Fairytale cookes at Royal Plaza Hotel

As well as healthy low sugar cakes, Royal Plaza are now doing handmade cookies with a fairytale twist called Storyland cookies.

Each box of cookies comes in a dreamy designed box which will set you back from HKD48-52 as different flavours are priced differently.

There are 10 flavours: Chocolate Chip Cookies, double Chocolate Chip Cookies, Vanilla & Macadamia Nut, Oatmeal, Apricot & Raisin, Peanut butter, X.O. Sauce & Sakura Ebi, almond and egg, sesame butter, almond butter and Royal Lion Coffee cookies.

When you buy three boxes, it comes in a gift box so as a savoury person I tried the XO sauce and ebi cookies, peanut butter and Royal Lion coffee cookies.

My favourite was definitely the XO because I love spicy savoury flavours, while peanut butter is the trend everywhere these days and the signature Royal Lion is a must with a cup tea or coffee.

Currently, you can get these online with a 10% discount using the code R0010 or there is a buy 10 boxes get one free offer at the hotel.

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Royal Plaza Hotel

193 Prince Edward Road West

Tel: 2622 6265
帝京餅店
旺角太子道西193號帝京酒店大堂
查詢 : 2622 6256

Vegan Treats at Holland Barratt

 Doisy Dam chocolates and Mummy Meagz

Freshly roasted charsiu using a halogen oven

Personally I felt that using the halogen oven was quicker and better.
The oven takes longer and the meat comes out dry.

The secret to a good bbq roast pork is
1) Marination
2) The cut of pork
3) Method of cooking it and right timing.
Get any of those wrong and it won't come out right.

YauBan Chinese New year cakes - Made in Hong Kong with natural ingredients and no additives

Yau Ban is an online shop where all their food is made in Hong Kong with natural ingredients and no additives.

They specialize in Bowl Feasts (poonchoi) and Chinese new year puddings with a nourishing range of sweet and savory choices.

The one I had was the Brown sugar and ginger pudding 黑糖薑母年糕 which costs $118.

Now the moment of truth!!

Ideally you should dip the slices in egg before frying to give it that firmness but I wanted to try it without the egg first to see what it taste like.

After pan frying the Taiwanese brown sugar pudding slices, the texture was soft yet firm with a lovely chew.

It did not cling to your teeth when you chewed upon it.

As for the taste, I really liked the gingery kick from the ginger juice soothed by the sweetness of the Taiwanese brown sugar while the coconut flavour remained subtle.

Overall not too sweet as claimed so I definitely recommend this and since this place is a foodcourt, I feel that it should also be on the menu during the day as a dish so people can try before they buy.

Other pudding in their range: Wild black wolfberries and red date pudding 黑枸杞棗皇糕, sun dried sausage and scallop pudding 瑤柱臘味蘿蔔糕 , taro pudding 古法芋頭糕 and vegetarian morel mushroom pudding 羊肚菌素蘿蔔糕.

All can be ordered online at @yaubanhk to collected by 11th Feb at Super Gourmet 美食薈超級街市 in Apleichau.

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Michelin Hong Kong 2021 statistical analysis

Since I am updating the Michelin status for a lifestyle guide, here is a summary of 2021.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

In the 2021 Michelin Hong Kong guide, we now have 7 restaurants with Three Stars, 12 restaurants with Two Stars, 51 restaurants with One Star and a brand new distinction for sustainable gastronomy: the MICHELIN Green Star.

The restaurant with Three Stars remain unchanged as of last year.

On the Two Star tier, Pierre and Tenku Ryu Gin (Ryugin) (天空龍吟日本料理) have been kicked off while the L'Envol and TATE have gained an extra star.

On the One Star Michelin restaurants, it has decreased from 51 restaurants last year to 50 restaurants this year, while 62 bib gourmands has been awarded down by 3 compared to last year.
Loss of One Star from 2020: Lei Garden Mong Kok, Belon, Sushi Wadatsumi, Kaiseki Den by Saotome, Rech by Alain Ducasse, 

One Star new comers: 

Andō, Man Ho, The Araki, The Chairman, Yardbird, Yè Shanghai (Tsim Sha Tsui) and Zuicho.

Strawberry Romance at KFC Hong Kong

Strawberry romance has just started at KFC 全新KFC甜蜜草莓甜品華麗登場, from today until 17th March, you can get Choco lava Portuguese tart with dried strawberries 朱古力草莓葡撻 and from Feb 4 to March 17th, you can get Rose Lychee mini American biscuit with dried strawberries 玫瑰荔枝草莓迷你鬆餅.

Both HKD12 each.

MICHELIN Guide Hong Kong Macau 2021 Bib Gourmand Selection Released

The full selection of the MICHELIN Guide Hong Kong Macau 2021, including its Starred restaurants selection, will be announced on January 27. 

It is always exciting to see who has a star knocked off and who has taken its place.
You can log on to the official Facebook page of the MICHELIN Guide Hong Kong Macau or the MICHELIN Guide Asia Youtube channel at 3pm Hong Kong time for the video premiere and learn the results first-hand.

Ahead of the full release of the MICHELIN Guide Hong Kong Macau 2021 on January 27, Michelin announced in a press release earlier of the Bib Gourmand selection of this year’s Guide.
This selection for 2021 highlights 63 eateries in Hong Kong, including 7 new additions, as well as 7 establishments in Macau.

The seven NEW Hong Kong entrants for the Bib Gourmand selection are:
Eight Treasures 八寶清湯腩, Good Hope Noodle 好旺角粥麵專家, Hao Tang Hao Mian 好湯好麵, Fung Shing 鳳城 (North Point), Eton 頤東, Samsen 泰館(Sheung Wan) and Yuan is Here 阿元來了(Western District).

Pictured are my two favourite dishes from Samsen.