More of Day 2 in Hong Kong

I had decided early on that this trip would be more of a foodie rather than shopping trip. Why? Gadgets are expensive.

Here we are in Agave, LKF, before dinner.


For dinner, I suggested my favorite restaurant in Hong Kong, the Nepal Restaurant, located on Staunton Street, Mid Levels. As you come up the mid level escalator, turn right as you hit Staunton street.

Bhim, the manager is still there and he looks more 'prosperous' these days. The dinner party was Kerry, John, Herman, and I. Kim just finished at the gym and would join up later.

I ordered the following:
Starter
BHENTA TAREKO
Fried Eggplant marinated with fresh Nepali Herbs

ALOO CHOP
Nepali Potato Pancake marinated in fresh Nepalese Herbs and fried

Mains
PANEER LALI GURASH
Home-Made Cottage Cheese cubes cooked in Butter, fresh Tomato sauce, Honey,
Cream and garnished with fresh Coriander

ALOO KAULI
A dry preparation of Cauliflower & Potato cooked with chopped Onion,
Tomato and fresh ground Spices, garnished with Coriander

ROYAL KHASI
Boneless Lamb slices cooked in Almond based Gravy

KUKHURA-KO SEKUWA
Barbecued Boneless Chicken marinated in fresh light Nepalese Herbs & Spices

I don't know if this is what people really eat in Nepal, but we ate well. The food here is still excellent. The others have never eaten here before and they were suitably impressed. John was raving about the flavour in the veggie dish.

After dinner, someone mentioned that there was a Krispy Kreme donut shop nearby.

There has been a fair amount of hype about these donuts and since they're not available in Malaysia, the dessert pocket of my stomach made a little more space and we headed there for donuts.
Yeah, they're good donuts. :)
Only regret was that we weren't there as they were coming out hot off the machine.


Here's a shot of us in the store.

Lil' Formers

Just got caught in the rain walking back to work after lunch. Ugh.

Anyways, as a distrations, check out Lil' Formers
In the words of its createor Matt Moylan
"WHAT THE HECK IS LIL FORMERS?
Lil Formers is a parody comic strip created, written, drawn, inked and coloured by me, Matt Moylan. It’s based on and pokes fun at Hasbro’s Transformers mega-property (with the occasional guest star from outside the TF universe). While most of the strips revolve around the original 1980s TF toy line and cartoon, any aspect of the franchise is fair game. So expect jabs at the Tranformers from every angle - the upcoming TF movie, any toy line, and TV show, any comic, and maybe even those crazy TF fans! "

If cute looking tranformers appeals to you, check it out.

Hong Kong Day 2

Woke up late Saturday morning. I had plenty of sleep to catch up on and I also forgot how Hong Kong is never dark with all the lights and kept on waking up at night.

Another hot day, but I thought it'd be a great time to go have Wanton Mee at Stanley Street. I still don't know the name of the shop, but its after the Camera Shops and Luk Yu Tea house. I took a taxi there with MC, Shirley and their daughter Anabel, who's now in school. Last time I saw her she was just a baby. After a little confusion on the location of the shop, Kerry and Herman joined us for lunch as well.

The noodles were springy, had a snap to them and were delicious. The wontons which are the size of golf balls were chock full of prawns and very good. Ahhh.
The weather is still hot. I was very grateful for the shop's air conditioning.

After lunch we wandered around the Page One book store, headed over the Pacific Place for Starbucks. I had to have my caramel macchiato. They only opened in HK in 2000, but they're everywhere now.

I took the MTR over to Causeway Bay to check out the Computer mall in Windsor House. I didn't buy anything, but saw an iPhone selling for HKD9000! After that I swung by Toys R' Us and UML to check out the Transformers toys. The movie rocked, but I wasn't that impressed with the toys.

Coming back down to street level in Causeway Bay, I realised I had forgotten how crowded Hong Kong can get. I ducked into Sogo department store and into more people. I wandered around the supermarket looking for the toilet and realised they have a huge amount of imported Japanese foods.

More later...........

Hong Kong and Macau Day 1

I was in Hong Kong last weekend for a few days. I'll blog about stuff as it comes to mind.

I travelled via Macau by Air Asia as it was much cheaper. It was my first time in Macau, which is surprising since I live in Hong Kong for 5 years, but never mind.
Macau has seen a huge jump in development over the past several years. The casinos are seeing a new boom with the entry of Vegas developers and punters from the mainland. Chinese and gambling just seems to go together. If you sit on the right side of the plane, you should get a pretty good view of the place as you land.

I still can't find my camera, so most of this will be pictureless.

Anyways, I landed in Macau airport about an hour late and I had planned to take the express link service which bypasses immigration in Macau and takes you straight to the ferry terminal. However at 5pm I was told that the next 'express' service was scheduled for the 9pm ferry. I was supposed to meet my friends in Hong Kong at 7:45, so time for plan B. I had the airport staff take me back down the the arrival area, go through immigration then I took a taxi to the Macau-Hong Kong ferry terminal to catch a TurboJet Ferry to Hong Kong. The catamarans run regularly and are fast and comfortable. I had hoped to ride a Hydrofoil, which I have never done before, but it wasn't on my scheduled trip.

Oh yeah, the weather is hot.

I finally make it to Hong Kong and the sights, sounds and smells of Hong Kong seem suddenly so familiar.

I walk from the HK-Macau Ferry Terminal at Shun Tak Centre to Wellington street to the Yung Kee Restaurant where I'm meeting my friends for dinner. This first culinary stop is famous for its roast goose.


I meet up with Gary, Skye, Iggy, Addie, Kim, Shirley and Rose. Kerry shows up later with a couple of her friends. The restaurant is packed as usual, but the food arrives fairly quickly and the roast goose doesn't disappoint. Its been about 6 years since I've seen everyone, and everyone still looks the same. Except they have kids now.
After dinner, I head off with MC and Shirley, as they've kindly let me stay at their place at Pok Fu Lam.

End of Day 1. Yeah, its hot.