20150316
Art Central Hong Kong 2015
The cheapass in me always signs up for giveaways and free stuff, and unexpectedly I actually won something! To be fair the tickets weren't that expensive to buy and Lifestyle Asia was giving away fifteen pairs, so the chances of winning were actually pretty high, but still. I won tickets for two (I later found out they were actually for four!) to go to Art Central 2015, so I invited Whitney along. We had a quick lunch in Admiralty before heading outside to the Central Harbourfront space to look at the many galleries and art pieces on show. It's times like these I'm so grateful to have friends who love the same things as I do (art!).
20150315
Whitney's 23rd Birthday at Naked Gurume Gyarari
I think this meal was the first fine-dining experience I've had - at least in a very long time. Not that I've had a lot of experiences. Actually, I've had none except for one lunch time in Caprice and one dinner time in Isola Bar & Grill in IFC four years ago. And funnily enough, both of those times I was with my 包兄 Kenneth, who is the only person I know who doesn't bat an eyelid when forking out a huge sum of money for a five-star meal without prior planning. But back to the main topic.
For Whitney's birthday, we made plans at Naked Gurume Gyarari, a fine-dining restaurant featuring expensive Japanese fusion food in ant-sized portions. The price was worth it for Whitney though, who was my first friend in university. We met before university even started at orientation camp, and even though we weren't in the same group, we instantly became friends. She was my studio partner several times, my flat-mate, my fei mate, my roomie during our Shanghai exchange and the list goes on. I can't even begin to describe our friendship in words!
For Whitney's birthday, we made plans at Naked Gurume Gyarari, a fine-dining restaurant featuring expensive Japanese fusion food in ant-sized portions. The price was worth it for Whitney though, who was my first friend in university. We met before university even started at orientation camp, and even though we weren't in the same group, we instantly became friends. She was my studio partner several times, my flat-mate, my fei mate, my roomie during our Shanghai exchange and the list goes on. I can't even begin to describe our friendship in words!
20150308
Maisie's 22nd Birthday at Peking Garden
Originally, the plan for Maisie's birthday celebration was hiking, but the weather wasn't suitable. Then, we decided to cook at her place, but she ended up staying up late the night before for her company's annual dinner. So in the end, it was just dinner at Peking Garden of all places because Maisie suddenly craved peking duck!
We ate at the Tsim Sha Tsui Star House branch and were the noisiest table in the restaurant. Surprisingly, it wasn't full even though it was a Saturday. Apparently a lot of people kept giving us disdainful looks because we were making a huge racket laughing and just chatting in general. I don't think I'd ever been to any Peking Garden restaurants prior to this, but I've always thought that being a Chinese restaurant, Peking Garden would have more of a yumcha than a fine-dining vibe despite it's high end price? Or perhaps I am just ignorant about Chinese dining? Either way, it was nice to see Maisie smiling about her presents and company. :)
We ate at the Tsim Sha Tsui Star House branch and were the noisiest table in the restaurant. Surprisingly, it wasn't full even though it was a Saturday. Apparently a lot of people kept giving us disdainful looks because we were making a huge racket laughing and just chatting in general. I don't think I'd ever been to any Peking Garden restaurants prior to this, but I've always thought that being a Chinese restaurant, Peking Garden would have more of a yumcha than a fine-dining vibe despite it's high end price? Or perhaps I am just ignorant about Chinese dining? Either way, it was nice to see Maisie smiling about her presents and company. :)
20150303
Hoho's Bao Dinner at Mr. Korea BBQ
Wow, I remember this time last year, I was beginning to get stressed as heck and could barely update my blog! It's almost finals time in HKU Architecture again, which means an influx of bao rices (check out mine last year!). I actually missed Twiggy's bao rice which was a few weeks back because silly me forgot that I had a huge dinner with my extended family that night, but never mind!
Hoho's bao dinner this year took place at Mr. Korea BBQ - I think the name is pretty self-explanatory, it's a Korean BBQ place. I hadn't had Korean BBQ in a long time, and when I say long, I mean long. The last time was in 2013 when I went to Seoul with the N's Girls. A lot of new Korean BBQ restaurants have been popping up around Hong Kong lately so I guess it was about time I stopped being outdated and jumped on the foodie train.
