Tofu day dreaming

This place used to be WTF!XDD which only survived for a short time before closing down.

Anyway, walked past and saw some flowers because it was just opened.
As I did not watch the show, I was not aware it was on this TV show called I AM BOSS which is basically a copy cat of Dragon's Den that was broadcasted ages ago in the UK.

Basically, this place just serves tofu pudding, soy milk, fishballs and shao mai.


They have used the tables to display items just like the shop before.

It was nice that they had quality tissue to use.

The staff seemed like they were daydreaming when I was asking them questions.
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Tofu pudding with condensed milk:


The tofu was silky and smooth but I couldn't really taste the soybeans.
As I don't normally have this I don't know if $22 for a bowl was reasonable or not, but I love the place because it is clean, air conditioned and in Central.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

Dream Tofa:

Shop 6, G/D., 1 Lyndhurst Terrace,Central

Pat Chun -Mouldy- Foods

Pat Chun Fine Foods (Central)

Walked past and saw some interesting Venison tendon dessert which is made with their famous sweetened vinegar.



The attitude of the staff were not that friendly when I went in to purchase it.

Luckily I took photos before I ate otherwise I would not have spotted the mould on the edges.





Took it back and told them about the mould but they didn't really give a shxt.
They were nice enough to give a refund without saying anything or bothering to inspect the mould because ironically there is a 7-day guaranteed goods exchange printed on the receipt.


There was another case of mould in January, 2012 reviewed by 瞟客

http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2217279

八珍糕品QC不夠認真
13-Jan 以＄120買了一底紅豆糕，盒上註明期限至 20-Jan（=七天）。
回家即放雪櫃，隔一天拿出來吃，見糕面已出現白點（=發霉）。shocked
抹去白點後試吃，酸的！mad 家人都說是裡面的奶份變了質。
紅豆糕賣這價錢不便宜，應該做好些品檢啊！ huffy
發誓今後不再買八珍紅豆糕！
不過他們售＄155 的蘿蔔糕依然很好味。
之前也試過一次（幸好祇一次），買了很硬很深色的蘿蔔糕，極難吃！
證明他們QC不夠認真，顧客要睹運氣！
祝大家好運！

Let ur stomach bow to Bao Wow and be wowed

Previously tried Little Bao which was nice but expensive.

Anyway, here comes Bao Wow which does a good variety of Baos too.
They cost $58 for two.

[Please note that this review is quite old because I dined here a long time ago]

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Photos of restaurants:

A nice contrast of white and red.




The design of the menu was rather interesting because most restaurants emphasize their logo, but here the logo is on the corner and the 28 which is the street number is much bigger!


★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Taro fries:


A bit dry but otherwise ok.
As this review is old, the current taro fries are different.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Thai Fish fillet:





Fried fish fillet, Asian slaw, homemade Thai fish sauce.
The Thai fish fillet was soft and succulent complemented by the delicious purple cabbage slaw followed by a spicy aftertaste because the sauce was quite spicy.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Pang Pang chicken:


Shredded chicken, cucumber, crushed Sichuan spicy peanuts, homemade sesame sauce.
The chicken was really tasty and I loved the Sichuan peppercorns with the refreshing cucumber and nutty sauce.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Teriyaki Tofu (vegetarian):
Fried egg tofu, shiitake mushroom, teriyaki sauce.




This was my favourite bao even though it had egg tofu which I do not like because the pickled vegetables were tasty and the mushrooms were strong.
I was expecting myself not to like it because Teriyaki sauce is normally sweet but the combination of ingredients in this one really worked.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Sesame ginger porkchop:
Fried pork chop, shredded cabbage, homemade sesame ginger sauce.


This was quite nice but more sauce was needed because the pork chop was a bit dry.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

So far my picks would be the fish, tofu and chicken.

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Bao Wow:

Shop 2, 28 Tai Wong Street East, Wan Chai

Wan Chai's second Swissbeck bakery

The first Swissbeck in Central has closed but there are now three branches, one in Sai Kung and two in Wan Chai.



Everytime I walked past, there's was cute girl inside which you can hear from the outside asking you to come in and have a look.
Even if you didn't go in, you could hear her say "byeeeee" in a cute way.

This branch is located on the corner and it is quite small.
There were fresh Cronuts delivered that day so it was hard to take photos of the shop.


To be honest, I only like their cronuts.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Vanilla bun:




Basically it was a Chinese bun with vanilla curd in the middle.
The bun was dense and firm (the typical Chinese bread texture with egg yolk brushed on top).
Overall, the taste was ok because of the vanilla curd.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

All points go to the cute girl inside who I did not meet on this visit.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Swissbeck (Wan Chai)
G/F, Shop 2,56E Queen's Road East,Wan Chai

Bright red sweet and sour sauce

The place I wanted to go to was packed so randomly came here because I have not tried it.

You can choose 2 dish combinations or you can choose set meals.


The seating is cramped so you normally have to share tables with others.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Sweet and sour fish:

The sauce obviously had a lot of colouring in it but it was not really sweet nor sour so it failed as sweet and sour sauce.
The fish was crispy, soft in the centre and not too salty.
Overall, it was ok, nothing spectacular about it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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表妹美食燒臘茶餐廳 (Wan Chai)

Fried chicken from HOF & SOJU

Chicken HOF & SOJU (Tsim Sha Tsui)

Unfortunately there are not many Korean restaurants on the Hong Kong side so people have to cross the harbour to Kimberly Road which is like a Korean Street.

I wonder if the Koreans like that street because Kimberly sounds similar to the Korean name Kim!


★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Cabbage salad:





The cabbage was nice but found some black stuff.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Fried chicken with spring onions:





The chicken was dry compared to this other Korean place I tried and it was spicy when the Korean staff said it was not spicy.
It was mainly chicken breast and chicken wings which was annoying because at this other Korean restaurant it was an equal mix of breast, thigh and wings.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Radish:


Compared to the previous reviews, the amount of radish was stingy.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

Great food trashed by the box

On my previous visit, the food was disgusting but decided to come back for the rice in lotus leaf.

I was expecting the rice to be wrapped in lotus leaves served in a steamer as shown but it when it came it was placed in an old wooden box.


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Lovely hygienic wooden box:


I wonder how much bacteria was on the box!!





From the colour it seems that the box is really old.
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Steamed rice in lotus leaf with minced pork and preserved vegetables:
Anyway, I just spooned the rice in the middle.


Each grain of rice was coated evenly in sauce and it was slightly oily.


There were lots of dried squid in it which made it delicious.
However the rice could have tasted better because the box had this unpleasant odour.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★