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 :-(

Hong Kong 27 -30 May 2010 (Day 2)

Day 2 in Hong Kong

Of course, first thing we did after the rise and shine was - Breakfast!!! At a local Cha Can Teng.  We decided to go to the one nearest to the hotel, just few shops away.  The food were quite good, but according to YY, the milk tea did not meer her standard, because a) It was served in a plastic cup! b) It was not thick enough.  But the most important factor was because it was in a plastic cup! haha

The tea in plastic cup

YY was very nice.  She poured the honey twice so that I could take photo.  What a friend!

Instant Noodles with Chicken Chop.  Nice!

After breakfast, we set off to one of the highlights for today.  There are 2 highlights for today.  The first one was to go and queue up for the Michellin 1 Star Dim Sum place, Tim Ho Wan at Mong Kok.  The second was to watch MayDay Concert.  At first Sin Hwei wanted to me to go and queue up for THW first thing in the morning, which i refused, because a hungry yeehwee will be an angry yeehwee.  We reached THW at 11am, only to find it packed with people outside

Can you guess what is this?  This is the record book, to note down the people who took the Q Number.  Our number is 159, and according to the lady in charge of the book, it will take about 2 hours.  So we went to Mong Kok area to shop and kill time, and to wait for Hsiang Ying, who has took half leave.  We finally got into the restuarant at 1330Hr as we need to wait for HY to be present, before we can be seated!

Someone was not too happy..

We were finally seated, but looked how crammed we were!!

Here comes the star- the food.  We ordered almost everything on the menu, and it was quite embarassing because the waitress kept saying "table 18", "18"

Prawn Dumpling

These are their signature dish, Char Siew Can Bao!

Chee Cheong Fun with Char Siew. Can you see & feel how smooth they are?

A very satisfying lunch! Definitely worth the one star, and the total damage was HKD222 (Before we added few more dishes, so total was abotu HKD290), less than half of what we spent on Lei Garden, and 10 times better.  Highly recommended.  Be prepare to wait, but definitely worth the wait.

After the lunch, we went for coffee, then the girls shopped, while I went back to the hotel for a nap, so that I would have the energy for the MayDay Concert.  We had a quick dinner before the concert.  Quick did not mean take away, just meant that we did not eat that much! Haha

My Dinner:  Pork Chop Bun

Before the concert, look at HY's hubby stylo pose.

Before the concert starts

After the concert starts

Though I am not a MayDay fans, I have to admit that the concert was quite entertaining, a lot of effects, and most important of all, there is mood, because the fans were very high.  Lots of screaming, lots of shouting. I had to stand throughout the concert, because they stood the whole concert, and if i did not stand, I culd only see their butts! They sang from 2030Hr to 0015Hr!!! What an amazing day.