核桃芝麻糊 walnut black sesame paste

after our most satisfying meal in hong kong @ minsheng daipaidong 民声冰室 :-), we took mtr back to prince edward station.

hoi kee walnut place 海記合桃坊甜品

just nice to try out dessert at this hoi kee walnut place 海記合桃坊甜品, which was recommended by our companion who was recently came here with his wife & friends.

hoi kee walnut place 海記合桃坊甜品

hoi kee walnut place 海記合桃坊甜品

hoi kee walnut place 海記合桃坊甜品 is located at 232 Sai Yeung Choi St, very near to our metropark hotel.

核桃糊 walnut paste

we ordered the 核桃糊 walnut paste, afterall this place is “walnut place 合桃坊甜品”.

this is so far the best dessert shop as 糊 or paste goes, very smooth & thick not diluted & flavourful.

核桃芝麻糊 walnut & black sesame paste

2 of us also ordered the 核桃芝麻糊 walnut black sesame paste. my one came also with 2 mochi 汤圆.^^

presentation not that great, they did not bother to make it wing yong 鸳鸯, the 八卦shape like some places or like steamboats. i though it was very easy to do, just use separators??

taste & texture were great, that’s what count la….

cha cha

one friend ordered the cha cha, somehow hong kong has some adulterated version of our bobor chacha…it also uses coconut milk, and has yam, red beans, sago etc…

i tried it, not my kind of dessert…

egg pudding=炖鸡蛋

we added the egg pudding=炖鸡蛋. forgot to ask for ginger sauce(姜汁).

anyway, this not my kind of dessert, and Mei Heong Yuen Dessert 味香园甜品 at chinatown point basement 2 in singapore did it a lot better.

bill @ hoi kee walnut place 海記合桃坊甜品

bill came to like HK$120+. i guess fairly standard pricing here, & not that much different from singapore too.

糊 or paste not quite my most craved dessert but if i am wanting to take it, this would be one place to come.

c.h.e.f andy

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Hoi Kee Walnut Place 海記合桃坊甜品 

Address:

232 Sai Yeung Choi St S, Mong Kok, Hong Kong

Contact:

+852 2399 7973

手撕鸡 hand tear chicken @ minsheng daipaidong 民声冰室

after a 2hr hike at dragon’s back shek o trail, and a tour of the shao kei wan wet street market, we took the mtr to tin hau station & walked to 民声冰室 daipaidong at 16wun sha street 浣纱街.

we had very exciting & delicious lunch at 民声冰室. excellent dishes all good, & 6 dishes for 4 pax for HK$295. 2 friends commented this was the best meal in hong kong. i would say certainly the most satisfying.

民声冰室 was the daipaidong we wanted to come last year but was closed & we ended up having an excellent lunch at its neighbour yue bo 鱼宝食馆 o 12.1.2016. ^^

minsheng daipaidong 民声冰室

we were there at 1pm. the tiny daipaidong was full but fast turnover. we waited just maybe about 10mins.

minsheng daipaidong 民声冰室

there is no menu & everything was written on the board at the front of the shop.

there were many newspaper cuttings showing the favourite dishes like the salted egg steamed minced pork 咸蛋蒸肉饼，hand tear chicken手撕鸡 etc.

minsheng daipaidong 民声冰室

for a tiny shop the cooking/preparation area seems quite big. i guess that is a good thing – big, clean space to create nice dishes.

steamed minced pork @ minsheng daipaidong 民声冰室

the minute we sat down, one lone (guess regular) customer that came after us & sat down after us, ordered rightaway the 2 signature dishes – salted egg steamed minced pork 咸蛋蒸肉饼，hand tear chicken手撕鸡! so we did too la! ^^

steamed minced pork @ minsheng daipaidong 民声冰室

the salted egg steamed minced pork 咸蛋蒸肉饼was very good. 🙂

i didn’t think much of the salted egg. didn’t seem to make much difference. the light soy sauce was very “pang” fragrant, and i have that too at home.

a very simple dish & very easy to make at home, but the effect was very good.

i did this at home later, & my second time was quite perfect, as good as 民声冰室 i think. ^^

steamed scallops & tofu @ minsheng daipaidong 民声冰室

the steamed tofu with scallop was nice too.

it was quite an ordinary dish & scallops were ok but by the way. the tofu was good – very smooth & sweet..

the main stay for this dish as again the “pang” light soy sauce.

steamed grass carp with mui chou @ minsheng daipaidong 民声冰室

a friend found the steamed grass carp with mui choy 梅菜蒸浣鱼too salty & he didn’t like it also i think because grass carp has mud taste.

