533. Day 19 | Yum Cha, Mongkok, Victoria Harbour

For lunch today, I went with my mom and sister to Yum Cha. I discovered this place a long time ago and had always wanted to visit when I came back to Hong Kong, and I'm so glad we did! I really loved it. The restaurant serves dim sum but not in the traditional sense. Their style is more eclectic, and all the dishes are really unique and almost looked too good to eat.

Here is one of their signature dishes; the{ custard bun desserts. They looked so funny and cute. You poke a hole in it and squeeze out the hot custard. Click here for a quick video of how I did it lol. My video is quite blurry but I had to do it with one hand while trying to film with the other..and since I already poked it I wasn't able to re-film it in better quality! But you get the idea.




I loved the restaurant interiors!



For the rest of the day we went around Mongkok then back to Tsim Sha Tsui in the evening to the harbour. I love going there to take photos and to walk around. Victoria Harbour is my favourite harbour in the world. The buildings and lights seem endless. My mom brought me to the rooftop of a building, where she used to go a lot when she was young (as she grew up in HK). It was the most amazing view of the harbour I had ever seen. This photo above was not taken from there..I will post those in a later post.

So tomorrow we are heading to our final destination for a very short trip - Macau!

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525. Day 11 | Hong Kong

Every time we visit Hong Kong, our schedule is always packed with family lunches and dinners (including extended family members..as they all live here in Hong Kong). Today we had dim sum for lunch with some of them, then went to Mongkok to walk around as our dinner reservations with more family members were in that area. We went to one of my favourite clothing stores, I.T, and I ended up with three things all in navy blue. I love shopping in Hong Kong. The clothes are more my style. They're all wintery clothes so I'll have to wear them when I go back to Toronto, as the weather here in Hong Kong has been ~30C every day. We spent so much time in the store that by the time we left it was already time to head to dinner lol. I wanted to get a new Bearbrick as well in Mongkok but didn't have time. Will try to go again another day.

For dinner we went to a Thai restaurant. It was really good. We especially loved the desserts!

Also I can't believe I'm already on Day 11 of daily posting. I'm pretty sure this is my longest streak. It has been challenging some nights but I hope I make it to the end of the trip with these posts! Hopefully they're not boring for you yet.






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441. Hong Kong | Mongkok, Temple Street, Dinner with Family

This was either our first or second day in Hong Kong. My aunt, uncle, my mom and I went to Mongkok. I was on a mission to find the Daft Punk Bearbricks. We came to this boutique called Naughty Guy which was filled to the brim with hundreds of Bearbricks. Unfortunately the Daft Punk ones were sold out..but they put me on the waiting list. I probably would've been back in Toronto by the time it was in stock again though. Then we walked around a bit and found another toy boutique with Bearbricks.I saw a huge Daft Punk box behind the counter and got extremely excited. So I bought them immediately!

Carrying around the huge box all day in such a busy area was kind of a hassle (thanks to my uncle who helped), and bringing it back on the flight also took a bit of effort..not to mention the credit card damage..but it was definitely worth it lol.





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After walking around all day, we met up with all my other Hong Kong family members and went to this Middle Eastern restaurant that my sister recommended. I don't know the name but the food was really really good.


My mom & I shared a Hoegaarden


After dinner we walked around. My favourite time in Hong Kong is (late) at night. The streets are never empty.


We went to Temple Street. One of those night markets where a lot of foreigners/tourists go.







Then we stopped for desserts. It's like a tradition to go out for late night dessert (usually black sesame soup) while in Hong Kong. As I'm sitting here making this post and thinking back on that night..it's making me really crave this. I don't know if it looks disgusting for those of you who haven't had this before or know what it is lol. But it's a really popular Chinese dessert and sooo good.



This intersection kind of reminds me of Shibuya crossing.


These last 2 photos were found on my uncle's camera. I'm in this last one..which I didn't know at that time was being taken lol. Can you find where I am? ;)


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