Oh, It's Love…

May 05 – 10

Coming back from that way-too-short trip in Taipei, I had to rest and just chill out for a bit. After a full day of resting and doing absolute minimal, I was ready for more food and more excitement!

Tracy called me out to do some shopping, and I can never say no! We stopped by Ding Tai Fung for some delicious dumplings. The one in TST isn’t as good as the one in Taipei though. Then again, I’m comparing it to their roots. Lunch was just Tracy and me but we were seated in this room of 12. They ran out of 2-seaters in the main dining hall. So here we are, just the two of us, sitting beside the huge dining table. It was hilarious! Just like the one in Taipei, they had excellent service. The waiters would check on us every once in a while to make sure we’re OK.

After some more shopping with Tracy, we met up for dinner with Sunny and Charlie. We decided on going to Doraya, which is famous for their tuna belly. A friend of mine highly recommended this place, and Doraya definitely did not disappoint! Their tuna belly was so fresh and juicy. It tastes so different than the ones we have back home.

I didn’t realize everything had such a fobby pose. xP And all of our names rhymed.

To end of the night, Tracy and I just chilled at the pier at the Victoria Harbour. It was a nice girl-talk. I missed connecting with somebody else at that sort of level. I was getting so overwhelmed before about how busy and fast-paced Hong Kong was. We took the Star Ferry back to the HK Island side. I though the ferry ride would be more amazing…. but it’s just a ferry ride. Nothing exciting to report. haha

The next day, my Aunt and I headed into Aberdeen to meet up with my Grandma. We ate at this tiny little fishball place (which, apparently, everyone on my mom’s side loves) for brunch. For lunch, we stopped by a traditional vegetarian place. We ordered a dish of tofu with different flavours. Not bad.

While I was wandering around Tai Koo Shing one day, I stumbled upon this creative flower art exhibition. Some of the creations were completely out there and some of them were pretty tame. I think the coolest one is this one – Bambi!

One night, I met up with my Aunt Donna and her family for some creative vegetarian meal. The fake honey spareribs was absolutely amazing. The sauce was delicious and the ‘meat’ tasted so real (I think). It was quite chewy, but in a good way!

We ordered a couple more dishes but this black bean fried fish was definitely different than the other ones. First of all, it looked so real! The colour of the fish skin, the meatiness of the fish! So cool.

And this, my friends, was absolutely the coolest thing. A fake shrimp. It even had the coloured shrimp shells on it! So real.

I stopped by Jordan to hang out with Alex for a bit. We compared a bit of our Beijing trip and just chatted about randomness. We wandered off to Temple Street.

But really, we were in that area to check out the steamed milk and streamed egg. It’s so good. We went this place called the Australian Dairy Company. The steamed milk/egg were the smoothest thing ever. So rich and creamy! I didn’t know they served chinese-style egg breakfast all day. I was drooling over the breakfasts while I ate my dessert. haha But this place was so chaotic, even though we went around 10pm. The place was still full of people! That’s how popular it is.

To cap off the night, beer on the streets! Once again, HK allows you to drink on the streets. I’m not used to that idea, at all. TsingDao all the way!