Hong Kong McDonald’s Superman Meal. Review.

I notice McDonalds had replaced the Batman meal with Superman.  This one consists of honey mustard chicken sauce, a fried chicken fillet, a slice of bacon, cheese and lettuce.  This is a McChicken on steroids aptly named Superman.  It’s also part of their Justice League promotion.  There’s an option of the meal arriving with a Superman float, soda and ice cream with a blue sauce to which I dare not order.

The Superman burger tastes better than the Batman.  McDonalds decided to let the food to shine without drenching it in layers of sauce.  This burger had a dollop of quarter size honey mustard sauce on both sides of the burger bun.  The bacon was lightly seared rather than being deep fried (the stock photos showed deep fried bacon).  I thoroughly enjoyed it.  I would have enjoyed ketchup to add a touch of tang, vinegar would work too.  I was shocked the Superman burger didn’t use their award winning McChicken sauce.  Ketchup as the binding agent would have been in keeping with the Superman theme as the burger requires a touch of red.  Ketchup or tomato.

Cheesy potatoes replace the french fries.  Cheesy potatoes is hashbrowns with a cheese taste rather than a cheese filling.  I miss having the availability of ordering hashbrowns outside of breakfast hours so cheesy potatoes fill this pregnant lady craving.

Hong Kong’s Superman Meal

A better “garden bakery” variety bun and cheesy potatoes

deconstructing this: lettuce, bacon, chicken and cheese

it fits comfortably in your hand vs the batman burger which breaks apart as soon as you pick it up

a slice of processed cheese

hashbrowns with a cheese taste

I went back to McDonalds the following day with the gf in tow to see if the meal appealed to her.  It’s a nice surprise to break the monotony of McDonalds meals but I still prefer the Filet-o-Fish with french fries.  It’s actually cheaper to order make your own Filet-O-Fish meal ordering a la carte than buying the extra value meal version.  Filet-O-Fish $9, small fries $5, small coke $5.  $19 vs $31 for the EVM.  TYFBO.

filet o fish is suppose to be halal friendly

Happy Valley’s Gi Kee Guandong Seafood Restaurant w/ Kocabag Narince and Emir pairings

Steamed razorclams with garlic soy vermicelli.

Lettuce hotpot.  Nice change from the usual smorgasbord of bad cuts of meat and weird vegetables.  A lot of garlic was used in the creation of this dish.

Gi Kee is famous for their crispy skin chicken (wind water chicken).  I made the mistake of not planning ahead and reserving one for dinner.  They were sold out by the time we were ready to order so we had to settle for the chicken with the sand dip.  It was tasty but I would have preferred to sample their signature dish.  We ordered half a chicken for $110

First wine for the evening, we paired it with the razor clams providing ample room for the seafood to shine.   I smell citrus and pears.  It was fruity tasting to which I am told is a compliment to the heavy garlic after taste in the razor clams.    It drunk well with the first few dishes – tea and soup.  We had ordered a peppery pork stomach soup and the wine was the elixir of choice to water down the heat.  The Narince grapes are native to Turkey and unlike anything you will ever taste.  Very affordable wine too as it retails for $200.

Kocabag Emir with the stereotypical HK blue girl beer ice bucket in the background.  The Emir is suppose to be vibrant but I found it underwhelming.  It had the same citrus notes on open but I wasn’t enjoying it the same as the Narince.  Emir grapes are another variety native only to Turkey.  Hello to speed drinking.  It was a waste of white wine.  The Kocabag wines taste very different compared to the competition.  The Kocabag winery is the only place in the world where the fermentation and storage tanks are made out of volcanic ash (tuff).  I suppose this process imparts a very distinct taste onto their wines.  This is the type of sexy exotic feature I want my wines to have, going against the grain and doing things others dare not.

The plastic table cloth, plastic chopsticks and plastic beer bucket is tell tale sign one is eating at a fine dining establishment.  It’s all about the food at this restaurant.  We ordered 4 dishes (no photos of the blanched prawns), two soups, no corkage fee and total for 4 people was $718.