Legendary Heichinrou mooncakes

If it were not for these mooncakes, I would not have known that Heichinrou dates back to 1884 and originates from Yokohama, Japan which was their very first branch in Chinatown.

Presently, Heichinrou is still the oldest and most loved Chinese restaurant in Japan.

This year, they have launched two different mooncakes, egg custard and lotus paste with eggyolk.

The mooncake box was Oriental and colourful.

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Mini custard mooncakes:



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Lotus paste and egg yolk mooncakes:



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Mini custard mooncakes:

Before I heated them up, the pastry looked dry.
After heating it up, the pastry was a bit soft and did not hold together.

The taste of these mooncakes were quite nice and the pastry was extremely buttery.
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Lotus paste and egg yolk mooncakes:


The lotus paste mooncake had perfectly symmetrical large yolks in the middle and it had a nice sweet and savoury balance with the egg yolk soft and starchy.
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More Filipino food at Quezon

I was craving for fish so came here for my favourite fried fish.

As well as fish, they had pork skewers, taro swiss roll and taro candies.




There is another branch in Central that I would love to visit because there is a bigger variety at that joint.

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Fish:

This fish is consistently good, almost 95% of it was edible because the bones are soft and the fish is delicately flavoured with vinegar which made it very appetizing.
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Pork skewers

The skewer was surprisingly nice because the sauce that it was marinated in was citrusy and sweet.
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Quezon Pinoy Food Express (Wan Chai)
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Treasure box of chocolates and a moonchocolate

I love the new mooncake revolution that breaks the traditional, first they launched snowy mooncakes then the custard filled ones, now they have chocolate mooncakes as well as icecream mooncakes.

As well as the mooncakes, the boxes this year have become more creative, from tea tables to environmentally friendly ones.

The Lucullus mooncake box has a traditional touch to it which reminds me of the Chinese cheongsam dress and the beautiful Chinese knot buttons.




The back of the box is beautifully decorated with peonies and red roses.


Inside the Treasure box are chocolates, with four big pieces of chocolate which form the mooncake.






The chocolates are great for sharing.
[Clockwise from the top left: Mango white truffle, green apple truffle, lotus floral truffle and dark truffle ]

Persimmon truffle

Sesame truffle, Lychee truffle

Autumn leaf corn truffle, milk hazelnut crunch, milk pistachio coffee, dark four brother

The chocolate mooncake:


On each quarter, you can see the words Lucullus on the edges.

Green: coffee crunch, Red: pistachio chocolate crispy, blue: praline rice crispy, Yellow: dark truffle.




The chocolates were enjoyable, especially the new flavours such as lychee truffle and green apple truffle.

For those who still prefer the traditional mooncakes, there are other choices which have chocolates as well as the traditional mooncakes.

www.lucullus.com.hk

A salute to the crab specialist

This place is famous for crabs but I never made it because it is better to go in big groups to share and secondly I am not an expert at eating crabs.

The restaurant is big and they have private rooms and karoake as well.

After this visit, I would love to go again because there are lot of crab dishes which you can manage easily without the trouble of deshelling it.
There is more to the menu than fried crab and it was great to see Heekee crab general come up with some creative new and delicious dishes.

Must order items are marked with ***
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蒜蓉粉絲蒸聖子皇$48/隻:
Steamed razor clams with garlic and glass noodles.

The clams were a bit chewy but I loved the glass noodles on top which are always the best because it absorbs the razor clam sauce and garlic.
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***新菜式:

This dish is new but I loved it because it was crab mousse rolls topped with rich crab roe and crabmeat sauce.
The mousse which had crab was enriched by the crab roe giving it a stong delicious crab taste and there is more crab roe sauce in the tomato!!
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川鹵牛展 $68:

Did not try this.
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***黑松露波菜汁蟹鉗 $68/位:
Crab claw in spinach and truffle soup.

I was really looking forward to this because it was a big chunky deshelled crab claw.
This dish probably didn't exist a few years ago because the ingredients and presentation are quite modern.
The crab was fresh and springy with a strong unami taste while the spinach and truffle complemented it nicely.
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蟹肉燕窩羹 $108/位:
Thick crab soup with bird's nest.

Another bowl of soup with chunky pieces of crab and prized birds nest great for sharing.
The soup was light with lots of crabmeat, egg and minced pork which held to hold the soup together.
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***黃金蟹蓋 $88‏:
Stuffed golden crab shell

The filling in the shell was infused with lots of curry and finely shredded spring onions which was just divine.
Another great dish for people who don't know how to deal with the crabshell.
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喜記正宗避風塘炒蟹 一斤二兩 $360:
Hee Kee Typhoon Shelter style crab

The crab claw was cracked by the restaurant which made it more managable than I expected.
Each bite of crab was sensational flavoured by the salty and peppery spices.
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椒鹽雙拼 $98:
Fried fish and squid

The fried fishes had a delicate crispy coating but the fish inside just melted in your mouth, however the squid was a little over done.
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***招牌將軍令 $68/位:
Hee Kee general order

This was crabmeat patty shaped into a crab claw.
It is an option for people who want to have the Typhoon Shelter crab without the need of deshelling because it was surrounded with the fragrant crispy pieces as the Typhoon shelter crab dish.
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蠔皇扣鮮鮑$68/位:

The abalone was soft with rich oyster sauce.
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士多啤利骨 $88:
Ribs in strawberry sauce



The ribs were juicy with a strawberry tang to it.
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***蟹粉燴時蔬 $168:
Seasonal vegetables with crab roes.

A great dish of greens covered with thick crab roe sauce.
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蟹油炒麵$72:

The noodles were a great carbohydrate filler for those who need to have rice or noodles to fill them up.
If you happen to order the Fried crab earlier with the crispy pieces of garlic and chili, save some for the noodles because they make a great accompaniment with the noodles.
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招牌奶皇流沙包$24/3隻:
Custard bun with molten filling

The custard buns were fluffy and soft with a rich starchy egg yolk filling in the middle without being too sweet.
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HeeKee crab general:

Basement-G/F., 440 Jaffe Road,Causeway Bay