tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38968878334440942822024-03-13T14:20:27.101-04:00hungry for HKA log of Janice's adventures on her exchange to Hong Kong (University of Hong Kong) from Jan - May 2010.Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846520308723816058noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896887833444094282.post-20765233901278408022010-06-01T15:36:00.012-04:002010-06-02T00:45:49.349-04:00Looking back...Can't believe this 5 month adventure has come to an end. Can't believe I'm back in Canada, it kind of feels like I've never left but there's this unfamiliar feeling to this place. <br />
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It's hard to sum up the last 5 months. The first few weeks were pretty tough; it was hard for me to adjust to the new environment, new transportation and just not knowing anyone. I remember going to Queen Mary Hospital and eating dinner by myself every night for a week... it was rather lonely.<br />
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I also remember during the first month, I explored quite a bit by myself. I would take the minibus randomly to Central or Causeway Bay (because I didn't know how to call out the stops or tell where I was) and my adventure would be to find a bus that would bring me home. Now if you ask me I can name TONS of buses and bus stops that can bring me home from both places, but during that month I would literally walk almost all the way home before I found a familiar bus. Fun for the first 2 hours but tiring and frustrating by the 3rd... haha.<br />
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Chinese New Year in HK was a really good experience. The atmosphere is really exciting and there`s lots of things to see like the parade, the huge night market and of course crazy fireworks! It was nice to spend it with my family in Hong Kong. :)<br />
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Also can't forget my Taiwan trip with Soyeon and Wendy. Insanely fun, insanely packed itinerary, hotsprings, teahouses and tons of amazing food and scenery. By the last night our feet hurt so much from walking that they were actually numb, we were limping back to our hostel and it took about 20 mins of lying on our beds for us to feel our feet again. Pretty brutal but so worth it... it was such a memorable trip!<br />
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March and April were littered with shopping trips, trying to find boots, eating tons of froyo, bubble tea at Gong Cha, and just eating eating eating. I think in March, Wendy and I was just breathing shopping and BBT during every minute of spare time. It was intense I tell ya =P<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg85JK5I4HenNZPIbqPN9B9QSnz-mvzCzROj6IpaajNurZSvszPfjxOjxp-C5vVX37HwhFfbIWYBUbLOUgnN_r8IcyN7fi1sLb-nZwXw0g69HI2oWxtjXsfLSPAbmcuR1YVRbyr1Io7ws/s1600/boys.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg85JK5I4HenNZPIbqPN9B9QSnz-mvzCzROj6IpaajNurZSvszPfjxOjxp-C5vVX37HwhFfbIWYBUbLOUgnN_r8IcyN7fi1sLb-nZwXw0g69HI2oWxtjXsfLSPAbmcuR1YVRbyr1Io7ws/s200/boys.jpg" width="200" /></a>Also just remembered volunteering at <a href="http://worshipcentral.org/">Worship Central</a> with Jacq, The Ageless Melody CD release at The Vine and just going to <a href="http://www.thevine.org.hk/">The Vine Church</a> in general. I had such an amazing time there and it was really eye opening. Can't wait to go back =)<br />
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Oh and at school, I took squash lessons which was apparently difficult with my short pinky, aerobics class which was super fun (think dance & exercise!), and was an English tutor for a couple kids at King's College. Good experience overall, the boys were pretty funny :P<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV7mhbdQiF1Zknhq7b11SHTX5ol_Y570NAFSmRDLrOUGJE8FmGGiIiE3VkI8XsfJK8OITNfDv746pY9kX9gtX3yDytDD_GwsH7mMttCTgm6s6MMeGgK-je-EBXaHrRoyEjEpIh2k_P734/s1600/high+tea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV7mhbdQiF1Zknhq7b11SHTX5ol_Y570NAFSmRDLrOUGJE8FmGGiIiE3VkI8XsfJK8OITNfDv746pY9kX9gtX3yDytDD_GwsH7mMttCTgm6s6MMeGgK-je-EBXaHrRoyEjEpIh2k_P734/s200/high+tea.jpg" width="133" /></a>Although April got really busy with exams, the huge gang still got to go out to eat some good food (thanks Openrice!) and have a couple adventures. We had an epic "final" exchange students dinner with over 30 people and we called every dinner and outing our "last" after that lol. The most adventures came after exams though... We went to 3 or 4 destinations per day to make the most of our remaining time in HK. We ate awesome things like High Tea at the Mandarin Oriental hotel ($50CAD for 2!), went hiking at Time Magazine's best urban hike in Asia (Dragon's Back) and chilled at some beautiful beaches. Oh and can't forget the multiple times we had epic Mcdonalds Delivery, especially with Louise at 5am in front of the Library =D<br />
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Some other random memories: First meeting CK and Danny during the Infernal Affairs photoshoot, Kathy and froyo/food adventures, Carmen and Chinese class, Fiona, Laura, Jenny and all the girls in our lil Monday prayer group, Connie and Louise aka Amy and Anita the A-team, 11 hours (minus 2) of Kareoke with the girls on the 2nd floor, constant attempts to go 3am dim sum with Swee Lee and Karen, Milktop ice cream obsessions - especially sesame, milk, cookies and hazelnut flavours *drool*, awesome Marketing group and our awesome presentation, and honestly the list keeps going on...<br />
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I never thought I would meet such amazing people and have such an amazing time in HK. In the beginning I thought I would have a terrible time, with all the rude people, polluted air and stuffy humid weather, but in the end it was more than I could ask for. I feel like I've learned alot from my time here, my Chinese reading improved (unfortunately not so much my speaking) and even my tolerance for bugs rose! =P Glad the Internet makes it easy for us to keep in touch, just hoping that we will all see each other again soon =)<br />
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<i>Side note: I'll probably be publishing a couple more posts on some thoughts I still have on HK.. hopefully soon! And... even if I didn't give you a shoutout I'm still thinking of you :)</i>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846520308723816058noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896887833444094282.post-70393796126254753362010-05-18T14:34:00.000-04:002010-05-18T14:34:41.698-04:00Things I'll Miss About HK (Part 2 - Gong Cha)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTf49k3PBcuMvyp7iAR0__JSDXeyxSJ1dgbWR-kQbeSeix3NcI5frWpeBeor6R7Pzf-DDrOFM_HXTgF9ENseMRjljfp_u0eYZVkm920mmMQPl1avNXaCwqvP5sVpU_GG_18kANz7ixmQ/s1600/IMG_3795+%28Medium%29.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTf49k3PBcuMvyp7iAR0__JSDXeyxSJ1dgbWR-kQbeSeix3NcI5frWpeBeor6R7Pzf-DDrOFM_HXTgF9ENseMRjljfp_u0eYZVkm920mmMQPl1avNXaCwqvP5sVpU_GG_18kANz7ixmQ/s320/IMG_3795+%28Medium%29.JPG" /></a></div><br />
My favourite bubble tea chain Gong Cha: always consistent, always delicious :) I have quite the sweet tooth so I enjoy the sweet creamy taste of Gong Cha even though most people complain that it's too sweet (you can always ask for less sweet/less ice). There's always huge lines in front of every GC store but they're super efficient so you get your drink within 5 mins. I'm gonna miss the cheapness of drinks in HK so much - pearl milk tea is only $12HKD ($1.6CAD) for a LARGE (not like they have small or medium sizes anyway). My favourites are the original pearl milk tea, earl gray milk tea, and earl gray 三兄弟 (3 brothers) milk tea which includes tapioca, pudding pieces and black jelly. -sigh- I think I drink on average 2 per week...on top of all the milk tea I drink at restaurants lol.<br />
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I'll miss all the times that we grabbed a BBT before going home from Causeway. I'll miss yelling "GONG CHA!!!" every time we spot a store on the bus or while walking around. I'll miss calling Wendy everytime I see one before going home to see if she wants one (and vice versa).<br />
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Gong Cha, you have a special place in my heart....... but I'm slightly bitter at you opening a location in Sheung Wan right when I have to leave!Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846520308723816058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896887833444094282.post-34708002847916290152010-05-13T01:22:00.002-04:002010-05-18T04:39:30.544-04:00Things I'll Miss About HK (Part 1 - Caf Food)I can't believe I'm leaving in less than 2 weeks. Everyday as I try to study for my exams I'm constantly distracted by things I want to eat, things I still want to see and do and thinking about all the friends I've made and how much I'll miss them. To painfully remind me of these things, here's a blogging series on things I'll miss about Hong Kong where I can reminisce on the best parts of this exchange :)<br />
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One thing that I'll really miss is the cafeteria/canteen food. You heard me right. Yes I do get sick of it after a while but some of this canteen food is better than what you can get at home (at least Waterloo or maybe Ottawa :P). Here are some of the regulars that I'll miss sooo much:<br />
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The $10.50HKD lunch special. Comes out to about $1.40CAD, you get a bowl of sauce with some type of meat and some type of veggie with a big scoop of rice (different every day). I look forward to this all the time, sometimes I go late to class on purpose so I can eat this, lol. I really like saucy foods :P Some of the combos that I can recall are - tomato with beef and potato, cream with chicken, tomato-y sauce with pumpkin and beef, Portuguese sauce with chicken/beef, etc. Yum =)<br />
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Fried fish fillet tea time set, with sausage, toast, tartar sauce and a choice of soup macaroni. My favourite is the soup macaroni with tomato/minced meat sauce. About $20HKD or $2.50CAD. Always look forward to this around 3pm =)<br />
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Baked pork chop rice. Huge slab (or 2) of pork chop covered in tomato sauce, tomatoes and pineapple. My favorite comfort food... hehe. About $30HKD or $4CAD.<br />
