Live and Love it, Hong Kong~~~
so HK was pretty fun........the food was.....cant find a word to describe it other than just "fantastic".
the shopping was good i guess, judging from J's silly grin at the end of each day......
anywayz, not too sure how im gonna organise this post..........jus gonna go ahead and dump it all in order of the pictures.........
arrival at hk was pretty late, which meant only one thing........supper.........and i was glad our hotel, Imperial Hotel, was smack in the middle of Tsim Sha Tsui cos there were shops shops shops all around and they were still open. the cha chan ting (teahouses) were still open too which meant it was easy to grab a bite........a larger bite than i was expecting..........
stumbled upon wat i think is one of hk's most popular chain of shops selling desserts - Xu Liu Shan
dun mind the long haired guy.........amatuerish photography always yields unsightly artifacts.....
they have kick ass desserts there comprising mainly of mango juice, mango ice-cream, mango fruit, coconut milk, hashima (snow frogs' glands) and bird's nest......pics of the actual stuff later........
after a quick supper of wantan noodles + dumpling noodles at a teahouse and dessert at Xu Liu Shan, it was a short walk around the hotel area to better acquaint ourselves with the geography.........and the shops..........
for me it was so i wouldnt get lost.....for J it was to........well........strategize......
headed to see the Big Buddha at Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, the next morning...........we had to take the MTR from Tsim Sha Tsui to Tung Chung before hopping onto bus number 23 for a 45min-1hr ride up the mountains to see this huge ass statue of Buddha..........
the ride is definitely not for the faint of heart...........most of the passengers found themselves gripping the edge of their seats for most of the ride........imagine a regular sized bus carrying a full load of passengers moving through mountain roads going at 50-60km/hr on roads with a speed limit of 30 and widths barely large enuff for the bus in some areas......
couldn't believe my eyes when our bus actually caught up with and over-took a mini-bus which had left for Ngong Ping earlier.......
J's stomach isnt really up to the task of handling such rides but thankfully it held up......there was one casualty however, an old lady who promptly threw up at the side of the road as soon as she alighted at our destination.........
a shot of the statue
and the ludicrous sign.........fun walk........yea rite.........
for HK$23/person we got a ticket to enter the exhibition hall at the top of the peak as well as a light snack when we returned down from the peak........the snack consisting mainly of beancurd and some other stuff was pretty good........the beancurd is supposedly made with spring water as one of the ingredients.........
saw this interesting sign on our table.........
wow......so Coke has gone religious...........
after another mad-cap ride back down the mountain, it was off to Victoria's Peak with a fantastic view of the city........too bad we didnt stay long enuf to catch the night scenery........there wasnt much to keep us occupied up there and there were other things to do.......
a view from the Peak
after a quick trip to Mongkok for J to recce more shops, it was dinner time and another trip to Xu Liu Shan.........
basically a trip was made to Xu Liu Shan everyday after dinner without fail.......and fortunately they have several branches scattered all over the kowloon area......
the next few days were pretty much just shopping shopping and more shopping..........each day started with a morning yum cha session followed by shopping before dinner at one of the teahouses........
being a food lover, it would suffice to say that i was in heaven every meal........
for those planning to go to HK for food:
yum cha wise you can get excellent dim sum at Maxim's Restuarant in Causeway Bay, Hennessey Centre. between J and i, we had 9 dishes amounting to a bill of only S$20 per person. no pics of dim sum cos we were jus too busy eating.
teahouses are jus the bomb. although they mostly sell the same stuff (wantan, beef, dumplings, etc) and may seem alittle pricey (S$4 per bowl), but for that quantity you cant find a better deal.........
jus an idea of wat im talking abt, this is wat ive been oh-so crazy abt.......
that's wat each day's dinner normally looks like.......total comes to abt S$10 per person......wantan with actual prawns in them and they still managed to stuff meat in too~! rice is seemingly free too, they give u a pile high enuff for the buddha to perch on........ohya, the lemon tea is pure heaven........u jus cant get enuf of it........
sg dinners have never looked the same since i got back.......sighz.........
for shopping:
Lai Chi Kok MTR Station - HK Industrial Centre
Prince Edward or Mongkok MTR Station - Allied Plaza, Fa Yuen Street, Argyle Centre
im not the expert on shopping, but judging by the amount of walking and spending done, i would say those places are where the good shit can be found.......
on the day of departure back to sg, it seemed that Typhoon Chanchu was approaching the area on its way up to Guangzhou in China and there was a possiblity that our flight would be delayed.......i was pretty excited actually hoping that i would get to experience something exciting for once......J however did not share the same sentiment.........typhoon warning 1 was up during our last day of shopping and on the morning of our departure, it has escalated to level 3........
fortunately/unfortunately, we did not have the misfortune/privilege of weathering a true blue typhoon........after a quick breakfast and an even quicker trip to the bakery for some lao puo bing (wife cakes, some kinda pastry), it was off to the airport and the flight home........
this was wat the sky looked like before the flight.......
not too sure if this is good or bad, but pulau tekong was the first thing i saw outside the plane as it approached our tiny island..........y!??!?!?!
