Hongkong Trip (Day 6)

Well rested and woke up only at 9am..

Since we don't have much time left to our flight at around 4pm. took a stroll at around yau ma tei area. Here, there are leather import/export shops, kitchen stuff shops, wet market, a small garden for the folks to do their morning taiji or leisure chit-chats.

Bought some stuffs at heng xiang shop before going for a last desert at a desert stall in the back alley. Found another gem. The desert is well prepared. i had a 'san za almond' desert which is a little sourly and almondly tinted soup.


















The photo shown below is 'tang yuan' that is very special. The sesame is wrapped with sago! Be cautious that one don't scorch your lips if you are not careful.. :)





















Another nice desert is the 'chuang pi nai' with red bean.. very smooth and the red bean complements the milky taste. Though to milky for my liking but i think this is a cool desert.





















lastly, this spring roll is the last to arrive. It is a few variety of mushrooms wrapped in spring roll skin and deep fried to a lovely golden colour. The rolls looked like it was prepared when ordered.



















When food is finished, bill is settled, its to the airport...

Cathay Pacific airline's pre check-in service is a good way for people to self-service and we have 1 chance to choose our own seats. i think this is really a neat offer. However, opinion of the actual flight experience is somewhat lacking.

The cabin is stuffy when we board the plane. suspect that the plane was detoxed and 'aired' before we board the plane. When we asked, the stewardess explained that the air conditioned is only turned on when the captain turns on the engine. Weird reason. i don't remember encountering this on SIA, China air, Quantas or even BA. Wonder if this is anything to do with the dreaded swine flu? Throughout the flight, it is really warm. Exactly the same as when we flew to hongkong.

So there, only managed to enjoy good food. Surprisingly, the lao po bing and other local produce that are not branded tasted better than the branded ones like 'heng xiang' and 'lao bing jia'. The char siew, roasted duck/chicken rice is simply heaven. Many a time, we see our chicken rice served in Singapore where the chicken is 'flattened' or the char siew is not prepared properly / coloured naturally. This is really good.

The wantoon mee is also excellent. 2 prawns wrapped by the wanton skin uses a small dub of pork to 'glue' everything together. The noodle is just nice, and finer than the ones in Singapore. 'Q' is the word. All for the price of between HK$20 in the less touristy places to HK$45 for the more expensive ones.

Bought 1 shirt, 5 paris of socks, 3 CDs and some local produce... still think Hongkong is a good shopping haven? Try convincing me.