French cruller @ MOS Burger

MOS Burger's 8th Anniversary hence the new squid burger!!

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Squid burger:


The squid burger was really nice, on top of the patty there was sweetcorn mixed with eggy mayonnaise which was strangely viscous.

The patty was crisp on the outside and in the middle it was moist and slightly gelatinous with chopped up pieces of squid.
It tasted nice because the squid flavour was strong and there were hints of prawn too in the patty.
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Caramel French Cruller:
For dessert I had the French Cruller which comes in three flavours: Chocolate, caramel or strawberry.
Caramel seemed like the best one I chose that.

A French cruller is a fluted, ring-shaped doughnut made from choux pastry with a light airy texture.





It was filled with cream and sweet caramel sauce and banana slices, a nice treat which is good once in a while.
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The bill: $39

First impressions at Foxtail & Broomcorn

When I saw this listed on openrice I thought it was a Western restaurant but it turned out to be Asian noodles with a Western name.
I gave it a visit because I wanted to see how it would taste.
After reading the reviews, I realized that I dined the same time as 龍震天 because we have the same guy sitting at the bar table in the photo.
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Photos of the menu and noodle bar:



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Chili sauce:
This bottle was their homemade chili sauce which I thought was alcohol!!






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Kansai with somen noodles:

Tried the Kansai noodles and changed to noodles to Somen noodles because I am not keen on udon noodles.
I loved these noodles because they absorbed the broth nicely so they were well flavoured.
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Coconut crepe:


These crepes reminded me this Malaysian dessert, each one was filled with so much coconut in it.
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The bill: $1xx
Service: good
Service charge: no
Yummy factor: good
MSG levels: None
Napkins provided: yes
Toilets: yes
Glass of water provided: yes
English Menu: Yes
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A bit too salty at 豆花妹撈米線

I was still hungry so got some noodles from here.

They had chicken wings in fermented beancurd sauce so I decided to get it as well.


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Noodles:
The noodles at this branch were salty compared to the other branches.
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Chicken wings in fermented beancurd sauce:

Unfortunately I could not taste any fermented beancurd.
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The bill: $28

Service: OK
Yummy factor: Could be better
Portion sizes: reasonable
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Round 1: Magic mushrooms

I came here especially for these magic mushrooms, they won't send you on a trip but they will sure tantalize your tastebuds.

They are basically buns filled with chopped mushrooms and truffle coated in edible brown powder to look like they were just plucked from the soil.

These buns were delicious with warm mushrooms in the middle covered in fragrant truffle sauce.


Apart from the food, this restaurant was surreal, the menu is like a catalog of pastel bowls and dishes with food.




The presentation is wonderful, food is presented like art and in a Western way.


The bowl with flies on it as part of the design will make the elderly or food inspectors look twice which they probably don't find it amusing, the same as carrying a fake gun into the airport.

Anyway, everything was good but the bill took a while to arrive because I messaged my friend who was also dining there to say bye but I was still there for quite some time.

He later messaged me to say that his bill took ages to come after requesting it too.


Social Place (Central)

2F The L Place ,

139 Queen Road Central

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Round 2 @ dimdimsum:

http://supersupergirl-dining.blogspot.hk/2014/12/round-2-magic-mushrooms.html

Round 2: Magic mushrooms

Walked past and saw the poster for these mushroom buns, the new dimsum craze.

Tried these mushroom buns for the first time at Social Place in Central.
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mushroom buns:
Compared to Social place, you get two in a portion and they are slightly bigger.

They had a stalk at the bottom as well.

Inside the bun, it was filled with chicken in cream sauce but not much of it.
The texture of the bun was fluffier than the bun at Social place but the filling at Social place was better.

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Stir fried noodles with abalone slices:

There was not much abalone in it but the noodles were quite nice, each strand was not too soft and it was not oily.
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dimdimsum:

G/F, 7 Tin Lok Lane,, Wan Chai

Back for pies and sausages

The weather is cooler now which makes it perfect for fish and chips because this joint has no air conditioning.
I was back for the pie and sausages.
For drinks they have both Chinese style tea and English tea but if you don't specify which one they will give you the Chinese one.
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Both these were pork sausages, one battered and one normal.
I know these sausages are fat and unhealthy but they taste nice.
Battered sausage:

The battered one was heavy but adding vinegar to it makes it so much nicer.
Sausage:

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Steak and Kidney Pie:


Nice pie with a flakey pastry, it was filled with rich gravy and pieces of steak and kidney in the middle.
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Addicted to eating snow at Snow Story

At Snow story, they specialize in Macaron icecream sandwiches and snow desserts!!




Had two desserts.

The price was confusing because on the first visit, they did not ask me which size I wanted and gave me the big one but on the second visit I was given the smaller size which is evidently different in price.
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Macaron:
I ordered this one because of the tiny macarons.
When it came, there was a scoop of icecream and chocolate syrup which I did not ask for and it was not on the product shot.


The strawberry icecream ruined it because the strawberry taste was extremely artificial.

The snow beneath it was not sweetened because they give you a side of condensed milk to add it it.
The condensed milk was not a good thing to add to it because it does not go on evenly and clumps the snow around it together.
It would be great if they had a shaker filled with sugar.

Cute macarons.

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Original:

This was much nicer because it had chewy mochi in it but I can't understand why they give you these weird Chinese shaped spoons which make it difficult to eat with.
The Korean video shown at the desserterie shows a metal spoon, so why do they give you an unergonomic Chinese spoon here??!!


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Snow Story:

G/F, 119 Tung Choi Street, Mong Kok