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Hong Kong Sojourn Part 3

This is the last installment of my Hong Kong Sojourn series. This is my 3rd and last day in Hong Kong. 4 days is just right for a nice trip. 3 days is bitin! Hopefully next time I go back will be with the kids for a trip to Disneyland! :)

I didn't take much photos on the 3rd day. I met with my college barkada who were also in Hong Kong for a food trip TRIP! G and B came to my hotel around 11AM, we had a little breakfast at IKEA (again), then they had a look around while I bought Y and R's toys. I was suppose to buy a duvet cover but I can't remember the measurement of ours so I didn't. I brought my things to our hotel room and headed out again.


Our agenda for the day was to find Cath Kidston shop, H&M and Cotton On in Central. But first, LUNCH! I took them to Tsui Wah (yes, again for me) hehe! Then had ice cream at Haagen Daz and meet with the Jubilee boys! We met them at the new mall in Causeway Bay, Hysan Place which is just in front of SOGO. I'm surprised to see more and more American brands in Hong Kong, there's a Hollister, A&F and Gap! We didn't go around the mall anymore, I don't know why. We then went to Times Square to check City Super and buy make up for a friend of Achi's. We were supposed to meet with my mom and achi before going to the Cath Kidston store but they're still at the post office so kami na lang.

I didn't know where the Cath Kidston store is. All I have is the address, thank God for Google Maps and WI-FI in malls! We eventually found the quaint little store! Sorry no photos as I was busy picking what to buy. I can't choose between the bags I liked so I just bought I came there for: a new wallet, which I've been using since we came back!

We then headed to Central to H&M, Cotton On and M&S where I shopped mostly for the kids and the BOS. We met the boys there then had dinner at Cafe de Coral. It was nice catching up with them! :) After dinner, we went our separate ways and met my mom and achi back at Causeway Bay. We did some last minute shopping, ate dinner at went back to the hotel to pack our things.
Asado and Soy Chicken with Rice
Day 4 came, we woke up later than usual as we finished packing at 3AM. Took a bath, achi checked us out while I went to IKEA again to buy some Swedish meatballs for achi. We ate breakfast in the room before heading out to wait for the Airport Express bus so we can go to Central for city check-in which is super convenient except when you're flying with Cebu Pacific.


After checking in, feeling ko may kulang! My breast pump was accidentally left by my achi in the bus! My gulay! I was already mentally readying myself that I would have to start pumping manually when I come back to Manila! But good thing when we went to their information desk, they let us checked a bus they thought we rode. They called the driver to ask if a bag was left inside the bus, they told us that the bus just went out and would be back in 20-30 minutes so we waited. Whew!!! I got the pump back!

Yes I do! Giordano store at the airport!
By the time we got to the airport we're super hungry na. Went thru immigration then off the restaurants we go! I ordered my lunch at Saboten! I've read it from Chuvaness. I always order at Ajisen Ramen or Popeye's so this time I wanted to try something new so I ordered their mixed katsu. Super yummy katsu, never mind that it's  expensive! Hehe!
And had my last cup of HK Iced Milk Tea from Tsui Wah. Oh how I miss you so!
We had a few hours before our flight so we went around the shops in the airport. While they still had energy to walk, I was so tired and excited to come home. I love how HKIA is so breastfeeding friendly!
Changing and Breastfeeding station near our boarding gate
Me and achi's precious BMs and breastpump
Our plane while waiting for boarding
I had a great trip! Though we didn't really cross out what we had for our agenda, I had a great time eating and shopping! See you again soon in HK.
Pumping in the plane.. Gangnam style!

Hong Kong Series: FOOD! Part 1

One of the things I'm always looking forward to whenever I am in Hong Kong is FOOD! We didn't get to eat street food though or ate at this wanton noodle place that we always go to. We always eat at the same places when we're in Hong Kong. But I still enjoyed everything we ate!

Warning: Food Porn + Photo Heavy!

Our meals the first day.
Ocean Empire Food ShopNothing beats a warm Hong Kong style congee! If you like congee, this place has a wide selection. Their rice rolls and raddish cakes are so good too! Sorry not so much photos! It was our first meal and we were all starving!

I had Century Egg with Pork Blood Congee! 
Plus a Hong Kong meal staple: Iced Milk Tea
We also had rice rolls with XO sauce!
Photos from Ocean Empire Food Shop site
Ocean Empire Food Shop
G/F., No.472 Lockhart Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Opening hours: 06:00-02:00 
For other branches, click here.

