[Review] Pannus Cafe, Camden

I was looking for a place for tea in Camden and went here because Cube Cafe had run out of Cream Teas.
In a way, I am glad they ran out as I ended up here as this cafe is facing the Camden Lock canal with beautiful views.

I was greeted by cakes and these super cute mini doughnut and croissants.

Ended up having the matcha apple cake to go with tea.

Apart from the lovely view, I wasn't that impressed with the presentation of the cake as it was a bit messy with cakes all around the edges of the plate.

Stain marks could also be seen on the cup!

The cake was soggy at the bottom.
Strangely the cake was served on a saucer and not a proper plate.

To summarize the cake was quite soggy and the taste of the apple pieces were quite artificial while the synthetic cream was a bit dehydrated as you can literally separate it from the cake.

After googling this cafe, it seems that it is new and possibly still under teething stages but there are other branches as it is a franchise from Barcelona.
This could be the first branch in UK?


Pannus Cafe
250 Camden High St, Camden Town, London NW1 8QS
Phone: 020 7284 3355
https://www.pannus.es/en/contacta.php

[Review 7772] Second branch of Home Dumplings @ 住家餃子專門店 Home. Dumpling

 02/10/2019

住家餃子專門店  Home. Dumpling
上環文咸東街6號順發樓地下6B號舖
Shop 6B, G/F, Shun Fat Building, 6 Bonham Strand, Sheung Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/second-branch-of-home-dumplings-e3558083

Second branch of Home Dumplings
2019-10-02  542 瀏覽
This is the second branch of Home Dumplings in the area.
The first branch is near Central with more dumplings to choose from which are on rotation.

At this branch you can only choose the choices on the wall and it wasn't as exciting as my first visit to the other branch as I was faced with so many choices of sauce and different dumplings.

Anyway, tried the dumpling with preserved vegetables.
It was palatable and the preserved vegetables were chunky and salty.
The pork had some weird chewy bits in it which I didn't eat.
Overall, ok but a bit pricey.

[Review 7781] Snacks as well as drinks @ 戀暖の初茶 Attakai Kokoro Tea Shop

 21/10/2019

戀暖の初茶 Attakai Kokoro Tea Shop
屯門屯門鄉事會路83號V City商場1樓L1-16號舖
Shop L1-16, 1/F, V City, 83 Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road, Tuen Mun
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/snacks-as-well-as-drinks-e3575477

Snacks as well as drinks
2019-10-21  date visited.
As well as V Walk and TST, you can now find  attakai kokoro in Yuen Long.
The shop is bigger and better as they serve local snacks as well as drinks.

I had the avocado jasmine which was an interesting combination.
I didn't like it as it tasted like watered down avocado in the sense the it was the creaminess diluted with jasmine tea whilst there was this savory and sweetness in the taste.
Not my cup of tea.

[Review - 鼎·會館 Ding's Club] Shunde delight's headed by Celebrity Chef Ding!

Celebrity Chef Ding has been rocking the kitchen with his passionate cooking and recipes which are healthy and MSG free.

At Ding's Club, he is collaborating with Chef Lee Cheung and whipping Shunde Cuisine featuring the Shunde feast for six at HK$4,888 which is inclusive of 10% available now until 31st October at this early bird price. 

To start off, began with the meaty lobster which was tasty and not tenderized with cornflour so you can truly appreciate the taste of lobster.

Next was the steamed pork and mud carp patty. 

Again, you can taste the freshness of the pork, but the mud carp patty was the star of the show as the texture was springy like minced prawn patty and it was boneless which is worth mentioning. 

Of all the mud carp patties I have had, they all contain bones and fish scales but this one doesn't.

The next course was soup made of fish and shark fin. 

It was creamy yet light with lots of fine pieces of fish in it, again without any msg and artificial thickeners you can really appreciate the taste and the ingredients.

For abalone lovers, the coating for the abalone was thin and crispy with a touch of salt and pepper.

