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Monday, September 6, 2010

Hong Kong Revisited DAY 4 (2010-0119) Finale (Part 3)

*continuation from part 2…

Took a slow walk to The Peak’s station… walked passed St John’s Cathedral. This beautiful Cathedral is built in the shape of a cross.

Reached The Peak’s station, mostly all exhausted already… noticed my ankle guard still there cos I sprained my ankle on the third day :( But it did not stop me from walking around Hong Kong! Best time to go up is prolly around 5pm plus (earlier if you have plans for Madame Tussaud’s cos it may take up to 2 hours if you take photos with each and every wax figures), but must arrive earlier cos you have to queue for the tram! By the time you arrive, walk around, you’re in time to watch the sun sets and the sky changed it’s colours.

Inside the tram..

This is the old tram, which is now placed as an exhibit..

Outside Peak Tower…

Magnificent view of Hong Kong Island and also Tsim Sha Tsui… pretty isn’t it?

Can’t get enough of the beautiful view…

Once you’re arrive at the lower station again, hop into the open top busses to enjoy the view of the city…

Went back to Wellington Road and had dinner at Tsui Wah Restaurant, also a chain restaurant in Hong Kong. It’s just right opposite Yung Kee. The menu is pretty extensive, and it has few floors, big restaurant with many customers too. It’s like the cha chaan teng type of restaurant…

Tomato beef rice, pork chop baked rice, and did not manage to take photos some of the food cos everyone was starving and start digging in the moment the meal was served. And my hong tau ping (red bean ice)…

After dinner, we took a stroll to Lan Kwai Fong (more info here) did some light shopping, and head back to Prince Edward where our hotel is situated. I headed back to PEN the next day while my sis spent another 2 days since they arrived 2 days later than me.

I want to go Hong Kong again!!!

More on Hong Kong trips:-
Previous trip
Hong Kong 28th Sept -02nd Oct 2008
Hong Kong 03rd Oct 2008 (Touring around Hong Kong Island)
Hong Kong 03rd Oct 2008 (The Peak)
Hong Kong 4th Oct 2008 (Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple)

This trip
Hong Kong Revisited DAY 1 (2010-0116)
Hong Kong Revisited DAY 2 (2010-0117)
Hong Kong Revisited DAY 3 (2010-0118)
Hong Kong Revisited DAY 4 (2010-0119) Finale (Part 1)
Hong Kong Revisited DAY 4 (2010-0119) Finale (Part 2)

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Hong Kong Revisited DAY 4 (2010-0119) Finale (Part 2)

*continuation from part 1…

This is where the Central makan and jalan-jalan experience starts!

Off directly to Central, Yung Kee at Wellington Street for brunch… Yung Kee is famous for the roasted goose..

Look at that! Suckling pig lagi… It’s HKD170 for suckling pig.. but dunno how big is the portion la..

We ordered fried rice and 1/2 bird of roasted goose. Roasted goose is priced at HKD420 whole bird, HKD210 for half bird and HKD130 for regular, which is equivalent to 1/4 bird. Roasted goose leg (siew ngor bei) is at HKD160 each. Yes, expensive but for the sake of trying lo.. haha… I’m not very much of a goose or duck meat lover.

Came out from Yung Kee and saw this auntie selling put zhai kou… makan lagi lo…

Some more with lotsa photos :P

Walk around Central, and see H & M, on SALE, apa lagi, all stormed in la…

Up the Central-Mid-levels escalators to Lan Fong Yuen (a famous tea restaurant for their pork chop bun and pantyhose milk tea) for tea time makan. Walked Past Ser Wong Fun, also a famous eatery but we did not stop since we just had brunch that time… The one with green roof is Lan Fong Yuen, located at Gage Street (结志街).

The famous pork chop bun with succulent pork chop in between toasted bun.. I did not manage to go the first round, so this round manage to eat it, so happy :D hahaha… Another famous item which I did not try is the tomato noodles.. something like that…

And also the famous pantyhose milk tea (xi mut nai cha)

Tak habis habis cam whoring…

Lyndhurst Terrace (擺花街) is just the next street above Gage Street, that’s where Tai Cheong Bakery is at. Famous for it’s egg tarts, of course we all must eat it la.. :P

Freshly baked egg tarts (dan tat) piping hot form the oven…

Hebat kan? So golden yellow, and it’s full of the eggs custard… Sedap, you know.. :P

to be continued… (yes, I initially said 2 parts, and now I had to make it to 3 parts cos it managed to post my first part and second part still failed, perhaps still a lot of photos… it’s either the connection or the application that is testing my patience :P)

Hong Kong Revisited DAY 4 (2010-0119) Finale (Part 1)

Yes, super outdated post but I am missing Hong Kong still! Haha.. I’ve just noticed that I did not finish blogging about Hong Kong until I was talking to MK today, wanted to show her some good food pics and couldn’t find them in my blog… hmm.. then only… ohh… i blogged until day 3 only laa! MK is going to Hong Kong in 2 weeks… am sooo jealous!! hahaha… I wanna go too :(

Anyways, finale of my Hong Kong trip early this year will be full of photos! finale mah… :P I’m not gonna story much.. will do more links for more information instead :D

Started our day with MTR ride to Tsim Sha Tsui and headed to Avenue of Stars, via MTR station underground walkway.

