get a chance to see the chocolate chunks, the bigger ones look like Cadbury's chocolate buttons.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Guaiava
An 8-layered Guava cake alternating sponge cake, guava jelly, guava ganache, and guava mousse to create a very light and fresh cake. ($46)

As well as the guava gelato, the Guaiava cake was also made with real guava.
You can literally taste it in the guava paste laya.
It was slighly sweet for me, but they said they are currently modifying it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
“nocciola” – Triple Hazelnut Crunch Cake ($42)

You can just see how adorable the macaron is next to the hazelnut, it is just merely bigger than the radius of the hazelnut!!!

The stick in the middle attaching the macaron to the cake is made of edible chocolate too.
As well as the adorable appearance, the taste was delicious with intense hazelnut paste in the middle followed by a crunchy base surrounded by hazelnut mousse and sponge cake.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
“Pistacchio”
Apart from the hazelnut cake above, this was another striking cake.
I liked the surface constructed from 100% Italian pistachio cream huge cream droplets.

Inside the cake there is caramel cream within while the tart base is layered with pistachio sponge cake, custard cream and pistachio paste and chocolate film.

I enjoyed every bit of this cake because the pistachio taste is really intense without any other artificial flavours that you can taste the natural savouryness of the pistachio.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
“rossoneri” – Raspberry Chocolate Cake ($42)
The name represents “red” and “black” as the raspberry and chocolate excite the palate with sweet and sour, fruity freshness and nutty bitterness.

I really appreciated the fresh raspberries on top, a rare luxury in Asia because most of the time they are frozen and the texture and taste is not as good as the fresh one.
They were sweet too.
I loved the dark chocolate base because it had a strong cocoa taste which tasted great with raspberry.
This cake is going to be popular with European tastebuds and berry lovers!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
I can't wait to come back for more cakes because they are not too sweet and the size is just right so I can indulge more cakes in one go!
My favourite cakes so far are the Pistachio, raspberry and hazelnut.