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Sigh.. this blogging series is going to make me so depressed!Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846520308723816058noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896887833444094282.post-9854353893508256382010-05-09T11:19:00.002-04:002010-05-09T11:23:21.083-04:00Exchange Students' Farewell Dinner<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTgSopHP8-f1SFPTmoF5k8Kfa-_lRvDETeC4d25oBai1qfoHVq4iNK8kzRWI04LbTApuR1VGbN3-Lwr_fbGtTm14pBeE-znEPypG241vxLfgWH-QancgBPa5XTHH0u6TAciVr-bdYmgvs/s1600/Group.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTgSopHP8-f1SFPTmoF5k8Kfa-_lRvDETeC4d25oBai1qfoHVq4iNK8kzRWI04LbTApuR1VGbN3-Lwr_fbGtTm14pBeE-znEPypG241vxLfgWH-QancgBPa5XTHH0u6TAciVr-bdYmgvs/s320/Group.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">22.04.10, Thanks Laurent for taking the pic</span></div><br />
It's becoming more and more real. As more and more friends leave Hong Kong, reality begins to hit and yes... exchange is almost over...<br />
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A couple of my friends organized a farewell dinner for a bunch of exchange students that we have met (and stayed in contact with) during the past 4 months. If you thought Chinese people were loud, having 30+ English speaking friends in the corner of a Chinese restaurant is something else... haha.<br />
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Had some really delicious food at this Shanghai restaurant, all for about $120HKD ($16CAD)!<br />
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After dinner we just chilled in the area, loitered around and went to admire the Hong Kong skyline, even though many of the buildings turned off their lights by that time. Still nice to reminisce about the good times we've had so far :)<br />
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We stayed out until 2am and it was kinda hard to find a way home, especially when not all the taxis go across to Hong Kong Island where we all live. We've heard of a 24-hour minibus from Mong Kok which is supposed to be one of the craziest minibus routes in Hong Kong (someone read it from somewhere, very reliable ya? Unfortunately in this aspect the ride was a complete letdown - it takes the same route I take every week to MK haha.). Ended up taking a taxi to Mong Kok and found the bus stop with a huge line, even at 2am. Our party pretty much filled the whole minibus and the driver had to tell us to be quiet... haha! We all got home safely in the end in our fancy clothes and sore feet :)<br />
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Really really REALLY going to miss everyone here. I met so many awesome people and it's just unreal that we'll be leaving in a few weeks and may never see each other again. I really think that the best part of this exchange was all the friendships that I've made... sigh... Reunion in 3 years right guys? :)Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846520308723816058noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896887833444094282.post-83980736332473061742010-05-08T02:04:00.002-04:002010-05-08T02:07:10.701-04:00Hiking Dragon's Back<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%27s_Back">Wikipedia</a>: The Dragon's Back (Traditional Chinese: 龍脊) is a ridge in southeastern Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, between Wan Cham Shan and Shek O Peak. It lies within the Shek O Country Park. In 2004 the Dragon's Back Trail was selected by TIMEasia as the best urban hiking trail.<br />
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Went to check this out last week and it was absolutely breathtaking! It was super fun with super great company, all in all a wonderful time and more good memories to add to the list =) Prepare for a photo intensive post!<br />
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The route that we were to take; us on the MTR to Shau Kei Wan station on the Island line<br />
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Taking a minibus to Cape Collision road/Shek O road, another option is to take the #9 bus. Oh, we saw 2 cut up pigs (and its innards on the ground) while waiting for the bus to go.... lol. Fun times...<br />
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Start of the hike =) <br />
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Most of the hike was paved or at least had a distinct path. Pretty easy as long as you watch where you walk.<br />
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Our first amazing view! Yes we took ALOT of pics :P<br />
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More pics along the way...<br />
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Taking some boy-band style pics... haha<br />
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...and some jumping pics of course!<br />
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Got to the peak of this hike after about 1-2 hours! Lovely view along the way.. we were now actually on the back of the dragon. We actually get to walk along the 'humps' of the dragon's back. So cool!!<br />
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Went exploring a little off the road and found this nice spot to take a break :) Actually we took many breaks to enjoy the view :) On the way back down to the main road I sprained my ankle and could barely walk. Still healing one week later :(<br />
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After getting back down to Shek O road, we caught the minibus to Shek O village. #9 also goes there. We had lunch at this extremely local noodle place, it was quite the experience. I found a bug in my soup... I was surprised how immune I was to these things after being here for so long. haha.<br />
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Explored the village a bit and checked out the beach. Would be nice to come on a nice warm day :)<br />
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I really really recommend this hike! It took about 3-4 hours total but mainly because we stopped sooo many times for pictures and just to enjoy the view. It really didn't feel like we were in Hong Kong during the hike, even though this park was only 10 mins away from the city.<br />
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Directions: Take the MTR to Shau Kei Wan station, exit to the bus terminus (exit A3) and take bus #9 to Cape Collision road (near a prison) or take a red minibus near the terminus. About half way through the hike there's a path that leads you back to the main road (Shek O road I think) if you don't want to hike the whole trail. At the end, take the #9 or minibus back to Shau Kei Wan station or continue on its route to Shek O village.Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846520308723816058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896887833444094282.post-81254973248379541862010-05-07T11:33:00.004-04:002010-05-07T11:38:02.694-04:00Exam Taking @ HKUJust had my first 2 exams here at HKU. Thought I would totally bomb them but turned out okay thank God! :)<br />
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Most exams are taken in the two gyms similar to PAC in Waterloo. The difference is that everyone is assigned a seat, which you can check in your student account online ahead of time. They also have a list posted on the wall outside of the exam room. I feel like exam taking is more structured and strict here - they actually have everyone's student number and seat number printed out and they compare it with your student ID card. They also get really anal about you finding your seat number, I came into an exam 1 minute late and thought I knew the seat number but the whole row was empty, and when I went back out to check they spoke really rudely at me commenting on how I didn't check. Hong Kong culture...<br />
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If you can see in the left picture, there's actually a person/instructor standing on the platform watching everyone during the exam. They give them a really interesting name on the name card, something very official sounding but I can't remember at the moment lol. There's also huge LED boards showing the time which actually really helps. Hate it when I sit in a spot where I can't see the clock in Waterloo (especially in the SYDE room)!<br />
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Got more posts coming up, just trying to find time to write them. There also seems to be a (flying) termite problem in my building... they keep flying, crashing, taking off their wings and running around places... and swarming. There's also tons of them just dead on the ground/in the sink/in the shower. Help. :'(<br />
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For now I will leave you with a snapshot of a beautiful purple sky that I saw after one of my exams :)<br />
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Good morning - went to school, dropped off stuff at the library to save spots and then went for breakfast. Surprisingly, if you get to the library after 10am ALL the seats are taken - not kidding. Some people just leave one piece of paper or one book to save spots, it's kind of ridiculous.<br />
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Breakfast of Congee and "Ja Leung" =D<br />
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Had a doctor's appointment today because of spraining my ankle when we went hiking a week ago. Still swollen =( May take 3 weeks to heal but doctor said progress seems good so far!<br />
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Stopping at Park N Shop (supermarket/convenience store) for some water.<br />
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Back to the library~ Jokes... somehow we all bought the same water bottles at different occasions :P<br />
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4 hours later - "Tea Time". All the canteens have tea time (as do the rest of the restaurants in Hong Kong) which is around 2:30pm - 5:30pm. Cheap small tea sets.. yum. Got my favourite tea set - fried fish filet. Comes with a sausage, toast and soup noodles. Also got an extra pork chop bun on the side :P<br />
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Back to studying... 2 hours later... Starbucks break! haha.<br />
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We get 40% discount (or so?) at the school Starbucks. My "usual" venti Java Chip Frappucino... well 2nd day in a row =/ I'm totally breaking my no caffeine streak of 3 years...The food at Starbucks is quite good, I've had items like spinach ricotta pie, chicken/mushroom pie, various domes (bread with filling). So goood.<br />
