Woke up on day 2 with a specific mission in mind: to hunt down the best waffles in town! Armed with our phones (to navigate) and a pretty big appetite, we started walking towards the Central part of town to find these supposedly amazing waffles.
I can't get enough of walking around Hong Kong, there's just so much to see and there's never a dull step. The weather was pretty nice too, at 18 or 19ish degrees.
So you would think that this was the much bragged about waffle place right? Well not exactly. Despite the rather promising front of the shop, this place has one of the worst reviews (further cemented by the lack of customers inside). Nonetheless, gotta give it an A+ for the cool looking design on the front.
Still looking for the place, we ended up sitting on the side of a street to study the map when lo' and behold The Green Waffle Diner was actually right in front of us! Notice the queue on the bottom right of the pic? Tadaaa. Not exactly a straight-forward find for the non locals with that tiny and faded signboard.
And now, down to waffle business.. We ordered a sweet type with berries, banana and ice cream. I'm not sure if we were really hungry or it was that good, but we wolfed this down pretty quickly. I actually really like the taste and texture of the waffle. Kinda soft with a hint of crispiness.
Next up, we had one with eggs benedict and bacon bits. Pretty yummy overall and I noticed that the waffle in this dish had a more savoury taste compared to the one used in the previous dish. A difference only a waffle enthusiast would appreciate :P
And somehow we ended up at a bird park in the middle of the city.. There's supposed to be birds in there..somewhere.
Got a little bit too excited when I spotted some ORANGE flamingoes! Rather fascinating to just stand there and stare at them going about their daily lives, standing impressively on one foot like it's not big deal at all.
Since the weather was decent, and we were kinda in the area anyway, we decided to take the trip up to Victoria Peak (something meant for the next day, but oh well, sometimes you've got to live dangerously ;)). There's a tram going up the hill, but feeling rather adventurous, we decided to take the 30 min hike up instead. I definitely underestimated the entire situation, because it was no simple feat! Incredibly steep hills and which called for a break every 10 mins or so. Nonetheless, it was a fun walk up (minus the huffing & puffing mostly from me). When we finally reached the top, the view was so amazing that I immediately forgot the pain I had been enduring on the way up.
Get a load of that view!
The wind was on full-force and my hair kept flying in every direction possible. I gave up trying to fix it after a few mins. That amazing view kept us up there for over an hour! And whoa did it get chilly. I was literally shaking by the time we left the peak.
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What better way to warm up than with a hot bowl of soup with dumplings. Had this at one of the restaurants at the peak. The fact that it was so friggin cold made it all the more satisfying.
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This was followed by a really good meal at Yardbird, an ultra chic Japanese-fusion restaurant back in Sheung Wan (no pics because I'm lame). I'd totally recommend ordering the meatballs from that place. Sooo good that I've been dreaming about them since being back in KL.
Later that night we went back to Brickhouse in Lan Kwai Fong. Yayy because I took pics this time. Had a few cocktails before heading to a club called 'Play'. No pics again but let's just say it was a rather interesting end to the night.
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| Mint julep & smoked pineapple cocktail |
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| BBQ Pork with rice |
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| BBQ Pork with noodles |
Pretty much spent the rest of Day 3 walking around Causeway Bay and the surrounding areas. Being a Sunday, it was definitely a sight to see the throngs of foreign workers hanging out at parks and streets. Crazy how big the crowd actually was (I mean in the thousands here) dressed up in colourful outfits and picnicking with home-cooked food among themselves. They did seem... happy. It was nice to see them enjoying what was apparently their only day off in the week.
Dinner later that day was at this really cool Vietnamese bar/restaurant called Chôm Chôm. Took me awhile to get over how cute that name sounds. We ordered a bunch of small plates and cocktails of course. We ended up ordering so many types of meat: salmon, chicken, lamb, beef, and pork! Loved the salmon tartare. The combination of raw salmon and Vietnamese flavours was just so good!
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| Dinner by the bar at Chôm Chôm |
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