{"id":843,"date":"2008-04-09T14:39:16","date_gmt":"2008-04-09T06:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=843"},"modified":"2009-12-10T15:11:57","modified_gmt":"2009-12-10T07:11:57","slug":"hong-kong-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=843","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

The coackroach porridge<\/a> was from Hong Kong. I didn’t complain because I packed and had it in the office. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

I was in Hong Kong with Mom2Ashley<\/a> for a week for work from 30th March to 7th April. Our meeting ended on Friday the 4th. Mom2Ashely<\/a> returned home on the 5th, I stayed on another night and\u00a0slept over in my\u00a0ex classmate’s house. A classmate I’d not met and contacted\u00a0for almost 15years!\u00a0It was really nice to catch up and meet up with her, her husband and her extremely friendly 2 sons!<\/p>\n

Before you say, “Oh.. lucky you, another overseas work trip.” Hold it. The shopping was nice, but we worked hard. Everyday, we\u00a0started at 9am\u00a0and never ended earlier than\u00a08pm except for the last day since it was a public holiday for our Hong Kong colleagues. It was a tough week, long hours, lots of heated discussion and even a shouting session<\/strike>. It wasn’t fun at all. Luckily, the shopping kind of make up for it.<\/p>\n

My shopping partner, Mom2Ashley<\/a>.
\n\"Shopping<\/p>\n

I’m still recuperating from the mental and physical exhaustion from the trip. Ha. Anyway.. here are some of the photos captured during the non working hours.<\/p>\n

\u2665Food\u2665<\/strong><\/span>
\nUpon arrival, Mom2Ashley<\/a> and I headed for the nearest restaurant for a bowl of wonton mee. It’s just the size of a rice bowl, and cost HK$26 (RM11) for it.
\n\"Smallest<\/p>\n

This is our only lunch the whole team had togather at the same table. Hosted by our Hong Kong colleagues.
\n\"Our<\/p>\n

Tuesday dinner was Vietnamese, in a very nice setting.
\n\"Vietnamese<\/p>\n

While in Hong Kong, you should not miss the famous Yee Shun milk custard (\u7fa9\u9806\u96d9\u76ae\u71c9\u5976), I ordered the one with red bean.
\n\"Yee<\/p>\n

Had the worst lunch in this Macau Char-Chan-Teng. I ordered Portugese curry chicken, yucks! The white chocolate coffee was good though.
\n\"Worst<\/p>\n

The most expensive dinner was in this Teow Chew Restaurant. HK$1500 (RM630) for the below dishes for 4 (one vege dish is missing\u00a0from the below collage), expensive!!
\n\"Expensive<\/p>\n

This is the exterior of the Teow Chew Restaurant.
\n\"The<\/p>\n

Last breakfast with Mom2Ashley<\/a> before she left. The stew duck was rather tasteless. The fish skin that can be ordered separately is my all time favourite.
\n\"Worst<\/p>\n

My last lunch – Roast Goose noodle and La Fermiere yogurt<\/a> (best yogurt in the world! Too bad only found this on my last day, or else I’ll be having this for breakfast daily, and won’t be\u00a0having the coackroach porridge<\/a>)
\n\"My<\/p>\n

My ex-classmate treated me to lobster dinner on my last night in Hong Kong. It was yummy! Lobster with Bee Hoon (\u7c73\u7c89\/rice vermicelli).
\n\"Lobster<\/p>\n

My ex-classmate brought me to those neighbourhood shop, I ordered porridge (can’t have enough of them)\u00a0and cha-liong (\u70b8\u4e24), which is not available in Malaysia. Yiu-tiao (\u6cb9\u6761 or fried dough) wrapped with Che-cheong-fun (rice roll). Quite delicious.
\n\"Cha-liong<\/p>\n

\u2665Sights\u2665<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhatever time that’s left after dinner, we spent walking about the streets in Hong Kong. Around Causeway Bay, and Women Street (\u5973\u4eba\u8857) at Kowloon.
\n\"Hong<\/p>\n

Since we stayed in Causeway Bay, spent our last day shopping in Time Square.
\n\"Time<\/p>\n

Fruit market at Causeway Bay, and fish market near Sai Wan (\u897f\u73af). Most seafood sold is alive and swimming.
\n\"Hong<\/p>\n

Around Central, IFC Mall.
\n\"Around<\/p>\n

When you are in Hong Kong, you should try to go on the ferry ride to and fro Kowloon and Hong Kong island. It’s a cheap way to see this great view (I think it was HK$1.20 per ride).
\n\"Ferry<\/p>\n

View of Hong Kong side from ferry.
\n\"View<\/p>\n

View of Kowloon side from ferry.
\n\"View<\/p>\n

My ex-classmate’s appartment in Pok Fu Lam (\u8584\u6276\u6797) has this killer view!
\n\"View<\/p>\n

\u2665Strange Sights\u2665<\/strong><\/span>
\nGirls dressed up as angels hired to stand and block the exit of the building, so that people are forced to walk through the rest of the shops in the building.
\n\"Angels<\/p>\n

Spotted a car decorated with Sanrio characters.
\n\"Sanrio<\/p>\n

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