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Leaving the library for dinner at another canteen. I wasn't even hungry so I didn't eat.<br />
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Decided to head to the other library near home after that. Have to take a 5 min very-fast-minibus to get home, or a 20 min slight uphill walk.<br />
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lolol. Stayed for about 30 min (fell asleep) and decided to go home :(<br />
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Got hungry so I ordered KFC delivery. Wanted to try their new "pizza pocket" OMG, worst thing ever, I wanted to hurl :( It was a crispy chicken breast with sauce, corn and pineapple on top wrapped in a tortilla. :( Did not want.<br />
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PS. This is what happens from boredom in the library (this was yesterday...) I got a free Dragonball Z toy from Mcdonalds :P If you don't get the joke, <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/its-over-9000">see explanation here</a>...<br />
<louise> </louise>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846520308723816058noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896887833444094282.post-25061148083071565652010-04-09T13:47:00.003-04:002010-04-09T13:50:50.050-04:00Taiwan Trip (Part 2) - FOOD!The thing I loved about Taiwan the most is obviously the FOOD! I did not have one thing that tasted bad, and when I came back to Hong Kong things actually tasted worse/not amazing anymore. So sad... now I only have pictures to remind my stomach of the awesomeness and countdown until the next time I go back (who knows when...).<br />
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Anyway, just want to share with you guys what we ate... I'm getting hungry thinking about it already! (FYI, conversion rate is 100TWD = about $3.33CAD, just divide TWD by 30)<br />
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<b>Breakfast at a local place</b><br />
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Was walking around before the hostel opened so we found this small restaurant with tons of Chinese breakfast items - Yao tiu (fried dough sticks), Xiao Long Baos (Steamed Shanghai dumplings/bread), and tons of other stuff. Love asian breakfast :) Each item about 20-40TWD<br />
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<b>Seafood Noodles @ Yeliu</b><br />
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Had these amazing seafood noodles with TONS of seafood in it - mussels, shrimp, abalone and other stuff that I couldn't identify, and the sauce was so good. We were right by the ocean and there were lots of fishing boats (and lots of seafood restaurants), so yes, the seafood was super fresh. I don't think I've ever tasted mussels sooo good and flavourful. Each plate was about 75TWD, pretty much the most expensive thing we ate all trip.<br />
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<b>Tea @ Jiufen Teahouse</b><br />
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I guess this isn't really food, but had some genuine Taiwanese tea. Fruit tea (with real pieces of fruit) and Jasmine milk tea. Fruit tea was a little too sweet for my taste but the Jasmine milk tea was perfect! Decently priced, we got a "deal" - 100TWD for each person (2 teapots)<br />
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<b>Wheel Cakes @ Night Market</b><br />
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So yummy, I think I had 3 of these during the whole trip. It's a light cake with some kind of filling and a crispy outside, fillings include and not limited to red bean, peanut, sesame and condensed milk. 8TWD each. Yes 8... as in $0.25CAD. hahaha... I should have ate more!<br />
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<b>Iron Plate Spaghetti @ Night Market</b><br />
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Choose your type of meat/steak and cook it yourself! Well the meat is mostly cooked or that would be unsanitary, but I think my steak was slightly underdone, the way I like it. haha. You can choose from beef, lamb, pork chop, and more. Comes with spaghetti and an egg, only for 40TWD. RIDICULOUS! And so delicious!<br />
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<b>Huge Ice Cream Crepes @ Night Market</b><br />
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Ridiculously sized crepes but so good. I was so full at that point I just had a crepe with ice cream (mint chocolate!), but my friend Wendy got a crepe sundae which had ice cream, cookies, chocolate roll wafers and chocolate sauce. Sundae was 60TWD and ice cream only was about 40TWD.<br />
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<b>Mochi Bun @ Poker House Bakery in the MRT</b><br />
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Grabbed some breakfast in the subway station before heading out, I got a mochi strawberry bun which was a bun with strawberry jam filling wrapped with a layer of mochi. Looked sooo cute so I had to buy it! About 30TWD?<br />
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<b>Gua Gua Bao @ Ding Gua Gua (Fried chicken chain)</b><br />
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There were seriously fried chicken chains EVERYWHERE in Taipei. We went to this one to try there Gua Gua Bao, which we found out to be glutinous rice wrapped in fried chicken skin. Sooo good! They also have sweet potato fries which were quite good =) Gua Gua bao was 45TWD.<br />
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<b>Popcorn Chicken @ Night Market</b><br />
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I always loved popcorn chicken at the Toronto bubble tea houses so I definitely had to try the real thing in Taiwan. Honestly, this was probably the BEST THING I ate in Taiwan. Perfectly spiced, chicken was sooo juicy and tender. Crying right now... 55TWD for a large portion<br />
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<b>Corn Dogs @ Night Market</b><br />
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We saw these quite alot at the night markets. My Korean roomate Soyeon ate alot of these, apparently it's a Korean childhood thing. hahaha. Each ranged from 20 - 50TWD.<br />
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<b>Stinky Tofu @ Night Market</b><br />
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My first time trying stinky tofu! I was always scared of the smell in Toronto but after coming to Hong Kong and staying in the Mong Kok area I got so used to the stinky tofu smell and now it kinda smells good, hahaha. In Taiwan they cut up the tofu into small cubes, and serve it in a bag with sauce and some kinda sour coleslaw type veggie. The sauce was so good and the sour veggies matched perfectly! In HK I noticed that they just serve you the smelly tofu in a big block with no sauce, so haven't really had motivation to try it... I think it was 30TWD for a couple of blocks cut up.<br />
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<b>"Taipei 101" Chips @ Night Market</b><br />
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A really tall swirl of chips on a really long skewer. You can choose the type of seasoning you want on your chips, I got a mix of something like seaweed, pepper salt, cheese or something like that. Yum! I got one that was freshly deep fried too, haha. Maybe 20TWD per stick, can't remember.<br />
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<b>Green onions wrapped in meat @ Night Market</b><br />
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No idea what these are called but that's what it is. Pretty good but the onion taste was too overpowering. Huge line up for this one though! 10TWD for one.<br />
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<b>Huge Ice Cream Cones @ Night Market</b><br />
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...with really cool flavours! Swirl of green tea and mango, taro and strawberry or chocolate and vanilla. Only 10TWD for a regular cone and 20TWD for a huge one!<br />
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<b>Beef Brisket Noodle (and Bubble Tea) @ Taipei 101 Food Court</b><br />
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BEST BEEF BRISKET NOODLE EVER. The brisket was so so soft it was melt in your mouth, it's not sticky/chewy and doesn't get stuck in your teeth like normal brisket does. Soup and noodles were also amazing, noodles were bouncy and gooood. I can't even recall the taste properly because it was just too mindblowing. I'm depressed now..... haha. It was expensive though, probably because we ate in Taipei 101. You can get this in the night market for 30TWD or something but we were just too full! It was 138TWD for a bowl.<br />
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Also had a bubble tea with it and it was so so good, so creamy and flavourful! We actually saw BBT for 10TWD in the night market but we paid 30TWD for this one.<br />
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<b>Pig Blood Cake @ Sansia Old Street</b><br />
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From Wikipedia: In Taiwan, pig blood cake (traditional Chinese: 豬血糕; pinyin: zhū xiě gāo) is made of pork blood and sticky rice. It is fried or steamed as a snack or cooked in a hot pot. This one was interesting... I guess I wasn't used to the taste, it tasted a bit like glutinous (sticky) rice and yeah, not sure about this one. This local that was standing near us kept telling us that it's good and seemed a little offended that we weren't enjoying it very much. hahaha. 20TWD for one.<br />
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<b> Oyster Vermicelli @ Ximending</b><br />
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Huge lineup but really delicious noodles! The people there are EXTREMELY efficient at filling up bowls with vermicelli, I should have caught a video if it. They scoop almost 1 bowl a second. We tried to blend in with the locals while we were eating =) Small bowl 40TWD, big bowl 55TWD.<br />
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<b>Onion Pancake @ Night Market</b><br />
