Hong Kong - The Land of Dim Sum - Part 4

Hong Kong - The Land of Dim Sum

Mido Cafe

Many tourists visit the Mido Cafe for its rustic Hong Kong cafe feel. So do we! Mido Cafe is a 2-storey cafe serving the usual cha chan teng food items. We ordered some light breakfast to kickstart our day. 

Bolou bao and sandwich

Li Yuen (Summer Carnival)

We happened to chance upon Li Yuen, a summer carnival at Tsim Sha Tsui. It was a carnival full of Hong Kong's old school games. We played a few games and left for our bus tour around Tsim Sha Tsui and Kowloon area. 

Li Yuen entrance against the modern buildings

Closer view of the entrance

Bus Tour around Tsim Sha Tsui and Kowloon

Korean couple with us on the upper deck

One of the many sights - Western Market

Mixture of old and new buildings

And so, it's time to head back home. Till we meet again! 

Hong Kong - The Land of Dim Sum - Part 3

Hong Kong - The Land of Dim Sum

Ocean Park

We have been to Disneyland too many times hence, we chose Ocean Park this time round. Acting like a kiddo much but it was all too fun! There are 2 ways to get to the other side of the park - cable car and train. Train is a new addition to the park to bring visitors, especially for the faint-hearted, to the other side. We recommend you to be daring and ride the cable car. The view is magnificent!  

Entrance to Ocean Park

Scary cable car ride

View from cable car

Took the revolving ride to get a better view of Ocean Park

Roller coasters by the sea!

Dolphins! 

Din Tai Feng

Din Tai Feng at Silvercord (Tsim Sha Tsui) earned one Michelin star. No guesses needed, we went to that outlet! We ordered the usual dishes that we would order back in Singapore so that we can do a comparison. However, we thought that the taste was similar, except for the chilli pork dumplings where we prefer Singapore's version. Well, taste is subjective, you can always try the Din Tai Feng at the Silvercord outlet and let us know your views too!

Drunken chicken

Chilli pork dumplings (hong yu chao shou)

Xiao Long Bao with prawns

Fried rice with pork 

Xiao long bao

Hong Kong - The Land of Dim Sum - Part 2

Hong Kong - The Land of Dim Sum

Dim Dim Sum

Dim Dim Sum is situated at Mong Kok. It is 2 streets away from the Mong Kok New Town Plaza. We prefer Dim Dim Sum for its fresh and wonderful dim sum! In fact, we went back again just before we head to the airport to fly back home! This is highly recommended by us! You must try it too!

Check out the salted egg custard buns that come in pig shape! 

Fantastic prawn rice roll

Flavourful xiao long bao and siew mai

and not forgetting the crunchy fresh hargow

Kam Wah Restaurant 

Within Mongkok district, you will be able to spot Kam Wah Restaurant. What you shouldn't miss is their Bolou Bao! It must be eaten with that piece of butter. Anchor butter, to be precise. 

Bolou Bao

Lantau Island

Apart from the eating, we did some sightseeing too. Just like any tourist, we bought cable car tickets to Lantau Island for the Big Buddha. This time round, we went for a mini hike at the Wisdom Path and the mountain leading to Phoenix Park. 

Big Buddha

Wisdom Path

View from the mountain we hiked, beside the wisdom path

Lan Fong Yuen

Hungry us (again) decided to head to Central for food. Lan Fong Yuen is infamous for their silky milk tea and pork bun. 

Instant mee with wings and eggs

Pork bun (ju pa bao)

Tai Cheong Bakery

By far, Tai Cheong eggtarts are the best and it remains as the number one in my eggtart list. Every time I am in Hong Kong, I make sure I make a trip here to buy my favourite eggtarts. I like the buttery crust and the sweet egg custard filling.

Eggtarts!!!!

Little Bao

The little baos here are westernised dessert and looking all ready for instagram. Located at Central, this bao is pricey though. Oh wells, we are paying for the novelty i guess. 

Little Bao Sandwich

Four Seasons Claypot Rice

What's for dinner? The yummy claypot rice at Temple Street, Yau Ma Tei. This place gets very crowded during the weekends! You may want to avoid the weekends though and go during the weekdays. The oyster omelette is cooked very differently from ours as it is fried. It can be kind of oily but they are generous with their oysters!

