Friday, April 04, 2008

Hong Kong - Part 1

Day 1 (Friday)

We left for Hong Kong on Good Friday, i.e. 21 March 2008. The flight took about 4 1/2 hours, and was quite comfortable....maybe it's because that I sat on my own across from H and the boys. Nobody to kacau me. Hahaha.... Remember the book 'My Favorite Wife'? Finished it just as we landed in Hong Kong.
Took the Airport Express from the airport right into Central in Hong Kong. Our dear 'ole friends, K & C came to pick us up with their 3 boys. This trip is mainly to catch-up with them. We squeezed all 5 boys into the car plus our luggage and off we went back to their apartment. The boys all slept together; leaving H and I to a room of our own. C warned us NOT to have any acrobatics on the bed. Heheehehe...

K cooked dinner for us. Crabs, Clams, Scallops... All very yummy!

After dinner, we left the boys with their maid and off we went to Causeway Bay for Tong-Sui. Where did we park? Times Square. Took some customary pictures in front of the Clock. H was very reluctant....and was whining away!

At Times Square...

Walking to Sogo (Oops...Forgot to rotate the Pic)

H and C in the Tid-Bit Shop....buying Kuaci and stuff

Jars and Jars of Tid-Bits (sorry...abit out of focus)

Chinese Cured Meats Shop....bought some chinese ham here...

This is not a shopping trip. Didn't intend to buy anything in Hong Kong... but what we wanted was to get the machine that automatically makes Fa-sang-woo and other Tong-Sui. H saw it on one of the HK shows and was adamant that we should get one. So...off we went to Sogo. Found out that the machine is actually an automatic Soya Bean milk maker, which can make Fa-sang-woo and other Woos. Needless to say, we bought it. (When dad saw it, his comment was "this one...make one time, two times....then I am sure you won't use it already!" . Well, so far, I've made 3 rounds of Soya Bean Milk and 1 round of CashewNut-Woo). Just realised I didn't take photo of the machine... another day lah.

After our purchase, we went to have our Tong-Sui. Was quite a long Q. H had the CashewNut-Woo and I had the Black Sesame-Woo. Donno if it's a matter of taste or what...but I somehow prefer the one at KTZ in SS2. After this, we hopped into another dessert shop to have Tann-lai (Steamed Milk pudding??).... By the end of this, we were really stuffed and ready for bed!

4 comments:

bp said...

Acrobatics?! LOL!

Can't wait to read your Part 2 and any more instalments to come! Like your additional explanation in the captions.

So, the Woo-maker is a great buy? Show us what it looks like when you can!

My Rantings said...

It's a good thing you could tumpang at your friend's place..hotels in HK are so expensive.

Still trying to figure out whether to follow tour or go on our own..any suggestions? :)

Anonymous said...

wah ur fren oredi has 3 boys + ur 2 boys & still hv spare room 4 u..wahhhh their place must be huge!! aiya that soya bean machine oso available here in KL wat...i used mine quite frequently too then now in the box somewhere in the storeroom.. ;)

NomadicMom said...

bp - Won't exactly say great buy. But it's pretty simple to use. Just dump all the ingredients in, and press START. But for "Woo", after it STOPs, got to add some cornstarch and heat again...

Dancing Queen - Yes. Hotel rates have increased quite dramatically.
It depends what you want to do lor.. if you have not been to HK, and want to take see everything in the shortest possible time, then take a tour. If you go on your own, then chances are you'll be lazy and skip certain places.

Laundryamah - Their place is almost 1600 sq ft.
I didn't know it was a soya bean milk maker lah. Only when we were at Sogo, then the lady said it's primary use is to make soya bean milk. To make the WOOs, must use a different mesh.

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