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I can't believe I only ate this on the last day. So fluffy and savoury... ahh! They also have an option to add egg in it so we tried both, have to say that we liked the original better though. I should have eaten way more than 1 during this trip. My stomach was sad and now I'm craving it again. Sad sad sad sad. One for 20TWD, with egg 25TWD.<br />
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Please don't count how many times I said delicious in this post... lol. I can't wait to go back to Taiwan in the future, but for now I guess I have to "settle" for Hong Kong food!Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846520308723816058noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896887833444094282.post-15649183842262176642010-03-31T12:26:00.061-04:002010-03-31T13:35:34.549-04:00Taiwan Trip (Part 1)(extremely long post ahead!)<br />
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Had an insanely awesome trip to Taiwan the past weekend. I am now absolutely in love with Taiwan and can't wait to go back! Amazing food, beautiful breathtaking scenery, mountains, ocean, what more can you want?<br />
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My two friends Wendy, Soyeon and I went for 4 days on our own to Taipei and surrounding area. We did some pretty intensive research before we left so we got to hit tons of places. It'll take me too long to talk about everything we did and everything that happened, so I'll just share the main things that happened during the trip (and of course the food!!!).<br />
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<b>Arrival at TPE</b><br />
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To make sure we had a full day on the first day, we arrived in Taipei Taoyuan airport at 2am. Yup. The subway (MRT) stops running at midnight and taxis are quite expensive from the airport, especially at that time (or so we figured), so we just bummed around for a few hours in the main arrivals area. Funny enough there were a few people doing the same thing including a group from Hong Kong Polytechnic University. It was fun experimenting different positions to sleep/nap comfortably (possible future blog post?). The chairs were sooo small and the armrests were extra small so you can't even slip through to sleep!<br />
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<b>Yeliu Geopark</b><br />
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After napping at the hostel for 30 mins (best sleep I ever had) we set out to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehliu">Yeliu</a> (<a href="http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=yeliu&sll=25.174806,121.608353&sspn=0.151938,0.308647&ie=UTF8&hq=yeliu&hnear=&ll=25.189408,121.68251&spn=0.303839,0.617294&t=h&z=11&iwloc=A">map</a>) on the North coast of Taiwan, about 1 hour from Taipei. Quite a challenge since none of us spoke fluent Mandarin, but we got by with some simple phrases :) Spent 2 hours at the main terminal trying to figure out how to get there and running around to get a (free) youth travel pass for discounts on attractions.<br />
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Finally made it to Yeliu Geopark!! Had to get off the bus at a random stop and then walk 10 mins towards the coast. It was also freezing and super windy. :(<br />
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The park features tons of naturally formed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodoo_%28geology%29">hoodoo stones</a> with the main attraction being a rock that is shaped like a queen's head. It was soooo cool and I loved the crashing waves!! This was just the start of our epic jumping pictures... :D<br />
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<b>Jiufen </b><br />
Next destination was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiufen">Jiufen</a> (<a href="http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=jioufen&sll=25.157715,121.781387&sspn=0.303918,0.617294&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Jioufen,+Taiwan&t=h&z=14">map</a>), a mountain town south of Yeliu also near the coast of Taiwan. Getting there was also a challenge; had to switch buses at Keelung and Jiufen was not the final destination so we had to figure out where we were supposed to get off.<br />
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</div>Jiufen was really pretty, very Japanese influenced with tons stringed lanterns hanging over lots of little shops and stalls. Apparently the town was used as a model for the movie <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirited_Away">Spirited Away</a>!<br />
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There were also tons of teahouses there. We went into one and the owner was super friendly, he even let us tour his house-turned-into-teahouse which was hundreds of years old (the stuff there seemed like it too). Tried some fruit tea and Jasmine milk tea. Really really good and authentic. :)<br />
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<b>Xinbeitou Hot Springs</b> <br />
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The next day we headed up to Xinbeitou for our first experience at a hot spring. On the way there we passed by the Geothermal Valley, aka Hell Valley, which is a natural hot sulfur spring where the temperature can reach up to 100°C. It looked sooo "cool" (pun intended), because steam was just floating over the water the whole time. Oh yeah, and it smelled like eggs (coz of the sulfur).<br />
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We went to a "higher class" hot spring resort called Asia Pacific Resort, which we had to walk to the end of the street with all the hot springs (we passed by probably 10 or more) and up a slight mountain. It was super duper nice; we paid about $16CAD for a private outdoor room for 1 hour which also includes 3 hours in the public spring. They give you a robe, towels and slippers to change into. The place was just really classy and clean.<br />
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Really glad that we got a private room because the public springs were so awkward. Tons of old women just chilling there (naked of course). We only stayed for the 1 hour in the private room and it was more than enough for me. You get sooo tired because your body is so relaxed, you just want to sleep after you're done :P It also made my skin super soft :) :) Loved it!<br />
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<b>Danshui</b><br />
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After the hotsprings we headed to a town called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danshui">Danshui </a>which means "fresh water". It's right by the sea and the waterfront was lined with little shops and tons of food stalls. Soooo nice and it was the perfect place to catch the sunset!<br />
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<b>Danshui Fisherman's Wharf</b><br />
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We caught a 15 minute ferry north to the Fisherman's Wharf to see the famous Lover's Bridge. Unfortunately it was really cloudy so we couldn't see the sunset very well, but we still took some nice pictures and ate some food there :P<br />
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<b>Sanxia Old Street (Minquan Old Street)</b><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sansia">Sanxia</a> is a small town about 1 hour south of Taipei (<a href="http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=sanxia&sll=25.183044,121.410797&sspn=0.303854,0.617294&ie=UTF8&hq=sanxia&hnear=&ll=25.022773,121.431198&spn=0.304253,0.617294&t=h&z=11&iwloc=A">map</a>). The architecture on Minquan old street is well preserved from Japanese colonial times. A really commonly sold food there (like every other store) is "bull horn croissants" which is basically a small crunchy croissant. Tons of food everywhere, with lots of vendors making the food on a cart on the street and selling it right there.<br />
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<b>Sightseeing in Taipei</b><br />
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We actually didn't get to "see" Taipei until the last day, so on that one day we went around to quite a few of the famous landmarks of Taipei (and took epic pictures with all of them)<b> </b><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiang_Kai-shek_Memorial_Hall">Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall</a> (The symbol of Taipei)<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101">Taipei 101</a> (Second tallest building in the world, lots of Chinese symbolism)<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Yat-sen_Memorial_Hall">Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall</a> (Founding Father of China)<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mengjia_Longshan_Temple">Longshan Temple</a><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ximending">Ximending</a> (trendy shopping and entertainment pedestrian area)</div><br />
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I took about 1600 pictures during the trip.....yeah. I cut it down to 1400 ish though! <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/janicechoi24">View all 1400+ pictures here</a>.<br />
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I'll talk about the food in Taiwan in part 2 since this post is getting too long!Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846520308723816058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896887833444094282.post-813976507625383552010-03-20T13:06:00.010-04:002010-03-20T13:57:01.571-04:00Taiwanese Shaved Ice Cream<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNk-q2Yu9CSScb1usPi_-2TMuo0UJJvdbl1aimVkipcDmusCiM81NF-7rmU9XxzKrdlNZIH7SU50QUGN7eOdXKBCXpel_RVJQQklIpK-lFF_Pe4gukJVh9vlacyU8h_TewRC8zbIPzhU/s1600-h/IMG_9816+%28Large%29.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNk-q2Yu9CSScb1usPi_-2TMuo0UJJvdbl1aimVkipcDmusCiM81NF-7rmU9XxzKrdlNZIH7SU50QUGN7eOdXKBCXpel_RVJQQklIpK-lFF_Pe4gukJVh9vlacyU8h_TewRC8zbIPzhU/s400/IMG_9816+%28Large%29.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Foreground: Green tea ice cream with green tea syrup and corn flakes, Background: Chocolate ice cream with marshmellows</span></div><br />
Pretty much the best dessert of life. No kidding.<br />
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Chinese name <span id="caption402878">雪花冰, </span>it's basically a mountain of shaved ice that tastes like ice cream, topped with some kind of sauce or crumbly topping and served with fruits or some type of tapioca. I had it during my first week in HK and got ADDICTED. And then I got my friends hooked. har har har.<br />
