This is the next post which continues to narrate my trip to HK during Christmas! It’s been four days since I first touch down and it feels that my time here is shortening. But that is no illusion as I’m only 3 days from heading back to Malaysia and later, back to Australia. Oh the reluctance is such a common feel..!!!
Breakfast was the Western Buffet served by the hotel but my sister was so ever diffident in eating the hotel food so she slept in until it was about 11 a.m. We woke her up and headed to one of the small Chinese Coffee shop for a light meal.
Some dumplings!
Glutinous rice wrapped with lotus leaf. It had a real fancy name in Chinese which translates into something like “multiple layered king wrapped glutinous rice” which really suits it once you’re tucked into the rice. You get chicken wings, waxed meat, minced meat, sliced meat and oh my gawd the variety is amazing!
Mom wasn’t feeling very well that day. Not sure whether she ate or not. I think this noodle soup with fish ball is hers. The food in this place is really cheap and good at the same time. Good bang per buck!
After that we decided once and for all the be obedient and follow the tour book to visit the nearby tourist attractions in Mongkok. We didn’t want to get ahead of ourselves and go to far since mom had gastric flu. The weather dipped to the low tens in the middle of our trip in HK. Mom probably wasn’t ready to deal with the cold! We headed to this very popular temple which was supposed to have been here for AGES. O well at least it claims to be so.
I only got a picture of the outside because there was this large sign which says no one can miss saying NO TAKING PHOTOS! Suckerrssss! But my sister smartly placed her Iphone as if sms-ing to then take a couple of shots. Should be on Facebook.
After that I saw something which made me very happy despite all the gloom in the atmosphere!! :D
Now this doesn’t make much sense does it? It just some shop lot for goodness sake. Not when you look into its current history. This building hosts a two-story cafe called Mido Cafe. Why is this place cool? Well I took this from TIME “much beloved by art directors for its well preserved '60s interior”! This place is often featured in movies and dramas ;-)
How it looks inside:
Look at the tiles, look at the windows, look at the sits. It all looks too familiar when I cross the images with the TVB dramas ahah.
After snooping all around Mongkok, it was time to chill and it was raining anyways. We couldn’t really go anywhere!
Oh yea babehhh! You know you want one. It’s all over the place and it’s all so yummy! Never gotten so addicted to this drink in Perth. But I seem to get addicted depending on the culture I’m in. Like how I downed coconuts in Bangkok. That was love. And it was delish!
Lovely French toast which differs significantly from the other ones I had around HK, Msia and Perth. This was plain egg whipped into a fluffy liquid before having bread dipped in it and kadoooooooooooosh! Boiling oil. No peanut butter in this one. Yet it was yummi-licious!
After having chilled for an hour or so, the weather settled down and we headed off to the jade market which was super dull. Nothing to see at all :S! And later on we walked about some market in Mongkok.
Night time to be blogged @ some other time! Too tired already!
Regards,
WenY