the shopping was good i guess, judging from J's silly grin at the end of each day......
anywayz, not too sure how im gonna organise this post..........jus gonna go ahead and dump it all in order of the pictures.........
arrival at hk was pretty late, which meant only one thing........supper.........and i was glad our hotel, Imperial Hotel, was smack in the middle of Tsim Sha Tsui cos there were shops shops shops all around and they were still open. the cha chan ting (teahouses) were still open too which meant it was easy to grab a bite........a larger bite than i was expecting..........
stumbled upon wat i think is one of hk's most popular chain of shops selling desserts - Xu Liu Shan
dun mind the long haired guy.........amatuerish photography always yields unsightly artifacts.....
they have kick ass desserts there comprising mainly of mango juice, mango ice-cream, mango fruit, coconut milk, hashima (snow frogs' glands) and bird's nest......pics of the actual stuff later........
after a quick supper of wantan noodles + dumpling noodles at a teahouse and dessert at Xu Liu Shan, it was a short walk around the hotel area to better acquaint ourselves with the geography.........and the shops..........
for me it was so i wouldnt get lost.....for J it was to........well........strategize......
headed to see the Big Buddha at Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, the next morning...........we had to take the MTR from Tsim Sha Tsui to Tung Chung before hopping onto bus number 23 for a 45min-1hr ride up the mountains to see this huge ass statue of Buddha..........
the ride is definitely not for the faint of heart...........most of the passengers found themselves gripping the edge of their seats for most of the ride........imagine a regular sized bus carrying a full load of passengers moving through mountain roads going at 50-60km/hr on roads with a speed limit of 30 and widths barely large enuff for the bus in some areas......
couldn't believe my eyes when our bus actually caught up with and over-took a mini-bus which had left for Ngong Ping earlier.......
J's stomach isnt really up to the task of handling such rides but thankfully it held up......there was one casualty however, an old lady who promptly threw up at the side of the road as soon as she alighted at our destination.........
a shot of the statue
and the ludicrous sign.........fun walk........yea rite.........
for HK$23/person we got a ticket to enter the exhibition hall at the top of the peak as well as a light snack when we returned down from the peak........the snack consisting mainly of beancurd and some other stuff was pretty good........the beancurd is supposedly made with spring water as one of the ingredients.........
saw this interesting sign on our table.........
wow......so Coke has gone religious...........
after another mad-cap ride back down the mountain, it was off to Victoria's Peak with a fantastic view of the city........too bad we didnt stay long enuf to catch the night scenery........there wasnt much to keep us occupied up there and there were other things to do.......
a view from the Peak
after a quick trip to Mongkok for J to recce more shops, it was dinner time and another trip to Xu Liu Shan.........
basically a trip was made to Xu Liu Shan everyday after dinner without fail.......and fortunately they have several branches scattered all over the kowloon area......
the next few days were pretty much just shopping shopping and more shopping..........each day started with a morning yum cha session followed by shopping before dinner at one of the teahouses........
being a food lover, it would suffice to say that i was in heaven every meal........
for those planning to go to HK for food:
yum cha wise you can get excellent dim sum at Maxim's Restuarant in Causeway Bay, Hennessey Centre. between J and i, we had 9 dishes amounting to a bill of only S$20 per person. no pics of dim sum cos we were jus too busy eating.
teahouses are jus the bomb. although they mostly sell the same stuff (wantan, beef, dumplings, etc) and may seem alittle pricey (S$4 per bowl), but for that quantity you cant find a better deal.........
jus an idea of wat im talking abt, this is wat ive been oh-so crazy abt.......
that's wat each day's dinner normally looks like.......total comes to abt S$10 per person......wantan with actual prawns in them and they still managed to stuff meat in too~! rice is seemingly free too, they give u a pile high enuff for the buddha to perch on........ohya, the lemon tea is pure heaven........u jus cant get enuf of it........
sg dinners have never looked the same since i got back.......sighz.........
for shopping:
Lai Chi Kok MTR Station - HK Industrial Centre
Prince Edward or Mongkok MTR Station - Allied Plaza, Fa Yuen Street, Argyle Centre
im not the expert on shopping, but judging by the amount of walking and spending done, i would say those places are where the good shit can be found.......
on the day of departure back to sg, it seemed that Typhoon Chanchu was approaching the area on its way up to Guangzhou in China and there was a possiblity that our flight would be delayed.......i was pretty excited actually hoping that i would get to experience something exciting for once......J however did not share the same sentiment.........typhoon warning 1 was up during our last day of shopping and on the morning of our departure, it has escalated to level 3........
fortunately/unfortunately, we did not have the misfortune/privilege of weathering a true blue typhoon........after a quick breakfast and an even quicker trip to the bakery for some lao puo bing (wife cakes, some kinda pastry), it was off to the airport and the flight home........
this was wat the sky looked like before the flight.......
not too sure if this is good or bad, but pulau tekong was the first thing i saw outside the plane as it approached our tiny island..........y!??!?!?!
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