Nitrogen Ice Cream at East Point City

Ever since Chin Chin Labs opened in London I have been a fan of Ice-creams made with Nitrogen and the laboratory fun that comes with it.
The other two branches are smaller.

As expected there were so many curious people who have not seen icecream made like that before.

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Chinese Beancurd Dessert:

Fragrant tofu ice cream with lots of pieces of sweet beancurd that had a chewy texture topped with crispy ginko nuts which tasted like crisps.
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There will be another branch soon at Tuen Mun!!
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LabMade: www.facebook.com/labmadehk
Price: $44
Service: OK
Yummy factor: ok
Sweetness levels: just right
English Menu: Yes
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Feisty curry from Tiger Curry

Tried this new curry joint on Pennington Road.

The name of this restaurant and the black camouflaged building sounded exciting at first however the seating is a little cramped sitting at the bar table.

Nice plate with a bold tiger on it.

Ordered the Curry chicken and the Curry bread sticks.

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Grilled curry chicken:

The curry is made from 18 different spices and from the taste you could taste that it was quite complex but I was not offered a choice for the level of spiciness.

Anyway, I found the curry too hot for my liking which probably could have been prevented if they had asked me my preferred level of spiciness.

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Curry bread sticks:

Their frying oil was relatively fresh so there was no rancidness in the bread and it was not soaked with oil.

The bread sticks tasted surprisingly good when it was dipped in the garlic butter sauce which had a heavy garlic taste, however the bread was too sweet for my liking because it was Asian bread.
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Tiger Curry: 14 Pennington Street, CWB

Price: $117
Service: could be better
Yummy factor: Could be better
Napkins provided: yes
Noise levels: Noisy
Glass of water provided: yes
English Menu: Yes
Air Conditioning: Yes
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Nice modern restaurant in Sai Kung

I found out about this new restaurant from a fast food owner in Sai Kung so decided to check it out.


It is opened by a local actor called Brian Wong 黃澤鋒 with chefs from Ireland and Portugal, which explains why they have my favourite English food on the menu.

They offer All day breakfasts and Portuguese snacks and on the second floor they serve Mediterranean food which I am looking forward to because the one and only Mediterranean restaurant Revolution Gallery Cafe has closed down.

I was really surprised with the prices because they were really affordable.
Grilled ham and cheese toast is only $48, English breakfast is really a good deal for $98 and if your looking for something light you can get beans on toast for $30.
For Portuguese flair I have got my eyes on the Bacalhau fish croquettes which only cost $45.



But unfortunately they were closing when I got to Sai Kung, so I only tried their Serradura pudding.
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Serradura pudding $36:

Serradura is a layered chilled dessert made up of a sweetened, vanilla whipped cream and crushed biscuits.
It was really nice because it was not too sweet and the layers were light and silky balanced by the biscuit crumbs which were finely crushed.
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Flavor (Sai Kung)

Shop No 43-45, G/F., Hoi Pong Street,Sai Kung

Tofu day dreaming

This place used to be WTF!XDD which only survived for a short time before closing down.

Anyway, walked past and saw some flowers because it was just opened.
As I did not watch the show, I was not aware it was on this TV show called I AM BOSS which is basically a copy cat of Dragon's Den that was broadcasted ages ago in the UK.

Basically, this place just serves tofu pudding, soy milk, fishballs and shao mai.


They have used the tables to display items just like the shop before.

It was nice that they had quality tissue to use.

The staff seemed like they were daydreaming when I was asking them questions.
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Tofu pudding with condensed milk:


The tofu was silky and smooth but I couldn't really taste the soybeans.
As I don't normally have this I don't know if $22 for a bowl was reasonable or not, but I love the place because it is clean, air conditioned and in Central.
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Dream Tofa:

Shop 6, G/D., 1 Lyndhurst Terrace,Central

Pat Chun -Mouldy- Foods

Pat Chun Fine Foods (Central)

Walked past and saw some interesting Venison tendon dessert which is made with their famous sweetened vinegar.



The attitude of the staff were not that friendly when I went in to purchase it.

Luckily I took photos before I ate otherwise I would not have spotted the mould on the edges.





Took it back and told them about the mould but they didn't really give a shxt.
They were nice enough to give a refund without saying anything or bothering to inspect the mould because ironically there is a 7-day guaranteed goods exchange printed on the receipt.


There was another case of mould in January, 2012 reviewed by 瞟客

http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2217279

八珍糕品QC不夠認真
13-Jan 以＄120買了一底紅豆糕，盒上註明期限至 20-Jan（=七天）。
回家即放雪櫃，隔一天拿出來吃，見糕面已出現白點（=發霉）。shocked
抹去白點後試吃，酸的！mad 家人都說是裡面的奶份變了質。
紅豆糕賣這價錢不便宜，應該做好些品檢啊！ huffy
發誓今後不再買八珍紅豆糕！
不過他們售＄155 的蘿蔔糕依然很好味。
之前也試過一次（幸好祇一次），買了很硬很深色的蘿蔔糕，極難吃！
證明他們QC不夠認真，顧客要睹運氣！
祝大家好運！

Let ur stomach bow to Bao Wow and be wowed

Previously tried Little Bao which was nice but expensive.

Anyway, here comes Bao Wow which does a good variety of Baos too.
They cost $58 for two.

[Please note that this review is quite old because I dined here a long time ago]

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Photos of restaurants:

A nice contrast of white and red.




The design of the menu was rather interesting because most restaurants emphasize their logo, but here the logo is on the corner and the 28 which is the street number is much bigger!


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Taro fries:


A bit dry but otherwise ok.
As this review is old, the current taro fries are different.
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Thai Fish fillet:





Fried fish fillet, Asian slaw, homemade Thai fish sauce.
The Thai fish fillet was soft and succulent complemented by the delicious purple cabbage slaw followed by a spicy aftertaste because the sauce was quite spicy.
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Pang Pang chicken:


Shredded chicken, cucumber, crushed Sichuan spicy peanuts, homemade sesame sauce.
The chicken was really tasty and I loved the Sichuan peppercorns with the refreshing cucumber and nutty sauce.
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Teriyaki Tofu (vegetarian):
Fried egg tofu, shiitake mushroom, teriyaki sauce.




This was my favourite bao even though it had egg tofu which I do not like because the pickled vegetables were tasty and the mushrooms were strong.
I was expecting myself not to like it because Teriyaki sauce is normally sweet but the combination of ingredients in this one really worked.
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Sesame ginger porkchop:
Fried pork chop, shredded cabbage, homemade sesame ginger sauce.


This was quite nice but more sauce was needed because the pork chop was a bit dry.
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So far my picks would be the fish, tofu and chicken.

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Bao Wow:

Shop 2, 28 Tai Wong Street East, Wan Chai

Wan Chai's second Swissbeck bakery

The first Swissbeck in Central has closed but there are now three branches, one in Sai Kung and two in Wan Chai.



Everytime I walked past, there's was cute girl inside which you can hear from the outside asking you to come in and have a look.
Even if you didn't go in, you could hear her say "byeeeee" in a cute way.

This branch is located on the corner and it is quite small.
There were fresh Cronuts delivered that day so it was hard to take photos of the shop.


To be honest, I only like their cronuts.

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Vanilla bun:




Basically it was a Chinese bun with vanilla curd in the middle.
The bun was dense and firm (the typical Chinese bread texture with egg yolk brushed on top).
Overall, the taste was ok because of the vanilla curd.
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All points go to the cute girl inside who I did not meet on this visit.
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Swissbeck (Wan Chai)
G/F, Shop 2,56E Queen's Road East,Wan Chai