What I Ate in HK

It’s my last night in Hong Kong and so far, it’s been an amazing experience. No, I don’t think amazing is even the right word for it, it’s understating what I want to say. The past 4 days have been very tiring; of course we had to take advantage of being in the city by roaming around and getting lost (though not actually, they have a pretty effective railway system here) and finding ourselves in front (or inside) various stores and boutiques on sale even though we’re a little too short on money. For one thing, I have never really loved shopping. I have absolutely no idea what people (/girls) mean when they say that “shopping is therapeutic” aka “retail therapy”. So shopping is really not my main goal here, if we are talking about how to effectively exploit the city. I like eating…a lot. And that is where I usually find myself when I travel, the restaurant.

Day One: We had traditional Chinese/HK noodles and some milk tea, but not the ones we have in the Philippines. So now I know how to properly pour condiments on the noodles, Chinese style. :). We also ate at this really posh place inside Grand Seasons, it’s called Sidewalk Cafe. Super okay price (because I cannot tell if it’s cheap coming from the HK perspective). Around 30 HKD for a meal and a dessert, and no more than 35 HKD if you want a starter, a main dish, and a dessert. Not bad eh?
Day Two: Skipped breakfast. Okay, we had Bread Talk. And then we had lunch at a really really grand and traditional Chinese restaurant (where I think the only English they know are “hello” and “bye bye”), also inside Grand Seasons (which is right beside the venue of the conference we had to attend). It was so Chinese that we didn’t even know how to order. When the bill came…let’s just say we got pretty surprised. 300 HKD for the whole meal we weren’t able to finish because it was a lot. That’s like…a 2000 PHP meal. @_@ Had cheap noodles for dinner at West Kowloon. I felt cheated because I bought mine for 25 HKD but then after about an hour or so, it went down to 10 HKD.
Day Three: Also skipped breakfast (that is what you get when your roommates wake up late). I think I also skipped lunch because the conference has a really really strict timetable. For dinner, we went to a restaurant at Temple Street, and of course I could not remember the name because it had a huge-ass sign in front IN CHINESE. We had oyster cakes, and then I had some Chicken and Chinese Suusage Rice Pot. It was pretty interesting. But what I really love was the dessert! I have to start remembering these places though. I had mixed fruits, so that’s like kiwis, mangoes, watermelons, melons, honeydews, strawberries…seriously, I can taste it on my mouth right now, it was so gooood.
Day Four: We had a good deal of a breakfast at I FORGOT WHERE but it is around Mong Kok. We ate a lot of dim sum. A LOT. I think we tried everything on the restaurant’s menu. My super favorite are these buns like siopao but inside there’s a royal milk filling that’s just heavenly! For lunch we headed to Cafe de Coral at North Point, and I had BBQ Chicken with some Chinese Sausages and salted egg. Best fast-food ever, does not even feel like one! Then we went to Hotpot for dinner where everything is just swimming in boiling water and you just take whatever you want (or for some of us, can). I had noodles, vegetables, dim sum, meatballs, squid balls, corn, tofu, some crouton-like things, etc.

And you wonder where all my body mass come from. :)