13 January 2013, 7am
Dragged myself out of bed to make an early trip to Wan Chai to buy egg tarts. Didn't manage to sleep well due to the noise and the fact that my feet is facing the bathroom. Also, was kept awake by the cold. At some point, my legs suffered from cramps as a result of trying to cuddle up to keep warm. Never realised it can be tiring.
The street was wet when I got down. Wondered if it rained the night before or perhaps it was the shopkeepers or government servants cleaning up the street.
It was only 7.30am but the MTR station was full of people as if it was a normal working day. Some are going to the morning market. Others I am not so sure. I do have my theory on this. More on the next post.
Did not have much problem finding Honolulu Coffee Tea House (having memorised the exterior of the shop as I can't read mandarin) although I did take the wrong turning. I can never understand how I always end up at the wrong exit. Bought some egg tarts at HKD6 each. Was so thrilled. Had one on the way to Tai Cheong. Pretty good except that the eggy part was rather sweet. Was disappointed to find that the shop has yet to open. Did not find information on the internet saying that the shop only opens at 9am on sundays!
Decided to try my luck and walked to Causeway Bay for the other branch. Figured that since the one in Wan Chai is a bakery express, the opening hour might differ. And so I walked and walked and walked. It was not difficult to find Jardine Bazaar. The problem was in locating the shop as I forgot to memorise the characters of the shop name. Asked a not-so-helpful lady and she pointed somewhere down the road. Asked another lady going to the market. In her extremely loud voice, she told me (after having corrected my pronunciation of Tai Cheong) that bakery doesn't open so early. Think she repeated like thrice. Thank you, I heard that loud and clear. She pointed me somewhere and yet I can't find it. Gave up upon realising I still had another 15 minutes to go.
Arrived back in Mong Kok at 9am. Sigh. Had fish porridge at Fuk Kee Congee. A few issues - (1) menu is in mandarin, (2) waiter had his finger in the porridge during serving. Ignore the second issue and the porridge was actually quite good.
Went back to Tim Ho Wan to take away the osmanthus flower jelly and bbq bun. For the first time, saw a long queue outside and it was not even 10am yet. Most were tourists. By the time the manager came out with his list, some were told to come back at 11.30am and others at a later time before they can be served. Wow. And the current numbers given were for before 3pm group. Wow. Had to wait 20-30 minutes for my order.
Decide later on that it was not worth the wait. The pretty osmanthus flower jelly became a glob of gooey stuffs :(
Rushed back to hostel to check out. Made it out in good time but just missed the A21 at the market station due to haste. Did not wait too long for the next one. Ride was boring.
Panicked upon discovering that there are two terminals. Saw some signs saying that MAS on 2. Decided that it meant terminal two. Big mistake. But good to learn later that most people were misled by those signs. Hah, it means something needs to be done. Officer at customer service counter was very kind. He took us to terminal 2. We thought we had to take the train and started settling in. He came back in to inform us that it's just on the other side! We used the train as a bridge. Ha ha ha.
Was horrified to discover that there are as many people in the airport as the city itself. There's just no peace and quiet in this little place. Signboards were confusing. No one at helpdesk to assist. Tsui Wah looked just like a normal cha chaan teng in the city, bustling with activity. I heard that the special butter bun is really good but I decided to go to the Traveller's Lounge instead. Also a mistake. Food was not great and there were too many people.
Being on the way back felt good...
Dragged myself out of bed to make an early trip to Wan Chai to buy egg tarts. Didn't manage to sleep well due to the noise and the fact that my feet is facing the bathroom. Also, was kept awake by the cold. At some point, my legs suffered from cramps as a result of trying to cuddle up to keep warm. Never realised it can be tiring.
The street was wet when I got down. Wondered if it rained the night before or perhaps it was the shopkeepers or government servants cleaning up the street.
It was only 7.30am but the MTR station was full of people as if it was a normal working day. Some are going to the morning market. Others I am not so sure. I do have my theory on this. More on the next post.
Did not have much problem finding Honolulu Coffee Tea House (having memorised the exterior of the shop as I can't read mandarin) although I did take the wrong turning. I can never understand how I always end up at the wrong exit. Bought some egg tarts at HKD6 each. Was so thrilled. Had one on the way to Tai Cheong. Pretty good except that the eggy part was rather sweet. Was disappointed to find that the shop has yet to open. Did not find information on the internet saying that the shop only opens at 9am on sundays!
Decided to try my luck and walked to Causeway Bay for the other branch. Figured that since the one in Wan Chai is a bakery express, the opening hour might differ. And so I walked and walked and walked. It was not difficult to find Jardine Bazaar. The problem was in locating the shop as I forgot to memorise the characters of the shop name. Asked a not-so-helpful lady and she pointed somewhere down the road. Asked another lady going to the market. In her extremely loud voice, she told me (after having corrected my pronunciation of Tai Cheong) that bakery doesn't open so early. Think she repeated like thrice. Thank you, I heard that loud and clear. She pointed me somewhere and yet I can't find it. Gave up upon realising I still had another 15 minutes to go.
Arrived back in Mong Kok at 9am. Sigh. Had fish porridge at Fuk Kee Congee. A few issues - (1) menu is in mandarin, (2) waiter had his finger in the porridge during serving. Ignore the second issue and the porridge was actually quite good.
Went back to Tim Ho Wan to take away the osmanthus flower jelly and bbq bun. For the first time, saw a long queue outside and it was not even 10am yet. Most were tourists. By the time the manager came out with his list, some were told to come back at 11.30am and others at a later time before they can be served. Wow. And the current numbers given were for before 3pm group. Wow. Had to wait 20-30 minutes for my order.
Decide later on that it was not worth the wait. The pretty osmanthus flower jelly became a glob of gooey stuffs :(
Rushed back to hostel to check out. Made it out in good time but just missed the A21 at the market station due to haste. Did not wait too long for the next one. Ride was boring.
Panicked upon discovering that there are two terminals. Saw some signs saying that MAS on 2. Decided that it meant terminal two. Big mistake. But good to learn later that most people were misled by those signs. Hah, it means something needs to be done. Officer at customer service counter was very kind. He took us to terminal 2. We thought we had to take the train and started settling in. He came back in to inform us that it's just on the other side! We used the train as a bridge. Ha ha ha.
Was horrified to discover that there are as many people in the airport as the city itself. There's just no peace and quiet in this little place. Signboards were confusing. No one at helpdesk to assist. Tsui Wah looked just like a normal cha chaan teng in the city, bustling with activity. I heard that the special butter bun is really good but I decided to go to the Traveller's Lounge instead. Also a mistake. Food was not great and there were too many people.
Being on the way back felt good...
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