Congee that did not nurse me back to health

Congee One (North Point)

Usually people have congee when they are sick, but the congee here did the opposite for me.

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Congee with oysters:

The congee tasted a bit strange and oily leaving me queasy.
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rice rolls with dried shrimp:

They were quite nice especially with the red sauce.
The red sauce was a life saver and they use the sauce that is paired with roast suckling pig and not the usual red sauce.

The only problem was that the dried shrimp had sand on it.
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rice rolls with dough sticks:

The dough sticks were too greasy and visibly the centre was really oily and yellow.
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Utterly delicious salmon burgers

MOS Burger (Tseung Kwan O)

Walked past MOS Burger and sure these new Salmon burgers.


When I saw the product shot, the salmon patty looked like an actually slice of salmon that was cut to a burger shape so I had to try it because most salmon burgers are patties made from grounded fish.

There were two burgers, one was the salmon burger and the other was salmon rice burger.

I felt that the salmon burger was going to taste better but the rice one had a more interesting filling which looked like egg and mayonnaise.


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Salmon burger:

When it came, the patty was quite thin looking like a potato patty but on the surface you could faintly see the salmon fillet patterns.


After taking a bite, it surpassed my expectations because the texture of the salmon was just like lightly seared salmon.
It was amazingly soft and moist and it was 100% real salmon.


The colour of the salmon was a delicate coral pink.

As well as the salmon, the shredded lettuce and cabbage complemented it perfectly with the thin dressing they used because it tasted similar to Western coleslaw.
The cheese was slightly salty which gave the overall burger a perfect flavouring.
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Sadly, I went again and they were not consistent because the salmon was overdone and dry.

Chinese hot cross buns

嘉嘉餅店 (North Point)

Went past and saw these buns looking like Hot Cross Buns so got some to try.

Interestingly, it has a Chinese name called +bun because of the markings on top.

They also looked like a scone too.
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+ bun:

Basically it was really similar to a scone and before it was baked it had egg yolk brushed on top.
The taste and texture was the same as a scone and very crumbly.

I found it too sweet and after eating half, I did not eat the rest.
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Dim Sum convenience shop by May Wong

皇點心 (Yau Ma Tei)

I rarely dine in Mong Kok but stopped by because they sell Dim Sums and no one was there.

It is not a restaurant so you either buy takeaways or eat there at the bar table.

They sell the standard dim sums served at most restaurants.

There are sauces and condiments.

One of the rice rolls I wanted to order was not available.

After asking the staff they said it was temporary unavailable and it was duck rice rolls.

At the front of their shop they had home-made fish shaomai too, the fish puree in the shaomai looked a bit grey, similar to daceballs.
I would have ordered the fish shaomai but I wasnt sure if there would be grounded bones in it.


It appears that they are a branch of May Wong's because the logo from the ordering form is the same.



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Prawn dumplings:


The prawn dumplings were ok, there was nothing overly exciting or bad about them.


The prawn meat inside was white and de-gutted with the usual taste of bamboo shoots.
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Toko Surabaya at Quarry Bay

Toko Surabaya (Quarry Bay)

Came on the right day but at the wrong time because quite a lot of the food was sold out.

It is located in the residential area of Quarry Bay between Quarry Bay MTR and Tai Koo MTR.

Locating this place was easy and I felt that it was easier walking from Tai Koo MTR than QB MTR because it is downhill and the station is not so irritating.

This joint sells Indonesian goods and foods and there is a table to dine there too.


It has been here for ages and LittleMeg and "sainamdaiocknam" has dined here before so I was expecting the food to be good here.

Originally I wanted the flavoured yellow ginger rice but it was sold out so I got the Indonesian assortment with rice.
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Indonesian assortment with rice:
It was rice topped with beans, egg, peanuts, chicken, beef rendang and Chayote slices.
I liked the Chayote slices (Buddha's hand melon) because it was sweet and soft but not many people eat them in Hong Kong because they are used for soups and people find them tasteless.
The rest of the meat had strong coconut taste and the beef was slightly spicy but nice.
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Maxim's mini chiffon series

Maxim's Cake Shop (Central)

Saw the poster for these new Mini Chiffon series which looked cute.

There are three flavours: chocolate, pandan and vanilla seed.
The pandan and chocolate are not new except for the vanilla seed.

They had Jasmine flavoured floral pudding which reminded me of the pudding I had at The Dining Room.

Floral pudding @ The Dining Room
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Mini chocolate chiffon:

The chocolate chiffon just tasted like the usual soft chocolate cakes sold at Maxims, it was not great but tasted better than the Vanilla seed chiffon.
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Mini vanilla seed chiffon:

The taste was disappointing, you could not taste any vanilla or any vanilla seeds in it at all.
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Both these cakes were nicely presented but in terms of taste there was nothing special about it.

Hoixe's Chinese chocolate Swiss roll

Not that I like this place but the association is limited to a budget of $4 for person.

They used to get egg tarts and butter cakes from this place but no one likes it.

So now they got the Swiss roll which can be sliced and shared.
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Chocolate Swiss roll:
Thankfully the chocolate Swiss roll tasted normal, they also had the original one which was disgusting.
This chocolate roll is not nice but at least its not too sweet and the chocolate covers the nasty salty buttercream.
It did not end up going directly to the bin along with the egg tarts and butter cakes.
It is hilarious every month listening to the comments from the Westerners because the East cannot obviously meet the requirements of the West!

Hilarious comments from Westerners:
"It tastes like sock"
"Is it edible?"
"It's disgusting"

But with a budget of $4 per person and limited manpower there is not much you can ask for.
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