Monday 7 March 2011

Wanton Noodles - Hong Kong

云吞面 Wanton Mee

This is one of many local food in Singapore. You can order 'dry' with chilli/tomato/dark soy sauce or soup. This dish always accompany with 'char xiu' (叉烧) / vegetables / last but not least - wanton (Minced pork). As for the dipping sauce is green chilli (preserved chilli in vinegar + salt + sugar) with light soy sauce.
SG Wanton Noodle


At Hong Kong, I went to a food shop below to try the local wanton Mee. This is highly recommended in the Internet.

I've ordered a bowl of wanton mee & steam 'kai lan' with oyster sauce. There are 3 wantons which are big & stuffed with generous prawn! It tasted really fresh & delicious. The noodles is '没马跑' (hokkien buo bei zao). The noodle texture is so bouncy that I can feel every strand of the noodles when I bite. The steamed kai lan is so soft inside but crunchy outside. All in one word 'shiok'  (爽)。


HK Wanton Noodle - one of the 3 wanton is hidden under the noodle


Friday 4 March 2011

Kowloon Park Hong Kong

If you have a chance to stay at a country for many days, do spend some time at the local park. Kowloon Park is a place I went to experience the culture, relaxation, etc. I felt so relax...mainly is the cool weather (13 - 17 degree Celsius). I realized my life is so busy that I have miss out things such as beautiful tiny purple flowers blooming at car park located near my work site.



Taking a stroll in the park which I can observing people, flowers, birds chirpings, etc. I felt light and happy throughout the 3 hours of my stroll at the park.




When I took up hobby like photography, I starting to realize tiny things around me. I did not appreciate the beautifulness of flowers till last year. Now then I notice and wondering how nature can nurtured beautiful & colorful flowers.








Cheung King Mansion Hong Kong- Hostel room for 1 person

Living in a hostel is the one of the cheapest choice if you are traveling alone and on budget. Well you pay what you get!

I'm staying at 3rd floor (thank goodness). I remembered I only used the elevator once in order to reach 1st level as most of the time is crowded. I have to queue for the elevator to reach 3rd level whenever I came back from tourist sights.

The room is small...no space for your stuff. The bathroom is small too. Talking about this bathroom...impossible to bathe in the morning as the water not hot enough. Fortunately, it was pretty hot for night shower.




It can be noisy during your sweet dream. Noises can be from those people who check in after midnight, flushing toilets, opening & closing of doors, etc.

Tuesday 1 March 2011

林村许愿树 Lam Village Wishing Tree


I remembered my first visit to this wishing tree. Janice & I have paid some money to buy incense paper tied with raffia string and one orange at the other end. We wrote our wishes on the paper and threw as high as possible onto the wishing tree. The higher you throw, the greater chance for your wish to come true.



I threw 3 time but Janice threw more than 9 time....well..we did it eventually.


On 17 Feb 2011, I visited this village again. There should be a Chinese New Year (CNY) event going on at this village. I thought it should be very crowded and vibrant but less crowd and freezing cold there.


 You can see the difference of this photo (left) to the photo (above). This tree branches collapsed due to the weight of the wishing things on it.








There are some changes in the way that people can still 'hang' their wishes.














If you insist to do it in a traditional way, yes you can!






Guys wanna her contact no! 下半辈子吧!
If you lack of confidence to throw, you can chose wishing lamp too.