Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, China. September 2017
After walking across the Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge this past week in the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, this was one of the views that greeted us. There were layers among layers of mountains and forests and fog/pollution all around us. These were some characteristic and unforgettable layers! Continue reading
First meal in Changsha, China
September 13, 2017: I’ve never been to Changsha before and I was inspired to go after seeing photos online of the historic and mountainous regions. It is also the area that the movie Avatar was filmed in inspired from.
This tour was part of the “Beautiful China” tour subsidized by the Canadian government for only $99 per person for 6 days of sightseeing. Hotels stays and majority of the meals were covered, but tips for the tour guide and driver as well as certain admission fees were priced separately. Flight to and back were also our own payment too. It was such an amazing deal to see parts of China in a guided tour! I previously went on a Continue reading
Dorsett Mongkok Hong Kong located at 88 Tai Kok Tsui Rd, Tai Kok Tsui in Hong Kong
I really liked this hotel! We stayed at Dorsett Mongkok Hong Kong for a couple of days and checked out on September 13, 2017.
We knew of this hotel thanks to a family friend who recommended it to us based on its cleaniness, affordability, and convenience.
It’s very close and convenient for transit. There is a minibus, number 12A, that goes to the Mongkok East station just around the corner of the hotel (ride takes around 5 minutes). The A21 airport express bus is also available just 7 minutes’ walk from the hotel.
It was affordable and convenience came with a Continue reading
Cafe de Carol (Tai Kok Tsui branch) located at Beech St, Tai Kok Tsui, Hong Kong
September 13, 2017: For a quick and speedy meal before we headed to the airport to Changsha, we went to the classic Cafe de Coral (大家樂).
I hadn’t dined in a 大家樂 in a while but the food is standard and affordable. It’s a fast casual restaurant; you order the food from the menu in the front of the restaurant, pay, and receive your order at the Continue reading
大師傅粥品 located in Mongkok, Hong Kong
September 12, 2017: 大師傅粥品.
For a brunch today, I was feeling for traditional congee so we went to 大師傅粥品 near our hotel.
This restaurant ranked highly on OpenRice and indeed it was fairly good.
Similar to other congee restaurants in Continue reading
Garden Restaurant located at 469 Nathan Road, Yau Ma Tei in Hong Kong
Sept. 11, 2017: For dinner at night, we went to Garden Restaurant (花園酒家) in Yau Ma Tei for hot pot! This hot pot was in a comfortable restaurant on the upper floors of the restaurant that also serves dim sum, a la carte dinners, and more. I remember eating dim sum here at the restaurant with my family as a kid.
It was a good deal for hot pot of $198 per person before the 10 p.m. time Continue reading
Chrisly Cafe located in 107 Sai Yeung Choi St S, Mong Kok in Hong Kong
Sept 11, 2017: Today we went to a classic Hong Kong style cafe for breakfast and lunch called Chrisly Cafe (華星冰室) in Mong Kok (although it also shows up as “Capital Cafe” online..). Since we were staying at a nearby hotel, we actually got 2 free meal vouchers to Chrisly Cafe. Yay!
We got there today just at 11:55 a.m. which was enough time to enjoy their breakfast (their breakfast hours were from 7 to 12 p.m.). We ordered the traditional breakfast which included macaroni with ham, two eggs and buttered toast, and a Continue reading
Mandarin Chicken Rice (Singapore) located at G/F., 17 Chung Wui Street, Tai Kok Tsui in Hong Kong
Sept 10, 2017: Amazing lunch today!! I used the OpenRice app to find a good lunch place near our hotel and this place popped up (I also noticed it when we took the minibus the first day here). I also wanted to eat rice in the morning so this was the perfect place to try.
It was called “Mandarin Chicken Rice (Singapore)” (文華雞飯(新加坡)). It opened at 11:30 a.m. and we arrived there ten minutes after it opened. It was a relatively large restaurant and of which its seats filled up quickly as more customers came in too after Continue reading
Currently typing this from the hotel in Changsha on our first night here and I am shocked and so pleasantly surprised that I can access and publish on WordPress here in the country of firewalls!! :O I vividly remember the last time I was here in China in 2013 during the Trip to China where I could not Continue reading
September 9, 2017: First night arrival in HK and we went to the Chinese restaurant, Regal Terrace, at Regal Riverside Hotel in Sha Tin for dinner (麗豪酒店) with my relatives. It was next to a river and I remember that the last time I came here, we walked here from the MTR station.
I hadn’t previously blogged about this restaurant yet despite being there just last year (probably due to my backlog) but I will do so today. We had 5 dishes. This restaurant was so pricey and the dishes were so small! 😮 After our first two Continue reading
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