in a sense the mui choy 梅菜, and again the good light soy sauce helped to balance/complement the taste. this fish has many bones so need to be a bit careful in eating. i pushed away the mui choy 梅菜, and for myself, i enjoyed this fish very much.

poached lettuce @ minsheng daipaidong 民声冰室

the poached lettuce i guessed was a nothing-to-it dish. a good-balance vegetable dish & hong kong vegetable always good, so this was good & refreshing too.

char siew fried egg

the char siew fried egg likewise. nothing dish also, an ordinary fuyong egg 芙蓉蛋 maybe better actually.

anyhow all the dishes were very simple by nature & very well executed, including the lettuce & the egg dishes.

手撕鸡 hand tear chicken @ minsheng daipaidong 民声冰室

the 手撕鸡 hand tear chicken was very impressive.

the chicken was sweet, tender yet not soft & had good bite, a bit stringy yet not sinewy or chewy. very good i think.

i googled the recipe & made a 手撕鸡 hand tear chicken myself at home after my return. it was not bad as a first attempt. i had the texture but not yet the taste, my marinade needed some improvements/adjustments.

we really enjoyed this place. all the 6 dishes were delicious, and the salted egg steamed minced pork 咸蛋蒸肉饼 & hand tear chicken手撕鸡 were super. they were very simple dishes, and for 3 dishes, they stood out mainly for the use of good light soy sauce. so very easy to reproduce this at home.

i will be doing some of these for my friends when they come for dinner next tuesday 7mar2017.

c.h.e.f andy

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minsheng daipaidong 民声冰室

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fun cheong 粉肠

the guys decided to go dragon’s back hike today. ^^

unexpected for me, since the guys did not walk the cheung chau coast & mini greatwall, which were easy by comparison to dragon’s back.

anyhow we are here for a break, good fun relaxing trip. so we do when feel like doing, not do if not feeling like it la! does not matter which place we go…just enjoy the time, the experience, the bonding together! ^^

superior steamed rice roll pro shop 第一肠粉

before dragon’s back, it was a good idea to take some food.

we walked over to portland street on the way to prince edward mtr station. 🙂

one friend saw the shop Superior Steamed Rice Roll Pro Shop 第一肠粉 the day before & wanted to try, so we sat down for a quick breakfast.

menu @ superior steamed rice roll pro shop 第一肠粉

we took 3 sets.

all the fun cheong 粉肠 were very good.

the fun cheong 粉肠skin were very smooth, and the drizzling sauce were good. this is how it should be.

NOT like the fun cheong 粉肠 at one dimsum which was singularly bad.

steamed pork rib rice

for one of the set we had the steamed pork rib rice, and that was good too.

this is one place i would come back again.

c.h.e.f andy

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mixed fruit sago dessert @ teawood 茶木 cafe at tung chung

after a fun afternoon at tian tan buddha aka big buddha at ngong ping, we took the bus back to tung chung mtr station & walked around citygate.

teawood 茶木 cafe at tung chung

there was this teawood taiwanese cafe. we decided to take an afternoon drink & rest stop. 🙂

drink @ teawood 茶木 cafe at tung chung

a friend stick to his coffee.

another friend had the drink above. couldn’t recall what it was?

yam slush with red beans @ teawood 茶木 cafe at tung chung

another friend took a yam slush with red beans, quite interesting & not bad. i like every red bean dish. a bit heavy though.

honey lemon drink @ teawood 茶木 cafe at tung chung

i took a honey lemon drink, came with lots of slush ice as well.

honey lemon drink @ teawood 茶木 cafe at tung chung

drink was not too sweet, felt a bit dilute, nothing particularly special.

mixed fruit sdessert @ teawood 茶木 cafe at tung chung

we ordered a mixed fruit dessert to share. it came with also red beans, and black jelly, aloe vera etc, quite refreshing, ok dessert.

it was a good refreshing rest stop yes. not particularly attracted to the drinks here, just another cafe.

c.h.e.f andy

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TeaWood Taiwanese Cafe & Restaurant 茶木‧台式休閒餐廳 

ngau pang 牛棚 beef 3 treasures noodles 牛三宝

it was 5.30pm + when we returned to prince edward mtr station after a nice drink & rest at the taiwanese teawood cafe tung chun.

one friend wanted to go for late hotpot dinner so we decided to have a bite & really craving beef brisket noodles.

the beef brisket noodles at Lin Kee 联记面家 opposite our hotel metropark was ok but they do not sell innards 牛杂 & the taste not entirely what i was craving for.

