Mr Roc’s Crawfish located at 416 Spadina Ave in Toronto
October 13, 2017: Last night, we went for dinner at Mr. Roc’s Crawfish (龙虾君洛克) to try out their food after reading the BlogTO article about them. As always, BlogTO tends to hype up the restaurants they feature with a very appealing heading but it’s up to the reader and customer to read into whether the hype is real or not. This restaurant opened up around August this Continue reading
Joey Eaton Centre located at 1 Dundas St W in Toronto
October 7, 2017: Dinner at Joey Eaton Centre.
I’ve been to Joey Eaton Centre before many years ago when they first opened back in university with some friends.
This time, I returned for a Continue reading
Yuantong Hotel located in Changsha, China
We stayed here for one night on Sept 13, 2017 for our first night in Changsha, China. We got to the hotel at 9 p.m. and checked in. We were in room 1301.
We got one room key which electronically unlocked the door and displayed a blue smiley face. It was so cute!
Inside the room, we had two double beds. The room was huge and so Continue reading
Pret a Manger located at Arrivals Hall A, Arrivals Level (L5) at Hong Kong International Airport
September 28, 2017:
Sandi had asked me about Pret a Manger in preparation for her trip to Asia next year. There was a Pret a Manger in the Hong Kong airport that she wanted to visit because she wanted to try the Peking Duck Wrap again.
I’d never been to this popular Continue reading
Window of the World, China. August 2009
I was going to post a more typical photo of something that relates to “scale” this week but this photo caught my eye as I was browsing all my thousands of photos. This photo shows scale too! Look at how cute and small that little boy is compared to the plastic fake rhino and its baby. Also spot the pink shopping bag to the left and its size. 😀 Continue reading
Hung Fook Tong located at many various locations all around Hong Kong
September 27, 2017:
After almost three weeks of enjoying their healthy drinks, here is a brief blog post about it. Hung Fook Tong is a company that specializes in selling healthy drinks and herbal jelly. Apparently, they are the biggest retailer and distributor in Hong Kong of such items. They are located in stores such as shopping malls as well as many MTR stations which makes it so easy to pick up a drink when commuting and shuttling from MTR station to MTR Continue reading
Chiuchow Garden located at Shop 801B, 8/F., New Town Plaza I, 18 Sha Tin Centre Street, Sha Tin in Hong Kong
September 27, 2017:
For dim sum today with relatives, we went to Chiuchow Garden (潮庭) in Sha Tin New Town Plaza. I’ve been there for dinner for sure but uncertain whether I had been here for dim sum and whether it had been blogged before. Thus, here is a brief recap through mostly photos of what we Continue reading
Yamm located at The Mira Hong Kong, G/F,, 118-130 Nathan Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui in Hong Kong
September 26, 2017: Today, we dined with our travel buddies again for a lunch buffet at the Yamm at The Mira Hong Kong Hotel. There was a deal where if you had four people, the fifth person was free. We had six people together so it was still kind of a nice deal.
We arrived promptly at the posh hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui at 12 p.m. The buffet restaurant called Yamm was actually Continue reading
Restaurant Osaka located at Ashley Mansion, 10-14 Ashley Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui in Hong Kong
September 25, 2017:
For our 2017 meetup, Carson took me to Restaurant Osaka (大阪日本料理) for dinner. It’s located in Tsim Sha Tsui near Carnarvon Road and Nathan Road and also very close to the Tsim Sha Tsui MTR Station.
It was a Continue reading
Pizza Express located at Shop 121, Level 1, New Town Plaza Phase 1, 18 Shatin Centre Street, Shatin in Hong Kong
September 25, 2017: Today, we went to the ubiquitous Pizza Express restaurant for lunch in Shatin. They have many branches all over Hong Kong including the airport too. I’ve also passed by this branch before but never tried it.
We were there around 1 o’clock for their lunch set special. It included a small appetizer, main, and Continue reading
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