Hong Kong! The land of perfectly roasted goose, soft century eggs, yummilicious egg tarts and 8 million people in a tiny Island! Here we took the airport transfer to Hong Kong, costing ~HKD120 for 2 pax.
One way out!
Started off the photography earnest with the subway,
Started off the photography earnest with the subway,
With the mobile-self-centered nation also prevalent in Hong Kong, with most commuters busy texting away....
We stayed at Newton Hotel Hong Kong http://www.newtonhk.com/, with compliments from the Buffer Club. The hotel was located right next to the Fortress Hill MTR station. Here's a stair master right next to the junction behind Hotel Newton!
We had wanted to go for the 'Bouncing' meat balls, and we found this Lok Yuen place instead. Fantastic Fish balls! The meatballs are good too. Noodles with the meat balls were great.
We had wanted to go for the 'Bouncing' meat balls, and we found this Lok Yuen place instead. Fantastic Fish balls! The meatballs are good too. Noodles with the meat balls were great.
Another street shot, at one of the biggest interchanges anywhere around, the Hong Kong / Central interchange!
The busy streets of Mong Kok. Bargains aplenty anything from Iphone covers, Angry birds motifs, fake watches!
A lovely Audi showroom in the middle of Kowloon.
The Mercedes showroom at Lee Gardens, photography wasn't allowed: I'm like. WTF?! I continued snapping anyway! Who can turn away from the silvered mean beasts!?
The SLS AMG 6.3L with winged doors, carbon fibre side view mirrors and a hosts of tech enough to make any car-nut cum in their pants. Cost a cool HKD3,700,000. (Only ~SGD$600,000).
Excellent fish balls from the Lok Yuen place.
Crown wine cellars
Crown wine cellars
Lovely Carla, the lady of the moment
Halifax Ad Lib 2008, pretty good.
13.5% alcohol, 84% Grenache 16% Shiraz. Sweet fruits, chocolate after taste. It grows on one! A nice Grenache from Mclaren vale!
13.5% alcohol, 84% Grenache 16% Shiraz. Sweet fruits, chocolate after taste. It grows on one! A nice Grenache from Mclaren vale!
Lanson NV, house pour champagne. Quite decent. Prefer the Rose version anytime!
Sutherlands Creek, Geelong 1st White 2007: Saugvinon blanc, Semillon and Viognier blend. Citrus nose, balance palette, apples, ton of sunshine. Very enjoyable.
Excellent roast goose, suckling pig, and this lovely thick pork liver broth with a 'jiu3' vegetables. Really memorable!
At a flea market, big fresh Sun Flowers, who can resist a smile?
There's a saying: the unbeaten path is the best, and if a restaurant doesn't have a menu in English, it'd done a 'good job', not to sell-out to the masses. This is one of them, just 'another' coffeshop we went in a morning. Soya bean hot froth tasted sweet and pretty different from what we have in Singapore. Wenhui loves it but I won't be having another bowl of this at this restaurant.
Another sweet street shot!
It was my first time on a Tram, and I loved it! Trams are classic, feels great to have the wind in your hair (in late autumn...good times compared to squeezing in the MTR), and they're bloody cheap! Cost HKD2.30 per ride regardless of distance! And trams exists only in Hong Kong Island!
A non-HK meal, as all the HK restaurants were booked solid over and waiting lists were long. This was on the final day in HK and we settled for a Jap restaurant.
Agnes B cafe, some expensive ~HKD60 slide of cake @ Lee Gardens. A worthy pit-stop, lack of crowd, and comfortable seats and environment!
While the girls can troll the streets for other hunts, this was my heaven. A wine shop! Berry Brothers and Rudd! Lovely selection all around, had the pleasure to taste some good whisky with Kat. ;)
Honolulu Cafe / Tahn Doh, Hennessey Rd #176-178. Get out Wanchai MTR station, exit A4.
Perfectly cooked egg tarts. DO NOT ORDER fried rice and bee hoon here. Those taste like CRAP! Just order the egg tarts, bo luo bao, and a drink!
Perfectly cooked egg tarts. DO NOT ORDER fried rice and bee hoon here. Those taste like CRAP! Just order the egg tarts, bo luo bao, and a drink!
Angry birds on a sling! What a great way to whack your friend when you're bored in a classroom.
I was guested by friends in Shenzhen for a couple of days. Rice wine was the topic of the day and I was burping it through the night! haha
Great street food, BBQ fish! A little salty though.
A game of chance, of drinking!
Traveling and rushing from A to B to C is really tiring and causes the body to heat up. Here's a visit to an empty desert shop, serving a pretty famous Quilingao. It tasted neither herbalish nor smooth. The texture was rough and wasn't pleasant at all. However, my body felt cool after this! Hence it does work!
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