School kids out for a field trip, surveying tourists and it must be done speaking mandarin (pu tong hua) He sure did struggled reading all questions.. luckily we have few who reads Chinese and speaks both Mandarin and Cantonese to guide him.. :D

Hong Kong Museum of Arts

Victoria Harbour where Symphony of Lights can be viewed at 8:00pm every night, overlooking Hong Kong island…

Hong Kong Clock Tower

Harbour City Mall is just right next to Victoria Harbour… did not manage to visit the mall.. next round la.. :D

Super cutesie decorations for Chinese New Year!

Star Ferry from Victoria Harbour to Central (Chung Wan), Wan Chai and Causeway Bay(Tung Lo Wan)

Trip on a Star Ferry to Hong Kong Island took less than 15 minutes…

The prominent IFC, Bank Of China, Standard Chartered, HSBC, Jardine House and majority Hong Kong Island Skyscrapers and financial buildings..

The Central Pier…

to be continued….. (i have to separate to 2 parts cos it keeps failing when I attempted to post all together.. too much photos I guess… pissed me off when it keeps failing.. I’ve been trying to post for 2 days!!)

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Air Asia is flying to TAIPEI!

*ad taken from Air Asia website

Just when I was planning with May and studying fares from MH, CX, China Airlines and Jetstar. Now I've got another option to shop from.

From MYR101/one way (significant with the tallest building in the world) but…. I tried to search for the dates I planned to go perhaps this year end… not available… so fast sold out d meh??? or am i just too early? kiasu la tu :P

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

2008 Holidays - Part 5 - Macau 3rd Oct - 04th Oct 2008

Macau completes my travelogue posts for year 2008. It was my last holiday destination of the year and I have intention to go back again.. reason being, I have not really manage to explore the whole Macau.. I didn't even manage to go to the Venetian for a tour... I left Hong Kong at noon to Macau by ferry and by it rained for the first time during my 9 days tour.. so the journey is pretty torturous cos my luggage was really heavy and my hand carry luggage is also not helping :P What pissed me off was also the ferry terminal, in order to go down to the arrival floor, the only way is the stairs and the escalator which was not working... there was not elevator!!! I was so near to just let my luggage roll down the escalator and pick it up when i reach the lower floor.. stupid.. really... grrr.... struggled like hell having to carry my heavy lugagge and walk down the stupid staircase!!

Took the cab to the hotel... intended to stayed in other hotel but unfortunately, it was peak and mostly are fully booked or the rates have gone sky high... even for this room we stayed in, I have to pay like MOP800 plus near to MOP900. It's near to the china border, Zhuhai which I did not manage to go, I think they need visa to enter too... and also because it started to rain cats and dogs when we arrive at the hotel, and i need some time to recover from the exhaustion... the room is small and dimly lit... i actually don't really fancy dimly lit hotel rooms... i prefer white lights... bright and clear... it's rather small, but condition was okay.. maybe a lil bit worn out...

The hotel room..

Freshen ourselves and took a walk from the hotel, trying to find the location we wanted to go. Ruins of St Paul's was the main attraction we planned to go... wanted to take the bus but the signs are in Chinese and Portuguese language! The road signs too and they don't speak much of english, only cantonese and mandarin... So out of desperation, hailed a cab and with no words said, i just showed him the photo of the ruins and off we go which was 10 minutes away... we were the last customer he took there... it started to get dark pretty early.. it was only 5 something pm.. i guess due to the weather... but good thing it stopped raining...

Photos with the ruins of St Paul's

And more photos...

Took a stroll down n again with non stop photos... went into one of the bakeries to get their local biscuits and delicacies... portuguese egg tarts!!

Another few minutes walk down then I reached to another bakery with lotsa people... apparently, this is one of the famous bakery in Macau, Koi Kei Bakery, selling lots of biscuits and their portuguese egg tarts tasted better than the first shop i went... I did not manage to taste the more famous Lord Stow's portuguese egg tarts though... sigh.. that's why i want to go back again... I watched the new Andy Lau's and Shu Qi's movie weeks back and most of the scenes were shot in Macau... i realised that i have missed out a lot of places and things in Macau..

Missed out Pork Chop Bun in Hong Kong and get to taste the one in Macau, which has bigger piece pork chop compared to the Hong Kong's Lan Fong Yuen's. It it has no vege, no sauce, the pork chop was deep fried and the bread is not the soft kinda break.. so it's pretty dry, and therefore, ordered along the bubble milk tea :D

Took a walk down the little streets filled with shops and colourful and brightly buildings and street...

Full of lanterns... pretty isn't it?

Old buildings also brightly lit...

Photos photos photos again..... as usual..

Continue to walk until the main road and follow the building... we head to the centre of the Sin City of the East.. where all the major casinos are at.... jeng jeng jeng.... look at the statues outside of Grand Lisboa... must be the guardians...