Taiwanese Desserts at 康瑞甜品

康瑞甜品 signature dessert

康瑞甜品 located at 323 Lai Chi Kok Rd, Sham Shui Po in Hong Kong

September 22, 2017:  After a really good dinner at a nearby dai pai dong, Willa brought us to 康瑞甜品, a popular dessert place for Taiwanese desserts.  康瑞甜品 started off as a small dessert stall but due to their popularity and delicious desserts, they grew into the present restaurant.

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Dai Pai Dong Dinner at Oi Man Sang in Sham Shui Po

愛文生大排檔 Oi Man Sang food

愛文生大排檔 Oi Man Sang located at Sham Shui Po Building, 1A-1C Shek Kip Mei St, Sham Shui Po in Hong Kong

September 22, 2017:

For an impromptu dinner meetup, my mom and I had dinner with Willa in the Sham Shui Po area.  She recommended a good dai pai dong restaurant called 愛文生大排檔 (Oi Man Sang) for us.  It was funny because I had actually seen this restaurant pop up as one of the top dai pai dongs on OpenRice too.  Yay that it was the Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Windows

 Hong Kong International Airport departure windows

Hong Kong International Airport, September 2017

Every time I’m at the airport travelling, this photo of the windows almost always gets taken.  Here is the most recent one as I returned home from my trip to Asia in 2017. 🙂

For some pontificating:  This photo shows window panes among window panes and shows the window of opportunity to the world.  Since it is a photo of an Continue reading →

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Tortoise Herbal Jelly at 海天堂

Hoi Tin Tong 海天堂 herbal jelly

Hoi Tin Tong located at Shatin 橫壆街2-16號沙田中心L3 – 12舖 in Hong Kong

September 22, 2017:  After the yummy mantis shrimp meal we had, we were in the Shatin area and I wanted some herbal jelly to balance out the heat in my body.  We came across a herbal jelly shop called Hoi Tin Tong 海天堂.

We each ordered the 香港傳統龜苓膏 (“Hong Kong traditional turtle herbal jelly”) in cold version.  The bowl that it was Continue reading →

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Mantis Shrimp Feast at Sai Kung Chuen Kee Seafood Restaurant

Chuen Kee Seafood Restaurant mantis shrimp

Chuen Kee Seafood Restaurant located at 47-71 Sai Kung Hoi Pong St, Sai Kung in Hong Kong

September 22, 2017:  Like I said, after my first light lunch at Blacksmith Tea House, I reunited with my mom again and we went to Sai Kung Chuen Kee Seafood Restaurant (全記海鮮菜館) on Hoi Pong Street.

Our sole purpose here was to dine on mantis shrimp.  There is probably no better place in the world of which to eat good fresh seafood and mantis shrimp happens to be just one of the amazing eats at these Sai Kung restaurants near the Continue reading →

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Light Lunch at Blacksmith Tea House in Sai Kung

Blacksmith Tea House salads

Blacksmith Tea House located at 3 Sai Kung Hoi Pong St, Sai Kung in Hong Kong

September 22, 2017:  A quick post: Jade and I met up for our (almost) yearly chat at Blacksmith Tea House!  It’s a small and characteristic cafe on Hoi Pong Street in Sai Kung.

We met up just after 1 p.m. and we were the only customers in the shop.

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Dai Pai Dong Dinner at New Tung Kee Chinese Restaurant

New Tung Kee Chinese Restaurant

New Tung Kee Chinese Restaurant located on Tung Chung Rd in Tung Chung in Hong Kong

September 21, 2017:  After the longest hike of my life (4 hours of 12 km!), we arrived back at our starting location and ate dinner at a dai pai dong called New Tung Kee Chinese Restaurant in Tung Chung (新東記大排檔) around 8:30 at night.

At first, we didn’t want to dine in because we noticed from walking inside for a second that there were people smoking in the restaurant.  We didn’t want to dine in a place with billowing second-hand smoke.  However, we also noticed Continue reading →

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Mountainous Dao Fu Fa at 好景士多

好景士多 desserts

好景士多 located in Lantau Island

September 21, 2017:

I wasn’t planning on blogging about this restaurant in particular but after I posted a photo on Instagram about it, the feedback was that this was a very well-known spot for excellent soya pudding.

We were in the middle of our four-hour hike in Tung Chung to Continue reading →

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Lunch Buffet at SkyCity Bistro (Marriott Hong Kong)

SkyCity Bistro interior

SkyCity Bistro located at 1 Sky City Road East, Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong SAR in Hong Kong

September 21, 2017:

We enjoyed a buffet lunch today at the SkyCity Bistro at the Marriott Hong Kong Hotel near the airport in Chek Lap Kok.  Our family friend had a 30% off for the entire table.

SkyCity Bistro is a buffet located inside the hotel.  Thus, it was very modern, classy, and sophisticated inside with staff that were highly Continue reading →

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Pho Dinner at North Viet Pho (Tai Kok Tsui)

North Viet Pho Tai Kok Tsui

North Viet Pho located at Shop B1B, G/F, 22-24 Tai Tsun Street, Tai Kok Tsui in Hong Kong

September 20, 2017:

We went to the Tai Kok Tsui branch of North Viet Pho (越北牛肉粉專門店) for dinner.  We were one of a handful of tables inside the strongly air-conditioned and quiet restaurant.  I ordered the Vietnamese Sausage with Tomato Soup Pho while my mom ordered the Beef with Satay Soup Pho.

The orders came out straight away.  I liked that the soup Continue reading →

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