太爺雞

蟹

喜相逢

蛋

鯧

沙河粉驚魂

粗 ‧ 細

桃花源

心思思想試已久，終於一『嘗』心願。

蛇羹：豬肉絲煮過火，『鞋』口，瑕疵也。

冬瓜蟹蚶：清潤爽甜，賣相好，不錯。

玻璃蝦球：size 比一般大一倍，蝦味略遜，但仍出眾，夠睇頭 。

炸子雞：ok

蝦子柚皮：蝦子野味，醬汁出色，90 分。

杏仁茶：ok

想試金華玉樹雞和炆班尾，但要預訂。肉餅不是手打，不叫。

菜式味道偏淡，廚藝不俗但來貨不是頂班，好食但不平宜，是夜消費兩位八百餘元。(只收 Visa Master，不收 AE。)

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食肆短評 - 5

威記粥店： 粥底不俗，碎牛和魚片都很新鮮，粥內薑絲相信是即日生切。齋腸米味甚濃，十分滿意，一共吃了兩碟！這廿四元真是花到極緻！

泰國人海南雞 : 去骨雞肉滑溜但欠雞味，三十六元已算十分不錯，整體味道比翠華好。

御品軒：所謂的崩沙腩五嚿得二嚿腍，命中率比九記低 (五嚿有四嚿腍) ; 廣東式水餃相信是即日鮮包，十分出色；湯底 ok；河粉一般；燉蛋號稱用甚麽水牛乳製，全港只此一家，吃落像 cold egg custard，蛋味比義順遜色，味較羶，像日式甜品；木製坐椅設計眼高手低，坐不穩，四處搖。食物價錢偏貴，雙拼河 + 甜品一共 $71，不會再去。

德發牛肉丸：完全冇特別，樂園正好多！

富來紫砂飯店 ：叫了一客黃膳煲仔飯和淮山子燉水魚。湯足料，兩位四碗，不多不少，味道尚可但吃不出水魚味。煲仔飯有別於一般坊間香口熱氣的風格，類近蒸飯 (但紫砂煲底有飯焦)，黃膳味道一般，汁液未能滲入飯身，中規中矩之作。餐牌內有引述清代袁枚<<隨園食單 - 飯粥單>>，可惜未能於其出品中得到引證。是夜連茶芥花生 $148，是所『你都唔可以話佢唔好食』之食肆。

勝香園：油多厚身有水準，檸檬飲品幫你『督』咗，茄牛麫不俗，凍奶茶太澀，『脆脆』出色，絕對係天口凉嘅理想茶餐廳。

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單尾飯菜

天然美味

海南雞飯

此餅不吃也罷 - 王亭之

有孩子不喜吃中式餅食，其父母希望王亭之能加以教導。誰知王亭之卻幫孩子，曰：這些中式餅，不吃也罷。孩子父母大為失望，訝曰：亭老豈非常食中式餅者乎？王亭之應曰：諾，然而卻亦有說焉。

王亭之吃中式餅，是嗜好，有如吸煙，戒不掉，但卻絕非欣賞。

說句不中聽的話，王亭之旅加十四年，沒吃過多少次靚的中式餅，曾經有一家製棗泥酥，頗佳，但不久，棘泥便帶酸矣。

最討厭老婆餅，一律製成「反酥」，吃時餅皮掉到滿地，這原是製酥皮的大忌，可是卻宣傳為「夠酥」，先由香港人受落，於是如今逢老婆餅必反酥焉，點食！

合桃酥須油潤，否則便是一塊乾麵。如今要少油，所以王亭之亦甚少食合桃酥。

然後是雞仔餅了，一味多蒜頭，卻少了焦鹽的香味，未知是否因要少鹽之故，其實當年「成珠雞仔餅」落的焦鹽也不多，只是蒜頭不過量，便有焦鹽香。

蓮蓉酥、豆沙酥亦水準大降，問題則不在酥皮而在餡料，總無蓮味豆香，亦不知到底是何緣故。

所以，孩子如今不吃中式餅也罷。不求上進的是中式餅，而不是孩子。

加拿大多倫多星島日報
2007年10月2日

Korea's "Drink-Till-You-Die" Culture Gets Watered by Wine (Bloomberg Story)

By Seonjin Cha and Kyung Bok Cho

Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- With her daughter's wedding coming up, Rhew In Ae's gift to the groom's parents during Korea's three-day Chuseok festival took on special significance. She chose wine.
``I used to buy whiskey for important acquaintances,'' said the Seoul housewife, 52, who paid about $200 for two bottles of Chateau Talbot from France. ``But I know they will enjoy wine as a gift because of its commonly perceived elegance.''
Rhew wasn't the only one switching to wine for last month's harvest thanksgiving. Sales of gift sets rose 75 percent from the previous year at Lotte Shopping Co., South Korea's biggest
department-store chain, and doubled at Hyundai Department Store Co., the second largest.
Wine now is seeping into all levels of Korean society, from corporate executives aiming to impress business contacts to health-conscious youngsters rebelling against the country's hard-
drinking culture. Whiskey and the native soju, a liquor distilled from potatoes and grain, are falling out of favor among Asia's second-most enthusiastic tipplers.
``These days it's not so much of a drink-till-you-die mentality,'' said Kwon Doll, 33, a manager at software developer EZ Communications in Seoul. ``Offering wine makes you look smart and sophisticated.''
As those aspirations rise, the country's leading business groups are tapping into the trend.
Samsung Electronics Co., Asia's largest maker of flat screens for televisions, has sold more than 5.2 million Bordeaux-model TVs since 2006, the company said. The TV resembles a wine glass, with a curved panel resting on a thin stem.

