We spent the day walking around Hong Kong park, a welcome spot of green in the concrete jungle of Central. Jam made me hike up a million and one steps in the searing afternoon heat to this walk-through aviary...only there were hardly any birds there :P Well, to be fair I was probably expecting a bit too much as I had been to the biodome in Montreal and the aquarium in Osaka, which also had a pretty good biodome.
Admiralty station is the one nearest to the park, I think:
A waterfall in the middle of the city...ahhh.
Anyway, after a massive trek across the park and the rest of Central in an attempt to return to Admiralty station, we stopped for lunch at reputedly one of the best restaurants in HK for wonton (prawn dumpling) noodles. We thought that reputation was well-deserved. The wontons were as big as your spoon, and even though you only got three wontons per bowl, they were substantial enough that you didn't feel cheated.
Massive wontons at Tsim Tsai Kee
The place was packed out, but turnover was pretty quick - they don't waste time here in HK!
We then wandered around Graham St Market. Nice to know that there was a wet market right in the middle of the CBD. One thing's for sure, the locals like their seafood F.R.E.S.H. None of this frozen crap. The fish we saw were either swimming in tanks, or so fresh out of the water they were still flapping and jumping around. Some were so freshly cut up that their gills were still a-goin' and their hearts were still a-pumpin'. Definitely not for the squeamish.
We then went to Mongkok for a spot of shopping and to meet my appointment with Chuan Spa at the Langham Place Hotel. Read about my spa 'experience' here.
Jam went exploring while I was at the spa and found Mos Burger! Needless to say that's what we had for dinner. It's not as good as the Japan one, but it was still pretty tasty.
Walked around Mong Kok after that. The Ladies Market at Tung Choi Street has become such a rip-off these days, it's almost not worth the effort. The traders know that you're going to haggle with them anyway, so they start off with an astronomical price. I bought two souvenir fridge magnets there, and the opening bid was HK$60, which I haggled down to HK$20 each if I bought two. A couple of days later, when we were at Sham Shui Po, I found the exact same magnets in the market there - and the opening bid was HK$20. Go figure.
What's the best thing since sliced bread? Steamed milk pudding, that's what! I've been told that it's made of milk and egg white, but whatever it is, it sure is yummy! Yee Shun Milk Co. is a chain that is famous for its steamed milk pudding. They also do an egg one, which is yellow (I assume they throw the yolk in). I couldn't seem to find the one that my grandfather went to for many many years - it is/was called Hong Ming Dairy. They did the best steamed milk pudding. What I loved best about Hong Ming is that the waiters looked like they've grown old with the cafe, some of them were only slightly younger than grand-dad! I could never quite remember exactly where it was, so I don't even know if it's still there :(
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