[Pacific Coffee] 2015 Xmas treats

I was mainly captivated by the cherry tart and ended up getting other stuff.
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Lemon and almond finger:

These were long strips of crispy puff pastry coated with lemon and almond slices.It tasted like Lemon Puffs with an extremely buttery taste so cookie lovers will like this.
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Cherry pie:

Got the cherry pie because I love cherries but it seems like a hybrid between a pie and tart.It’s more like a tart because it has weird a custard layer beneath the cherries which doesn’t make it a pie, while it looks visually like a pie, the pastry was tart pastry which was hard buttercrust.

Anyway, the custard ruined the taste and made it too sweet hence it didn’t taste like a pie.
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Strawberry vanilla cake:

The chocolate sponge was good but the vanilla mousse was a bit sweet like white chocolate and there was not much strawberry taste.
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Third culture kid problems solved here

The world is not flat and people move around so you are surrounded with people of mixed cultural backgrounds.
Third culture kid is a term which refers to children who were raised in a culture outside of their parents’ culture for a significant part of their development years.

At Crafty Cow, they bring you Third culture dining which are dishes cooked in the style that they grew up with.

Being a gastropub, they serve a variety of craft beers and bottles.

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[b]Numbing bone marrow:[/b]

The Sichuan spices were great at adding more complexity and disguising the oily taste of the bone marrow.

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[b]Duck poutine:[/b]
duck poutine, crispy house made spaetzle, cheese trio and duck gravy.

This was amazing because I love spaetzle and it was crispy and chewy too covered in delicious thick gravy and melted cheese.

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[b]duck and foie gras gyoza[/b] filled with duck confit and foie gras

The gyozas were juicy and filling with duck confit and foie gras inside.

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[b]Pork belly bao:[/b]

This is one of the baos in the B.Y.O.B selection where you choose a filling, topping etc.

When I have pork belly I normally scrape off the fat but the pickles were so delicious that it made the fatty part non-existent.
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[b]Rocky mountain oysters:[/b]

These were panko battered testes with chimmchurri sauce.
I love trying new and strange things and I liked it.
The texture of the testes were similar to the spongy edge of scallops that don't really have a much taste but the panko coating was lovely paired with my favourite appetizing chimmchurri sauce that had a strong lemon flavour.

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[b]3oz Austrailian Wagyu Hanger steak:[/b]

At crafty cow, you get to choose a range of salts and sauces and here were the ones we tried.
Sauces: Yuzu Ginger, Korean BBQ, Sherry Brown Butter & Miso Hollandaise. 

Salts: Smoked Sea Salt, Fleur de Merlot & Charcoal Black Salt.
The steak was simply juicy, tender and sweet and great on its own but with these enticing condiments you are bound to try them.

On the menu there are more salts and sauce.

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[b]Cherrytree cola:[/b]

Loved the bottle and the taste of cherry cola was different from other brands because it didn't have an artificial taste.
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Crafty Cow.

G/F, 3 Upper Station Street Sheung Wan

https://www.facebook.com/craftycowhk

Rum and raisin gelato at Dolci 2/3

To me Icecream and desserts are not a necessities but when you come across good ones they become addictive.

I suddenly had a craving for the pistachio gelato but when I got to the counter I discovered the rum and raisin which was new so had that instead.
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[b]rum and raisin gelato:[/b]

I loved it because the gelato was soft and the texture of the raisins were soft and sweet like sultanas which popped with sweetness while the gelato was infused with a mild rum flavoring.
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Other gelato favourites:
Red rice and coconut, pistachio and Earl Grey.

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[b]The bill:[/b] $40

[b]Service:[/b] OK
[b]Yummy factor:[/b] good
[b]Sweetness levels:[/b] just right

[b]English Menu:[/b] Yes
www.2third-dolci.com/

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Fried sweet potatoes at 豆花妹撈米線

I was still hungry so came here to get some noodles.


Before I ordered I saw some fried snacks which I thought were potato wedges.

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Sweet potato fries:

Unfortunately they were sweet potatoes, if I knew they were sweet potatoes I would not have got them.
I interpreted the menu wrongly because I thought it meant golden potatoes.

Anyway, I really disliked it because the sweet potatoes were really sweet which tasted weird with the savoury coating.
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The bill: $18

Service: OK
Yummy factor: Could be better
Sweetness levels: very sweet
MSG levels: slight
English Menu: no
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Juiced up and healthy

A while ago I spotted this juice joint because of the pomegranite juice so I made a mental note to come back.

I was having dinner nearby so I went there and they were just about to close but luckily I managed to get some juices.

It was really hard deciding which juice to get but since I couldn't decide I ended up getting three drinks because I am so busy that it will be a while when I will be in Central again.

Each menu was handwritten on a colourful sheet of paper with perfect colour sense of contrasting colours.

There were five main fruit bases:

Kiwi, blueberry, avocado, fig and pomegranate.

For the pomegranate juice they have three different types: Sweet, Sour and Snow white which come from Japan.

Here were the three drinks that I had:

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[b]Avocado yoghurt shake $30:[/b]

I had to order this because not many places serve avocado drinks except Indonesian joint but the version they do is really sweet and here you have more avocado drink choices such as yoghurt or fruit juice that are blended in it.
I love avocado so I went for the yoghurt shake so it was pure avocado and yoghurt and it tasted amazing because it was thick and creamy with a strong avocado taste that was not too sweet.
It is interesting that the yoghurt is garnished with two slices of lemon on top.
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[b]Fig smoothie $38:[/b]

This was another drink I fell for because they use FRESH FIGS to blend this drink which means you get the natural fig taste.
I was impressed because it wasn't watery and there were a good amount of figs that you can truly taste the fig and the hint of grassyness of the fig skin.
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[b]Sour pomegranate juice $43:[/b]

I was warned that the sour pomegranate would be very sour and indeed it was, the taste was acidic just like lemon but there was a sweet aftertaste.
They also have a blend of sweet and sour pomegranate and the snow white pomegranate juice which I shall try next time.
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I am definitely coming back again but it will be hard choosing a drink so I will probably just order them all!~!!!
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Fruit Tree Garden 果樹園
Shop A-C, G/F Lok Ku Road
Tel: 28659622
[b]The bill:[/b] $111
[b]Service:[/b] good
[b]Sweetness levels:[/b] just right
[b]Napkins provided:[/b] yes
[b]English Menu:[/b] yes
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Wasabi Warriors from Australia

When I saw this listed, I didn't have a clue what it was but from the name it was obviously Japanese or something to do with sushi.


Walked past one afternoon and quite a lot of the food was sold out and I was having dinner anyway so I just got a scallop sushi which was labelled as salmon.


I am giving this an OK score because I only had one piece of sushi which doesn't represent the whole picture but I will come back.

I got the seared scallop with mentaiko but the receipt says Salmon.
It was a big juicy scallop brushed with sweet sauce on top which was delicious!!

Apart from sushi, they specialize in sushi rolls which means competition for sugo sushi!!!

2015 Tsui Hang Village's CNY coconut cream pudding

Thanks to the Mira group for sending me this coconut cream pudding.




The coconut cream pudding has a wonderful subtle coconut taste with a moderately chewy texture.