Fried oyster omelette

Salted fish and chicken claypot rice

Hong Kong - The Land of Dim Sum - Part 1

Hong Kong - The Land of Dim Sum

Hong Kong! Yes, again! Hong Kong is the place where i can go to every year! My aim in Hong Kong is to...... eat! eat! eat! 

Before we start our trip, we saved a copy of the MTR map in our phone. Well, that's for easy reference! 

Must-have MTR map

One Dim Sum

The moment we landed, we headed for our dim sum lunch! One dim sum is decent but having eaten other dim sum, I do not recommend this place. I felt the dim sum was rather disappointing as I had high expectations given the good reviews by others.  

Siew mai, fried spring roll, xian shui jiao

Some more bao, har gow, fried dumplings, pork ribs

Australian Dairy 

We left the place shortly after and went for our favourite scrambled eggs!! This is simply the best scrambled eggs i ever had. You can't deny. 

Menu

Our favourite scrambled eggs

Tram at Central

Taking a tram in Hong Kong is a great experience. Trams run only in the Central area and cruising through the area allows you to see many interesting buildings you would have missed out. I recommend everyone to take some time out to board the tram and absorb some new sightings!

View from upper deck of tram

Getaway to Bangkok - Day 3

Getaway to Bangkok!

MK Restaurant

Lazy girls decided to rest abit more before we had our brunch at MK restaurant at Central World. MK is well-known for its roasted meat and steamboat. Food monsters unleashed! 

Meat platter

Steamboat!

Some of our orders

With our energy level up to the max, we hurried to the Platinum Fashion Mall, all ready and crazy to shop! I know, Platinum Fashion Mall needs no introduction. Almost everyone travelling to Bangkok make a trip to Platinum Fashion Mall. So, I am going to skip this part! :) 

Somboon Seafood

We went crazy with our shopping and had to make a few trips to our hotel just across the road, to offload our loots. These back-and-forth trips made us hungry yet again. Somboon sells fabulous seafood! We like it a lot and are definitely coming back to this place again on our next bkk trip! This is the Siam Square One outlet. 

Entrance to Somboon

Our spread: Curry crab, cereal calamari, prawn ball, fried rice, seafood tunghoon

Right after dinner, we headed to Central World again. This time for some desserts. 

Customised magnum ice cream

  

Got some macarons too. They sell special macarons like mango stick rice and thai milk tea 

And well, this is how we spend our time in Bangkok. Till the next time! 

Getaway to Bangkok - Day 2

Getaway to Bangkok!

Morning Market

We woke up early today for the Morning Market located on the left of our hotel. The Morning Market is a 5 mins walk from our hotel. Told ya, Glow Pratunum Hotel is really a well-situated hotel! 

Crowded Morning Market 

Soi 19 Wanton Mee

We bought some stuff and headed to the famous Soi 19 wanton mee! This wanton mee shop is just a few steps away from our hotel! It is that accessible! We reached the wanton mee shop slightly after 9am and there was a short queue. After 10 mins of wait, we were ushered to our seats. 

Entrance of Soi 19 Wanton Mee

Pork rice

Wanton mee

Ordered extra 2 plates of meat!!

Chatuchak Market

Finally, we were ready to head out to Chatuchak Market. We walked to the nearest BTS station - Chit Lom Station and hopped onto the train heading to Mo Chit Station. What we can say was that it was an extremely warm day! So, please hydrate yourself well! 

Station route

Line train

I can feel the heat just by looking at this photo!

Much needed coconut ice cream!

After You Dessert Cafe

Too much heat and what we need was......... DESSERT!! You read it. Yes! As fast as we could pack and keep our buys, we brisk-walked to the BTS for the air-con and ride back to Chit Lom Station. Because, as said, we need our desserts! 

Entrance to After You Dessert Cafe

Shibuya Honey Toast

Chocolate lava cake

Peach soda and strawberry soda

Rocher Toast, green tea crepe, green tea frap and thai ice tea

I bet you can imagine how satisfied we girls felt after we wiped clean this dessert meal. IT WAS FANTASTIC! 

Street Stalls

To offload some calories, we walked to the streets along the Amari Watergate Hotel to grab some souvenirs. We chanced upon this amazing customisable passport holders, keychains and bags. Needless to say, we spent 2 hours at this stall.  

Friendly owner doing our customised items

It was kinda late by then. We strolled back to our hotel and bought 3 packs of mango sticky rice just in front of our hotel. 

Delicious and cheap!! It's a must-buy!

And so, the day (and night) ended with a full stomach again.