Gals Only Hong Kong Trip: Day III

It's our 3rd day and we're on our way to Wong Tai Sin. We bought our breakfast at a nearby cha chan ting that had a stall selling fried dough.

Est bought what seemed similar to our 'Butterfly', but it was triple the size.

I had a sesame ball with nil filling.

Ms A was still very upset over the lost of her camera. She was more heart broken over the lost of her photos. I truly understood.

We reached Wong Tai Sin station, and the temple is just above. There were many peddlers welcoming you with incense and all. But do not buy from them as they are not 'authorised'.

If you want to offer incense and all, just walked further to the left of the gate and you'll see this long stretch of shops with colourful decorations (looked like Chinese New Year to me) hanging on the shops' ceilings.

Ms A went ahead to pray for a fortune stick.

We walked back to the alley that we got the incense, and find the ticket that will decipher Ms A's fortune stick.

The stallholder recommended we get a fortune teller to decipher Ms A's fourtune at HKD20 and directed us to an alley occupied by fortune tellers further down.

Most if not all fortune tellers displayed photos of famous hot shot whom had taken photograph with them, or picture of Buddha and always a incense pot with a tablet.

So what do we/I think of this fortune teller's tale? She's really spot-on or rather Wong Tai Sin was really 'ling' (accurate)?! Unfortunately, I was under an inconvenience spot thus did not join Ms A. You have to fork out extra HKD$ if you wana seek the fortune teller's help and how to prevent/lessen the harm caused by some misfortunes that would befall on you.

Hungry and it's late afternoon, we decided to move on to Tsim Sha Tsui for lunch and some shopping at the hippiest street.

Sometimes, it's good to get lost or wander w/o following through the itinerary.

That actually led us to this chinese restaurant, 副满楼 (12-16 Humphreys Avenue, TST). We were wandering along the street and saw it's signboard stating Sze Chuan dishes served. But we were surprised that they served cantonese Dim Sum too!

The restaurant was pretty vacant when we entered. And the staff greeted us warmly with smiles. They were patient and nice enough to guide us on the varieties, orders and which are the dishes under premium and non-premium prices.

Starters - Steamed Cai Xin w/ Oil and Shanghai Vegetable & Meat Dumpling Soup

The Cai Xin was crunchy and tasty even though it was a simple dish.

The dumplings were huge and the filling was fresh and well-sauteed.

Fresh Prawn Chee Cheong Fun

Chee cheong fun were thick with generous whole fresh prawns and po chai, not too salty and different from our frequent share of the daily char siew/ prawn versions.

Crispy Fried Prawn Rolled in Beancurd Skin

Very crispy, yet not too oily. The prawn filling was able to maintain its juiciness.

By the time we're half-way through our lunch, the entire restaurant was fully packed with businessmen, tai tais and the white-collared workers.

Siew Mai

I voted this as the best dish we had followed by prawn dumpling! 1 fat siew mai is filled with fat juicy prawns and shitake mushroom, and topped with REAL crab roe! Oh my...!

Chicken Feet aka Phoenix Feet (nicer term in Chinese)

Nothing special but the sauce was sweet enough for me.

Prawn Dumpling

Guess how many prawns in one? 4! This is the best prawn dumpling I had, other than Xin Cuisine, throughout my life.

Drunken Chicken

I wouldn't recommend this if not for Ms A for having a bigger appetite and stomach space. The meat was cold and hard, and we're not used to the unique taste.

Ms A's appetite is amazing (still shocked though not the 1st day I know her) as she craved for mango pudding after the unsatisfactory drunken chicken.

The supervisor was sweet enough and gave Est and me a bowl of green bean soup each on seeing that only Ms A was having dessert. (Or maybe he pitied us 3 sharing a mango pudding?)

It was FANTASTIC! I don't know what they added in to this simple dessert. It was smooth, slightly thickened, sweetened at the right level of sweetness and the green beans were neither too mashy nor hard. As I scooped the soup slowly into my mouth, I found a stem of maybe a herb in it. Is that their secret?

PLEASE... please do drop by here for great HK Dim Sum the next time you drop by! Just before we left, a friendly staff helped took our picture at the entrance and was kind enough to distribute name cards to each of us. =) The bill? HKD268!

After a super full lunch, we went back to the street and headed for the shopping.

This is a compromise of financial centers and high-end shopping paradise.

Louis Vuitton and Dior

Miu Miu is way too cool.

The gals were shopping and... (Coach)

more shopping intensively (Gucci).

The next few pics were taken at the celebrity broadwalk, which is near the Star Ferry.

Finally, the walk was done.

And it's time for a break at Starbucks.

Good advertising campaign?

By the time we unwittingly got up from our comfy seats, the sun was already setting. Then the building lights started lighting up altogther.

Fellow frenz asked: What are you taking

Me: 帅哥

Ff asked: Really? Cannot see his face ah!

Haha... I took this picture because I find him very smart.

We're back at Ladies Market and more alert to the surrounding crowd. Ms A had actually gone to the street parallel of Ladies Market and bought 2 cameras. She couldn't withstand the pressure of not taking pictures by and of herself for the rest of the trip!

We bought our fill of souvenirs before decided to head back hotel.

We were wandering Mongkok alittle before something caught our eyes!

I ate this similar to Luk Luk style on my 1st trip to HK. The stall was larger and in the middle of a night market. I couldn't find it when I was at Ladies Market nor Temple Street.

At this stall, a variety of waffle crepe were served.

Ms A's crepe consised of ham, cheese?, corn and etc.

Woooo... I love meat skewers!

Est and shared chicken chunks, enoki mushrooms wrapped with bacon and squid leg. What made them so delicious was the satay-like chili sauce that accompanied. I believed there're afew to choose from too. I wish... wish v. hard to go back soon again!

This had become my favourite beer from 7/11 convenience store there.

The complementary magnets by 7/11 were more colourful and cute than the doraemons here.

My lot from Ladies Market: HK drama serials.

FYI: Various HKD notes printed by different banks.

I picked up Majorica eyeliners and lip gloss from Sa Sa at Mongkok. I've not seen them in S'pore yet.