ngau pang 牛棚 beef brisket noodles

we passed by ngau pang 牛棚 at fa yuen street on the Day 1 on 20.2.2017, and didn’t have difficulty finding it again.

ngau pang 牛棚 beef 3 treasures noodles 牛三宝

the 3 treasures noodles 牛三宝 looked impressive.

noodle menu @ ngau pang 牛棚

we all ordered it.

i think it was like HK$38.

ngau pang 牛棚 beef 3 treasures noodles 牛三宝

the broth was supremely good. smell was good. taste was good.

noodles was qq & perfectly for me. a friend ordered hor fun. very nice no doubt but for me it is noodles.

i think  Lin Kee 联记面家 version is clear broth 清汤牛腩. it was good too, but this strong intensive broth is also something that makes it attarctive for me.

this came with good helping of beef stomach, lung, tendons & brisket. brisket a bit less since many other items. if i take again i want to take just the briskets.

fried chicken wings @ ngau pang 牛棚

friend ordered one fried chicken wing to share.

good also, but this can get anywhere.

ngau pang 牛棚 beef 3 treasures noodles 牛三宝

i am still relishing this 3 treasures noodles 牛三宝. too bad didn’t get to take it one more time.

good also la then the craving will be there.

maybe i will try to make it again.

c.h.e.f andy

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牛棚粉麵專家

ming court restaurant – 1/4 roast goose drumstick

after some rest, chit chat in the hotel rooms & stuff, we walked over to portland street to look at the hotpot restaurant.

i think it was 正冬火锅料理but can’t be sure. place looked crammed & messy. there was some 40% discounts?? after 10pm. we decided to look around a bit.

ming court restaurant 明栈

the next day we were getting up early to climb dragon’s back, so did not want to go too far.

decided to try the roast goose across the street from our metropark hotel, a ming court restaurant 明栈.

ming court restaurant 明栈

it was nearing 10pm. the roast looked ok, finishing anyway.

we ordered a 例regular serving, and chose the drumstick quarter.

roast goose was good, flavourful,maybe better than tao heung but not as good as yat lok.

char siew @ ming court restaurant

friend ordered the char siew.

another friend & i didn’t think the char siew in hong kong is great.

char siew @ ming court restaurant

but this was pretty good for me. importantly, the meat was tender. my other friend prefers the very charred type so he was just so so with the char siew. this was good enough for me la…

braised goose wings & feet @ ming court restaurant

the goose wings & feet, nothing much to eat leh…didn’t consider this good at all.

steamed mullet @ ming court restaurant

steamed mullet with some black beans. it was a bit salty.

i pushed aside the black bean paste. not the best dish & not the teochew chilled mullet preparation, but i ok with it la.

poached kailan @ ming court restaurant

poached kailan was good. always enjoy vegetables in hong kong.

ming court restaurant – 1/4 roast goose drumstick

dinner was very average, mediocre, some friends commented the poorest dinner, quite agree too.

c.h.e.f andy

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one dimsum 一点心

after our morning excursion to mui kee congee 妹記生滾粥品

& then polo bun 菠萝包 @ hong lin restaurant 康年餐厅

the 3 of us got back to metropark hotel. our friend was up & about after catching up on his sleep & as planned, we were ready to try out the dimsum breakfast at one dimsum 一点心.

one dimsum 一点心 opens at 11am, and there was a queue outside at the opening time. on 20.2.2017 when we first arrived hong kong, we did not want to wait. today we decided gave it a try.  we were 4pax & waited about 15mins, not too bad.

i had many consistently great dimsum at timhowan at shamshuipo, most recently during my last trip a year ago with my RI friends on 13.1.2016.

shamshuipo is just one stop from our hotel metropole near prince edward mtr. this time though i thought we giveone dimsum 一点心 a try first since it is also one michelin star.

it was a big disappointment though!

one dimsum 一点心 menu 

the usual dimsum menu. not a big place. it’s crowded, but turnover is fast.

jasmine tea 水仙

we had jasmine tea.

steamed pork ribs 蒸排骨 

the 2 good items here were thesteamed pork ribs 蒸排骨, and the steamed chicken feet 蒸凤爪.

steamed pork ribs 蒸排骨 

it was competent, & no different from other good dimsum places.

steamed chicken feet 蒸凤爪 

likewise steamed chicken feet 蒸凤爪 was good too.

siew mai 烧卖 

siew mai 烧卖 was also pretty ok, though i have had better ones.

fried carrot cake 

& so the fried carrot cake.

all these were ok dimsum, no better than any of canton paradise, imperial treasure, crystal jade etc in singapore.

