Troisieme La Creperie dans L'Hong kong

I was excited when this third branch opened after two successful branches in Hong Kong.
Apart from Hong Kong, they also have branches in Shanghai!
Since my last visit, there are other dishes as well as crepes.
The restaurant was laid out with wooden tables and chairs, lighthouse salt and pepper shakers just like the other branches.





It was like walking into a restaurant by the seaside.
As they have just opened, there were not many people and gradually the restaurant got busy into the evening.
There is a lot of promotion on French food this month because of the LeGourMay so I was able to try some special galettes.

I had the duck confit galette and a sweet crepes.
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La cannette:

This was a savory galette with duck confit, emmenthal cheese, bell peppers fondue and its piment d'espelette jelly.
The galette was crispy and chewy with evenly sized holes on the surface. The confit was delicious with a hint of sweetness from the bell peppers and there was a hint of spiciness from the chili jelly.
Duck in French is Canard which is why this is called a cannette as it is a galette.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Jus de Citron

I know there were lots of fancy crepes on the menu but I just wanted something simple so I chose this which just had lemon, butter and sugar.
The crepe was chewy and the lemon juice made me hungry again.
I loved the strong lemon juice taste.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Strawberry fizz:

To finish off I had the strawberry fizz which was fruity and cooling.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆

Ruined by the presentation at Chung Kee Dessert

Went here randomly because there was no queue.
There were quite a few interesting desserts such as green tea jelly noodles.

Mint chocolate oreo which was sold out (typical).

Anyway, went for the glutinous rice roll.
When it arrived, they ruined the presentation by pouring the sauce on top, otherwise you would have seen the rice roll and sweet potato filling as shown below.



There was too much ice which was annoying.

Overall the glutinous rice tasted nice because it wasn't too sweet and the cream went nicely with it but the sweet potato filling in the middle was too sweet.
Luckily the dessert wasn't too expensive.
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Chaoshan delights at 心夜來潮

It just so happens that two Chaoshan eateries have opened around the same time and I was planning to go there for the vegetable tea.
I ended up going to this after trying 粿煞好味.

Got there too early and they were not open yet but according to Openrice their opening hours are from 11am to 3am so I didn't expect them to be closed around 6pm.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Vegetable tea:


Previously tried a failed version at Tea academics which was sweet.
http://www.openrice.com/en/hongkong/review/wan-chai-the-tea-academics/2413382
The vegetable tea here was really nice and wholesome with finely chopped snow peas, vegetables, Chinese sausages, puffed rice, peanuts and glass vermicelli.
I really enjoyed it because it reminded of me minestrone but in Chinese form!
Compared to 粿煞好味, it tasted lighter and less oily with a strong vegetable taste.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Salted crab and urchin with rice:

It was meant to be salted oysters, salted crab and salted urchin but they ran out of oysters so they gave me extra urchin instead.
It was really salty so you only need a tiny bit to go with rice.
The urchin had a creamy bitter taste which was quite nice but the piece of crab was too tiny to get anything out of it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Little rice dumplings:

I found the pastry too thick and the meat inside was a bit gritty.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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 心夜來潮
Shop A,G/F, Skyline Tower, 18 Tong Mi Road, Mong Kok

Duck in brine at Ilis

The restaurant I wanted to go was not open so I was wandering around Austin Road and Hill Road but didn't discover anything interesting to eat.
There was the new Let's Jam place but I have already tried the Sai Kung branch.

Went here because the menu was rather weird, they had breakfasts, Japanese food and this salted duck which is not Japanese.


There were two dishes that were interesting, the salted duck and the marinated beef tendons.
I went for the salted duck.
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Salted duck set:

The salted duck set cost $48 which is about right because the portion is not exactly big and it was bony pieces of duck.

It was quite nice because the duck was tasty but not salty and it tastes like duck that had been soaked in brine.
The rice was Japanese pearl rice which I don't like but it was ok and the soup was a mix of miso soup and Chinese soup with Chinese radish in it.

It was quite a nice meal but it wasn't very filling.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
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The bill: $48

[McDonalds Hong Kong] $15 deal

$15 can be a lot of money depending where you are.
In HK, you can't get anything, not even a decent cake or a cup of tea.

At McDonalds they have a $15 tea set which their staff do not even know about because when I ordered, I had to show them a photo which I took at their restaurant.

After I showed them, they were fumbling with the POS to key in this order.

For $15, the deal was good because I could get a decent cup of tea which $15 won't buy me, and there was a bonus too, a choice of chicken wings, popcorn chicken or chicken nuggets with SQUEEZY CHEESE SAUCE!~

The tea was good because I got the teabag one and the chicken wings were crispy and spicy.
I also tried the popcorn chicken which were bitesized coated in crispy coating.

Openrice awards 2015

Went here a while ago to attend the openrice awards ceremony.

There was finger food and my favourite was the mini yorkshire pudding burger and the buffulo cheese which looked like a Swiss roll.
I liked the pipette which had balsamic vinegar to flavour it as you like.

Chaoshan delights at 粿煞好味

It just so happens that two Chaoshan eateries have opened around the same time and I was planning to go there for the vegetable tea.
I ended up going to this one first so it was my first experience having Chaoshan delights.

Here is the menu and what I tried.

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Vegetable tea:


Previously tried a failed version at Tea academics which was sweet.
http://www.openrice.com/en/hongkong/review/wan-chai-the-tea-academics/2413382
The vegetable tea here was really nice and wholesome with finely chopped snow peas, vegetables, Chinese sausages, puffed rice, peanuts and glass vermicelli.
I really enjoyed it because it reminded of me minestrone but in Chinese form!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Chaoshan ricerolls:

I have always wanted to try these because they look like umbilical cords.
There is a shop at Yuen Long that also serves these ricerolls.
http://www.openrice.com/en/hongkong/restaurant/yuen-long-chaozhou-rice-roll/82460
I managed to try one at Fat Fat Snack in Sai Kung but it was plain compared to this one.
http://www.openrice.com/en/hongkong/review/sai-kung-fat-fat-snack/2277937
The one here was really tasty and silky with fried egg and delicious sauce and chopped vegetables on top.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Beef balls:

I am not a fan of beef but these were springy.
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Little rice dumplings:

The rice dumplings were really good because the sweet potato skin that surrounded it was chewy and inside there was juicy minced pork.
It was complimented nicely by their home made chili sauce.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Layered pudding:

This savoury snack was interesting because it was layered and savory topped with dried shrimp and squid which gave it a nice salty flavour.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

粿煞好味:

G/F, 41C Boundary Street, Prince Edward
太子界限街41C號地舖

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