my first trip to hong kong was in december 2018, with my army friends, leow and mak.
second trip to hong kong was in 2010, with my nuscd friends, xuehong, nzj and hanwei. it was a long trip for us. before hong kong, we were at shang hai (for the world expo) and shen zhen. will aways remember the tagline of the shang hai world expo, which is Better City, Better Life. unfortunately, the time we spent there, made us ponder on the tagline. and we think it should be Better City, Better Life??!! so anyway, my second time to hong kong, xuehong and nzj introduced me to satay king and 稻香 (a old school dim sum restaurant). i was blown away. from then on, this 2 eating places will always be a must go whenever i go to hong kong.
third trip to hong kong was in june 2011. a solo trip. it was my first time taking aeroplane on my own. and my first time staying at a hotel on my own. during that time i was the artistic director for the workplace's 25th anniversary concert, and i felt that i need a break from all those countless rehearsals. anyway it was not really a solo trip because i still meet up with xuehong and nzj over there (they flew to hong kong a day earlier than me), and of course, we went to our usual eating places, satay king and 稻香.
and so i was quite familiar with hong kong already. the 4th trip to hong kong was in december 2012, together with darling. we went to macau and hong kong. we watched the house of dancing water at macau. one of the most impressive and spectacular performances i have ever watched. we stayed at galaxy hotel at macau, also one of the grandest hotel i have ever stayed at. in hong kong we stayed at this cosy airbnb apartment at yau ma tei. of course i brought darling to satay king and 稻香, and she enjoyed the food there too.
in november 2014 i was supposed to bring students to hong kong for a performing arts trip. unfortunately, the trip got cancelled because of the yellow umbrella revolution in hong kong. to make up for that disappointment, i went there in december 2014, with darling, and her family. we also went to macau. stayed at this hotel that got an Emperor name, unfortunately that hotel is nowhere near the standard of Galaxy. in hong kong we stayed at a airbnb apartment in mong kok, and the lift is damn old school, where you need to manually open the door of the lift and also close the door of the lift. my FIL took the lift for that very first time and got so traumatised. and again, we went to satay king and 稻香. FIL love the food at satay king so much and he requested to go there to eat again the next day.
this trip is my 6th trip to hong kong. in a span of 10 years, i have actually been here 6 times.
ok now let's go on with day 3.
in the morning we went to sai kung. it was my first time here. darling's first time here as well. my parents' first time here too. and we love the place. we love the sea, the boats on the sea. very scenic, very picturesque. yuanze love the place so much that he fell asleep on the bus journey to sai kung, and when we alighted the bus, he still continue sleeping in my father's arms for another 45 min.
sai kung is quite a touristy area. and there are many seafood restaurants. and other eateries as well. you can google the famous seafood restaurants. so being typical tourists, we also had lunch at one of these seafood restaurants. my memory is getting worse and i cant remember the name of the restaurant. hahahaha. we ordered the seafood set for 4 pax, which cost HKD238 per pax, which is about SGD40 per pax. consist of a chicken corn soup, lobster with noodles, steam fish, crab stir fried with spring onion and ginger, steam scallop with garlic and vermicelli and a vege dish.
after sai kung, we went to tsim sha tsui and mong kok. we were shocked by the HUGE crowd. everywhere is filled with people. it was so crowded that we dun dare to hold yuanze's hand to walk. me and my father took turns to carry yuanze.
went to satay king for dinner. i miss the satay soup vermicelli and the pork chop in white curry rice so much!!! so happy to be back here again!