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There's a chain that serves this type of ice cream called <a href="http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/sr1.htm?s=1&district_id=&inputcategory=cname&inputstrrest=tong+pak+fu">Tong Pak Fu</a> (<span onmouseout="hideMouseOver('delay');" onmouseover="popupMarker(26680);"><a href="http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/sr1.htm?s=1&district_id=&inputcategory=cname&inputstrrest=tong+pak+fu">糖百府</a>)</span>. They have set combos already (ice cream & topping & 2 or more sides) or you can create your own with price going up the more stuff you add.<br />
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Some notable flavours/combinations:<br />
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<b>1. Horlicks shaved ice cream base</b><br />
SO GOOD. It tastes like Horlicks and how can you not love that. If you don't know <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horlicks">Horlicks</a>, its this malt drink that's really popular in HK; I used to drink it when I was small all the time. You can get it served topped with Horlicks powder. AMG.<br />
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<b>2. Hazelnut sauce</b><br />
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I got a sesame ice cream with hazelnut sauce, and the sauce came separately. Could not believe how strong the hazelnut flavour is. SO GOOD.<br />
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<b>3. Exploding tapioca</b><br />
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My mind was blown. There are so many types of tapioca you can get to eat with your ice cream but this was insane. It's basically tapioca with juice inside enclosed in a thin outer layer, so when you chew it in your mouth the juice explodes. You can get different flavours like yogurt, mango or passionfruit. Pretty much my must get when I go to this ice cream place. The bomb.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Green tea ice cream topped with sesame, passionfruit(?) exploding tapioca, glutinous rice balls</span></div><br />
The flavours I've tried so far are: Green tea, horlicks, guava, sesame, chocolate. ALL GOOD, actually I haven't heard one person say that there's was "okay" so I think all the flavours are good :P<br />
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I'm sorry for making many of you cry after reading this post. Solution: come to HK :)Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846520308723816058noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896887833444094282.post-36962584073479046542010-03-06T11:30:00.003-05:002010-03-07T09:05:29.179-05:00Thailand TripJust came back from Thailand a few days ago (for reading week) and absolutely <i>loved</i> it! It was pretty hot and sticky but the beach was super nice (finally experienced a tropical beach), food was good and cheap and shopping was super cheap! I'm having trouble shopping in HK now, things seem so expensive here. What am I gonna do when I go home?<br />
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I took sooo many pictures, you can see all of them in my <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/janicechoi24">Picasa albums here</a>. Here's some of the highlights of my trip:<br />
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<b>Parasailing</b><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Once I heard that there would be "water activities" in Thailand I immediately was hoping that there was parasailing. Luckily for me there was, and for super cheap ($10 CAD for one round, about 2 mins). I really really loved it, although after a while staying up in the air got kinda boring... I really regretted not bringing my camera after I got down :( Check out the video of my "liftoff":</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<b>Banana boat</b><br />
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I absolutely LOVED the banana boat ride. At first I was hesitant and didn't want to do it because you just sit on a banana shaped flotation device, it seemed kinda boring. <b> </b>A bunch of my friends wanted to do it though so I decided to try it too, it was cheap after all ($10 CAD). I'm so glad I went because it was so so fun! A bunch of people (max 5) sit on the "banana boat" and you get dragged by a really fast jetski. It's so fun just bouncing up and down over the waves and the water was sooo beautiful. After a while the jetski will make a sudden 90 degree turn which makes the banana boat flip over and flings everyone off. Luckily we saw that happen to the previous group so we were somewhat prepared; we even tried yelling "NO FLIP!!" to the driver but he probably didn't hear or understand English :P Oh well, after the first fall the second one was more fun =)<br />
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No pictures of us on the banana boat :( I have one or two pics on my waterproof disposable, still have to develop the pics!<br />
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<b>Elephant ride</b><br />
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Elephant ride was really cool, especially because you can feel the elephant's bones in its neck moving as it walked since your feet are right there. The scary/nervous part was when the "driver" got off to take pictures of us but told the elephant to keep walking. Ahh!<br />
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<b>Ferry ride with the locals</b><br />
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On the last day of the tour we decided to break off from the tour to explore Bangkok on our own, since we haven't really seen the sights of Thailand (it was mostly an activities & shopping tour). From our hotel we took a ferry to "downtown" Bangkok to see the Grand Palace (where the Thai King lives). The ferry was very confusing, there's one dock and ferries from both directions dock there. However they don't really dock. There's one guy standing on the edge of the boat holding the boat to the dock with a rope and you just climb in. Then once the ferry starts moving again the guy on the edge comes around and makes you pay. Only 16 baht, or about $0.50 CAD.<br />
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Here's my mini video-log taken on the ferry:<br />
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<b>Grand Palace</b><br />
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The Grand Palace was insane. Every building was built with so much detail, it was AMAZING. Also the temple of the emerald buddha was covered, and I mean COVERED with gems and jewels.<br />
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Food is sooo cheap in Thailand. One of the days we got a $200 baht voucher for a food court and the "food court" is actually really nice! There were tons of cuisines to choose from and each dish was about $40. We ate soo much that night, way more than we can finish. Felt bad but I really wanted to try all this different stuff! For $200 I got pad thai, omlette rice, beef ball skewer, Thai shaved ice dessert, thai iced milk tea and fresh fruit shake. RIDICULOUS.<br />
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My favourite meal though was Pad Thai that we had on the street in a market. I love love love Pad Thai and I felt that eating from the street vendors was as authentic as I could get, and it was SO GOOD! They put an egg on top and had the noodles under. Portion was quite small but it was sooo flavourful (but not overwhelming) and delicious. Loved it!<br />
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Also, I am extremely addicted to Thai iced milk tea. It's basically iced milk tea but alot sweeter (I think with condensed milk). I'm so sad there isn't any here. Apparently my friends from the States say they have it there.... why Canada why???<br />
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Oh, and every item in 7-11 was so cheap. Pocky was about $0.50 CAD, popcicles/ice cream bars (ie. drumsticks) were from $0.50-0.75 CAD each. I ate on average 2 a day (one day I had 3) ._.<br />
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We also tried this "deep fried roti with condensed milk, egg, bananas and chocolate sauce". OMG. Can't even describe. It was like a crunch pastry with a banana wrapped inside, and drizzled with condensed milk and chocolate sauce. About $1.25 CAD. SO good.<br />
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MISTER DONUT. Apparently it's a Japanese donut chain. So so good, these ball-y donuts I think are made of some kinda mochi ingredient so when you eat it it's bouncy and chewy. SOO GOOD!<br />
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<b>Shopping</b><br />
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Shopping was super cheap, way cheaper than Hong Kong but surprisingly better quality. We spent a few hours at the night market which was HUGE, we couldn't even get through half of it. Everything was really cheap, but it felt expensive because the Thai baht is 30:1 Canadian dollar. Souvenirs and candy was cheap, I bought lots of mango and durian candy :P<br />
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Don't forget there are more pics on my <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/janicechoi24">Picasa photo albums</a>!Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846520308723816058noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896887833444094282.post-8174166016979947442010-03-06T10:47:00.000-05:002010-03-06T10:47:30.648-05:00CNY in HKQuite a late post since Chinese New Year was almost a month ago! For Chinese New Year I got a week off of school (Feb 15 - 19) which I used to hang out with my family and go out and explore Hong Kong. Chinese New Year was unsurprisngly quite festive in HK with lots of events such as New Year flower/night market, float parade and fireworks. Luckily I got to do all of that! <br />
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The night market was super fun, so fun that I went twice. I already have a post on it <a href="http://hungryforhk.blogspot.com/2010/02/lunar-new-year-fair-at-victoria-park.html">here</a>. The parade was also pretty cool, there were tons of performances and really big floats, some with huge screens playing random videos promoting the company that the float is sponsored by :P Tons of people watching though, especially in the main "performance areas" where the floats stop and the performers do their thing there. In the other areas of the parade route they just walk through, smile and wave.<br />
