Food and more food!!

Continuation of my hkg trip...

it was my first time to "Yuen Long District" in Hong Kong. it seems like a nice area to explore if i have got more time in hkg. my friend brought me to this stretch of outdoor food joint to have our dinner and the place is packed with people!

we settled down randomly at one of the eating place and omg the food is awesome!

this chicken dish called " Kou shui ji" is really good! i am not really a meat eater but totally love it!

then the next day we went back to the same area (新心 seafood restaurant) for dim sum! yes! more food!


Nice! i had my fav custard bun!!! :)

the food is so good!  thus it explained why i looked so unglam in this pic! wahahaa

i miss eating in hong kong already. :( next post will be on the official opening of Ogopogo cafe in singapore!! :) and i am just back from a short trip to LAS VEGAS! hehe.. hopefully i will stop slacking and edit all these photos soon!

Hong Kong - Lab Made ( Liquid Nitrogen ice cream) / Volume One (concept store)

YES! i was in hong kong again last week. hehe. i think i put on some weight during the trip cause i have been eating and eating! omg. because everything in hong kong is just so tasty! :) everyday i can jus eat the wanton noodles and never get sick of it. ( wanton noodles is just so bloody good in hkg) but anyhow, this post is not about wanton noodles.
it is about my first time watching how liquid nitrogen ice cream is made and also the first time eating it! Erm.. i don't think there is any liquid nitrogen ice cream selling in singapore right?not that i know of or is it because i am "sua ku"??? wahaha.
My friend brought me to the one at brown st ( near causeway bay). The place is called Lab made or Liquid Nitrogen Ice cream ( their print poster put LabMade but the signage put Liquid Nitrogen Ice cream).

the place was crowded with curious people watching how the ice cream is made.cause the staff will only prepare the ice cream after the customer placed their order. SO YES THEY MAKE THE ICE CREAM INSTANTLY! The process of making is to turn liquid custard into putty-textured frozen ice cream within seconds! this is possible because of the addition of liquid nitrogen!


i love the area where the ice cream shop is located. Quiet, peaceful and there are a few nice cafes and concept shops around. if you have the time to spare in hong kong, can take a walk at school st and brown st. there are some interesting stuff to see ( but come with a pricey price tag! haha).



i had the Japanese Matcha. Erm, it tasted really just like any other normal ice cream! wahaha.. and it melts really fast! so i guess what really attracts people to eat the ice-cream  was probably just due to their unique way of making the ice cream. Like something new to people to be able to watch the process of making the ice cream instantly.
The place is really small, not much seats around so we got to stand while eating! other than that, we have got no complaint about the whole experience. :)

Like i said, there are a few nice shops around.this particular one called Volume one is somewhat different from the rest.  i really like how the owners did to the interior of the place and one of them is really friendly and kind enough to explain how they come about having the concept and start up the place.

the first moment when we entered the shop, we thought it was a cafe , because the first thing we saw were cakes, bread etc. but as we walked further into the shop, we saw....

clothes! accessories! Furnitures! and i swear the stuff in there are not cheap. Mostly are imported from places like UK, Europe. i saw this ring that i really like, it cost like almost $1000. wtf. gave up the idea of owning it. haha. now i am just trying to save up for my 2-3 weeks trip to japan next year. hopefully i am able to go! hehe

cool yeah? ( Pardon the bad quality of the pictures. all taken using my iPhone)
that's all! Have a great weekend everyone!

A day in Macau

basically. we only have a day in macau since it took us 5 hrs to head to the hotel on the first day.Nevertheless, we still managed to do some shopping at senado square and pay a visit to St Paul ruins. :)

hardly i will tie and bun up my hair like this and actually went out with this hairstyle! usually i will try to tie it up a couple of times then give the idea all up at the end of it and head out with my hair down. i know.a total waste of time. i always thought i looked kind of weird with my hair bun up like this! maybe it is the hot weather in macau that makes me actually want to tie it all up. and i am glad i did. cos the weather was crazily hot that day!

i think my parents do looked like japanese tourists that day.lol.

i think this is the best shot my dad took of me.haha. anyhows, senado square are like 10mins walk from our hotel.  it is really convenient if u are planning to visit these places of interest. senado square is like their shopping area and is flooded with people !! ( omg. probably due to the weekend)


apparently koi kei bakery is the famous shop in macau to get food stuff as gifts to distribute to relatives and friends back home.

my parents went crazy in the shop. half the luggage is filled with koi kei food stuff! omg.




can u spot it? st paul ruins? lol. it is approximately another 10-15mins walk from senado square to get to st paul. i am so happy that i am finally here!
 



and one of the thing you must do when u r in macau is to have the portuguese egg tart!

take a break from the hot weather!

and it was my birthday. :)

Getting to Macau.

Like i said. i brought my parents to macau and hong kong last week. the trip was awesome even though it was quite a hassle to travel from hong kong to macau with the luggages. (in my personal opinion). i will explain why!

i booked the tickets pretty early like last year. Jetstar was the cheapest ticket i could find at that point of time and it flies to macau straight! unfortunately they stopped flying to macau last feb. so the plans have to be changed! i have to fly to hong kong then take a ferry over. ya.. and i was quite pissed actually. if not the trip will be so much easier.

lol. we are kind of kiasu. haha.. we brought 2 cargo bags and a small cabin bag.

finally we are in hong kong. omg. was so looking forward to the trip. and time passes by really quickly that now the trip is over .

the plans was to spend two nights in macau then four nights in hong kong. so once we arrive in hong kong, we took a cab to the ferry terminal at the hong kong island side. ferry tickets are slightly more exp on the weekends compare to weekdays. i paid extra $5 per person on a sat to get to macau. and the ticket was cheaper when we travel back to hong kong on a monday.




so after we got our tickets from the ticketing counter. we wanted to enter early since we have to *lub* our luggages and my mum have to walk really slowly. alright, i really didn't know we need to clear immigration to enter macau! lol. like as if it is another country of its own!! maybe it is just me who didn't know about this. lol. so i was quite shocked that we have to clear immigration again before we can reached the gate to board the ferry.
and once we got to the gate, they then assigned seats to us by pasting a small orange stickers to our ticket.

actually if you carries small bags, u will have to carry it down a flight of stairs. pretty troublesome. luckily the staff was nice enough to lead us to a private lift and allowed us to enter the ferry slightly earlier cause of my mum walking condition.

the ride was a shaky one. i must say!

after an hour ride. we reached the outer habour ferry terminal in macau.. yup clear immigration again. then got to *lub* the luggages all the way to the opposite side to get the shuttle bus to our hotel. imagine how tiring it was for us just to get to the hotel.


finally after 15mins of bus ride. we reached our hotel : sofitel porte 16. it took us almost 5hours to get to our hotel room. lol. maybe if i know the traveling time is going to be so long, i might just spend the entire week in hong kong.

the hotel was pretty awesome though. the room is clean and spacious.with a rather big casino right inside the hotel. it is walking distance to senado square and St paul ruins. but.....anyway in my opinion, try to go to macau during the weekdays. the hotels are  at least 100bucks more expensive during the weekends compare to the weekdays. it is crazy la.
Next post will be on our walking trip to st paul!
sorry for the disappearance, haven't got the mood to blog.many things happened the past few days, probably the worst i ever felt since months ago. what can i do to lift up my spirits? :(