Kuching Food Festival 2014 - Part 1

Once again the month of August where Kuchingite will flood the MBKS Jubilee Hall for the food savouring.  *RLOL* Being a Kuchingite, how can I not go?

I was not feeling well during the opening on friday so I did not get to go. *SOB* *SOB* So last night after I pick my mom up around 10.20pm I went there with her.  Most of the stall finished selling their food.  So today after work, I die die also must go.  I have done my survey last night on what i wanted to eat.

Bora Bora Singapore Laksa

When I walk pass the stall I was capture by the name of the stall. Bora Bora...cute eh.. So they are selling Singapore Laksa.  While I was taking picture of the stall the guy asked me if I want to try.  So he gave me a small bowl to try.  The smell remind me of prawn curry.  The taste is exactly like prawn curry, there is nothing spicy to it.  Very very mild taste.

(RATING : GOOD)

Spanish Churros

I heard of Churros before but I never had it before. Churros is a type of Spanish donut.  The Churros is buttery and fried to perfection.  I love the Cheese Churros as it was not sweet but creamy. While the cinnamon sugar with chocolate dip is kind of too sweet for me but if you like sweet things then the cinnamon sugar with chocolate dip will be your favorites.

(RATING : Loving It)

The Incredible Hog

One look of it when I pass by it looks like normal stall selling sausages.  What caught my eyes is the egg, at first i thought it was just some normal egg in a pastry or bun.  When I walk nearer I saw that the egg was wrapped in something like meat.  So I ask the stall owner what is that outside the egg.  He said is the meat from german sausage.  Well it got me interested, I ordered one egg and mini sausages wrapped in bacon.  I can be sure that the mini sausages is not the frozen sausages, it is mini german sausage.  While waiting for my food to be ready I go thru the menu I so another interesting sausage, Choco Cheese Sausage.  I as the owner Choco Cheese because it is chocolate color and cheese in the sausage or the real Chocolate and Cheese in the sausage.  He said is Chocolate + Cheese in it, I am so going to try it tomorrow.

(RATING : Loving It)

My Mom got a Curry Puff from the vegetarian stall which is still the plastic bag.  Will try to steal a bite to night.

She also got a fried bird from the usual stall that operate every year.

This year the craze is the salted fish bun.  All this is cause by the Hong Kong Drama that show not long ago.  Is about a chef who made the Salted Fish Bun for the emperor and he love it very much.  I wanted to try but my mom said we can try next time as she don't want to queue up.

This are the stall that caught my eyes.  I will go back and try the food if I has the chance.

One things I am very upset is that some of the stall operator they put their stall name or what they are selling in chinese only.  For somebody like me who don't read chinese I don't even know what they are selling.

Hong Kong 2014 - Tim Hou Wan

Tim Hou Wan is the cheapest Michelin Star Restaurant in the world,  it was a must go when you are in Hong Kong.  Do a search for the outlet nearby the place you stay as they have a quite a few outlet.  The nearest outlet that is near to the apartment we stayed is Tim Ho Wan Mongkok which is situated in Olympian Mall.

We ordered their famous Baked Bun with BBQ pork,  I love it a lot.  The out side is crunchy but the inside is soft and fluffy.  The Char Siew taste is well balance of sweetness, saltiness and smokeyness.  Just wish the bun will be bigger.

Another must order is their Fried Turnip Cake.  The turnip cakes contain to much of turnips that when you try to pick up the piece it fall apart.  No complain on that, just have to becareful when you pick up with your chopstick.

Next is the Tonic Medlar & Petal Cake (Kwai Fah Gou),  this is another dish that I love. Is a jelly like cake. It is very springy and refreshing with kwai fah fragrance.



Kwai Fah is a type of flower that has been widely use in chinese medicine.  The scientific name for it Kwai Fah is Osmanthus fragrans.

Chee Cheong Fun is up next.  We ordered the Plain Chee Cheong Fun and another with filling

Last but not least are the Har Kou and Lo Mai Kai, how can a Dim Sum meal left out this two dishes.

The Har Kou skin is springy and the prawn in it is very fresh. NYUM! The chicken in the Lo Mai Kai is in big chucks and also the mushroom.  The Lotus leaf fragrant has penetrate into the rice. NYUM!

Total damage for 5 ppl not that expensive.  Worth the money!

Hong Kong 2014 - Day 1

I went to Hong Kong in April with my friend and cousins.  It was free and easy trip.  It is my longest oversea trip.  I was in HK for 7 days and 3 days in Macau.

We stayed at Pok Man Street around Mongkok.  Before we fly off to HK we went to a travel agency at 1U to purchase our ticket to Disney, Victoria Peak and Ocean Park.  We got a very good deal on the entrance fee.  If you guys are planning to go HK you may check the Travel Agency @ 1 U where the Skybus station is.  The staff there is very helpful.  He has help us a lot despite we went in to buy the tour very last minute. He ask us to purchase the Octopus Card for tourist where there is express train from airport and 3 days unlimited usage.  You can choose either 1 way from airport or 2 way to and from airport.  If i do not remember wrongly 1 way from airport + 3 days unlimited ride is about HKD220 and 2 way + 3 days umlimited ride is about HKD300.  Although it say 3 days, we are able to stretch it up to 4 days. In the Octopus card there is a voucher for us to purchase mobile card.  The sim card is for 8days access to 5gb data + HKD35 airtime to call out + unlimited wifi connection. When ever you see the sign PCCW Wifi, login to the wifi service to access the net if the 5gb is not enough for u to use.  With the voucher we paid HKD98 for it.

The apartment that we stayed in is very strategy and value for money.  Although from outside it looks a bit run down but the apartment was ok.

For more information on Octopus card click here.

For more information of PCCW-HKT sim click here.

For more information of the Apartment click here.

First day is just normal sigh seeing and window shop at City Gate.  I wish I have lotsa money to shop at City Gate. City Gate house a lot of branded factory outlet.  Did not get to take picture at City Gate cause I was too busy window shopping around.

The forever famous Red Cab always seen in HK Drama