My gastronomic affair with HK

Everyone says there is nothing much to do in HK other than eat and shop. I beg to differ. I feel there is really nothing much to do except to EAT and EAT!

My short getaway to the ex-British colony was such a gastronomic affair that I started eating the moment I touched down and never stopped until I flew out of the self-governing territory of China.

Hong Kong is such an easy place to navigate with a very comprehensive public transport system. I was so surprised when I found out that the Airport Express train station is within the terminal. In fact, it is practically just right across the arrival hall and takes just 24mins flat to get one from the airport to the city.

However, it was a little more challenging navigating from Hong Kong Airport Express station to Central MTR station. I was looking for signs with the word "MTR" but could not find any. I had to check with the customer service staff before he pointed me to an escalator which led to an amazing underground system with so many differemt MTR lines and entrances/exits. I only realised later that the pic of a white train refers to the MTR and that of a blue train refers to the Airport Express train. I had initially thought that both pics refer to the airport express trains.

Since I arrived into the city during the rush hour, I had to jostle with the office crowd to get to Wan Chai to meet my CGG who had by then got so irritated by the repeated jingle playing in the station. After leaving my luggage in Luk Kwok Hotel, I began a wonderous food adventure.

Friday

First stop: Steamboat restaurant @ Causeway Bay (can't rem the exact name of the restaurant)

Excellent steamboat with the tastiest broth and freshest ingredients. Equally great was the high quality soya sauce dip.
Price: unknown. Wen gave us a treat as he lost a bet to Tim and so I benefitted too.

Second stop: Milk Company @ Causeway Bay

The shop sells a variety of milk pudding and drinks. I love the dual milk pudding. Very silky and flavorful.
Price: Can't remember cos Tim treated Wen, Celia and Rey in return for the dinner treat and so I benefitted again. :P

Saturday

We woke up to some century egg and lean pork porridge and chee cheong fun. The porridge for nice but the chee cheong fun CMI.
Price: Can't rem cos Tim paid for it but it's definitely cheap, cheap.

Since we shared two bowls of porridge among the three of us, I bought a po luo bao to round up the breakfast.
Price: Even though Tim paid for it again, I could remember clearly that it costs HK$3.

We took the MTR to Central Station and went up Victoria Peak. The ticket including a return funicular tram ticket and entry to the sky terrace costs around HK$45 (No, I didn't pay for it. Neither did Tim. My FIL did!). Not too expensive I would say if we had a good view of Hong Kong. It was a hazy and extremely hot day so we couldn't really see the Hong Kong skyline. Anyway, that's about the most touristy thing I did in Hong Kong.

After getting down from the Peak, we began an ardous search for the famous Yong Ji restaurant. We had to get directions from several people including two policemen before we found the restaurant.

I must say we were not disppointsd. The mouthwatering roast goose was to die for. The skin was so crispy and the meat was very juicy and tender. I dare to say it beats the peking duck at Quan Ju De in Shanghai hands down. I am salivating as I type. *drool*

Price: HK$700 for a quarter roast goose, some char siew, a plate of scallops with gai lan and a pot of soup. How did I remember when I didn't pay for it? Cos it's so expensive! That works out to about S$40 per person but it's worth every penny!

After lunch, FIL left for Macau so Tim and I decided to go Tsim Sha Shui to jalan jalan and almost died of heat stroke while walking along the Avenue of Stars. With the heat getting into us, we looked for a place to rest and cool down. We had mango dessert at the Shui Lui Shan shop at Mongkok before walking along Nu Ren Jie.

Ok, I think my post is getting a little too long. Time for me to go bathe and sleep. Will continue when I have the time.