The servers at Mr. Korea BBQ were all Korean and while ordering from the menu, we communicated by pointing at the pictures, haha. The service was great in general though and refills for the Korean side dishes were free, something that is rare in Hong Kong (but the norm in Korea)! As with all BBQ places, I already knew I was going to stink afterwards, but Mr. Korea BBQ supplied awesome chairs that doubled as baskets where you could lift the lid and put all of your stuff inside. It was definitely useful in keeping my jacket and bag smell-free! (My hair though... not so lucky) Overall I had a great time reconnecting with the youngsters - man, did I feel old with an actual job!
Hoho's bao dinner this year took place at Mr. Korea BBQ - I think the name is pretty self-explanatory, it's a Korean BBQ place. I hadn't had Korean BBQ in a long time, and when I say long, I mean long. The last time was in 2013 when I went to Seoul with the N's Girls. A lot of new Korean BBQ restaurants have been popping up around Hong Kong lately so I guess it was about time I stopped being outdated and jumped on the foodie train.
The servers at Mr. Korea BBQ were all Korean and while ordering from the menu, we communicated by pointing at the pictures, haha. The service was great in general though and refills for the Korean side dishes were free, something that is rare in Hong Kong (but the norm in Korea)! As with all BBQ places, I already knew I was going to stink afterwards, but Mr. Korea BBQ supplied awesome chairs that doubled as baskets where you could lift the lid and put all of your stuff inside. It was definitely useful in keeping my jacket and bag smell-free! (My hair though... not so lucky) Overall I had a great time reconnecting with the youngsters - man, did I feel old with an actual job!
20150302
The Flower Girls
It was quite the random meet up, but we decided we hadn't seen each other in a while so Clar, Whitney and I set a date for lunch. Whitney had dragon boat training (I know right... hardcore) in the morning and she had to go back to her gym in Soho to shower before coming out, so we decided to eat around that area. We picked Green Waffle Diner in the end - a place that has never failed me because the food is consistently good! (Although they do claim that they serve American-sized portions when they obviously don't!) The three of us had a nice time catching up and talking about our plans for university in the coming semester, then we were off our separate ways again. I actually went to Jordan for Hoho's bao dinner at a Korean BBQ place, which you'll read about in the next blog post! :)
20150301
More Faceplanting and My Health
I know a lot of people have been worried about my health recently - well actually, it's not exactly a "recent" thing anymore because people have been worried since the end of 2013 - but let me just assure all of you guys that I am fine! I mean, I've had to go to the hospital to get my blood checked regularly anyway, so my frequent visits to all the hospitals and all the doctors I see... it's quite normal for me now, to be honest.
The first picture in this little update features fourteen samples of blood taken from me one morning though. The nurses were in awe that they were successful in getting all my blood at once because it's usually super hard to draw my blood (my circulation is bad). After the ordeal, they even told me that I broke the hospital record for having to draw the biggest amount of blood samples, LOL.
And the second picture shows something that happens to me on a regular basis now so I wasn't actually surprised. I was running to work one morning, and obviously I tripped over my own feet and face-planted on the rough stone ground... on a slope. It was so bad a woman actually came over and asked me if I was okay, because with my previous two times face-planting, everyone just stood there around me, shocked, but you know Hong Kong people - they don't give two shits. Yeah, so that occasion face-planting was particularly bad because they ripped through my favourite thick leggings too and my knees bled like crazy. And it's still not healed properly.
That being said, even though at the time it was painful (and embarrassing, but I'm used to that) as hell, I actually just got up and continued running cos I didn't want to be late for work.
The first picture in this little update features fourteen samples of blood taken from me one morning though. The nurses were in awe that they were successful in getting all my blood at once because it's usually super hard to draw my blood (my circulation is bad). After the ordeal, they even told me that I broke the hospital record for having to draw the biggest amount of blood samples, LOL.
And the second picture shows something that happens to me on a regular basis now so I wasn't actually surprised. I was running to work one morning, and obviously I tripped over my own feet and face-planted on the rough stone ground... on a slope. It was so bad a woman actually came over and asked me if I was okay, because with my previous two times face-planting, everyone just stood there around me, shocked, but you know Hong Kong people - they don't give two shits. Yeah, so that occasion face-planting was particularly bad because they ripped through my favourite thick leggings too and my knees bled like crazy. And it's still not healed properly.
That being said, even though at the time it was painful (and embarrassing, but I'm used to that) as hell, I actually just got up and continued running cos I didn't want to be late for work.
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