Hong Kong Day 2 – Welcome to Hong Kong

Date: 10  March 2012 Saturday

10:15 AM Breakfast @ 富臨粤之味 Foo Lum

At our favourite dim sum place for breakfast. The restaurant was really crowded when we arrived and we had to share a table with 2 other uncles.

皮蛋瘦肉粥

叉烧包

带子肠粉

流沙包

11:30 AM Richmond Shopping Centre

We went to Richmond Shopping Centre after breakfast. Most of the stores were not opened :(. Left the place shortly and visited Grand Century Place before heading for my favourite Victory Avenue.

11:55 AM 勝利道 Victory Avenue

Victory Avenue, a street full of pet stores. There are so many puppies for sale. While we were there, we received a message from Wei Ling indicating that their plane had landed. We will meet them later at the hotel. Let me finish my Victory Avenue first.

So cute!

12:40 PM 女人街 Ladies’ Street @ 通菜街 Tung Choi Street

We walked back to Mongkok, shopped at Ladies’ Street. Bought 2 games – Saboteur and Modern Art.

13:10 PM 添好运点心专门店 Tim Ho Wan

JR suggested that we proceed to the cheapest Michelin Star restaurant in the world, Tim Ho Wan. There were already a queue forming outside the restaurant.

添好运点心专门店 Tim Ho Wan
Main: Flat 8, G/F Phase 2, Tsui Yuen Mansion, 2-20 Kwong Wa Street, Mongkok

There is a numbering system implemented in order to eliminate the long queue outside the restaurant. We took a queue number and were told to return back at 3 PM.

Highly recommended!

13:20 PM 油麻地 Yau Ma Tei

We took the MTR from the nearest MTR station, 油麻地 Yau Ma Tei, to 太子 Prince Edward. We got back to Metropark Hotel Mongkok just in time! My family arrived less than 5 minutes after us. We proceed with the check in, went up to the rooms, took a short rest before heading out. We went back to 女人街 Ladies’ Street to continue with our shopping. JR went back to 添好运点心专门店 Tim Ho Wan to check the current serving number while we continue shopping. The restaurant did a spot check at 3 PM. Lucky that JR went back to the restaurant, else our queue number would be void.

15:10 PM 添好运点心专门店 Tim Ho Wan

We met up with JR at 添好运点心专门店 Tim Ho Wan. We were still required to wait for our seats as we were in a big group.

15:35 PM Finally…

Finally, we got into the restaurant but we were separated into 2 tables. We were later seated together when the seats were available. The cramp restaurant can only accommodate approximately 30 customers at one time.

古法糯米鸡 Traditional Glutinous Rice with Chicken

One of the best 糯米鸡 I ever tasted.

韭黄鲜虾肠 Vermicelli roll stuffed with shrimp

晶莹鲜虾饺

叉烧肠 Vermicelli roll stuffed with Char Siew

油茶

煎腊味萝白糕 Fried Radish Cake, one of Tim Ho Wan’s signature dishes.

Spring rolls

鲜虾烧卖皇 Fresh Shrimp Siew Mai

酥皮叉烧包 Crispy Skin Baked Char Siew Bao, another Tim Ho Wan’s signature dish, is a crispy pastry which looks like a polo bun.

蒸肉排 Steamed Pork Rib

陈皮牛肉球 Steamed Beef Balls with Sundried Orange Peel

流沙包

桂花糕

16:45 PM 西洋菜街 Sai Yeung Choi Street

Family waiting for me outside Espirit store while I shopped…

18:40 PM 朗豪坊 Langham Place

Papa and mummy bought a jacket each from H&M.

歇一歇，喝杯咖啡.

Nice to have something hot in the cold weather.

21:05 PM 樂園牛丸大王, Lok Yuen Beef Ball King

Each couple shared a bowl of beef noodles.

21:40 PM 許留山 Hui Lau Shan Healthy Dessert

Hot Bird Nest Hashima Steam Egg White – The taste was quite bland, with a hint of ginger.

JR’s Mango Pomelo

We went to 旺角中心 Argyle Centre after desserts. Bought 2 tops + a iPhone casing.

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