Hong Kong Day 5

Cheung Chau Island was the plan on day 5! 

Was searching for good places for food and I came across this Thai restaurant called Greyhound cafe inside IFC mall. This place has a pretty good rating so we decided to give it a try since we have to catch the ferry to Cheung Chau from the central pier in front of IFC mall. 

You might ask why do we even thought of having Thai food when we were actually in HK. but this Thai restaurant is no joke! All the waiters are wearing suit and tie of course other than that the food was pretty good! Had many good thai food in Melbourne too and this one here is one of the best! 

See! That's a waiter behind Mr.Dar. Professional much? 

Again, Iced lemon tea! It is Iced lemon tea Iced cubes plus Iced lemon tea, you get me?? lol...That is one good Iced Lemon Tea right there! =p

Phad Thai and Miss Saigon that taste good too! Love the Phad Thai definitely best so far!

Ferries depart from Central pier 5 in front of IFC mall. We bought the ordinary ferry fare for HK$16.80, with large triple deck that can occupy between 1200 to 1700 people which takes around 50 minutes to reach Cheung Chau. 

Not sure if you have heard a Hk drama called Slow Boat Home, it was filmed in Cheung Chau. 

It is famous for its Bun Festival, but apart from that, you can find lots of eateries like their local curry fish balls, seafood etc. 

Cheung Chau promenade. 

Every stall you will see people queuing up for their local specialties like fish balls etc.  

Look at those HUGE balls dip in different sauces~~ OH so yum! 

It costs HK$5 for 2 fish balls if I'm not wrong! Yes only 2 on a stick. So we bought 2 sticks with spicy and plum flavour. 

It was so damn good I missed it so much! T___T  They are so tender and so flavourful~

Tried their grilled squid as well. Taste was good too! 

Never a fan of fried Ice cream but I have to try this because Fala Chen is inside the poster! LOL...she is one of my favourite Hk actress btw ^^ 

Glad that I did try it! It ain't just a normal fried ice cream we have in Kch! This is freaking good! It's actually a fried hot mochi coating together with the cold ice cream! What a fantastic idea. 

Shouldn't have had lunch before that, we were actually too full to try out everything here! 

Well we went for a short walk at Cheung Chau Tung Wan beach after our food hunting session. 

There are actually many more things to do/see in Cheung Chau but we have too little time  to explore that day as we departed late in the afternoon. 

It's dessert time again! Came to this famous dessert place on the island called 允升甜品. 

Fresh mango mochi and mango 'Fen Chang' made to order. 

Ordered 3 different mango dessert although we were quite full still. The must have mango roll 芒果腸粉, mango mochi 芒果糯米糍 and mango sago! 

Definitely worth a visit for all mango lovers out there! =)

Before leaving the island, I can't help but to buy more curry fish balls to bring back to the hotel for supper! LOL...

Tried a different stall this time and I decided to go with the one because of the actors in the poster hahaha...

Forgot what flavours I got but they were not as good as the stall we first tried. Got cheated! SO I BOUGHT MORE FROM THE FIRST STALL AGAIN!!! I know I'm crazy! =p

Leaving Cheung Chau with a happy tummy! =) 

Took ferry back to Hk city and we went for a walk at the Ladies Market in Mong Kok. Nothing much just like Chi Cheong Kai, Chinatown in KL. 

It was pretty fun seeing the sellers trying to force the customers to buy their stuffs tho! And there was a lady seller trying to get money out of a customer's wallet asking him to buy LOL 

Went to Kam Wah cafe wanted to try their famous Polo Bun and egg tarts but they were all sold out! =(((  

So we ordered a french toast and a fried rice instead! French toast was pretty good but the fried rice sucks! =(




Lastly, dessert of the day will be this beautiful Green Tea Molten cake at Next Station Dessert.

Adress: G/F., 13 Hak Po Street, Mong Kok. Just type the address in your google map and you will get there! ;)

Was super excited to try out this and it lived up to my expectations! *two thumbs up! 

Can't believe how much we actually eat throughout the day! Pretty scary right? =p

All the hard work on planning and researching for this trip was so worth it! =) Thanks to all the people who share their posts on the internet as well~ 

Cheers~ 

Hong Kong Day 4

3 days have passed and so far Hong Kong has been a really nice place to me. But it was pretty tiring because of all the walking. We slept early and woke up later than the time we set Lol.. 

Had breakfast at Tim Ho Wan, a Michelin Starred restaurant located at Olympic City shopping mall just next to Olympic station. 

Adress: Shop 72, G/F, Olympian City 2, 18 Hoi Ting Road, Tai Kok Tsui. 

Lucky that the queue wasn't long that day! =)

Dim Sum was good but the star of Tim Ho Wan is this Crispy Char Siew Pork Bun. 

Their Char Siew Bun is something to die for!!! Their outlet will be opening soon in Melbourne city I can't wait! =D

Off to Ngong Ping 360 after that. Be prepared to queue for buying the tickets to Ngong Ping village or else you could get them online. After you get your tickets you will need to queue again for the cable car Hahahaha

I'm afraid of height but we bought the Crystal cabin pass to the Big Buddha. =) We bought the package that includes crystal cabin round trip and the Stage 360 which costs around HK$245 (Rm110+)

It was a right choice as we get to avoid the super long queue for the cabin car because most of the people bought the standard cabin which is so much cheaper. Could not be bothered to queue again since we already queued up for the tickets! 

 

That's me with the "SHIT it was so high up" face! Apart from that the view up there was pretty amazing! 

A photo of us took using the GoPro!  

Tehee even though it was scary but I just have to do this once! 

But yeah I did it twice! Actually wanted to lay on the glass floor the second time but I failed to do so because it was just too scary! lol..

Looking at the map of Ngong Ping Village. 

 250 steps up to the statue of Big Buddha! =)

Stage 360 show after that~ I was asked to volunteer on stage to play a part in the Ipman scene too...haha it was fun! 

Got 2 complimentary food vouchers with the pass so we got ourself a polo bun and a cup of bubble milk tea..

Second Madame Tussauds visited after Sydney's. The character is pretty much similar just that they have HK celebrities here...

No HULK is not going to kill me He is trying to safe me...lol...

one of my fav pic!

Went to have to dinner at this famous wonton noodle restaurant which is another Michelin-Starred restaurant, Mak's Noodles 麥奀雲吞麵世家

Doesn't look good? Trust me it was so damn good! You cannot believe how small this bowl of noodle was Lol.. Mr.Dar can probably finished this by 4 mouths and it costs HK$40 per bowl. 

Too expensive for such a small portion so we only had one each and decided to have something else after we get back to our hotel. 

Then we went for this fabulous panoramic view of Hong Kong from the Sky Terrace 428. 

Whether you visit The Peak in the morning or nigh time, it is a scenic spot that you should not miss!

Wanted to use the tram down from The Peak but it was around 2 hours wait! 

Then we decided to use the bus instead~ 

Reached hotel and we decided to have dessert somewhere near instead of having some proper meal.. hehe =p

I think I'm crazy because I ordered 4 dessert! LOL... The durian pancake was epic! The smell was just too strong even we feel paiseh to eat and we laughed so hard that the waitress thought they sent the wrong one for us...hahaha...But it was so good omg! 

And that chocolate lace cake...yum~ 

Ended our tiring day with dessert! =) more photos on my Fb! 

Cheers~