After the first day in Hong Kong I forced my dead body out of bed the next day feeling self harassed! But having come from a family with gastric bloodline I’m pretty much in need of a decent morning meal everyday! After simple pickings of bacons, hash browns, omelette and juices for breakfast, I was my usual energetic self once again. The breakfast @ Stanford Hotel was ok ok only! They serve the same thing every single day so you can expect to get bored after a few days! Imagine me staying there for 1 week =.=!! But even though the food is the same, a light one before a good brunch wouldn’t hurt ahah.
After pampering myself by lazing about the hotel bed for awhile, it was time to move on! The objective of the day was to visit one more tourist spot in Hong Kong! Our choice was the Peak located somewhere on HK island I think :S! We took a train all the way to Central and from there we walked to the tram station which heads towards the peak. The ticket which includes a return ticket to the peak as well as entrance to the observation deck costs us about 40 HKD per person.
I was amazed by how modern the place was. Never would have expected a well done up building. But I guess this is Hong Kong after all. It isn’t a super city for no good reasons ahah. The tram stop was located in a large multi-storey complex which has lots of place to dine, chill and shop. But of course, everything here is a rip off! We had a drink which was crap and costly at the same time!! (+ no good view)
While the place has quite a fair bit of stuff to do, the main reason a tourist would all the way come up to the Peak was to experience the modern Hong Kong city view from a high vantage point. The view from above was awesome but sadly, was compromised by modern day pollution derived from the smoke churning factories of the Mainland China. But I’d believe this is what’s keeping the well-heeled wealthy!
The impressive modern facade of Hong Kong from the Peak. It’s amazing what you see from higher ground because at the bottom it would be impossible to view much without straining your neck (not an exaggeration) =P!!
My sister!
Me!!! I asked my sister as much view of the city as she could but instead, she got me the view of the fence. Nice one sista!!!
Mom and dad + Haze ahah. My dad looks like a little boy in this picture! So funny ahaha.
Old Hong Kong lady embracing the sun @ the observation deck. Having the glamour shot of her life HAHAhaha. She resembles l some old actress :S! Maybe it just her pair of bug-eyed sunnies!
It was almost half a day gone by the time we finished going about the Peak. And that’s excluding the nature walk which only god knows where it would lead us to. We got back on the tram and was en route to Central once again. In Central we went to a couple of shops including Comme De Garçons, BAPE Flagship, and Neighborhood. Filled with plenty of life luxuries, this place is truly for the wealthy. They even have an Armani Cafe I think @@. My sister got a tee but nothing there was for me. CDG PLAY was selling for 900HKD a piece which is not what I was willing to pay! Also we went to a mall called The Landmark which I was supposed to get my jeans but failed to in the later parts of my trip!! Nudie jeans where are you in Hong Kong? :(!! And also no Marc Jacobs limited tee! Supposedly HK is not licensed to sell it =.=! Lunch was up next in some Hong Kong fast-food place called Maxim’s MX. Maxim’s supposedly has a chain of food subsidiaries and that includes the infamous Maxim Cake found inside MRT stations.
Sister’s roast duck noodles which was a flop because the soup was tasteless and the noodles were half cooked!
My safe bet! The tea set which consisted of chips, fries, jelly, mash and French toast.
Roast Meat Combination and Rice for parents! The duck here was pretty good according to them.
After having our meal, we went back to the hotel to chill until evening because there really isn’t much to do in Hong Kong if you’re not shopping or eating ahha. And because I said so, the next thing we did was eat dinner =.=”
Chinese anyone? The only thing I see is the understand is the name of the restaurant and coca-cola ahah. This place is often seen crowded with people eating their famous “Pou Chai Fun” which I think should mean Clay Pot Rice. Since it takes awhile to get the rice cooked by traditional fire, we had ordered a quicker dish which help hold our hunger still.
More delicious wantons!! Sometimes when I think of it, the wantons have not changed at all. Perhaps it is just me getting used to the crude large sized dumplings served in Australia :S
Chicken Riceeeeee in Clay Pot with some mushrooms! It was really tasty hoho! And for that we must thank the sauce which the restaurant gives to mix with the rice. And the picture below is the veteran handling the burning clay pots.
We walked around town again until we were in the mood for dessert:
Hui Lau Shan dessert which claims to be healthy ahah. Not too sure about that but anyways it was time to get inside and try gain greater understanding about the whole dessert fuss in town.
The Set Menu alongside all the other menu available @ Hui Lau Shan
We ordered the two sets out of the 4 available for X’mas.
Set 1
Sister’s mango + glutinous rice ball drink which also came with:
Radish Cake with XO sauce which I have no idea how to associate XO with the radish cakes in anyway once I tasted it.
Set 2
This was pretty much the same thing I had the other night except this time we had half a serve of coconut milk with it =.=! So “healthy”
The chicken wings with came in my set ahaha. NO WAY IS THIS SET HEALTHY at all. But the wings were aweeesome!! Even my dad agreed it was very tasty.
After supper we went back home to sleep haha. Damn piggggggg! But it’s holidays and I likey sleep! No wonder I gained 4-5KG in less than 20 days ahah. Time to shed those fatsss away!!
More updates soon! Time to get ready to sleep and go to work again!
WenY
