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2010-10-18
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Had a meet-up with a couple of friends @ Applegreen in Mong Kok. This was my first time to this branch, and also my first time to try out its Weekend Brunch menu. (Again this visit was a few months back so prices are subject to change )Surprisingly the place wasn't full when we arrived at 1 pm on a Saturday, while there were queues outside most other eateries in the mall. We were told that the restaurant was reserved at 3 o'clock for a private party, but 2 hours would be enough for us. The wal
Surprisingly the place wasn't full when we arrived at 1 pm on a Saturday, while there were queues outside most other eateries in the mall. We were told that the restaurant was reserved at 3 o'clock for a private party, but 2 hours would be enough for us.
The walls were lined with paintings and the restaurant had a relaxing ambience.
We looked though the items on the Weekend Brunch menu.
And here are our choices:
Egg in the Hole $82
2 Eggs Sunny-Side Down inside 2 pieces of Bread, served with Honey Ham, Pork Links, crispy Potato Hash & Freshly Mixed Fruits
We were amazed by the meticulous presentation. The woos and wows aside, it tasted good! You may wonder where the eggs are...in fact they were inside the round pieceds of bread, in the "holes" just covered by the 2 smaller pieces of cut-out bread. So when the bread was cut the golden runny yolks flowed out and we quickly swept that up with the bread! The hash was made of shreds of potatoes, the texture was more solid and crispy than the usual frozen hash (with those diced potatoes), and proved to be best company with the succulent ham and pork sausages. Of course we didn't forget the refershing mixed fruits.
Breakfast Pizza $72
Sausage bits and Sunny-Side Egg on top of a 8" Flatbread, Toasted to Crispy
"Breakfast Pizza" reads "breakfast" items on a "pizza". Period.
Well this is quite an innovation for those lazy people like me - what's better than having your breakast with just a single hand? (Apart from the cutting)
But with this way of making the egg, it was unevitably overcooked, yet the flatbread was real crispy. After having sausages from the last dish I thought those in this pizza were too salty, but a tinge of herbiness was there.
Each of the Brunch dishes came with a drink of choice. My Green Iced Tea came unsweetened (I forgot whether I ordered that to be or it was the default, if it were the latter I'd give extra marks as few eateries in town would go by that), I'd have liked the tea more concentrated but it was the gesture that counted.
A chocoholic friend ordered Very Chocolate Smoothie a la carte. I didn't get to taste it but my friend was already half full after finishing it, thanks to the heap of whip on top.
And who would leave Applegreen without a salad?
Green Goddess (Half Size)
Mouth Watering Crab Meat mixed with Green Peas on top of a bread of Cucumbers & Avocado, tossed with Lemon Cream
This has to be one of my favourite salads at Applegreen. It was creamy, both from the zesty lemon cream dressing and also the avocado (rich in Vit. E too!), and meaty (meaning the crab meat), and crispy (cucumbers) and it got the right balance of all textures and flavours which essentially was what a good salad takes.
Now the lemon poppyseed cake/bread/loaf/whatever is only available on request. I don't like it personally, but asked for a piece for my friends' sake. They liked it but we were already too full to finish it.
We stayed well past 3 pm and no one gave us the bill until we asked for it.
Great place for a light meal - says on the menu that "American size" is served but we managed to finish the food - maybe the Americans' appetite has gone smaller these days - and casual chit-chat.
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