Peruvian donuts at Chicha

25/01/2015
Chicha
中環卑利街26號地舖
G/F, 26 Peel Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/peruvian-donuts-e2420912

To be honest I came here just for the Peruvian donuts which are made with sweet potatoes.
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PICARONES:
FRIED SWEET POTATO DONUT WITH ORANGE SPICED SYRUP
On first taste, they were weird, they had this acidic bitterness to it which was wrong.


After I spoke to the Chef he tried it and told me that the yeast was not cooked.
Anyway he said he would make another one but the problem was he didn't personally redo the flour mixture hence the kitchen staff used the same batch of flour which had too much yeast hence it came out tasting weird again.
A few comments on openrice seem to mention the weird taste so if they work on the recipe it should taste good!

http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2395310&tc=sr2&con=rvw
味道有點怪的，但當與底下的橙汁焦糖醬混合後，味道則很棒
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2310368&tc=sr2rvw&con=rvw
不過我食到有少少微酸味
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2382350&tc=sr2&con=rvw
但就帶點苦澀。(可以是啡色的焦糖漿所致)
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SUSPIRO DE LIMENA:
LADY FROM LIMA SIGHS, RICH CARAMEL AND PEDRO XIMENEZ SOFT MERINGUE
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This was really nice because it was really sweet with lots of gooey marshmallow and caramel.
However I couldn't finish it because it got a bit too sweet and sickly.
They could have used a better brand of sweet crackers because the ones they served were not that good.
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The bill: $1xx
Service: OK

Healthy cafe at The Kinnet

This cafe is similar to nood food because they serve healthy foods and they are attached to a fitness centre.


Went there for the quinoa sweet corn cakes.
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Quinoa Sweet corn cakes:



These corn cakes reminded me of falafel because of the taste and the dips that it came with.
However there was no sweetcorn in them so why are they called corn cakes??
The three dips that came with it were delicious especially the avocado and salsa.
As for the corn cakes, they just tasted like mashed potato with crispy quinoa in it.
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Chinese afternoon tea at Putien 莆田

Went here again for tea because this is the only branch of Putien that serves the boxes.
It basically has all my favourites so if you havent tried Putien food before, this is a good starter because it has most of the signature dishes such as the rice, noodles and other side dishes.
As usual the vermicelli was amazing because the strands were evenly tossed and flavoured.

Back for Spam musubi at Pololi

Had a carbs craving again so went here for the Hawaiian sashimi bowl.


This time I had the shoyu ginger and the cubes of tuna were mixed in lots of soya sauce which was perfect with rice.


As well as that I had the spam musubi and it was so good that I had two.

The first one I had was not that firm so it didn't hold together well.

The second one was much better and did not change shape when I took a bite into it.


The spam was addictive because the saltiness of the spam was just right and the egg in the middle made it extremely filling.

My previous visit to Pololi:
http://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/%E4%B8%AD%E7%92%B0-pololi/2395932?tc=sr2&con=rvwa

Beef tendon ramen at 黑龍

To be honest I was actually going to another restaurant on the same street but for some strange reason I came here instead.
Ordered the beef tendon ramen because you don't often find beef tendon ramen.




The broth was nice and thick with a slight stickiness to it.


Overall it was a bowl of satisfactory ramen but it wasn't really memorable.

Rummin' Tings to rumble your tummy

Felt like Carribean food but Sai Kung was too troublesome so came here for it.

Had the following.
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Mac and Cheese:

Tasteless cheese and I didn't like the ribbed macaroni.
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Veggie patties:

These were amazing filled with spinach and okra, after adding chili sauce to it, they tasted much better.
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dutty doubles:

This was quite nice but hard to eat because the chick pea curry was runny.
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cook up stew:

The ox tail was soft but there were too many brittle bones in it and the sauce was too sweet and tasted like Chinese style Western oxtail.
The rice was disappointing because it was literally rice with kidney beans.
Other places put herbs in the rice and peas.
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blueberry cheesecake from 百佳咖啡餐廳

The cheesecake was dense and too sweet and the blueberry taste was very artificial.

The blueberry syrup on top was too sweet.