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I had high expectations for the Chinese New Year fireworks and I wasn't disappointed! I've always heard that HK fireworks were insane and it was so worth standing in the rain for 1.5 hours for it. There were fireworks of gold nuggets, Chinese characters, happy faces, and different types of flowers. 23 minutes of awesomeness! Took some pics without a tripod on my DSLR, used myself and my friend as a bi-pod, pretty good I'd have to say :) Check out all my fireworks pictures on <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/janicechoi24/100215CNYFireworks#">Picasa here</a>.<br />
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Had a bunch of large meals with my family which was delicious :) Definitely had alot of yummy meals that week, and don't forget those red pockets! All in all had a eventful yet restful week off, we should get Chinese New Year off in Canada!Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846520308723816058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896887833444094282.post-18113001499908486642010-02-17T12:44:00.001-05:002010-02-17T12:44:31.014-05:00Food Roundup (Week 7)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvAR5HZrNn5UP4cuoKRoJttBdcO-y-IxMPCAbWsR1-z3gjGCfC5SUDoSQsJtgLUUH7gnS4fVAMKjTx8rQ66LYkldbUlNWYQ5NOvxjKbrKaA0BXy668r5NWbuXlDM_HeIPa5OXMBCITd60/s1600-h/Week7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvAR5HZrNn5UP4cuoKRoJttBdcO-y-IxMPCAbWsR1-z3gjGCfC5SUDoSQsJtgLUUH7gnS4fVAMKjTx8rQ66LYkldbUlNWYQ5NOvxjKbrKaA0BXy668r5NWbuXlDM_HeIPa5OXMBCITd60/s400/Week7.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></div><br />
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A mediocre week of food... lol<br />
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<b>1. Yoshinoya Delivery</b><br />
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So far Yoshinoya has the worst delivery system that I've experienced. The delivery number isn't on their website, there's no option for English (press 2) when I dial in like the other places, they told me they needed 75 mins for my food to come - crazy! The food was also meh, but the way they packaged it was so cool!<br />
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I got the regular beef bowl set which came with soup, upgrade to soft drink for $2. The food is packaged in two compartments, the beef at the top and rice at the bottom. Took a while to figure out how to split them but you just put your thumb in the groove in the corner and pull it out. Pretty clever... lol<br />
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<a href="http://hungryforhk.blogspot.com/2010/02/fast-food-delivery.html">Click here</a> for list of fast food delivery places in HK<br />
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<b>2. Crepes at Marion Crepes (Causeway Bay)</b><br />
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From the sign I'm assuming this chain originated from Japan, and I'm pretty sure I saw this chain 5 years ago when I went to Japan :P All I remember is seeing it everywhere and not trying it, so sad! Finally get to try it 5 years later... hehe. I had the vanilla ice cream crepe with chocolate sauce and banana. After ordering in broken Chinese we watched them make it...<br />
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OMG, it was so so good when the crepe was still hot~! So delicious... <br />
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I finally saw my beloved sesame ice cream there so I'm hoping to go there again to try it out! There are a couple stores in Hong Kong, find them <a href="http://www.marioncrepes.com.hk/main.html">on their site here</a>.Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846520308723816058noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896887833444094282.post-82527939679825630862010-02-11T12:07:00.003-05:002010-02-12T01:42:55.416-05:00Lunar New Year Fair at Victoria Park<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX4_YGhaPk4O6mV9s2G9xAgGaLPORRDq9tr7IgZZTgUpPHJcxrb1e7_XRgeYwXs7iyHwUuBZ7cKTofsVyhyHs7dW4eN8xrGjeqYEVuJAYA5k4Ox02c2cbxRwBJXIM4in6FONrJZp6EQs4/s1600-h/DSC_0041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX4_YGhaPk4O6mV9s2G9xAgGaLPORRDq9tr7IgZZTgUpPHJcxrb1e7_XRgeYwXs7iyHwUuBZ7cKTofsVyhyHs7dW4eN8xrGjeqYEVuJAYA5k4Ox02c2cbxRwBJXIM4in6FONrJZp6EQs4/s320/DSC_0041.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tons of people everywhere!</span></div><br />
Went to check out the Lunar New Year Fair with some friends last night! I thought it would just be a small flower market but it was this huge night market with tons of stalls selling all kinds of stuff, with a section for flowers and some sections for food. It's kinda like Pacific Mall on steroids, LOL. There were tons of tiger related products since it's the year of the tiger - soo cute :)<br />
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If you've been to the night market in Toronto, it's kinda like that, but 10x larger. Probably the funniest thing I saw that night was "fake" stuff:<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Tons and tons of flowers on sale too. Some pots went up to $2000+ HKD... I believe flowers in the home are supposed to bring luck, and different flowers represent different things (prosperity, long life, romance, etc).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Of course we also ate alot of food! I love street food, SO GOOD. We tried a few things - this skewer of some red seedy fruit coated in a caramelized/"frozen" sugary syrup. We originally wanted strawberry, oops :P</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Next up we have fried coke. According to the sign it was "American style" fried coke. Hmmm. :P It tasted weird, the middle was like, warm sticky syrupy coke, surrounded by thick batter and topped with what tasted like crushed coke candy. I give it a rating of "meh".</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Lastly we had some cheong fun which I talked about in a <a href="http://hungryforhk.blogspot.com/2010/01/food-roundup-week-2.html">previous post</a>. LOVE IT!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">We left around 11pm and there were even MORE people streaming in than when we got there! It's so true how midnight in Hong Kong is the same as the afternoon... just as bright and just as many people!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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Ate so much GOOD FOOD last week!!<br />
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<b>1. Dinner @ some random "open-air food stall" (dai pai dong)</b><br />
Dai Pai Dong's are quite common in Hong Kong. They're literally stalls, sometimes lined in rows down a street/alleyway and you just sit on the street, order and eat. The one we went to is somewhere in Central (near Lan Kwai Fong), can't remember the exact street though).<br />
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We had a group of 8 and they didn't have enough tables out (yet), so they pulled out two folding tables and 8 chairs out of nowhere and set them up in seconds. After we sat down for a few mins, I looked around and there were at least 4 more tables set up with people sitting there already! I was surprised to see people in suits eating here. Must mean that it's good? :P<br />
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Everything was sticky/dirty: The tables were sticky, all the utensils were sticky and even the menu was sticky. HAHA. Just means that you MUST wash all your stuff with tea. We were even sitting beside the drainage/sewer, which is kinda convenient when we dispose of the dirty tea. Ordered some really good stuff, the BEST sweet & sour pork (ribs) and eggplant I have EVER eaten. Getting hungry thinking about it.<br />
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The normal sweet and sour pork you get in Canada is tomato-style sour, but this one was more lemon-y. The taste was just perfect. The eggplant and peppers were stuffed with fish paste (made me think of you, Jorge!!) and I have seriously never had such beautifully cooked eggplant. I thought I loved eggplant before, but now I REALLY love eggplant. I don't think I can eat eggplant anymore when I go home...<b> </b><br />
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<b>2. Egg Tarts @ <a href="http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=5522">Tai Cheong Bakery</a> (Central)</b><br />
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These are the best egg tarts I've had in my life (so far). The pastry was so wonderfully flaky and the egg part was sooo smooth! They also have egg white egg tarts, but my friend said it wasn't as good as the regular one. It was $5 per tart, quite pricy but SO WORTH IT! My friend had a mini chicken pot pie and it looked SO GOOD, gonna try it next time :)<br />
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<b>3. Snow White Sago @ Honeymoon Dessert (chain restaurant)</b><br />
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This was recommended by my foodie friend Jen (ha ha) and of course it was AWESOME! It was so interesting to eat - there were lots of weird fruits I've never had before, like dried <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longan">longan</a> and other misc fruits (lol) but it tasted so good with the ice creamy, ice flakey, sago "soup base". I've also heard that this place is famous for its Mango Sago with Pomelo (right pic) so I'll definitely try that one next time :)<br />
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<b>4. 3AM Dim Sum @ Sun Hing (Kennedy Town)</b><br />
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Was SO awesome, see my blog post about it <a href="http://hungryforhk.blogspot.com/2010/02/3am-dim-sum.html">here</a>. I'm getting sooo hungry just looking at this picture...<br />
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<b>5. Black Pepper Beef Rice @ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper_lunch">Pepper Lunch</a> (Langham Place, Mong Kok)</b><br />
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Apparently according to Wikipedia, Pepper Lunch is a "fast-steak" chain from Japan. I walked by the food court in Langham Place and almost EVERYONE was eating this, and it made the whole food court smell so so good. I think there are 4 locations in Hong Kong.<br />
