HK trip part III

Disclaimer: This will be a long entry. Do bear with me. =)

On this third day of our trip, we finally managed to go Macau. Before the start of our day, we went to Garden Restaurant near our hotel for a dim sum breakfast.



Most Hong Kong-ers are early birds. Reaching the restaurant around 8 in the morning, we can see many people already there, eating breakfast and reading newspapers.

Ferries to the nearby islands can be taken at the Star Ferry Pier. It takes roughly an hour to travel from HK to Macau.

The famous pork chop bun is available at Tai-pa (pronouce as 'Tam Zai'), an area away from the central. After taking 3 buses (we took a wrong one and my foot was caught by the door!) we finally reached our destination!



The famous Tai Lei Loi Kei Cafe selling all kinds of delicacies including po lou bao, beef noodles, and many more!



It wasn't time yet for the pork chop buns, so Jo and I ordered po lou bao and yin yang. Not wanting to waste time, we decided to walk around the area.



Streets of Tai-pa.



The legendary bird nest egg tart!



Food from the heaven! Heh!



As expected, the queue start forming and it's not even 3pm yet. You can see how famous the bun is. Not wanting to lose out, I quickly joined the queue. It was quite an experience; feeling all excited to get my hands on the buns.



Finally got the buns! Hot and smells nice! Hooray!



Marinated to perfection, the meat is tender and juicy. I find the bun a little hard, but it's normal since it is freshly out from the oven. Both the pork chop and bun are prepared by the cafe itself, not bought from outside.



A bun worth my queue-ing! Yum yum!



To digest all the food, we went for another round of shopping.



A famous cake/cookie shop well-known in the area. Their almond biscuit is highly recommended.



How to make full use of the travelling time back HK? Cam-whore, of course!



After dinner, we went for desserts at the famous Xiu Liu Shan. You can find many outlets throughout HK, selling mostly mango and fruits items.



Mango ice-cream and glutinous riceballs in mango puree. (Don't think this is the exact name, but this is what I've eaten.)

Something interesting..



The ice-cream car in HK is so so different from ours. It's a mini van with all the equipments and utensils for selling ice-cream. So adorable!



The ice-cream cone we bought.

HK trip Part II



Was supposed to go Macau on the second day. Already bought the ferry tickets, but we were unaware that we need our passports, which we happily left in the hotel. So we've to postpone the trip to the next day. We went to Stanley market instead.



Stanley has been one of the main areas of settlement throughout the island's history. Now it has become a shopping paradise for both locals and tourists.

Streets of Stanley market.






Back from Stanley, we went to Jade Garden at Star House (Tsim Sha Tsui) for dim sum. Dim sum are sold at promotion price after 3pm.



From the restaurant, you can see the clock tower which is part of the original Kowloon-Canton Railway Terminal.



Dinner was settled at Jade Restaurant near Yau Ma Tei MTR exit. We ordered the set dinner for 2 which included soup, roast combo and eggplant-minced meat stew.

Something interesting..



This is the entrance to the washroom. Isn't it cute? Heh.

HK trip Part I

Despite being sick for 4 days before my trip, I managed to survive and headed down to HK for my holiday with my gf, Jo.



Cam-whoring while waiting to board the plane.



After 3 hours, we finally reached HK! We took the Airport Express to Kowloon station, then took a cab down to our hotel.



This is HK's version of our ezlink card. Deposit of HK$50 and just topped up when needed.






Our hotel is situated at Yau Ma Tei and is pretty near the MTR, probably a 5 mins walk. The room is rather small, but the bed is comfortable and the bathroom is clean, with a tub. For S$84/night, this hotel is ok. Plus, along the way to the MTR, you can find many cha cang ting (loosely translated as tea cafe) selling cheap and tasty meals.



After settling down, we went to temple street, one of the most famous night market in HK, which is just behind our hotel! The stalls sell mostly t-shirts, electronic items, souvenirs etc. Kind of like our pasa malam, most stalls are selling similar stuff. We had dinner at Tak Kee seafood restaurant situated within temple street.



The food is ok, but it's cheap so no complains.

Free n easy KL trip

Day 1

The girls and I took the morning coach to KL. It was such a LONG journey. And the seats were crap and uncomfortable. But it was relatively cheaper compared to the rest, so I can't complain. After 7 hours, we finally reached our destination. We booked the return coach tickets (RM35) at Pudu Raya before heading to our hotel.

A 3-star hotel along Jalan Bukit Bintang. We didn't make any reservation as they only accept walk-ins. Triple room for RM150. Not too bad, except the air-con wasn't working properly on the 2nd night.

After settling down, we went straight to Sungei Wang and BB Plaza, 2 interlinked shopping centres in the heart of Bukit Bintang. We had dinner at Hot Mama - a restaurant situated on the top floor of Sungei Wang. The food was value for money n delicious. Worth going.

Recommendation: can't recall the name but this dish is quite unique. The filling is chinese stir-fried vege with melted cheese, and wrapped in roti prata. Fusion!

After dinner, we went down Bangsar - a hotspot for pubs n dance clubs. You can find stylish restaurants, chill-out bars as well as dance clubs playing mostly RnB music.

The stupid taxi uncle actually drove off when my friend was only halfway into the cab. She nearly sprained her ankle. Plus he took the wrong route somemore! Lucky we didn't follow the meter, if not gotta pay extra! We ended the night with supper at the famous Jalan Alor. Oh, I went for foot massage after that. Can u imagine their massage salon is open till 5am in the morning?!

Day 2

We started the brand new day with breakfast at some outdoor hawker centre. It's somewhere near Sungei Wang and sells mostly Malay n Indian food.

After breakfast, we took the LRT to KLCC to see the famous Petronas Twin Towers.

It's quite troublesome to take LRT in Malaysia. To reach KLCC, we have to take train to Bukit Nanas, alight and walk 5-10 mins to the Kelana Jaya Line to take another train.

Next stop - Berjaya Times Square. A shopping mall with Asia's largest indoor theme park - Cosmo's World!

There's a small shop selling chinese cakes n pastries, on the 3rd or 4th floor. We tried the yu tou gao (yam cake) and shao bao (bun with sweet char siew meat). Very nice!

Yu tou gao

Shao bao

What is the best way to end a Saturday night? Visit the KL salsa club of cos! We headed down to Little Havana (along Changkat Bukit Bintang, beside Frangi Panni) but they changed to a live band performance so we went down to Salsa Havana (Jalan Bukit Bintang, in Federal Hotel) instead.

The dj played a wide range of songs from salsa to bachata to merengue and even cha cha. The guys in KL do alot of close holds, unlike Singapore. And instead of swaying their hips on the 4th beat, they replaced it with a tap during bachata.

Day 3

My short holiday has come to an end. Despite the minor glitches here and there, despite I was sick and down with fever, I still enjoyed myself alot! Let's do it again, shall we? =)