The Cheesecake Factory (Hong Kong, CHINA) ★★★☆☆

Our last stop at Harbour City was a trip to The Cheesecake Factory at the "far end" of the mall. Honestly, I have not been back for their cheesecakes as much as I would like so we decided to get a couple of flavors to go.

Of course this guy wanted to take them all home.

The Original Cheesecake - My apologies for the poor quality of these photos. Yeah, I'm still trying to find out the best way to utilize my photo booth but so far, no luck.

This came with a Graham cracker crust and a layer of sour cream on top.

It definitely looked like a traditional New York style cheesecake from top to bottom. Was it really a New York style cheesecake? Well yes and no. I could really see the resemblance but I expected the texture to be a little thicker (this was a little soft for me) and the flavors a little richer.

Tiramisu Cheesecake - I had this when I was in Los Angeles a couple years ago. Again it was really soft, almost foamy but I like its creaminess, backed up nicely by the tiramisu flavors. 

Again my sincere apologies for the poor quality of these photos. Still trying to get the lighting right with my photo booth. I hope I could get it working soon.

Food Rating: 5.5/10

Price: $$$

Address: Shop G102, G/F, Gateway Arcade, Harbour City, 25 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

Closest Metro Station: Tsim Sha Tsui

Tel: +852 2791-6628

Website: www.thecheesecakefactory.hk

Opening Hours: 11:00am - 11:00pm (Mon - Sat), 10:00am - 11:00pm (Sun)

GāGǐNāng 飯館 (Hong Kong, CHINA) ★★★★☆

It’s been a while since we last visited Harbour City, one of our favorite shopping complex in town. We decided to swing by for lunch this afternoon but didn’t realize what we were up against - wave after wave of people in the mall and needless to say, all the restaurants were fully packed with customers. After approaching at least 10 restaurants without luck, we put our names down on a couple of waiting lists and our search continued...

Luckily, we did get a call back in roughly an hour from GāGǐNāng 飯館.

We got a pretty good seat with a nice Harbourview right in front of us. But realizing it was already 3pm, time to focus on the food menu.

Steamed shrimp dumpling (水晶蝦餃) - The shrimp dumplings arrived piping hot.

Very nice flavors from the shrimp meshing well with the bamboo shoot.

Steamed pork and shrimp dumpling (鮮蝦燒賣) - Little nugget’s favorite dim sum. Not a bad choice from a limited dim sum menu.

Crispy rice rolls with scallop (金沙紅米帶子腸粉) - Nice crispy texture from the outside and moist inside thanks to the scallop. Little guy was wondering why his rice rolls were red instead of white.

Steamed Rice flour rolls with shrimp and coriander (香菜鮮蝦腸粉) - Lovely fragrance from the coriander. Pretty tasty.

Steamed chicken fillet with yam and fish maw (鮮淮山棉花雞) - Always like to order this from time to time. Pretty decent.

Shrimp and pork dumpling with noodle in supreme soup (上湯水餃蝦子麵) - Another one of little guy’s favorite. I got a small bowl out of this and the noodles with shrimp roes were so good.

Didn’t have the dumplings but I am more than happy to order just the shrimp roe noodles again.

Steamed mushroom buns (上素野菌包) - Everyone was starting to get bored of this. I have to admit it was pretty cute at first glance but...

Crispy shrimp and pork dumpling (小梨子咸水角) - Restaurants around town including Yan To Heen and Spring Moon started doing these pear shaped shrimp and pork dumplings years ago and now everyone’s doing it. These weren’t bad but I thought the crust could have been a little thinner so they could pack a bit more in the fillings.

Steamed Cantonese sponge cake (古法馬拉糕) - I have never turned away from a loaf of steamed Cantonese sponge cake but everything has a first time. This was a tad too sweet and I thought I knew who the culprit was (they are probably a little heavy handed with the coconut milk.).

No one was complaining about the food this afternoon cuz we were all too hungry to care. For me, I would much prefer western food these days because today proves once again that it’s impossible to enjoy Chinese food with our social distancing measures in place.

Food Rating: 6/10

Price: $$$

Address: Shop OT310, 3/F, Ocean Terminal, Harbour City, 3-27 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

Closest Metro Station: Tsim Sha Tsui

Tel: +852 2116-9068

Opening Hours: 11:30am - 11:00pm daily

Queen Sophie 酥妃皇后 (Hong Kong, CHINA) ★★★☆☆

I was walking back to Sheung Wan MTR station when Queen Sophie (酥妃皇后)'s picture perfect cheese tarts suddenly got into my head. 



I decided to take a different route to the station so I could stop by Queen Sophie for a couple of freshly baked tarts. As it turned out, their cheese tarts were all sold out today but I was going away empty-handed. 

They called this a milk tart but it looked like a normal egg tart to me with the yellowish custard. I wonder if this comes with the 386 crispy layers too.

This was seriously good. I don't know if there were 386 layers but it was certainly a mouthful of them. The milk custard was really silky smooth, working well with the buttery crust.

I'm glad they didn't have their cheese tarts so we could check this one off our list. And yes, I'm staying away from their egg tarts for now.

Food Rating: 6/10
Price: $$$
Address: Shop 5 Kai Fung Mansion, 2-24 Jervois Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Closest Metro Station: Sheung Wan
Tel: +852 2269-0278

Opening Hours: 11:30am - 7:00pm (Mon - Sat)