Kee Wah wedding cake coupon

For Chinese weddings you are always given a cake coupon to get cakes from the designated bakery.
They are mostly from Maxim's or Saint Honore so I was surprised when it was from Kee Wah.
The value of the coupon is $62 and it is great that they have non bakery items such as Chinese tea which you can redeem it on.
Great for expats because Chinese cakes just taste weird.

Depending on the tea, there are two prices: $42 or $48.

Got two of the $42 ones and one of the $48.

After taking it out of the tins, you could see why their is a price difference.

Each tea had brewing instructions in Chinese and English.

For the cheaper one (left), it is vacuum packed tightly whereas the more expensive was vacuum sealed.

The more expensive tea leaves are chunkier and flat hence they can't be packed tightly which would otherwise break them.

The cheaper tea.

The tea turned out to be quite strong so more water was needed.

I used two coupons because my expat friend does not like Chinese bakery and we shared the teas!!

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Second visit to Texas Burger

As said in my previous review I would visit again.

This time I tried the chicken tikka, vegetarian burger and pulled pork burger.
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chicken tikka:

The rice was interesting because it had herbs sprinkled on top.

As for the curry, it was very spicy and gets spicier when you eat it.
The only improvement is that the rice could be softer.
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Vegetarian burger:


The veggie patty was amazing because it had rice in it and the melted cheese on top was proper cheddar cheese which made it taste like baked cheese and rice.
As well as the patty, the creamy avocado made it more filling and nutritious.
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Pulled pork burger:


The pork was sweet and it was pulled nicely, however the sauce can get a bit spicy.
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As well as Butcher's club, this is now my favourite haunt for a cheap and filling veggieburger.

Simple Belgian baguettes and soup at Tallore‏

Just a door away from the French rotisserie is this new Belgian eatery.

In Hong Kong, Belgian food is just sweet waffles and mussels, but here they sell Belgian yoghurts, baguettes, salads, pastas and artisan soups.

Soups costs from $38 for the smallest size or you can get the souper set for $78 which includes a salad/baguette.

I tried souper set and went back the next day for another soup.

With each souper set you get a free topping which is cheese or croutons.

The Belgian endive soup was wholesome and had a peppery tone.

Broccoli and blue cheese was delicious with pungent blue cheese and it was even more cheesier after adding the free cheese topping to it.

 

If you choose the baguette set like I did, it is actually good enough for two people.

The gouda and ham was just simple and delicious with generous slices of gouda, fresh crisp lettuce, ham and tomato smothered is delicious mayonnaise.

 
Tallore will give out FREE SOUPS on the 12th at 12 noon.
Tallore FREE SOUP day
https://www.facebook.com/TalloreSoups

Jumbo chocolate egg tart from Tai Cheong bakery

After the successful lemon flavoured Jumbo egg tart, Tai Cheong has now launched a chocolate tart!!

Although the tart was successful, there was no promotion on it, I found out about this tart from All About Hong Kong.


The tart pastry has been improved and not rock hard like before, it is soft and crumbly and tastes delicious as well.
But now the problem is that it collapses easily!!

The chocolate was really nice with layers of chocolate cream, soft chocolate cake and chocolate mousse on top which is thick and slightly jelly like.

They used to sell three per day but now there are loads in the fridge!!



Review on Jumbo lemon flavoured egg tart:

http://supersupergirl-dining.blogspot.hk/2014/05/hugenovelty-eggtart-from-tai-cheong.html

Video:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5OAL-Yar6E

Affordable dim sum at Ding Dim 1968

Tried this new dim sum restaurant on Elgin road opposite Vbest Tea House which used to be the only Chinese restaurant there.

The prices between Vbest and Ding dim 1968 are very different.There is no 10% service charge but there is a $3 per person tea charge.
Dim sums cost around $2x per basket which is cheap dining in Central.

The restaurant was quite small but evidently successful because it was almost 99% full.

Nice interior and the staff wear Tshirts printed with Ding Dim 1968.


Cute model trolley.
1968 marked the years when the master chef started his dimsum career, nearly half a century ago..

It was impressive that they had a website and Facebook with the menu on there with pictures.


I think they should have a teapot on each table so that diners can refill tea themselves as the staff were quite busy.

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Fried dumplings with shrimp and foie gras:


The fried prawn dumpings with foie gras were my favourite because it was light and crispy and the foie gras texture was like pate mousse.
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Steamed rice with chicken feet and spareribs:

The rice beneath it was delicious, every grain was flavoured and evenly coated with sauce after it had been steamed.





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Steamed chicken feet:


This was interesting because it had CRINKLE CUT CHIPS beneath it.
According to Ding Dim 1968 traditionally chopped potatoes and lotus roots are used, French fries have been an alternative in HK in some restaurants, for below reason:
Chopped potatoes and 蓮藕 are normally used to keep the chicken/pork ribs a-floated (from the oily but tasty sauce) but most of the time they are not eaten and go to waste... French fries, on the contrary, are consumed as observed (similar to poutine!)
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Har gau:

The prawn dumpings were nice and springy but a bit salty.
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Ding Dim 1968 (moved to the address below) 

59 Wyndham Street, Central
Tel: (852) 2326 1968

The secret to Cake's Secrets is Anchor cream

After dining at Fish and Chick for a salad, then having some fried chicken at Sunday's Grocery (not listed on OpenRice yet), this was my last stop for dessert.

Since my last visit, there are so many new cakes in the range.

As usual I had my favourite purple sweet potato dessert.
The taste was just as good as before with delicious silky purple potato that is not too sweet with fluffy whipped cream in the middle that was balanced perfectly with their light dreamy layers of delicate sponge cake!!


I found out that they use Anchor whipping cream in their cakes which is why it tastes so deliciously different.

Cake's Secrets:

43 Hau Woh Street

Kennedy Town

Indulging delicious salad with a beautiful seaview

This is a great place to go if you're in Kennedy Town because you can enjoy a lovely seaview with Western food.

Fish and Chick specializes in chicken and fish and chips but it was such a nasty hot day so I only got like a salad.

There was an interesting boat propeller fan above.

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Beetroot and cream cheese salad:


The salad was so simple and delicious, young butter lettuce, gem lettuce leaves and beetroot chunks drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with my favourite MALDON SALT and some black pepper.
The best thing about this salad were that the salad leaves were left to air dry after they have been washed which keeps the leaves crisp and sweet.

The salt on the salad gave it such a delicious touch without being overly salty and the beetroot chunks were sweet and juicy.

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Fish and Chick

Shop 6, 25 New Praya, Kennedy Town, Western District