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Day 2: 利強記北角雞蛋仔 (Lee Keung Kee North Point Eggette)- Wan Chai, Hong Kong

After some rest, we headed out towards Wan Chai in search for the Wan Chai Computer Centre. This was an easy ride- rather than going on the MTR, we went out through the "Ding Ding" tram-- a fun option if you want to see the city while utilizing transportation.   Not exactly knowing where we needed to take off from the tram, I asked the driver and he was very friendly in informing me where I should get off. When we arrived at the correct stop, he even beckoned us to leave the tram-- a very nice gesture! Two Hong Kong Dollars later per person (one dollar for children or seniors) we were off to a great evening walk.  Arriving at our destination, we did not head into the Wan Chai Computer Centre immediately as right next door were plenty of food outlets, ranging from fast food outlets like McDonalds to bakeries and full service restaurants. Also right next door was this vendor: 利強記北角雞蛋仔. I've previously coined it as North Point Hong Kong Egg Waffles but a c

Day 2: Fung Shing Restaurant- Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

After breakfast, I headed off to Sheung Wan with my companions to visit some friends, and soon enough it was lunch already! So, being the territory that my friends knew best, they decided on the location for lunch. Their choices always rotates on restaurants in the walkable vicinity, so every time with them we visit a different restaurant. So when I thought we were actually going to Treasure Lake Golden Banquet Restaurant for lunch, I was in for a surprise. For some background information, the reason why I though we would be eating at Treasure Lake was that we had dinner here during our last visit, and it was quite pleasant-- great modern style interior and tasty food. We were instead going to the restaurant right below, Fung Shing Restaurant. It is much more traditional style in terms of the interior of a banquet style restaurant. Inside there were some modern design elements, but overall the restaurant did feel older and more traditional in terms of a Chinese

Day 2: Breakfast at cafe TOO in Island Shangri-La- Central, Hong Kong

Sleeping early the previous night, it happened to be that everyone rose up early-- meaning before six in the morning! So after waiting for a while (since according to cafe TOO hours that the buffet didn't open until 6:30 A.M.) we went downstairs to an empty cafe TOO. We found out downstairs that we actually could have had the buffet open to us before 6:30A.M. At such time frame there were not many guests eating inside cafe TOO other than business travelers. The food was barely touched, but the chefs were already busy preparing more food for the morning rush. What was really great visiting early was that the food really was fresh-- the steamed dumplings had been barely touched and everything was very hot and fresh tasting. On this plate: fried rice, fruit (dragon fruit, watermelon, honeydew, papaya, pineapple), four dumplings (pork, juicy pork dumpling, clear vegetarian, and siu mai), grilled items (tomato, zucchini, and chicken), and some stir fried rice cake. This plate was

Day 1: Dinner @ Very Good Restaurant- North Point, Hong Kong

We were meeting up with friends the afternoon and soon enough it was dinner time! Our friend's area happened to be near North Point and Fortress Hill, where there are plenty of food selections. We all knew what our first pick would be: Choi Fook, the place where I found the joys of eating dried scallop and egg white fried rice. Unfortunately, arriving at Choi Fook gave us some bad news- they were not available due to the fact that it was the holiday season. Asian families typically hold reunions/get-together events during weekends and holidays and so popular restaurants like Choi Fook were completely booked. So we walked from restaurant to restaurant to see whether or not if they had any seats available. My friend and I went three restaurants in search for seats but the restaurants all said they had no room left; thus my friend had to find some other restaurants. I had no clue of the Fortress Hill/North Point dining scene so unfortunately, I could not help him. Very Good Resta

Day 1: Breakfast at cafe TOO in Island Shangri-La- Central, Hong Kong

After settling in to our rooms from the long plane flight, breakfast was next in the list of things to do. So, we all headed down to cafe TOO, where the employees greeted us and walked us to our table, asking us our room numbers, number of guests, and if we wanted newspapers along the way. Walking around cafe TOO again for the first time in more than two years, I felt very impressed by the food display. It had seemed like a 14 hour flight had brought me into such a different environment- immediately the stress from the past few weeks before this trip seemed like it had disappeared. I was also surprised by the amount of people in cafe TOO- lots of people happened to be staying in the Island Shangri-La compared to before for this vacation period. Families were having large get-togethers and reunions here and everyone seemed to be in a very happy mood. Of course along with the families were plenty of business travelers- lots of variety in terms of people in the restaurant. As I at

cafe TOO at Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong Index

Here are all the posts on cafe TOO located in Island Shangri-La at Central, Hong Kong. cafe TOO at Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong: Introduction Day 1: Breakfast at cafe TOO in Island Shangri-La- Central, Hong Kong Day 2: Breakfast at cafe TOO in Island Shangri-La- Central, Hong Kong   Day 3-4: Breakfast at cafe TOO in Island Shangri-La- Central, Hong Kong + Sickness Day 6: Breakfast at cafe TOO in Island Shangri-La- Central, Hong Kong Address information: cafe TOO at Island Shangri-La Pacific Place Supreme Court Road Central, Hong Kong Tel: (852) 2820 8571

Hong Kong/ Guangzhou Trip Index 2010

Here are all the posts on our Hong Kong/ Guangzhou trip that I have written so far (still a work in progress): - HONG KONG - Flights: Cathay Pacific Flight CX883: LAX-HKG Hotels: Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong: Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong 2010: Public Spaces + Check-In Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong 2010: Deluxe Rooms Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong 2010: Harbor and Peak Views   Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong 2010: Interiors cafe TOO at Island Shangri-La- Central, Hong Kong : ( Introduction ), ( Day 1 ) ( Day 2 ) ( Day 3-4 ) ( Day 6 ) Food: Cafe de Coral- Admiralty, Hong Kong cafe TOO at Island Shangri-La- Central, Hong Kong : ( Introduction ), ( Day 1 ) ( Day 2 ) ( Day 3-4 ) ( Day 6 ) Can-teen- Admiralty, Hong Kong Chiu Hing Noodles House- Wan Chai Fung Shing Restaurant- Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Hei Yuet Seafood Palace Restaurant- Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Honolulu Cafe- Hang Hou, Hong Kong Peking Garden (Pacific Place)- Admiralty, Hong Kong Very Good Restaurant- Nor

cafe TOO at Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong: Introduction

An introduction? What do I mean by an introduction? Well, this post is going to focus only on the interior and the layout of the restaurant- I mean cafe TOO. Typically I do postings with the interiors and the food critique together, but this time I am going to do cafe TOO's separately since I am hoping to do posts talking about each day's events on my past trip to Hong Kong.  I've been to cafe TOO probably more than 30 times throughout the years. The reason why? Complimentary breakfast for two people in our group thanks to Golden Circle's benefits in being a mid tier member (Jade) or above. No, it's never been completely free for all of us during our trips, but why miss out? Cafe TOO offers an awesome breakfast with a wide amount of selections, and so do all of Shangri-La's other buffets. After all these years, the interior of cafe TOO really has not changed much- maybe none at all! It was very modern looking to begin with ten years ago, and to this day lo