Sick of hotel's breakfasts, we decided to check out Hong Kongers' favourite local fast food joint.
Fried noodles
Oily and ordinary.
Maple syrup chicken chop set
Chicken chop tender and well marinated. Pan-fried radish cake is average, not too floury which is good.
The noodles was so blah, I decided to eat something nice and trekked up the street to buy egg tart from Tai Cheong. We were in Hong Kong for god's sake! Shouldn't be bogged down by sub-par food.
Ah bliss, those egg tarts never failed to please.
Tummy pleased, we made our way to Ocean Park.
Total waste of time and money. The only thing Princess enjoyed was those kiddy rides and we had better ones at our own backyard theme parks, Movie World, Seaworld so on and so on.
I even had asthma attack walking up and down the slopy roads. Not to mention the anxiety attacks earlier at the super long and scarily steep escalators at the bottom of those hills.
We had curry fishballs, mock sharks fin soup at the park and Princess had chips. All blah, must fuel the body with something nice when we escaped this nightmare place, grrrr, need good food!!
Tea at Salon de Thé de Joël Robuchon (Landmark, Central)
Went with the intention of having the tea set but they were sold out, chan nian-ing...
Not even a macaron in sight, sob.....
Also can't see millefuille, cry..........
Opera slice
This was so more-ish, one of the best I have tasted, no joke!
Custard, chocolate and banana croissant
This is average (the croissant) but the filling is surprising tasty. Normally I shun banana whatever bake goods. I ordered this because Princess die die want almond croissant.
Not pictured but we also had a pear and caramel slice. It was so good I dived in and totally forgot to take a picture!
Kusmi caramel tea
Of course we had coffee too, it was decent. The tea tasted medicinal, liquorish/aniseedy which I personally dislike.
Dinner at Mak An noodles house
CWB branch
Dumpling noodle soup
The soup was seasoned OTT with white pepper and MSG. The wontons were tiny with little fillings. This can survived in good-food aplenty Hong Kong!? Seriously??
The noodles were springy, of course, for it reeks of alkali water. The lye was so strong it kind of seeped into the soup. Urghhh, total disaster bowl of 'thing'.
I can't believe Hong Kongers actually tolerate this 'thing'.
Dessert at Yan Wo soy products shop
Gloomy faced, I told Big-King I die die must eat something nice. We were in Hong Kong for @#$%'s sake. Morning episode coming back to haunt......
Cross the street and we arrived at a soy products 'specialist'.
Stuffed beancurds with fish paste
A man was pan-frying the stuffed beancurd near the entrance. The smell was amazing, it kept getting my attention as I was reading the menu.
Of course, I die die must try.
The stuffed beancurds were quite tasty and even nicer with the chilli sauce on the table. But they were quite oily. There were ladies on other tables using lots of tissues to soak up the oil.
Beancurd tau-fu-fah with black sesame paste
Tau-fu-fah was awesome!! Lose the black sesame paste, it got diluted by the syrup and made it looked and tasted yuck.
Princess die die wanted her daily dose of black sesame paste glutinous balls tong yun. I got a take-away from Lucky Dessert and they were blah tiny with little filling with super spicy gingery soup. But Princess enjoyed them nonetheless. Also had a take-away steamed milk pudding from Chui Yun, totally blah.
I wonder where I can find a good traditional dessert shop around CWB?
