Frozen Crystal dessert ball

To coincide with the Disney film Frozen, Maxim's have launched a series of cakes and desserts.
I tried the desserts which were beautifully designed like a crystal ball that cost $42 each.

This was the most creative dessert I have seen so far produced by Maxims with the spoon incorporated as part of the design.

There are two flavours: Chocolate or White chocolate mousse.

The white chocolate mousse has white chocolate flakes and marshmallows on top. It was not as sweet as I anticipated and I was delighted to discover some strawberry slices and cake at the bottom.

The other one was chocolate mousse which was thick and silky topped with chocolate and marshmallows on top.

After finishing the dessert and cleaning it out, you are left with a pretty crystal ball!

https://www.maximscakes.com.hk/en

Brunch at the races

Had brunch at The Haymarket which brings rustic England to Sha Tin Racecourse.

There were counters for cooked to order omelettes, salad and sashimi bar.

At the far end was a patisserie bar which becomes a dessert bar at 1:30pm.

The menu that day had burger, fish, pork chops and risotto so I chose the crab and tomato risotto.

Here are photos of what I had:

The omelette was amazing, it was soft and fluffy with a fragrant egg taste and the potatoes, mushrooms and cheese made it extremely yummy.

 Had my favourite cheeses with bread.

The risotto was really creamy with a light tomato taste.

 The dessert was good but I was quite full at that time.

Celebrate Christmas with Kee Wah's festive box set

I used to think Kee Wah Bakery sold just mooncakes, Chinese Bakery and Preserved sausages but it was more modern than I thought. 

As well as Chinese tea leaves they also have festive products for Christmas.

They have launched a Christmas Box set for $135.

There are three tins.

In the Red tin you will find Chinese style shortcakes in Pineapple and mango flavour.

For candy lovers, the white tin is filled with cranberry and almond nougats and pumpkin seed crunchies that were not too sweet.

In  the green tin, it was filled with crumbly cookies. 

There plastic box is well labelled in English and Chinese which makes it a great Christmas gift for everyone.

www.keewah.com

Purple shock from Maxim's MX

I have always thought that Maxim's MX was boring so when I walked past I was shocked and stunned to see that they had Sweet purple potato juice.

After I ordered it people began to order it because they didn't seem to notice it or they were not brave enough to risk it.
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[b]Sweet purple potato juice:[/b]

The juice was quite thick with pieces of sweet potato lumps in it and the sweetness was just right with a fragrant purple sweet potato taste.
It is almost like having a Chinese sweet soup but the sweetness is not so intense.
The drink is good for breakfast because it was very filling but having a cup of it is a bit too much!!
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[b]The bill:[/b] $15
[b]Yummy factor:[/b] ok
[b]Sweetness levels:[/b] just right
[b]English Menu:[/b] Yes
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Great all you can eat at Daimanki

I really enjoyed the all you can eat here because it was only $197 per person and you can get your table as early as 6:30pm and dine there for two and a half hours.

The seating was comfortable and the staff were great.

At the back, there is a fridge for drinks and a refrigerator for icecream.

The food selection was good with ordering sheets in English and Chinese.
Although it was a Japanese restaurant, they had some Chinese choices as well such as spicy whelks and sweetcorn soup with bamboo piths.
I started with the sweetcorn soup while I was waiting for the others to arrive and the soup was quite impressive because it was light with a nice sweetcorn taste.

After they arrived, we submitted more order sheets and we tried the following.

The potato salad was good because it was similar to Western potato salads in a creamy mayonnaise that was not sweet.

My next favourite was the hotpot with milk soup because the soup was really nice with a savoury taste packed with sweet Chinese cabbages and tofu.

Then we tried stewed beef tendons which everyone enjoyed because it was soft and gelatinous with a lovely soy taste.

The sashimi and sushi selection was good but we felt that the truffle series were exceptional so we ordered them again.

The oil fish sashimi was my favourite because it tasted similar tuna and each slice of sashimi was thickly sliced.

The whelk slices were also good too.

 

For hot dishes, we had the skewers and tempura which were done nicely.

For dessert I had creamy milk pudding which was delicious so I am definitely coming back!

Some slight improvements needed at Public

Went back again for the curry and the food has slightly improved because they did not serve it with that nasty pearl rice but normal rice.
It was not Indian rice but the texture was certainly better than pearl rice.

As for the fish, it was very mushy and coated in too much flour.

For desserts I had the apple tart which was nice and tart but couldn't taste any almonds or visibly see any because it was labelled as an apple and almond tart.

Anyway, it was a nuisance because the tart was served in a paper bag which made it difficult to eat and the tart got deformed.