hong kong 2014 with the peeps - Part 1

finally back from the crazy short 4D3N HK trip with the peeps.

air tickets were booked long ago in Dec'13 to take advantage of cathay ridiculously low prices - $280 nett!

the 2 months after were planning on accommodation and itinerary by zm & gb mainly...

this is the first time im so hands-off in planning for a trip and its a good change. :P

 

so on last Thursday we met at T1 at 5.30am!! gosh! super early but our flight was crazy early at 650am so....

hubbi and the elder son were very nice to send me to the airport!

yz was so excited at going to the airport that he had trouble falling asleep the night before! but both of us finally managed to at 10+pm..

still, it was only a short 6 hours+ sleep for us @_@ before we woke up at 430am...

 

I had brekkie with hubbi and yz before going in to look for the rest at 6pm..

  

the happy lot! ser was travelling solo since she redeemed her krisflyer miles...

look at my bloated 面包臉! gosh!

 

the flight to HK was smooth and over in a jiffy! the way I like it.

and having crazy banter with the peeps helped to ease my flying jitters a wee bit!

 

we took 2 cabs to our service apartment/hotel - 99 Bonham- at 上环.

dd & gb's cabbie took them for roberts and charged them atrociously high fees!! super sway!

we checked in and were out searching for lunch in record time.. lol.

start of many many walking in HK island.

thanks to gb who is a walking GPS...

 

we chanced upon 九記牛腩  and decided to lunch there.

so glad we did!

I always miss this everytime im in HK due to its slightly far flung location at 上环.

the beef is super good and tender and im not even a beef person to start with! *yums*

easily one of the best meals for this trip!

 

and then its onwards in search of more food!!
we walked and walked (my poor legs) to hunt down the famous egg tarts in hong kong island.
not one but 2 outlets! - 泰昌 and 檀島咖啡 (Honolulu coffee shop)

after that, all of us were bursting at our seams! *burp*

fooling around and eating egg tarts on the go!

 

and from central we walked... (yes again) to IFC!

where we met up with ser who was on a flight 2 hours later than us.

some of us got our zara fix there and then it was more food in the form of macarons from Perre Herme at IFC!

not exactly cheap but the salted butter caramel ones are total worth the price!

 

by then, most of us (notice I didn't say all..) were pretty cui and super in need of a nap!

so all of us headed back to hotel where half the party went to nap (I belong to this group...) while the rest continued to sevva for pre-dinner drinks. @_@

 

it was a good 1.5hr nap for me and we were all good to head out to the dinner place for the night!

reservations were made at this place called 东宝小馆 @ 北角.

the food was good especially the claypot stewed fish and lotus leaf rice!

though I don't really fancy the ambience and set-up of the place.. a little too run down. :P



drinking beer from bowls! like back to old time wuxia show.. lol

 



after a crazy full dinner, we adjourned to a chill out bar at central - quinary.

it supposedly boost an interesting array of cocktails.

but guess what, the one that impressed me the most is actually their mocktail! an interesting blend of coconut, pandan & nata de coco jellies! lol.

one of my friend was not very impressed with my non-alcoholic choice. :P

 

it was a long day.. and by 11+pm, the girls left for the hotel while the guys struggled to stay up a little longer (like 30mins? lol).

and that was our long crazy foodie day1 in HK.