McDonalds Delivery!

I've been waiting for this day for so long.  I finally got the chance to try the Mcdonalds delivery service!

Check out the take out menu here:  http://www.mcdonalds.com.hk/english/mds/

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!

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!

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.

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).

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 =)

I also got these free Doreamon red pockets with the wasabi burger.... so cute! =)

Food Roundup (Week 4)

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This week's notables:

1.  Shake Shake Fanta 

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.

Will hopefully eat some more interesting food this week :)  Also, check out my post on Pizza Hut in my birthday post here. :P

Birthday in HK

Yes today is/was my birthday!  Had a nice small celebration with people, not a big deal anyway :)

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!

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...

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 =)

Us taking a pic before repacking the cake -_-

Thanks to my awesome roommate Soyeon for the beautiful cake!! (repacked at this point :P)

With a touch of Korean :P

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!

Sing-K in HK

First 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.

(pic taken from Google)

About 30+ of us (I know, crazy already) went up to Neway, 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.

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.

(The Washroom)

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 :) 

Pics from left to right:  Line up for sushi, make your own hotpot, dessert guy, stir fry and grill, octopus balls, peking duck and chinese sausage rice.

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!

Symphony of Lights

Went to see the light show (Symphony of Lights) 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

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 :)

Here are a couple pics:

The skyline and the show starting...

Lights!

More lights.. click to view larger pic

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 :)