We're still here!
Mass at the Mariners’ Club, 11 Middle Road
Lan Tao Island via MTR orange line, then 23 bus
Po Lin Monastary – Big Buddha
Vegetarian lunch
Trip back
Meet up with law school friend Paul
Sheraton Sky Lounge
Last minute shopping: luggage, 7-11, Ramen
Going home at 7 in the morning.
Will clean up the entries on the plane.
We were going to Sha Tin for the dragon boat races, but we were just beat and decided to take it easy. Instead, we just hung out with YC and his work associate W at the Sheraton breakfast buffet for a couple of hours. Then we went to Tseun Wan to the Sam Tung Uk museum. It’s a renovated Hakka walled village that has been completely renovated. W lives in the neighborhood, and he had no idea that the museum was there, because it is so non-descript.
Afterwards, we made one more try to eat Hakka food. We gave up trying to find the famed movable chicken feast place, since nobody was really sure where they had moved to. W suggested this new theme chain restaurant, Hak Ka Hut. It presents rustic Hakka Chinese food in an elegant modern style. The braised pork belly with preserved vegetables were very credible, slightly on the sweet side. The salt chicken I thought was slightly overdone, but YC and his cousin thought it was pretty good. The other dishes included stuffed tofu and abalone, which were tasty, although the stuffing was on the top rather than on the side as was usual.
Afterwards, W drove us to the Sheraton, where we had drinks on the top floor cafe until very last.
One more day…
Harbour City
China Ferry Terminal
First Ferry to Macau (45 minute trip on hydrofoil)
Raining cats and dogs
Bus #3 to Centro de (trapo) tourismo
Bus #10 to Senado Square
Choi Heong Yuen Bakery
Restaurant Platao Travessa
Left the bakery bag at the restaurant
On Mun Cafe (had expresso and natas – the poruguese version of egg tarts brulee)
Ruins of Sao Paulo
Stamps from the post office stand
Back to the 10 bus
On the bus on the way back we missed the ferry terminal, along with a deaf tour group from the mainland. After messing around with Mandarin, Chinese handwriting, sign language and english, we finally decided to share cabs back to the terminal.
Raced YC back to Tsim Tsa Tsui – he’s staying at the classy Sheraton. Bathroom has a window that looks through to the suite then through the bay windows.
Went to his office in North Point, then went out with his office mates to a seafood restaurant somewhere between 64 and 132 Wharf Road. If you can find it and speak Cantonese, it is well worth it. After that, we went to Lan Kwai Fong for volka at Balalaika Russian Restaurant (they have an “Ice Room” which is basically a meat locker where you can have your volka in a 10 degree F room while wearing fur coats). After that, they went for karaoke and whisky drinks at Gossip 22. Then passed out back at the hotel.
3 more days…
