Hong Kong 27 -30 May 2010 (Day 3)

Day 3
The original plan was to go to Cheung Chau to cycle. However, there ave been some violent objection from one person from the start of the trip, and after Day 2, 2 peoples were objecting the idea. So the third person, due to fatigue from the MayDay concert, has decided against going too, and to take a easy day in HK Island.

We went for our Dim Sum brunch at Maxim Palace in City Hall, one of the few Dim Sum places whereby they kept the traditional of pushing the Dim Sim on a push cart. In this trip, we were very blessed. For a few times, when we reached the place, there was no crowd. The crowd only came when we were there! Same thing happened for this brunch. When we arrived at CityHall, the restaurant was rather empty at 1130Hr. So we had the luxury of choosing our table and we chose to sit next to a table with a local auntie. Through the lunch, this auntie has been complaining and grumbling to herself, and on the phone scolding someone. She finally broke into smile when 2 gentlemen with a baby arrived (We assumed they were her husband and son, with her grandson)

Without fail, we ordered a lot of food! However, we have concluded that Tim Ho Wan was still better, and the egg tarts in Maxim were disappointing. This has helped us to decide on the after lunch activity, which was to find the Honolulu eggtarts in Wan Chai.

Shark Fins Dumplings

Chicken Feet

BeanCurd Roll

Lotus Leaf Rice

Zhen Zhu Chicken

Chee Cheong Fun

Char Siew Paus

The famous and yummy tarts from Honolulu

How to share an egg tart

We made a pitstop at Xu Liu Shan for some dessert. The girls continued their shopping at Island Beverly, a shopping center with local designers shop while I hanged around in Sogo area for the camera bags before heading back to hotel to rest and to meet the girls at 1830Hr.

1830Hr- There came 2 happy and satisfied shoppers with hands full of shopping bag. One of them were jumping up and down, too thrilled from the purchase. And of course, I was happy too, since I had my power nap. We packed and proceeded to Yung Kee for dinner, and planned to go to the Peak to take photo, though the weather did not look quite promising.

Yung Kee was disappointing. The roast goose was fat & oily. The vegetables were not tasty. And it was expensive. Total damage of HKD588!

Grilled Pigeon

Look at the amount of fats on the thigh!

100 years old egg!  haha, I can never understand why it is commonly use in Fear Factor.  It is so tasty

Ordinary stir fried hairy gourd.  I think my mum did a better job.

We finally made up to the Peak at 2300HR, after waiting for the rain to stop. It was very quiet as most of the shops were closed. Well, who would go up to the peak at this time?!? And the lights were not as spectacular, though the sky was clearer after the rain. We took the mini bus down, only to realize that SH would get car sick when on vehicle on winding road :-(