beef balls牛圆 

the beef balls牛圆 not my preferred type of dimsum, a lot of starch.

very poor cheong fun 肠粉 

surprisingly, the cheong fun was really poor. skin was thick, not smooth, and the drizzling sauce not as tasty as many other places.

eg we had much better cheong fun 肠粉 at dimdimsum 点点心  at 112 tung choi street 通菜街 on our Day1 -20,2,2017. just look at the photo.

tim ho wan shamshuipo’s  liver fun cheong 

& just look at the photo of tim ho wan shamshuipo’s  liver fun cheong.

that’s the kind of skin you should have, and the drizzling sauce, an important ingredient, was also tasty & not too sweet.

tripes 牛百叶

i ordered the tripes 牛百叶. it was ok, texture was good, taste of gravy was ok too, not outstanding.

steamed fupijuan 蒸腐皮卷 

the steamed fupijuan 蒸腐皮卷  was mediocre. i have taken a lot better ones.

fried fupijuan 炸腐皮卷 

apparently that was mistaken, my friend had ordered the fried ones. so the restaurant served us the ffried fupijuan 炸腐皮卷, no hassle. that was a great gesture.

lor mai guy 糯米饭 

my friend also ordered lor mai guy 糯米饭. the rice was a bit hard. it maybe the style of preparation but certainly not the style we like.

the mini ones served in singapore where the rice is tender, moist & flavourful with sauce is a lot better than this.

i supposed dimsum here is ok…servings were huge but not fine, very 粗, and mediocre not very nice. for me, surprise they got michelin star. for me timhowan at shamshuipo was so much better.

that would be a cut above the singapore dimsum, this one here we tried today not the standard of singapore dimsum.

i wouldn’t come back here myself, so many good dimsum places in hong kong, like every other shop is good (star of canton, tao heung, fu seng 富城火鍋海鮮酒家, dimdimsum & of course tim ho wan) so for me no need to come here la..

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polo buns 菠萝包 @ hong lin restaurant 康年餐厅

after mui kee congee 妹記生滾粥品, we were looking for a nice cuppa, and decided to stop by hong lin restaurant 康年餐厅.

they serve polo buns 菠萝包 like any cha chan teng 茶餐厅。 so we ordered one polo bun with butter 菠萝油 to share among 3, our other friend still catching up on his beauty sleep.

hong lin restaurant 康年餐厅 

hong lin restaurant 康年餐厅 just like any of the cha chan teng 茶餐厅.

last time i tried polo buns 菠萝包 in hong kong i didn’t really like it.

this time though it tasted pretty good. i took a quarter piece, but i think i can finish a whole bun myself. ^^

coffee @ hong lin restaurant 康年餐厅 

the coffee was good too, no sugar & with evaporated milk, the “c” that i like.

set lunches @ hong lin restaurant 康年餐厅 

they have the lunch sets, chinese fast food la..

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pig innards congee 状元及第粥@ mui kee congee 妹記生滾粥品

so the day before, we came searching for mui kee congee 妹記生滾粥品& found it at level 3 of fa yuen street 花园街market & cooked food centre, but they are closed on tuesdays.

mui kee congee 妹記生滾粥品

today we came over again (just a short walk from our hotel metropark mongkok), and enjoyed the congee here.

mui kee congee 妹記生滾粥品

yesterday we started with not so good congee at 极之好粥面家.

thankfully, we had really good ones later at 振记粥面店 at cheung chau market.

mui kee congee 妹記生滾粥品 was just as good.

the 状元及第粥 especially was very good, chokeful of ingredients,all tender & tasty, and very sweet congee especially good with white pepper.

one strange thing about 振记粥面店 was that the white pepper there was like tasteless. strange…

soft & tough you tiao 油条

i usually would not order you tiao 油条 from bakuteh stalls, and that applies to congee stalls as well for the reason they are usually precut, exposed long time to air, not crispy & soft.

so we asked the lady & she replied it’s crispy 脆的, but it was totally not! we saw her taking out the pre-cut bowl of you tiao 油条…i supposed that was the only blemish here…

grass carp belly congee 鲩鱼腩粥@ mui kee congee 妹記生滾粥品

the 鲩鱼腩粥 – grass carp belly congee was also very good. it has a bit of bones, so need to be carfeul when eating.

& carp has a bit of mud taste, so some people don’t really like.

grass carp belly congee 鲩鱼腩粥@ mui kee congee 妹記生滾粥品

for me, it was very good, fish was tender & sweet & congee was excellent.

this a stall i will always come back. i think prices are around HK$30.

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Mui Kee congee 妹記生滾粥品