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2009-05-14
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I had no intention to eat here at all after reading so much bad comments, but I guess somehow curiosity got the better of me. There were xeroxed Magazine articles of the shop lying around - a quick glance really SHOCKED me. .. these articles were NEGATIVE articles about the shop with unfavourable comments. However it seems like the owner had taken measures to rebuild faith somewhat. Here's some steps they've initiated to IMPROVE the food, drinks and image:- Improved Milk tea taste. However, th
- Improved Milk tea taste. However, they still don't use Hokkaido 3.6 milk. (which I agree with... latter with this bit)
- Improved Coffee taste with better coffee machine, with 5 different beans mixture.
- In the past, they used Japanese eggs, then American eggs. Now they're using Chinese Tsing Tao eggs, which has better egg flavour.
- The BBQ Char Siu pork, sold here as Hokkaido Pork, was 'said' to be sourced from 再兴 from Wanchai, although I highly doubt this is still the case as they still tasted foul and did not resemble the ones from the other place.
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Ordered one of the Hokkaido Sets:
1) Scrambled eggs with Ham and Toasts -
...Toasts soft and toasted evenly, nice buttery taste.
...Hams lightly fried and really thick, its not as bad as others have written. Improved?
...Scrambled Chinese Eggs - said to be mixed with Hokkaido 3.6 milk. I think there were a few problems that prevented it from becoming better or equal to 澳牛.
a) There's only 2 small eggs worth, and there was a lot of egg white in them, which means it had little yolk taste of the competition. It was very small portion.
b) There's less buttery taste than 澳牛.
c) There's more creamy taste here. Its most most from evaporated milk input, not from Hokkaido milk input. The owner might have realised finally, Hokkaido milk is NOT RENOWNED for 香脓柔滑 as everyone claims falsely. Hokkaido milk doesn't have much milk taste at all unlike say Australian milk. Its not 香, not 脓, but its smooth and sweet. Drink Aust vs Hokkaido milk side by side and you'll notice a big difference, and then, there's the unhomogenised, bio-dynamic milks, etc. Hokkaido milk over-rated.
d) The eggs here were still slightly raw in the centre, which is probably an improvement compared to previously. On the other hand, they were not fluffy at all but very 'flat' and dull. Somehow, the chef still doesn't know how to cook scrambled eggs properly, which there are special 'secret' methods. 澳牛 also uses slightly different cooking equipment to do it, that's why, unfortunately, this shop will most probably never be as good as 澳牛.
Overall, the scrambled eggs were not 'bad', but there's a lot of room for improvement, especially with regards to egg taste.
2) BBQ pork with Spaghetti in Soup:
... Spaghetti surprisingly not over-cooked. Good.
... BBQ pork really sweet, although not tough. Just a bit plasticky haha
... Soup was ok, from canned cream of chicken soup but slightly stronger than other versions.
This Soupy Spaghetti is much better than the 澳牛's version in my opinion.
3) So called Hokkaido Tea:
... Came with evaporated milk not Hokkaido milk. This is expected. In Hong Kong, people want stronger milk taste in their teas and coffees. Hokkaido milk is in fact the opposite to that. Its smooth, with a refined and delicate case. Almost like the difference between a subtle French chardonnay than say an overly fruity and oaky Australian char.
... Tea itself had a good aromatic profile and not too bad a taste. This isn't as strong as the Hong Kong Teas in Cha Chan Tings, but its not meant to be.
My rough guess is that this shop has probably evolved from the not too distant past, hence the recent smiling faces and reviews on Openrice. Afterall, some shops with insight do take the effort to improve. In my opinion however, it probably still has a lot of scope for improvement and I'm not at all confident that the owners and chefs can discover the right method to overcome its shortcomings. A shop might improve from '1' to '2' to '3.8', but that trend doesn't guarantee they'll ever reach a '4' or a '5'.
Around a high 3!
张贴