darling and i had our photoshoot on sunday, done by my student audrey yong. the photos turned out really good!
more photos to come!
in the meantime, i must give the credits to:
Photographer: Audrey Yong
Stylist: Audrey Yong and Shi Yun
Make-up Artiste: Audrey Yong and Shi Yun
Assistants: Zoe Neo and Shi Yun
Models: Myself and Darling
thank you so so so much audrey and team! :)
today we went to zen organic farm which is at Fan Ling. i bet you nv heard of zen organic farm right! i also nv heard of it before darling told me about this place. hahahaha. it is a good place to go after all the shopping at hk.
organic papaya!
you've seen red pepper and green pepper, bet you didnt see purple pepper before.
beetroot!
white colour brinjal
after zen organic farm we went to PMQ. PMQ is near Central mtr stn, sells chic stuff designed by up and coming locals, but the stuff is quite expensive. DUN USE ABERDEEN ROAD to go to PMQ. the slope is damn steep. we nearly died after the hike up. should have taken the mid escalator at SOHO.
finally got to try the roast goose at yung kei. saw alot of reviews saying how good it is. and there is always a long queue during meal times. we went there at 4 plus and got a table immediately. we ordered half of the roast goose which cost us 250 hkd. not very cheap. darling and her mum felt that the roast goose was a bit overrated. hahaha.
at macau ferry terminal waiting for our ferry to hong kong! presenting to you our couple jerseys!
our first lunch stop at hong kong: Satay King! this place is brotherhood's favourite for meals. we will definitely order the rice with white curry sauce! darling's parents and sis absolutely love the food there. darling's dad slurped every single gravy of the satay bee hoon and want to come here to eat again. :)
cool backdrop!
avenue of stars! my signature pose. hahaha.
we had dinner at this very old school hong kong cafe called Star Cafe, recommended by the famous local food blogger Danial. it is a bit difficult to find. and it's location is beside a dodgy foot massage shop. i think darling and her family are thinking to themselves where am i bringing them to, when walking past the steamy pictures otw to the cafe. hahahahaha.
Star Cafe is famous for its 出前一丁 tomato based noodles! everything is tomato based. tomato beef noodles. tomato luncheon meat noodles. tomato egg noodles. tomato sausage noodles. tomato (insert whatever meat or ingredient you can think of) noodles.
darling's mum was amazed how i can actually find this place, when this is also my first time here! hahahaha.
after dinner we decided to walk from tsim sha tsui all the way up to mongkok. and we chanced upon this 鸡蛋饼 stall. darling was over the moon because she always wanted to try 鸡蛋饼 and the stall looks quite popular, decorated with photos of hk celebrities taken with the stall owner. and there was quite a long queue. and it tasted really good, especially in the cold weather!
our buffet breakfast at grand emperor hotel.
after breakfast we went to find margaret's cafe, also famous for its egg tarts! glad we found it, because in 2012 we couldn't find the place. margaret's cafe is super near from our hotel.
looks nice and taste nice! i think this is better than lord stow's egg tarts!
hotel hopping at wynn hotel. the red chandelier super nice!
waiting for the water fountain show in front of wynn hotel. the show comes at 15-min intervals. very breathtaking! better than sg's musical fountain show. hahahahaha.
the first day of our macau & hk trip! we took tiger air to macau, and the flight was at 610 am and i had less than 3 hours of sleep because i watched man u vs hull city until 1 am.
we reached macau international airport at 940 am and we can definitely make it for the shuttle bus at 10 am. we are staying at grand emperor hotel and i checked online that the frequency of the grand emperor shuttle bus from the airport to the hotel is one hour. but we waited until 1020 pm, and saw the buses of grand lisboa, venetian, wynn and galaxy leaving the airport at 5 min frequencies.
i gave up waiting, and suggested to darling that we take the galaxy shuttle bus to galaxy, then from galaxy we take the shuttle bus to macau ferry terminal, whereby the frequency of the grand emperor shuttle bus from macau ferry terminal is just 15 minutes. darling agreed and off we go!
our first photo at macau! taken at galaxy hotel, where darling and i stayed at in 2012. check out their big big diamond!
more photos at galaxy macau!
we finally reached grand emperor hotel! did the checking in and because the rooms are still unavailable, we placed our luggage at the concierge and off we went for lunch! i made a booking at The Eight, situated at Hotel Grand Lisboa. The Eight is a 3-star michelin restaurant. enough said.
hotel grand lisboa is so majestic!
gigantic golden boat at the lobby of grand lisboa.
the entrance of The Eight. so 豪华.
the interior of the restaurant. wow.
the appetiser! abalone wor! appetiser already set the context of what are the dishes to come!
This photo of The Eight is courtesy of TripAdvisor
goldfish prawn dumpling! so cute! i dunno how to start.
hedgehog char siew buns. my god how did the chef do the intricate carvings on the char siew bun?!
don't see this ball look common, but it taste amazing! the ball is fried using egg white, and inside the ball is seafood.
complimentary dessert of egg tart and milk tea. This photo of The Eight is courtesy of TripAdvisor
we ordered other dishes also, and all of them tasted really great! what an exceptional dining experience. a good start to the trip. :)
after that we went to ruins of st pauls and venetian.
finally got to try lord stow bakery's egg tarts! very nice!
taken at grand emperor hotel, the hotel we stayed in when we were in macau.
anyway i am back in sg!
