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Monday 21 April 2008

Hong Kong , Day 2 Part 1

I slept like a log the night before and woke up to the nice cool morning weather in Hong Kong.
S has arrived at the hotel too. Without wasting anymore time, we headed out for a breakfast to fuel us both. We headed to a nearby char-chan-teng ( tea restaurant) which was recommended by openrice.com , a Hong Kong food review website. Before I got here, I knew that there's nothing spectacular about the food. I just adore all old restaurants and cafes. I will choose a dingy old looking place over a spanking new establishment.

We finally found Cheung Lei Bing Sut at 120 Electric Road, North Point. It's a little restaurant on the stretch of the buzzling Electric Road.


While many people would cringe at the thought of such places, for me, they are rare gems and are diminishing to give way to some new fancy looking places with pretentious food; sometimes at exorbitant prices.


The layout in this cafe is very simple and looks untouched by the changes of modern times.

I wonder if this is still functioning...


I chose a standard breakfast set consisting fried sausages, sunnyside-up, white bread and coffee. The food was average and a little on the oily side.


Shu got himself his favourite french toast with a chunk of melting butter and syrup. He said it was yummy but not the best that he had.

Our breakfast was alright, good enough to fuel us for the first leg of our trip to go up to The Peak.One advise is that whenever you go to a Hong Kong 'Char Chan Teng', don't drink the coffee as it's a suicidal move.

Although the food was mediocre but it was worth going as it is a reminiscence of Hong Kong's pre handovers' Char Chan Teng culture.


Next, we took the bus up The Peak. Along the way I spotted two buildings that look like a pair of chopsticks. I was told that this is the home for famous Hong Kong singer Jacky Cheung.



We went into the Hong Kong Madame Tussaud's upon arriving at The Peak. The last time I was here, the museum was closed for refurbishment. I was happy that this time I get a chance to visit the 'improved' version.

It was a very foggy day and we didn't get a very good view of Hong Kong from the Peak and was hungry again after all that walking. Since there wasn't any restaurants that interests us around,we decided to make a move to Wan Chai for lunch.



We were walking around Wan Chai during the lunch hour where almost every eatery is vomiting customers. We got hungrier and then we found a little eatery that looks like we didn't have to wait until we become stone statues before we can be seated. We got our seat and of course, we have to share our paper napkin sized table with another hungry customer. The table was so small that in between the meal, I almost ate the stranger's lunch.

One of the many food that I want to eat in Hong Kong is their famous 'Cheh Zai Min' ( Trolley Noodles).You get to choose the type of noodles cooked in clear soup and the toppings. I chose radish, pork balls, crispy fried fish skin and pork pudding on egg noddles.

The very fishy but cripy fish skin...yummy yummy in my tummy!!

Overall, the noodles was a little bland but it was still good. After the refueling, we continue our journey to Old Central.

To be continued....
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Sunday 6 April 2008

Hong Kong Trip 2008, Day 1



As I've mentioned earlier, I just got back from my trip to HK and KL earlier this week. I was in HK for 6 days. The last trip to HK was Jan 2006, so I am a little far from my aim of visiting Hong Kong at least once every 18 months.

Anybody who knows me well will know that I adore Hong Kong. It's the most fun, exciting, vibrant city and beat Milan hands down any minute. Hehehe. At least, that's what I think from my own experience.

Watching TVB drama since young with my grandma has become an integral part of my life, hence, the influence from it over time breeds a great sense of familiarity with Hong Kong. It's funny that ever since I've moved to NZ, I watch even more TVB dramas than I did. No complains though.

What did I do when I arrive in Hong Kong after a 13-hour flight plus 5 hours transit blah blah blah?? I just went straight to the hotel, took a shower and dashed out to South Horizon to Space Warehouse; the Prada outlet store ...with the public bus!! Impressive determination and craziness!!

I read that that most of the Prada stuff here is heavily discounted to 70% or 80%!!! Woohoo!!!
When I got there...there were only a handful of bags that are ok looking,but nothing pretty enough for me to plonk big dosh for....so I moved on from there; empty handed.

Luckily for me, I got the chance to try an old fashioned Hong Kong sweet ' chung yau peng' whilst I was hunting for the Space Warehouse. It was sold at a bus stop by an elderly couple. The uncle carefully wrap rolls of crunchy biscuits and topped it with some sugary peanut bits and wrapped it up with a thin papery wrap. Taste? Pretty interesting although a little dry.
After that, I headed for Causeway Bay for a little shopping warm-up lap. Didn't have any proper dinner as I was too busy shopping and snacking. It was also a little intimidating to dine alone in HK. Oh well,it's only one night. S was due to arrive the next morning, so it's only for one night.

After more looting, my body was crying for me to let it rest. So I went back to the hotel at North Point. The hotel I chose this time is City Garden Hotel. Pretty impressed by its size(it's huge by HK standard!), location, service and value for money.

The last time I went to HK in 2006, I stayed in Kowloon Hotel. Although it's extremely convenient with the MRT station right outside and the Esprit warehouse a stone throw away, I was pretty shocked by how small it was. Believe me, you can't open more than 1 luggage on the floor there! Seriously!!

The City Garden hotel is only 2 stations away from Causeway Bay and there's plenty of restaurants and shops nearby and you can enjoy the luxury of a quiet sleep at night in a decent sized bedroom. The best bit is that you can get the chance to see how the locals go about their daily lives here since there's an apartment building right opposite. And to top it off, there's a 7 Eleven right next to the hotel to buy necessities like water, snack,milk,magazines,etc.

Speaking of milk, I saw this really cute bottle of Kowloon Dairy milk from 7 Eleven. I only drink milk in my coffee but I can't help from getting a bottle of this just because of how cute it looks. Ahh.....reminds me of Tom&Jerry...hehehe.
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Wednesday 2 April 2008

Where is Wai Sik Mui???

I have just returned from a long trip to Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur, and of cos ate, shop, ate,shop,shop....kekeke.

Will be updating my blog again soon with some photos of my trip to Hong Kong....stay tuned!
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