Hong Kong Sojourn Part 1

I came back last Sunday from my 4-day sojourn in Hong Kong with my mom and achi. I'm still tired from the trip, I seriously need a massage. My feet and back are aching from all the walking and lugging around shopping bags and my breast pump everywhere we go.

I didn't take much photos, well, mostly food! Hehe! We pretty much went and ate almost at the same places like my trip last year. You can read about my Hong Kong trip last year here! What's new was leaving my two kids for the first time for four days. It was hard but it was also a bit liberating at the same time. Both me and my achi are pumping so we're still somehow attached to our kids. Hehe...

Me, pumping at the airport. Brought my cooler too!

We left Thursday early morning. Our flight was 8AM. We flew PAL and I was so happy we got to ride on a new plane, a Boeing 777 I think. Each seat at the Economy has a screen where I got to watch some Glee episodes! The plane wasn't full, I guess more people flew via budget airlines nowadays. If I weren't coming with my mom and achi, I would have flown via a budget airline too. 

We were in Hong Kong by 10AM, immigration was a breeze, waited a bit longer for the luggage. I loved that Hong Kong's internet is so fast, we got to Skype with the kids while waiting! I also got to tweet with my college barkada who's also there for a food trip TRIP! :)

Hi Shoti! Miss you mwah!

We rode the Airport Express to the city. We would have rode the bus if we weren't bringing heavy luggage (pasalubong for relatives).

Rode the Airport Express

Got to the hotel at 1230PM but check-in is at 2PM so we left our luggage at the hotel and had our first meal at Xia Mian Guan in Windsor House just beside our hotel. Food was ok. We finished our food and went back to the hotel, checked in, pumped, rested for awhile then out and about we go! We first went to North Point to bring the pasalubong to a family friend.

We were supposed to go to see a doctor but sa sobrang in demand niya, ang hirap pumila. We ended up not going and just bought the bilins from my amma and aunt. Then we had afternoon snacks at Sun Chiu Kee (新釗記)! This is the tea cafe/restaurant (or as my mom would say cha chaan teng) we always go to since we were kids in Causeway Bay that closed down, it opened another branch in North Point! So yay!


We all had Wonton Noodles! Yumyum! And my Hong Kong staple, iced milk tea!!!

For me!

Iced Horlicks for Achi

We got back to the hotel almost 7PM already. We rested for awhile and pumped then went out again for dinner! 

My pumping area at the hotel

Yes, kain lang ng kain.  We ate at a noodle and congee place, very old and a bit dirty looking resto but the congee is GOOD! Nothing like it talaga.

Sarap ng Sprite nila!

Last stop for the night was Wellcome! Every time we go abroad (that's Hong Kong most of the time), I love going to Wellcome and check out their grocery items and try things we don't have here. This grocery is open 24/7!

Not so good...

Our shopping cart

I always buy Kowloon Dairy milk when I go to Hong Kong! I had this every morning! Also bought several coffee beans for the BOS.

We love coffee!

This pretty much what we did on the first day. :) Stay tuned for more Hong Kong posts!

Hong Kong Series: FOOD! Part 2

Let's continue the food porn, shall we?!

Hui Lau Shan [许留山]
If you're going to Hong Kong, you must try this dessert shop! Again, THIS IS A MUST TRY! This is a famous chain dessert shop, you can see Hui Lau Shan all over Hong Kong. It's not hard to spot, they got a big red sign with gold characters! We had one here in Manila, but I think it closed down already.

I always order the Mangoes in Mango Shake and Coconut Milk with Black Glutinous Rice! They also have fruit platters, other mango desserts, coconut desserts, and more! We ate there twice. If I could, I'd have a bowl after each meal, but sadly I didn't! :( Patay-gutom lang ang peg. Haha! Shoti had Mango Sago with sticky rice balls while my aunt had a bowl of red bean soup with black glutinous rice. They have hot and cold desserts and drinks too!

You can ask for a menu in English

Look for this sign!

Do you know the mangoes they use are from the Philippines? :) They even have a 9-course of mango dessert meal!

Photos from here

Tip: Ask for a menu in English. The ones on their table is in Chinese.
Visit their site here.
For list of branches, click here.
*Their site is in Chinese


Golden Dynasty Seafood RestaurantIt was my first time to eat here. We had dimsum! Our trip is never complete without having dimsum with our aunt who lives in Hong Kong. We ordered a lot! My all-time favorite is the beef balls! The rice rolls were good! Everything was good actually! Yumyumyum!

Beef Balls

Shrimp Rice Rolls

Siomai

Hakaw

1/F, Roca Centre,
460-470 King's Road,
North Point , Hong Kong


Tsui Wah Restaurant [翠華餐廳]
Tsui Wah is a classic Hong Kong cafe. This is also a must try! This place is always packed and is open 24 hours! Twice that we ate there, we had to wait for awhile for a table. Their food is good, serving is great, you can't go wrong with anything you order. We ate there twice, dinner on the 3rd night and breakfast on our last day! They got Chinese food, pasta, steak, Japanese food and so many more - all with a Hong Kong style twist to it! Click here to see their Top 10 dishes.

Taking our orders! Hi-tech!

Busy night!

Here's what we had for dinner:

And our Hong Kong style breakfast:

Tsui Wah Restaurant
G/F 483-499 Jaffe Road,
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
For list of other branches, click here.
Tip: When you eat in Hong Kong, you have to bring the order sheet/paper to the cashier and pay. It's not like here in Manila where we call the waiter for the bill.

Other food I always buy or eat!Kowloon Dairy Milk and Maxim's bread! Maxim's breads are always fresh, they are buttery and soft! Just the way I like it.

Hong Kong's Yakult! It's way better than our local Yakult plus it's bigger and it also comes with a less-sugar variety!

Kowloon Dairy Milk and Yakulit are available in all groceries.
Maxim's branch list here.

All these food talk made me hungry! I have one more last post for my Hong Kong Mini Series coming up!