Wine for Gas

SK Energy Co., Korea's biggest oil refiner, uses wine to sell premium gasoline. Drivers get a bottle of French wine for every 650,000 won ($690) of fuel they buy.
``The reaction has been very positive,'' said Park Jae Young, who markets gas at SK Energy. ``Drivers are keen on getting their wine.''
South Korea's 49 million people each consume an average 7.71 liters (2 gallons) of pure alcohol a year, the World Health Organization estimated in 2004. Only Thais throw back more in Asia, at 8.47 liters. Ugandans are the world's biggest drinkers, downing 19.47
liters per person. The French consume 13.54 liters, the British 10.39 liters and Americans 8.51 liters.
Koreans may be making up for lost time. Relaxed import curbs fueled a surge in wine consumption in the 1980s and purported health benefits bolstered sales in the 1990s, said Song Dong Hyun, a marketer at Doosan Corp., which makes and imports wine in Seoul.
Enthusiasm dried up after the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis, when the economy shrank for the first time since 1980.

`Blow Away Stress'

The latest yen for wine may reflect a gross domestic product expanding by 5.2 percent. Imports of mainly French and Chilean wines jumped 76 percent to $96 million through August this year, government figures show.
Still, the shift also signals changing attitudes among young Koreans, said Micky Choi, president of Wine21.com, an online wine-appreciation club.
``People are looking for something cleaner and healthier,'' than bottles of soju or whiskey shots, said Choi, 42, whose most active members are in their 20s and 30s.``We don't need alcohol to blow away the stress anymore.''
Binge drinking accompanied the rapid urbanization and hard work that underpinned Korea's 400-fold economic expansion in less than 50 years, said Cho Surng Gie, who studies alcoholism at the Korean Alcohol Research Foundation in Goyang north of Seoul.
About 26 percent of Korean adults are ``high-risk'' drinkers -- defined as consuming one 360-milliliter (12-fluid ounce) bottle of soju per evening, according to the Health Ministry. The alcohol content of soju ranges from 19 percent to 25 percent.

`Drops of God'

Cho isn't convinced about a change in culture. Whatever they choose to drink, ``most Koreans still feel that once you open a bottle, you've got to finish it,'' he said.
Modern stress may stem more from which wine cork to pop. EZ Communications' Kwon pores over ``Kami no Shizuku,'' or ``The Drops of God,'' a Japanese manga comic that recommends varieties and delivers tips on appreciation.
In the latest edition of the comic, now in its 12th volume, the characters visit South Korea, remarking on ``a surge in the popularity of wine as never before.''
Wine appreciation classes also are taking off. In Seoul last month, 33 students who paid 4.5 million won for a 10-week class organized by Winies, a wine consultant, spent three hours
sniffing and sipping.
Knowledge of wine is ``a kind of common sense necessary for international business,'' said student Kim Se Min, 49, who is also executive vice president at Prudential Plc's life insurance unit in Seoul. ``I often have to entertain people from Europe or elsewhere for business, but it always felt awkward doing that without knowing about wine.''
Housewife Rhew confessed that she had scant knowledge of wine. Still, it was healthier and cheaper than whiskey, she said.
``It's a gift that satisfies both the givers and the receivers,'' Rhew said.

--With reporting by Bomi Lim in Seoul. Editors: Crisp (msp).

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原來我並非最無聊得閒嗰一個

近日銳意找出更多美食，專攻 openrice。細閱食評之時，除了鮮稿以外，更發覺有許多甚為無聊的報告，例如：美心 MX、大家樂、KFC、..... 。一式一樣的快餐店有啥可寫？當真一樣米養百樣人！比起學生時代的雙週記更為沉悶，救命！節錄垃圾如下：

日期: 2007 年 10 月 30 日

烚烚下

每 年 這 個 時 候 總 要 到 大 家 樂
雖 知 不 是 名 貴 食 材
但 總 喜 歡 到 這 裡 烚 烚 下

........ (當真十吓十吓)

日期: 2007 年 10 月 28 日

快餐店火鍋篇(二)

又 和 男 友 試 快 餐 店 的 一 人 火 鍋 ， 這 次 輪 到 美 心 了 。

...... (輪嚟輪去，只係輪到美心，仲要搞連續篇，真係人生多悲哀!)

日期: 2007 年 10 月 26 日

新產品,唔得law!@!

依 排 出 左 個 新 產 品 ,叫 香 酥 雞 腿 配 芥 蜜 醬 ,d 廣 告 賣 到 好 勁 ,終 於 去 試 下 !!

個 香 酥 雞 腿 完 全 唔 掂 ,凍 冰 冰 的 ,又 無 黎 味 道 ,個 芥 蜜 醬 同 麥 當 奴 個 蜜 糖 芥 末 醬 完 全 無 分 別 ,毫 無 可 取 之 處 !!!

(乜 KFC 係雞嚟嘅咩？)