Hong Kong, Day 1 (Part 2)

When nite falls,
we went to Nicholini's at Queesnway..

Hong Kong's best Italian restaurant,
located on the 8th floor of Conrad Hotel.

I like the nite view
Laguiole knives
air dried pancetta with rock melon
our starter, pan seared foie gras with apple reduction HK$ 320
artichoke salad with fresh porcinis served with baby spinach HK$ 250
lime sorbet with lotsa lime skin served on an ice carved plate(???)
we had Brunello di Montalcino HK$ 1750, their wine list was awesome
I shared my main course with JS
squid ink tagliarini HK$ 260
and a lovely lamb HK$ 370
hazelnut tarte HK$ 100
their petit four was some creamy vanilla ice cream dipped with crispy almond chocolate served on a plate with dry ice....yummy!!!
it was freaking cold that nite!!!! below 10 degrees

Nicholini's Restaurant,
8th Floor,
Conrad International Hotel Pacific Place,
Queensway, Hong Kong.
Tel: 2521 3838
Reservation only

Hong Kong, Day 1 (Part 1)

The moment I woke up,
I started playing tourist guide...
cept I don't have a flag....
and I have a single obedient sweet adventurous tourist with no complaints.
You cannot miss the star ferry ride...
JS loved it so much that we must cross the harbour everyday with it!!

It costs HK$ 2.20 per trip.
just divide it with 2 to get the rate at our currency - RM 1.10
the morning sea breeze woke monkey up,
actually it was noon when we crossed the harbour to the HK island,

When u are in HK,
do stay in Tsim Tsa Tsui,
as there's more to see,
more to eat,
more to buy.
whereby in the island itself,
it's a concrete jungle.
finance centres, exchange squares, yada yada yada...
if the terrorist bomb this area,
the whole stock market for the asia region will collapse...
die dot com!!!
HSBC Building,
not a tall one but with interesting architecture,
it is said that this whole building was built in a way,
where it can be dismantle piece by piece...hmmm
even the escalator was built facing the side,
it's all feng shui folks!!
the flooring of the lobby area is bumpy and wavy...to signify some flows..
money come money come!!!

This building has the best feng shui in this area,
as for residence area,
got to be Repulse Bay.
when u are at HSBC building,
it's a must to say hi to the two lions!!!!
for it brings wealth and luck!!!

"Hi there money lion..
gimme more money ho ho ho!!!"

"Your hair looked like his hair....ho ho ho!!!"

GRRRRRRR......*it was windy okay??*
also once u are on the island,
another must go.... is The Peak
via the tramp wat else???

There are restaurants up at The Peak with stunning views....
Monkey all smiles whenever there's champagnes - Moet & Chandon
I still prefer Krug
Har kou - steamed shrimp dim sum....
I lost the receipt hence no price...the whole meal cost HK$ 661
Whenever there's har kou, there must be siew mai,
fresh succulent crunchy sweet juicy prawns...
the famous siew pau - bbq sweet pork buns.
prawns wrapped in steamed flat noodles and fried lobster wraps
mango pudding with bird nest,
hongkies love bird nest.....so do I
almond mochi with black sesame
let him sit near the window, I'm afraid of heights.
I looked like a lil gal here....in my new baby dress

fr The Peak, u basically can see a lot...

the weather was a lovely 13 degrees.

then we took a stroll along the walkway around the hill

A lot to do at work,
I've been trying to blog since early in the morning and now it's lunch....
will continue part 2 tmrw.

Hong Kong, Day 0.1666667

Sorry folks,
I forgot to inform that monkey will be flying off to HK.
when we took off, the sun starts to set...
it's a 3.5 hours journey.....and a horrible one too.

coz I sat behind a prominent man,
not that he made any big fuss outta himself,
but ppl around him....duh....
all those ass kisserssssss.
I'm sure u know who is he,
the fact that I am not putting his name here,
to avoid search engine which direct those traffics to my site,
esp those who are searching for him...

He's a gentleman, really....and well mannered,
just that those passengers, air steward...stewardess,
can't get enough of him...

dropped by his seat to speak with him,
on how much they adored him,
admired his work,
his philosophy...yada yada yada yada.

so bising,
I couldn't sleep.

Then Mr. Prominent stretched his arms and hands...
monkey sat directly behind and saw....
"baby, he has the same watch as u!!!"
"ooo, yes. There were only 2 in Msia at that time. Limited to 300 pcs worldwide."
"Lucky u are not wearing it now....hihihihi....otherwise he will throw his away."
"Hahaha, he won't lar."

When we touched down,
someone craved for yummy HK food already,

"I want wan ton noodles!!"
"but it's past midnite already!!!"
"I want I want I want."
>_<.....sigh....

succulent clams in black bean sauce and chilis
the famous iced lemon tea and almond cream

It was 1 am when we strolled across the Marco Polo Clock Tower,
with a full stomach..

YAWWWNNNNN

Day 1 tomorrow ya!!