hello 2014

went MIA for about 2wks as i was away for holiday!!! i think a holiday will make you mentally and psychologically recharged but body will be super drained.... or perhaps is just the way how i plan my trips... i m the super kiasu kind.... i felt that you paid so much to travel to those places then of cause must make full use of the time there so i always planned my schedule until super pack... we will be practically running from one location to another.... as a result, always feel so tired after the trip......

so for this trip.... i went to taiwan from 24th Dec 2013 to 30th Dec 2013 then 31st Dec 2013 to 5th Jan 2014.... went to taizhong, cing jing and taipei in taiwan & the last 3 days in hk was just visiting relatives.... just touched down at 5am this morning.... feeling very tired now..... i would say this trip was ok... not say super exciting but at least get to experience some cold weather..... shall slowly upload the photo & blog about the different locations that i went =)

Day 12 & 13 - hk

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the last 2 days in hk was more of relatives visiting & buying the stuff my mama asked me to get from hongkong....

4th jan
had morning tea with one set of relatives then went to jordon there to get dried seafood for mama... we went to 德兴 at number 1 吴松街... apparently this store is pretty famous as when i told my aunties that i am going there, all of them were like "oh, that store".... & then as this store is famous, there are ALOT of fake 德兴 around the area.... so must go to the outlet at number 1 吴松街, there is  NO other branch....

the street sign

the signboard

this outlet....

 lucky for me, i only saw this 德兴 & not any other outlets... this store business damn good man.... ALOT of people there & they buy expensive stuff like abalone & bird nest kind.... of cause they do sell cheaper things like walnut, salted fish kind.... after buying the required stuff, the bag weighted like 5kg or so... kns heavy so we went back to hotel to put down the stuff before meeting another set of relatives for dinner....

lunch/tea break.... hk mac.... yummy

5th jan
again... morning tea with aunty before going to 尖沙咀 to see the victoria harbour....before making our way back to shatin to have dinner & take A41 back to airport....

the cute duck custard bun...

SOGO closing sale.... my god... i didnt know sogo can close down 1 lea... really hard to do business

our dinner... not nice... but dont know why still got so many people queuing

scenery at harbour

the ferry terminal

foggy...

ferry....

some bruce lee statue that ALOT of people take picture of, so i just join in

so with that, it marks the end of my 13 day trip in taiwan & hong kong.... i would say the trip was pretty fun especially visiting the farms in taizhung area as well as cingjing..... taipei was pretty much the same... more of shopping than sightseeing i would say.... as goes for hong kong... i wanted to visit more places in hong kong but due to the tight schedule, it was no possible... but oh well.... there is always a next time... to end off... i will post some of the food items i bought for this trip =) yummy =)

老婆饼，this is my favourite brand but now like not so nice

some mushroom floss thing that i bought in taiwan

almond biscuit & love letter from macau store... yummy

my favourite almond puff from maxim

almond cookie

the freebie from taiwan tourism board

Day 11- hk

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another take it easy day.... had lunch at shatin area before visiting one of my aunty....then we went to boston restaurant for dinner... is my favourite steak house... cheap & nice... the restaurant is at wan chai... get out from 修顿大球场 exit then turn left... cross the traffic light at the cross road then turn left again & walk to the end then will reach the restaurant...

the menu

nice soup & bun

steak on the trolley... waiting to be served

my flamming steak

after the flame is gone

my bf steak

drink

signboard

after dinner... we crossed the road to take tram to 红棉道station then walked up to the peak tram station

tram route directory

tram station

the tram

sidetrack... my favourite dreyer's ice cream at the peak 7-11

scenery at the peak 480

i bought the tram ticket + the peak 480 or 540 observatory ( i cant remember the exact degree) was 63hkd but that's for one way tram ticket cause the amount of people queuing was insane... so we decided to take the bus back.... the bus has lesser people queuing but my god... the ride down was like roller coaster... firstly the road has many turns since is down the hill... worst was the driver... drove like F1... i was like in a centrifuge... being spun around... kns dangerous lo... so for that like 20min ride... i had a hard time standing... & after that my bf and I felt pukey....

sad thing aside, i think the peak is another must visit attraction in hk... if you have time, should go there earlier... like late afternoon, evening time so that you can walk around the area.... before going up the observatory to see the night scenery.... then if you are want to have a nice meal with great ambience, then the peak restaurant is THE place... is just beside the peak mall... it look like a cottage... food are not bad but ambience is really nice... & of cause the price also very nice.... as the peak is a tourist attraction & where the super filthy rich people stay... food there are not cheap... i think cheapest will be mcdonald... so i advise people to grab their meals before or after going up the peak =)

Day 9 - HK

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today is just a relaxing day around since we are all tired from the passed few days of running around.... went down to mong kok 郎豪坊 to have lunch cause i want to eat at 池记...

the restaurant

the set menu

wanton mee + barley

dou hui

stew beef... very nice!!! my favourite

 

outside area happened to have hello kitty deco... so we went to join the crowd

huge ass amount of people hogging this display

after that we walked around the area to search for smelly tofu... but today is 1st jan... so i guess many stores were not opened... after walking for quite awhile, we managed to find a store that sell smelly tofu but not really nice & worst... was cold tofu... kns

the store

not nice smelly tofu

quite nice egglet

then lazy us went back to walk around shatin malls... & i knew got liz lisa... but i didnt know they got sell the lucky bag!!!

lucky bag!!!

so tempted to buy the lucky bag but like 1.5x the price, somemore this year designs not say very nice so i gave up once again... haiz.... to compensate for the lost... we went for nice dessert at 许留山, tabao dinner then go back hotel to rest... cause tomorrow is DISNEYLAND!!!!

winter special

the coconut... not bad

tabao yoshinoya... i think slightly better than sg

mont blanc that we bought at the mall.... not really nice