iPanda was having drinks with Koala Bear at Victoria Drive’s Tea Works.  I ordered a green milk tea with pudding but was quickly disappointed. The milk tea was average.  They had a good balance between milk and tea powder and sugar syrup.  However, the pudding was weird because it was still powdery.  As well, the pudding tasted weird because it wasn’t actually Japanese pudding.  What we had tasted like it was a weird flavour of jello.  The pudding ruined the entire drink.  Can you tell my disappointment? This is one of those rare situations where Panda didn’t finish her bbt.  Oh well.  At least we had a nice evening catching up with Koala Bear!

After visiting the Beard Papa’s at Crystal Mall, we decided to see if there were any differences at the Richmond Centre location.  This store is not located at the food court.  Instead, it is right across from Old Navy.  The entire hallway was filled with the yummy smell of pastry.  WOW!  If you can’t find the store, then just follow your nose!

Here are the other desserts that they offer.  My favourite is the fondant chocolate.  As you can tell from the picture, the fondant was already sold out when we visited.  So instead, we ordered something different.

This is the winter limited edition chestnut cream puff.  It says on the poster that the chestnuts were French; however, I really couldn’t taste any difference in the French chestnut and the regular kind we buy at T&T.

And here it is…the chestnut cream puff!  We had to wait a couple more minutes for it because they had to be specially made.  The cream puff had a swirl of creamy chestnut on the top.  They also added a dark chocolate covered chestnut on the top.

When I ordered it, I expected the cream to be chestnut flavoured.  But I was wrong  The cream inside was the original flavour.  So basically, we paid more money to order the original cream puff only with an added drop of chestnut on the top.  We were a bit disappointed that the cream was not chestnut flavoured.  I will definitely order my fondant chocolate again next time though!

We always go to Angel for breakfasts because we are around Fraser Street every Sunday~  But this time we decided to visit specifically during it’s tea time to order their mini meals.  Panda has always preferred to eat early dinners.  So we often have mini meals instead of dinner.  That way, we can have the rest of the night to do something else.   For those who aren’t familiar with mini meals at HK style cafes.  They are smaller versions of dinner and is often cheaper as well.  The super duper thing about these meals is that they still come with a choice of drinks.  Panda loves cold milk tea!!!

I didn’t feel like eating noodles or rice so I opted to have their brick toast with creamy chicken and mushroom.  As you can tell from the picture, it is a large brick size loaf of white bread that was toasted and then emptied.

The inside was then filled with creamy white sauce, chicken pieces and mushroom.  It’s delicious.  They toast the bread with a bit of butter too so that it seems and would taste richer.  They added red peppers as well to add a crunch to the dish.  I personally don’t understand why most HK style cafe dishes are loaded with onions and red or green peppers.  I don’t mind them very much but there is often so much that it becomes excessive.

The next dish we ordered was the pork ribs with black bean sauce on rice.  This was very good because the pork ribs were very juicy.  The sauce wasn’t overwhelming and complemented the white rice a lot.

The only problem with this dish was the large amount of onions and peppers.  As well, the onions were very raw and not that easy to eat. Most people cannot eat raw onions because of the strong taste.  So we left lots of it on the plate still at the end of the meal.  Overall, Angel Cafe serves pretty solid tea time mini meals.  Their milk teas are always good and their dishes are often a success.

Overall impression: Golden Oscar has random hits and misses.  It’s difficult to predict whether a dish will be good or bad.

Good:

• good tasting dishes
• mini meals are like regular sized plates
• combos come with a drink
• no charge to order cold drinks

Bad:

• loads of peppers and onions in many dishes