Café de Coral
Caf
é de Coral is the largest Chinese fast food chain in Hong Kong. We ate here after shopping in Mong Kok. Café de Coral branches are almost everywhere in Hong Kong! They have a whole variety of food (over 100, based on their website) and it's budget-friendly too! You order your food and pay then wait at their counter for your food! (Don't have pictures, I was hungry, tired, and had to save seats for us!)

Photo from Google Images
My steak dinner! Comes with a drink, fries and gra
Café de Coral Fast Food
1/F, Yau Shing Commercial Centre, 51 Sai Yeung Choi Street South, Mong Kok

Opening hours: 7:00AM-10:30PM
For other branches, click here.


Patisserie Marion Crepes
This crepe place originated from Harajuku, Japan. This is much like our local Crepes and Cream or Krazy Krepes here. I was craving for something sweet on the first night that I bought a Banana Cream Crepe from Marion Crepes in the grocery. It was ok, Cafe Breton's crepe are much more yummier!

Patisseries Marion Crepes
25-29 Great George Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong


Viking [濰京坊]
We were done with visiting our relatives in North Point when we chanced upon this hole-in-the-wall restaurant! Based on my research, it serves Shanghainese/Sze Chuan food. They all look Chinese food to me haha!

Their food was so good! Everything we ordered was good. I like the Xiao Long Bao and the stir-fry eggplant!

Their menu has English description!
G/F 21A North Point Road
North Point, Hong Kong



Stay tuned for Part 2!

Hong Kong: Day 1

I'm making a Hong Kong Series post apart from this Hong Kong kwento of mine!

My planned HK trip was supposed to be next year pa but my achi got pregnant and didn't want to risk traveling while she's pregnant so she gave her ticket to me! Yay! Our tickets were the free ones from HSBC! About a week before, I was worried I won't have pocket money to spend but my mom reminded me that I still got HKD left from my last trip to HK 2 years ago and true enough, I have HKD kept in my cash box! Weee shopping na ito!

This trip was mainly me-time, tax refund stuff, and shopping trip! I didn't shop for a long time to able to give Y a nice 1st birthday party!

Our flight was 6:10AM the day after Pedring ravaged the sea walls of Roxas Blvd, we were kind of worried our flight will get cancelled but it didn't! We're on the same flight with the Azkals!

Watched True Blood on the plane!
We arrived at around 8:10AM in Hong Kong, immigration was a breeze! That's why I love my HK ID! No need to line up, just my ID and fingerprint, and I'm good! 
We took the Cityflyer bus going to our hotel. We took the A11 bus, fare costs 40HKD for one way ticket and 60HKD for a round trip ticket. It's a 45-minute to 1 hour trip from the airport to Causeway Bay, good thing there's an onboard Wifi! It's fast and kept me updated on twitter for an hour! I even got to pump because there's just a few passengers! Oh oh, I love double-decker buses that's why I always ride on the top haha!
Cute Marc Jacobs ad on a tram
We got to our hotel around 10:30AM, check-in time was 12NN so we had lunch first! We always eat at this congee place whenever we're in HK. I had the Century Egg with Pork Blood congee plus a side order of Plain Rice Rolls with XO sauce and the staple HK milk tea! Yummm! 
After having lunch, my mom and aunt went to the bank. While me and my shoti went to Windsor House to check out Toys R Us and Eugene Baby (will do a separate post!) then to IKEA where I bought a few stuff. We went back to the hotel, waited for them in the lobby and took advantage of the free WIFI, finally checked-in, rested for a while then trooped our way to Mong Kok.

There's nothing much to see anymore in Mong Kok Ladies Market. Well if you're going to buy sneakers, it's the place to be. We checked out Mong Kok Computer Centre where I ended up buying my portable 1TB HD for 699HKD. After all the walking, we had dinner at Cafe de Coral, a popular fast food in Hong Kong. Mom and aunt had their asado, chicken and duck fix, while me and shoti had steak!

We were all tired by the time we got to the hotel. But they made a pitstop at Wellcome, while me I had my dessert fix!

There was still time to shop and walk around but we all woke up at 3AM, so we were all dead tired. I pumped and washed my breast pump then hit the sack!

Up next: Hong Kong Day 2!