So it was a last minute decision for this trip but was fun though. The rush of it and hasty planning of places to go so I could sweep the stuff worth buying. Haa.
My first day:
Took a flight to Hong Kong Airport and from there (without going through the usual custom, we took the ferry to Macau (Why Macau? Due to my sudden urge to gamble). Woohoo.. Amazed!
At Macau:
Shocked to see the whole place filled with hotels and casinos! Not really a good thing. But there must be something nice about it - which is the free transportation in Macau. We took the free shuttle bus from the ferry terminal to hotel and from different hotels to other place. Very very convenient. Other than that you just need to walk so we spent our money on food, accommodation and gifts here.
On the way to the hotel: The Venetian
Hotel:
Very very nice suite. For the 3 of us. Don't have to add extra bed.. Enough for 4-5 persons (if don't mind sleeping on the couch). I've got plenty of pictures for this..
Little Golf course
To Da San Ba:
This is where you can get the Almond biscuit and to see the ruins of St Paul's.
Drop off point: Outside Grand Emperor Hotel
Changing guards..
Uphill
Downhill
Here we are! Koi Kee Shop.. Very crowded.. With lots of food tasting
Glimpse of the remaining wall
Take 5! And have a drink/ Liang cha @ 'tai sing kung':
Donago 3 Brothers LARGE Milk tea.. They got 3 chewy stuff in it.. Pearls, pudding and chin chow.. That's why need a LARGE cup. Delicious but think this is from Taiwan.
The Ruins:
Front View
Corner view
Top view..
See my mum sitting down there?
CLock tower
The night scene in Macau: Similar to Las vegas except the streets is not as vibrant.. Maybe in the casino the ambience would be different. Or maybe the night is still early for all those hustle-bustle.
{Side track:
Oh and before i forget.. I was stopped at the casino entrance.. Haha.. The guard asked if I'm 17? I'm so old already! Hohoho.. I feel so much younger the whole day!!}
Gondola Ride in the hotel/mall:
View outside Venetian:
Day 2+3: Zhuhai
We took the free shuttle bus again to Zhuhai.. Yes i mentioned 'Again' cos we did that in the previous afternoon as Macau got not much attraction. Haa.. Travelling was easy too. So it took us to the border (Gong Bei) and we just walk through immigration custom etc and then down the stairs to the large Gong Bei underground shopping mall in Zhuhai. Fun, Fun, Fun! Bought quite some stuff from there too.. Kiddy stuff for the cousins and niece. Cutie stuff.
As picture above shows, these are some interesting food except the shopping that we had in China. We had dim sum the 1st afternoon there.. They got this carrot 'su' which is quite different (a bit like cha siew su except they use carrot). Next is the osmanthus cake (made of osmanthus tea.. I would have find it very nice and refreshing if i'm not that full already). The 2nd day, we had lunch at Shi Shen seafood restaurant. They serve more of cantonese cuisine and in the photo montage, there's this vegetable dish with cashew nut, fish slice and this bulb.. lotus bulb? The dish glistens but not the oily kind. It was not ge lat too. Then the last night in Zhuhai, we had seafood on board the Chinese junk. They served this salt baked prawn and dessert papaya with 'xue ge'. Very interesting ideas and yummy!
Day 4:
Left Zhuhai to Hong Kong by ferry..
and after 1 hour plus of travelling...
Ta-dah! We finally reached HK and landed ourselves at this outlet with mango + strawberry + jelly ice blend. Healthy dessert. And also this mango 'ondei ondei'. How to go about franchising? We could actually get one into SG? Ii think we had one before, at Bugis (if I'm not wrong), but closed down?
To the hotel, L'Hotel:
Cool display on the TV, they actually got the guest's name on it to welcome you. Cool eh! Then it was some photo taking of the hotel. It's at Tsuen Wan. Far away from the popular places but nice and modern interior of hotel. We witnessed 2 weddings at the hotel.
Oh then during lunch, I had the best Cha Siew ever.. Half fatty half lean. Delicious!! I'm craving for more now.. Then it's off shopping. Went to this recommended shopping place. A mix of city plaza and far east, called "Ugly Centre". I don't know how to pronounce the sctual place.. Argyle Centre or 'Mong Kok zhong sum'. And came to a conclusion: You can find large size shoes around and HK style clothings (Jap, korean, Taiwan styles as well) but maybe not on a Saturday. It was so crowded. I heard that it is also very crowded even on weekdays. But should be worse on weekends.
Later that night, went to attend baby shower celebration..
Cute, attitude boy..
And there is the typical HK style dinners.. Got Mahjong session before food. Haha. I finally experience it after watching those HK dramas.
Day 5:
Going home.
Breakfast at 'Cha Chan Teng'. Ordered B 'chan' and milk tea.
Market with dancing legs and juicy 'cha siew and siew yoke'
Nice and hectic trip. I want to go HK again and explore but firstly.. master Cantonese so i can have conversation and not make-up sentences like this one i learnt: "hmm gyo, pey ngo Ho lok ga peng" which means " one cola with ice please". Haha..
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