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Basically you have raw meat and corn in the middle of a hot sizzling plate with rice around it. While it's still sizzling hot, you add sauces like garlic or soy sauce and then mix it around with two metal spoons to cook the meat and mix the rice in. The beef was a little too peppery for me but adding more garlic sauce helped :P It's pretty fun to eat but quite pricy, the cheapest is the black pepper beef rice for $38, and goes up to over $70 HKD for rice with actual steak.<br />
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There are tons of hiking trails in Hong Kong, since there are mountains pretty much everywhere. The hike up "the" peak (Victoria Peak) is actually one of the easier ones, only about 45 min - 1.5 hrs depending on how fast you go/how many breaks you take. Some of the more intense hiking trails can go over 4 or even 6 hours. This mountain is the highest on the Hong Kong Island, but you can't actually access the highest point. Here's more info on Victoria Peak @ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Peak">Wikipedia</a>.<br />
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We started out on the north side of the HKU campus, exiting on the north side of Run Run Shaw. Followed a few sets of stairs up to Robert Black College, turned right and passed some tennis courts and then saw the beginning of the trail. Quite confusing to find actually, but we just followed people :P<br />
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Within 5 minutes we were surrounded by green. The air was much nicer and there was a nice breeze to help with the walk up. I was already pretty tired out from all the stairs walking... haha. Most of the hike up is on a paved sloped path though so it wasn't too too bad. Just difficult when I was carrying my DSLR and tripod, haha!<br />
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There are also some beautiful views on the way up....<br />
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Took the following pic about half way up the trail. Around that point the trail changed from a "morning trail" to a "fitness trail" LOL. We were sad.<br />
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The last 10 mins of the hike is just flat walking. The peak actually has a bunch of shopping centers, restaurants and look out points. We decided to walk the malls and have dinner so we can take a look at the view at night and catch the light show (which actually wasn't that impressive from the peak).<br />
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We went up the Peak Tower (below) to get the best view of the peak. I'm hoping it was the best view because we had to pay $25HKD to get up there :P There's a railed viewing area right at the top of the "bowl".<br />
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BEAUTIFUL Hong Kong!!<br />
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<b>Mcdonalds</b><br />
2338 2338<br />
http://www.mcdonalds.com.hk/english/mds/<br />
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<b>KFC</b><br />
2180 0000<br />
http://kfchk.com<br />
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<b>Yoshinoya</b><br />
2550 5678<br />
http://www.yoshinoya-hk.com/en/<br />
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<b>Pizza Hut</b><br />
3180 0000 <br />
http://www.pizzahut.com.hk/en/delivery.html<br />
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<b>PHD</b><br />
2111 1234 <br />
http://www.phd.hk/en/home.html<br />
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<b>Ebeneezer's Kebabs and Pizzeria</b><br />
3622 3622<br />
http://www.Ebeneezers.com<br />
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<b>Subway</b><br />
3622 3622 <br />
http://www.sandwiches.hk<br />
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<b>Pizza Box </b><br />
2515 1515 <br />
http://www.pizzabox.com.hk/weborder.htm<br />
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<b>Shakey's Pizza:</b><br />
http://www.shakeys-pizza.com/delivery.php <br />
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<b>Wildfire:</b><br />
http://www.igors.com/igors/menu/wildfire_delivery.pdfJanicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846520308723816058noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896887833444094282.post-82422485550118974932010-02-04T11:18:00.003-05:002010-02-04T11:23:22.582-05:003AM Dim SumYes, literally 3AM. There's apparently only two restaurants that have 3AM dim sum, and yes they OPEN at 3am. That street was rather sketchy, everything else was closed :P The place is called "Sun Hing", apparently you can tell the taxi driver "3AM dim sum" and they'd know where to go. Unfortunately for us our drivers didn't :(<br />
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We got there about 5 mins past 3 and it was already starting to get packed. Here you don't really order your own food (sometimes they ask you what you want or ask you if you want what's coming out of the kitchen), you go up to this table where there are towers of dim sum steamers and you look through them to pick what you want.<br />
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You can also see the people making food! Here they're making some more baos (WHICH WERE DELICOIUS!!!!):<br />
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I think this was one of their specialties - "egg yolk buns" 奶皇流沙包. (Top right in the pic below) They inside kinda tastes like butter and sandy egg yolk, sounds disgusting but it was AMAZING! So "smooth"...<br />
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Something else that was really good was fried milk. The milk was kinda like jelly... and the outside was sooo freshly crispy. Really good...<br />
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Apparently the students that live in halls at HKU do this all the time. We actually saw groups of students in their hall jackets (all matching!) eating together :P By the time we were about to leave this place was packed and there were some people lining up outside!<br />
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Sorry I'm half a week late with this, just been having too much fun ;) It's come to my attention that I've been blogging so much about food and not about my other experiences here...but obviously food is the best part :D Ok... more interesting posts coming soon :)<br />
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More food this week because a bunch of us (actually, 42 of us!) went to celebrate a friend's birthday at a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teochew_cuisine">Chiu Chow</a> restaurant. We had a 10 course meal (pics starting from first pic of 2nd row) for ~$1100 HK, which came out to about $110 per person - that's less than $20!! More details in #1:<br />
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<b>1. 10 Course Set Dinner @ <a href="http://www.openrice.com/english/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=3519">Tak Kee Chiu Chou Restaurant</a> (Kennedy Town, Western District)</b> <br />
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Most of the food was pretty "typical Chinese", but the one thing I've never seen before is this fried noodle pancake shown above. It's sliced like a pizza, and you add vinegar (I think) and sugar on it. It tastes pretty good, especially with the sugar contrasting with the vinegar. Interesting :P Good meal overall, we were all extremely satisfied at the end!<br />
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<b>2. Nestle Mango Sago Popsicle</b><br />
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Had to buy this once I saw it!! Mango sago is an extremely popular dessert in Hong Kong, and it's basically chilled mango juice with cubes of mango and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomelo">pomelo</a>. Awesome dessert in the form of a POPSICLE?? I think it was only $4HKD ($0.55 CAD)... By the way, the drink on the right is a white grape aloe drink, it tastes almost exactly like the aloe drinks at home but Minute Maid branded...haha.<br />
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A side note, I've been eating breakfast more often at the canteen and it's so good! There's so much choice and it's pretty cheap (usually under <$25HKD = $3.50CAD). They have the usual eggs, toast, sausage, ham (all HK style of course), you can also get fried fish fillet (my favourite), turnip cake, chicken burger patty (don't ask), macaroni and ham in soup (very HK style), daily congee and fried noodles. Usually 3 of these items comes for under $25.. so cheap!! First few pics in the "food roundup" picture are breakfast meals.<br />
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Having a pretty epic food week this week so stay tuned :)Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846520308723816058noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896887833444094282.post-82936697201526936592010-01-31T09:27:00.005-05:002010-02-09T10:52:55.564-05:00McDonalds Delivery!I've been waiting for this day for so long. I finally got the chance to try the Mcdonalds delivery service!<br />
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Check out the take out menu here: <a href="http://www.mcdonalds.com.hk/english/mds/">http://www.mcdonalds.com.hk/english/mds/</a><br />
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I called into the Mcdonalds delivery line (#23382338) and chose the English line (they had option for Cantonese, English and Mandarin). The first time I called the recording told me that the lines were busy, and to leave my name and number and they'll call me back. I did that and waited a while and decided to call back a few more times - the second time I got through to this really proficient English speaking lady with semi British accent. Haha, loved the fact that she actually understood what I was saying!<br />
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After I gave her my order she gave me the option of paying in $200 or paying exact so I told her $200 even though I ended up paying exact. Then she said the food will be here in about 40 mins. I was kinda disappointed because I was sooo hungry at that point, but 3 mins later I got a call on my cell from the delivery guy telling me to come downstairs in 5 mins! WOW! I got my food within 10 mins!<br />
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The delivery guy came in a red bike in a red uniform with a red box at the back to hold the food, pretty jokes :) I couldn't stop taking pics... haha. <br />
