Formerly part of Shek Kip Mei Estate, the building now called Mei Ho House was destroyed in 1953 by a huge fire. Instead of suffering the fate demolition like the other buildings around it though, it was chosen to be preserved (yay!). Today, it is used as a city hostel by the Hong Kong Youth Hostels Association and is known as YHA Mei Ho House Youth Hostel. Not only does it serve its current purpose of housing tourists, but it also doubles as a museum and restaurant that teaches the public about the history of the area!
The project was everything I'd expected - the museum was small but interesting, and Fullcup Café had super cute decor which I adored. Not to forget the gift shop, which sold a lot of products that made me reminisce on my childhood in Hong Kong before the internet took over. But I'll let the pictures do the talking!
After a full afternoon in Mei Ho House, Jason and I went to Langham Place for the Sanrio Star Chef Institute exhibition. If you're a regular reader of my blog or you follow me on Instagram, you'd know that I'm obsessed with anything Sanrio and cutesy... ha ha I'm such a typical girl when it comes to things like this. I'm still disappointed I never got to visit My Melody's pop-up café, but man I really wasn't ready to line up five hours just to have tea...
Though if the pop-up café's theme was Pokemon or Digimon, I'd definitely be willing to queue... hell I'd even queue overnight. Which I guess is why I bought the 15th anniversary Digivice for $750. But oops, I've gone off on a tangent again.
After a full day of photo taking, we went to my favourite California Pizza Kitchen for dinner! I'm so sad that it closed in Causeway Bay... now the nearest branch is in Mongkok and honestly I don't really leave Hong Kong Island much so I never get it eat it. Bleh.
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