HK Trip Part V - Finale!

Well, my 5 days 4 nights HK trip is coming to an end. For this last day, we decided to try out the breakfast buffet at the hotel. To our disappointment, there wasn't much variety and the food was so so. No wonder there wasn't any other guests around!



Disappointing breakfast.



View from the top.

After breakfast, we went to do some last minute shopping. We then went to the Avenue of Stars at Tsim Sha Tsui, where it pays tribute to the stars of the silver screen.



Statue of the late Bruce Lee.



Handprints of Andy Lau and Tony Leung.



What's the best thing on a hot hot day? Cooling desserts, of course!



Dong zha zha. Similar to yam paste with a lot of beans - red bean, chick peas, broad beans, etc.



Grass jelly with mango.



Huge fridge with many desserts waiting to be served.



Before we board the plane, we had a light meal at one of the cafes at the airport. They actually have a live band playing jazz. Nice!

Though the weather is really hot, and we had to walk a lot, this is nevertheless a memorable and fun-filled trip! =)

HK Trip Part IV

Disclaimer: Again, this is a long entry. Enjoy.

Today's the 4th day of our trip. We decided to do some shopping at Tsim Sha Tsui. Breakfast was taken at Mido Cafe, just a stone throw away from our hotel.



This was recommended by Jo's friend, so we went for it.



This is a 2-storey cafe; the deco retains the old flavor of HK's cha chang tings.



I ordered a set meal consists of ham macaroni, toast and coffee. You can choose other ingredient for the macaroni. Only S$3! Where can you find such good deals here? (If you can, do let me know. Thanks.)

After a late breakfast, we proceed to our shopping destination. The places we intend to go are similar to our Far East and Bugis Village, where you can find many small shops selling unique and the latest fashion and accessories.

As we're unfamiliar with the area, it took us a while to find the place. We then realised these shops open only from 4pm onwards! Wow, faint!!

Luckily on our way there, we spotted this Charlie Brown Cafe!

The food served is similar to those in Coffee Bean or Starbucks. The uniqueness is the design on the drink.



See for yourself the interior design of the entire cafe!

We did a round of shopping at the streets near the cafe. Most shops were having sale, so you can guess the amount of damage. Heh.

We headed back to the hotel to put our stuff and had a short rest before having dinner at Garden Restaurant.



This yummylicous dinner only cost us less than S$20 each!



From Yau Ma Tei, we took MTR to...





... Mong Kok! Woman Street is situated here. Bigger, better pasa malam!



What to do after a long night of walking, shopping and bargaining? Desserts, of course!!



On our way to the MTR, we spotted this adorable korean couple eating this. When being asked how does it taste, the guy said "it taste ridiculous!" This, we must try!

It's a stall selling sticks of meat, internal organs and vege. We ordered octopus, beef meat balls and pig kidney. They were fried and served with satay sauce. As the korean guy put it "it taste ridiculous-ly nice!"



Again on our way back to the MTR, we smelled.. yes, smelly tofu! Gosh the smell is so stinky! But, the stink-er the better!! Haha.



Heavenly!



Carrying our aching legs and bloated stomaches, we still have to climb up these flight of stairs to get out of the MTR!! Argh!!

Something interesting..



All the taps in HK are automatic, even the soap dispenser!

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.