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We ordered the Triple Taste Combo for 3 which includes 3 burgers, 3 drinks, 6pc chicken nuggets, 2 cups of corn, 2 medium fries and 1 potato skin (wedges) for $96HKD (~$13CAD), and added a Mccrispy Chicken Fillet burger combo and Fillet-o-Fish combo. The total came up to $161.40HKD (~22CAD). <br />
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This time I tried the Double Wasabi Fish Burger which is pretty much a double Filet-o-Fish with Wasabi-mayo sauce. It was pretty good, I was suprised I could eat it because I can't take any spicy or wasabi usually. The wasabi actually stung the tongue but there was one bite near the middle where it went up my nose. haha. The actual meal also comes with potato wedges and a dip. Pretty good =)<br />
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I also got these free Doreamon red pockets with the wasabi burger.... so cute! =)<br />
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Fanta is a brand of pop that apparently originated from Germany. You can get it at Mcdonalds (kinda similar to C-plus) or at convenience stores. Saw a pack of Shake Shake Fanta at the local food mart and decided to give it a try. Basically you refrigerate it, and then when it's cool you shake it 10 times really hard (thats what it says on the can) and the drink turns into a jelly soda dessert/drink. It tasted really good when I first opened it, but it seemed like it got more and more "jelly" as I left it out. I liked the taste of soda with jelly bits but after a while I was just struggling to slurp the jelly out of the can :P You can find single cans in the convenience store (7-11) or in a pack of 6.<br />
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Will hopefully eat some more interesting food this week :) Also, check out my post on Pizza Hut in my birthday post <a href="http://hungryforhk.blogspot.com/2010/01/birthday-in-hk.html">here</a>. :PJanicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846520308723816058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896887833444094282.post-44704397160639269152010-01-24T11:44:00.003-05:002010-01-24T12:05:29.448-05:00Birthday in HKYes today is/was my birthday! Had a nice small celebration with people, not a big deal anyway :)<br />
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Had lunch at Spaghetti House with my relatives. So much food... BBQ ribs, seafood angel hair pasta, smoked salmon salad, veggie/lobster soup with baked pastry top, pizza... yum!<br />
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Then met up with my roommate and she secretly bought a cake for me WHILE I was there! I always thought I was good at finding out surprises.... dang :P Met up with 2 other friends for dinner and after wandering for a long time we decided to go to Pizza Hut. Pizza Hut is pretty crazy in HK. Tons of selections for appetizers, pastas and pizzas. They had escargot on mashed potatoes as an appetizer, and pizzas with a mushroom sauce base, curry base, and thousand island base! For dessert they had a chocolate pizza... I think it was a pizza crust but with chocolate spread in the middle topped with M&Ms and other chocolate candies. Death for me...<br />
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We ended up ordering a meaty mashed potato appetizer (looked so good on the menu, turned out being so small...), the Bollywood Delight pizza (eggplant, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, pineapple & corn), and the creamy chicken mushrooms angel hair pasta. Everything was pretty good, except that the menu was kinda deceiving and everything looked bigger than it was. However when we tried to eat the cake in the restaurant they informed us that we have to pay $50 extra to do that! Ridiculous.... so in the end we just went to the mall across the street and ate the cake in the food court surrounded by really amazing smelling food =)<br />
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And of course, you can't end the night without some Hui Lau Shan!! Best Mango (& coconut) drinks EVER and for pretty cheap (even cheaper if you buy 2 at once), and make sure you get a rewards card - buy 6 and get 1 free!Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846520308723816058noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896887833444094282.post-34112252703941623142010-01-23T02:39:00.005-05:002010-01-27T12:24:22.062-05:00Sing-K in HKFirst time doing Karaoke in Hong Kong and it was CRAZY! Never expected it to be so... intense shall I say. Didn't take enough pictures but still have a few (unfortunately extremely blurry), so hopefully it's enough to give you an idea of how it's like.<br />
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About 30+ of us (I know, crazy already) went up to <a href="http://www.google.com.hk/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&ved=0CAkQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newaykb.com%2F&ei=-pRaS6qxBpHm7AOJ-aTODw&usg=AFQjCNHwYAX1lJQX_pRxYIbpExrtPkAT7Q&sig2=47ZmnJliDTwZZsTutOu2Iw">Neway</a>, a Kareoke chain, in Mong Kok. At first I didn't even think they would have a room to fit us all but I was proven wrong :P After we booked a room we had to go up one floor to the room we were assigned to. We walked down this looong hall lined with Karaoke rooms (at least 80) until we reached our room.<br />
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Our room was sooo huge. Two huge TV screens for Karaoke and 2 smaller screens for song selection. We also had a private (single) washroom, and 6 wireless mics.<br />
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Coolest thing was, the place also had a buffet! Man, Hong Kong and their buffets everywhere :P There was a "buffet room" where they had sushi, make your own hot pot (with mini pots and hot plates there for you to cook), octopus balls, peking duck wrap, stir fry noodles and grilled skewers (octopus, chicken, sausages). All this was made to order.... mmm. There's another room where they had tons of hot tray food where you can serve yourself. Dessert was also included - mango pudding, cakes, etc, and also this guy who would make a dessert plate for you with lava cake, ice cream or other cakes and decorate it all nice and pretty :) <br />
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Here's a pic of some of the food I got, yum =) The total price was about $170 per person, seems pretty expensive in HK but when I convert it back it's less than $25CAD. This wasn't happy hour either, so in Canada this would be a craaazy deal :P Must go again sometime!Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846520308723816058noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896887833444094282.post-7229501637047275562010-01-21T10:08:00.000-05:002010-01-23T09:55:08.045-05:00Symphony of LightsWent to see the light show (<a href="http://www.tourism.gov.hk/symphony/eindex.html">Symphony of Lights</a>) with my roommate today. I actually really liked it! Yes a little cheesy with the music but it was just really cool that so many buildings participate to put this show together. I think the show was a total of 15 min long, I was pretty satisfied with it at the end :P<br />
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The show runs every night at 8:00pm, with narrations in different languages depending on different days. We watched it near the Avenue of Stars in Tsim Sha Tsui, you can also watch it on the HK Island side but I think you can see more interesting buildings from the TST side... I'll try watching from the HK Island side another day :)<br />
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Here are a couple pics:<br />
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There were tons of boats/ferries sailing around during the show, I think there are packages like a 2 hour boat cruise with dinner and you can watch the light show from there. Pretty cool but I'll probably opt for the free option :)Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846520308723816058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896887833444094282.post-4181577185367006352010-01-18T11:29:00.008-05:002010-01-18T11:37:27.865-05:00Food Roundup (Week 3)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPln86GoAvR9M9eeBM1RjJzdxqRzJO8JbLtJZ_R2fm_sPkaHRDFyog2kFJUDmJNSBCzUIed3TXRPwn2vFUtSgmbjR7-utHYpKaClIopT9KeLhBbUss0QIx6YJgGLChrSKd3N_oqs0V9I0/s1600-h/Week3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPln86GoAvR9M9eeBM1RjJzdxqRzJO8JbLtJZ_R2fm_sPkaHRDFyog2kFJUDmJNSBCzUIed3TXRPwn2vFUtSgmbjR7-utHYpKaClIopT9KeLhBbUss0QIx6YJgGLChrSKd3N_oqs0V9I0/s400/Week3.jpg" /></a><br />
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<b>1. Tofu Ice Cream on Red Bean Ice @ Tsui Wah (翠華餐廳)</b><br />
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I went to this restaurant on Saturday night and someone wanted to order the tofu ice cream on red bean ice but it was sold out and I really wanted to try it, since it was tofu ice cream after all. Funny enough, me and my roommate were trying to find a restaurant in central and we ended up at another branch of this restaurant! I'm a pretty huge fan of red bean ice (a cold drink with red bean, sugary syrup and milk) so definitely had to try this one. The tofu ice cream tasted like tofu, what can I say... and the tofu ice cream didn't make that much of a difference in the drink anyway, but it was cool to try something new =)<br />
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<b>2. Passionfruit shaved ice @ Modern Toilet Restaurant (Mong Kok or Causeway Bay)</b><br />
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Yes there is a toilet restaurant in Hong Kong! All the food is served in mini toilets or other washroom related items, and some of the drinks are served in mini urinals. A bunch of us decided to only get dessert because we wanted to check out the all you can eat KBBQ downstairs (which included all you can eat salmon sashimi, AHHH!). We definitely didn't expect this to be SO huge! The shaved ice was topped with various toppings like jelly, little cookies, raisins and fruit and chocolate ice cream shaped like poop :P Pretty delicious, and flavourful all the way through unlike in Canada where half of it is just ice and no flavour!<br />
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My food is getting less and less interesting because I eat at the canteen (cafeteria) most of the time :PJanicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846520308723816058noreply@blogger.com2