milk tea paradise

so, to quench my thirst over hong kong milk tea, i went to hong kong last weekend.


well...not really. i actually went there to met up with some of my shanghai jiao tong friends, it's been a while. i didnt plan to shop (or i have to say i didnt have any budget to shop), so i stuck to the plan 'food quest'. we basically moved from one restaurant/cafe/eateries to another and fortunately, we had eaten quite number of good food, and oh..dont forget 'milk tea'! however, it's a wrong decision to go to hong kong in summer. as you know that the streets there are not really friendly (hike, slope, hike, slope), it really worn us off to walk around while spending most of the time wiping off our sweat. i even needed to buy some shirts to change (budget spoiler)! i wont go back in summer, ever. (unless it's for free)

some of jiao tong's special people

lan kwai fong was packed, as always. loud too. the weather was totally unfriendly that i perspired non-stop when i was wandering around. i stayed late with my friends but didnt join them for another club because i was too tired that i decided to go back, even alone. i was walking to quieter road to get a cab and suddenly i heard a girl whistling loudly and said "hey you!" i looked at her, well, them actually. they were like a group of 3-4, drinking outside a bar; i was with that kind of 'you-mean-me?' look, and one of them said, "c'mon join us." i suddenly felt like a manwhore. i ignored them anyway. they should have thrown few piles of money, i might *ruff* *ruff* *rrrrRrrrrr*.....and be a good boy.


we spent the next and next day, as i said, wandering around looking for food, food, food and food. of course we visited the peak (although it was foggy), avenue of stars, won tai sin temple too (since my prayers have not been answered so i went there asking for blessings). let me try to recall what we had eaten...hmmm. dimsum, roasted pork, char-siew, french toast, egg tart, some buns, porridge, beef noodle, some tomato noodle, milk tea and more milk tea, stinky tofu, mango/watermelon dessert, err..hmmm, yah, well, etc etc etc.

milk tea in hong kong is trully good!

delicious french toast that can be found at one of the restaurants at peak's sky tower

the good food makes up for the horrible restaurant

when we checked-in in town (at hongkong station), they have this 'dai ga lok' restaurant that my friend had been raving about. honestly, i was not so enthusiastic but i was glad i decided to go along because it turned out that they had good char-siew and roasted pork! i will definitely go back to that place. anyway, we even bought a pack and bring it to our flight. yumm!!


in this trip, we had like 53 hours and 40 minutes in total (before we boarded to the flight back to singapore, this doesnt count!). we slept like for a total of 7.5 hours (ya, we didnt have enough sleep), 4 hours in total for shower+unpacking/packing...and it means we spent like 42 hours on the street. hmm, not bad for such a tight schedule. a good weekend getaway always bring a smile on your face, no? =)