Hong Kong revisited: Day 3

The day began with dimsum with the whole company in TST. It wasn't very nice anyway, typical of 'tour' food. The group was supposed to go the Big Buddha in Lantau island, followed by Disneyland. But some of us decided to give it a miss, and went to Tung Chung in Lantau Island for shopping instead. It was FACTORY OUTLET haven. Adidas. Nike. Timberland. Esprit. You name it. Spent more money than I intended here, but the bargains were too good to ignore.

After walking ourselves silly, we took the train back to Central, back to Gage St for some wantan noodles, followed by more egg tarts! Yummm! And then it was back to Miramar where I bought my Adidas Flavours of the World Tomatina. How cute is this... a shoe that's food related! I couldn't resist, after thinking about it for all of 24 hours.


Then it was back to the hotel for some rest, before the plan for the night - a 10min KCR train right from Mongkok station (right next to our hotel) to Shatin for their famous roast pigeon!

I read online that the best pigeon is to be found at Lung Wah Hotel, and you could only get there by foot. It's very near the KCR station, about 10 minutes walk along the railway track. Take the pedestrian walk way on your left from the station exit. Keep right to stay close to the tracks, walk past the houses in the little urban village to the hotel (it's been around since the 1950s!).

We felt weird walking in a quiet dark neighbourhood next to the train tracks and wondered if we were going the right way. But we found the place. Who could miss it? A small dodgy entrance with red lanterns leading the way to the restaurant. Not to mention the neon lights. But boy, were the pigeons worth it. Can't say much about the food we had, but the birds were good. Plump, juicy, slightly gamey... and after years of watching people on HK TVB serial dramas eat Shatin roast pigeons and rave about them, I finally can say I've had one myself. Ahh... happiness.

We went back to the mall next to our hotel to buy beer and ice cream and junk food and gathered the gang in my room to eat and chit-chat. It was our last night after all. We left the following day, so nothing exciting to share about Day 4.

But I managed to meet up with CC and his wife for a quick brunch at a little seaside village in Shek-O. So good to see them again almost a year after their wedding. Before I went back to the hotel, I bought the famous roast goose from Yung Kee on Wellington St in Central. At HKD360 a pop, it was REALLY expensive. So it's the roast goose favoured by the rich and famous, big deal lah.

By the time I tried it when I got home, it was nice, but just, alright. Give me the fresh roast duck from Sunrise in Paramount PJ any day. There's apparently another very famous roast goose from another village not far from the airport. But I guess I'll have to go back and try that one another time.

Good thing we managed to buy more kick ass egg tarts from a Tai Cheong branch at the mall next to the hotel before we left. That alone was worth going to Hong Kong for. Good thing YL's dad read the article about it in the papers and gave us the heads up.

I *heart* Hong Kong...
I think apart from Bangkok, this is one other place I could visit again and again.

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