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HK Day 2: Australia Dairy, Festive China

HK Day 2: Australia Dairy, Festive China

Australian Dairy Company

This place is as popular as ever, it was packed and a long (but fast moving) queue was formed right outside the shop by the time we arrived for late breakfast. They are supposed to be famous for their scrambled eggs. Perhaps it's a novelty thing, this being our 2nd time here, we really didn't think the egg or milk were exceptionally good. It was just alright. This place is not cheap, 2 set breakfast, additional order of scrambled egg toast, 2 steamed milk pudding set us back about HK$140/-. 

Australian Dairy Company Australian Dairy Company

澳洲牛奶公司
香港白加士街47號地下

Australia Dairy Company
47 Parkes Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China2730-1356
Tel: +852 2730 1356

 

又一棧 - 小黃魚

We wanted to dine here really badly. They served really good Beijing cuisine at affordable prices and we enjoyed it very much the last time we were here. We couldn't get a dinner reservation by the time we got there at around 4pm, so we simply turned up at the restaurant just before 6pm, and we got ourselves a table. :)

We had a steamed yellow fish which was fantastic, and of course my favourite dish here, which is the roast lamb (烤小羊腿).

Total bill came up to HK$530 (SGD$95).

小黃魚 烤小羊腿
[小黃魚]                                        [烤小羊腿]

又一棧
九龍塘達之路80號又一城LG1層29號舖 

Festive China
Shop 29, LG1, Festive Walk,
80 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2180 8908

HK Day 1: Lamma Island

HK Day 1: Lamma Island

Lamma Island

Seriously, what's the most important thing about going to Hong Kong? Food! This trip to Hong Kong was planned around some serious eating, some shopping and a little camera search (at least for me).

Day 1, after checking into W Hotel, first thing we did was to head out to the Public Pier at Kowloon to take the ferry to Lamma Island. Our destination is the Rainbow Seafood restaurant. The ferry ride was great, a little bumpy but it was a good weather day. 

Not much have changed for Lamma Island since the last time we went by 5 years ago in 2005, the place is still old (duhh), a little messy but full of charm. 

salted fish Lamma Island

Food at Rainbow was great. Fresh, great quality seafood. Between the 2+1 of us, we had prawn (濑尿虾), crab, baked scallops, sea snails, fried rice, beer, total damage came up to about HK$770 (SGD$140).

濑尿虾 @ Rainbow Seafood 花蟹 @ Rainbow Seafood Baked Scallops with Cheese @ Rainbow Seafood
[濑尿虾]                      [天虹招牌蟹]                  [烤鮮貝]


天虹海鮮酒家
香港南丫島索罟灣第一街23-24號地下

Rainbow Seafood Restaurant
23-25 First St., Sok Kwu Wan, Lamma Island, HK
Tel: +852 2982 8100

 

@Ferry to Lamma Island

Day 6 @ Sydney: Löwenbräu Keller – The Rocks, Sydney

Day 6 @ Sydney: Löwenbräu Keller – The Rocks, Sydney

Great find! For once, Sydney offered up something good and I saw a part of town that's a little bit more alive after dark :)

A colleague recommended Lowenbrau at The Rocks for dinner. It's a german beer hall, serving great beer and off course pork knuckles. The knuckle was huge, crispy, a little salty, overall very enjoyable! Atmosphere was great as well, friendly waitress and a great crowd. I'm sure I will be back if I go back to Sydney again. 
 

Pork Knuckle


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Day 5 @ Sydney: 西门烤翅 Crazy Wings

Day 5 @ Sydney: 西门烤翅 Crazy Wings

Interesting shop that we found at Chinatown. I actually walked past this shop several times but never really paid attention to it as it was usually quit quiet. Surprisingly it was almost full house when we went by. Shop specializes in barbecue on skewer, similar to what I had previously in 北京王府井. Quite a good variety of chicken and beef parts, other than that they also serves fried rice and some soup dishes. Not bad, enjoyable, but costly. The 4 of us ended up paying AU$100/-.

"西门烤翅源于背景清华大学西门,如今已发展成一个驰名四海的餐饮品牌,不仅在国内,甚至在加拿大等海外多国拥有多家连锁店。而位于悉尼的西门烤翅是澳大利亚的第一家加盟店。小店装潢古香古色。大红灯笼,全木质桌椅, 汉唐风情的手绘壁画,整体的优雅的环境为顾客提供一个不一样的体验"


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Day 1 @ Sydney

Day 1 @ Sydney

Nothing much happening today other than catching up with much needed sleep.

Flight here was surprisingly good, managed 1.5 movie and 3 hrs of sleep. It helped that there is no pressure to sleep since I'm arriving one day earlier (and seat beside me was empty).

Lunch: Chinese noodles at the nearby Food Court.

Dinner: In-room – (Huge, delicious) pork chop.