Spotted Scat served in two ways: Sliced fillet, assorted vegetables. 

Having the spotted scat slices with vegetables were tasty as there were many ingredients to go with it.



Steamed fin and head with dried tangerine peel. 

The fish was complimented nicely by the tangerine peel and sauce which made you hungrier.

Pan fried chicken fillet, assorted pepper, premium soy sauce. 

The chicken fillet was tender and coated with a nice soy sauce glaze, the only complaint would be the bones.

Wintermelon curd filled with matsutake and wild mushrooms: 

Before the noodles, had this refreshing vegetable dish of wintermelon topped with mushrooms.

Braised goose fillet on flat rice noodles: 

The star of the show had to be the noodles beneath which has absorbed all the goose essence.

Dessert finished with the Double boiled fresh milk custard and taro puree and the Traditional sugar cake. 

The milk custard was silky and the taro puree on top was not too sweet without being too starchy.

Overall, I would definitely recommend eating here because of the fresh ingredients they use and they don't use MSG.

鼎·會館 Ding's Club:
23/F, H Queen's, 80 Queen's Road Central, Central
Tel: 23271398

[Review] Cavendish Bakery

Cavendish Bakery is a local bakery that has been in Eastbourne for at least 45 years on the corner of Cavendish Place.

My grandma got me treats from there like Swiss Buns and the cream slice which they don't seem to do anymore.

Anyway, I have been away for a while so the first thing I did was eat there when I got back.

Had the Steak and Kidney pie, Traditional pasty, Donut with cream and the Swiss Bun.

The Swiss bun is a must because that sweet icing topping is so damn good with the soft bun.

If I could go back in time I would have the cream slice again.

Cavendish Bakery:
73 Cavendish Place

[Review] Italian fare at Pomodoro e Mozzarella

Pomodoro e Mozzarella and La Locanda del Duca restaurants are both popular restaurants in Eastbourne.

They are definitely busy during the weekends.
Previously tried La Locanda del Duca next door to it which hasn't been written up yet but the menu is similar.

It was quite difficult to choose something from the pasta menu as it was just pastas in different forms with the same sauces and Grand Padana.

In the end chose Lasagna as I didn't really fancy anything.
When it came, it was surrounded in quite a fair bit of bechamel sauce.

Overall, the lasagna sheets were too stodgy and the tomato wasn't zesty enough.
Not my cup of tea.
Dessert was profiteroles filled with icecream which I did not try.

Pomodoro e Mozzarella:
23-25 Cornfield Terrace, Eastbourne BN21 4NS
www;pomodoro-e-mozzarella.com
Phone: 01323 733800

Cod FishMaw from Annie Gourmet 永發蔘茸海味行

Annie Gourmet 永發蔘茸海味行 is a specialist that sells Chinese delicacies which are ready to eat or packaged in dried form.

They also have frozen meat as seen at their booth at the Foodexpo.

Got a box of Cod Fishmaw from Annie Gourmet which can be prepared and cooked in different ways.
It has to be soaked for a while before being cooked.

As it was my first time preparing cod fish maw, I got the method online from The Chinese Soup lady.

After soaking a batch of cod fish maw, I made three dishes out of it: soup, chilled appetizer and cod fish maw with noodles.

The chilled is pretty simple, you treat it like jellyfish and toss it in whatever seasoning you like for example sesame oil with some salt but I used chicken gravy as I liked the taste of chicken gravy.

The soup was basically sweetcorn, egg and fishmaw soup, a suggested recipe by Annie Gourmet, another simple treat by just throwing everything in the pot and when you get the acquired taste, cornstarch is added to thicken the soup.

Last but not least was noodle with cod fish maw steak.
Another easy recipe where you just boil some noodles and serve it with cod fish maw with gravy poured on top!

As a first time with cod fishmaw, I was pretty satisfied with the dishes.



www.anniegourmet.com.hk