Hong Kong Winter 2011 - Day 2 (Central)

We woke up pretty early this morning, feeling very excited over the cooling weather and the fact that we can finally make use of the winter clothing in our wardrobe :)

Breakfast (total spent: HKD42)
We had a prearranged dimsum brunch at Times Square with our cousin the previous night... Since we were early (and hungry), we shared a breakfast set at Delifrance for only HKD42 (comes with a cup of coffee and apple juice)

Breakfast (round 2) (total spent: slightly less than HKD400)
After the light meal and a quick stroll outside of Times Square, time for dimsum! Lei Garden at Level 10

Packed as usual...

My cousin ordered since she's familiar with the menu... as far as I remember, these are the delicious dishes that I managed to capture :)
"song see quen" (fish,bacon wrapped in fried vermicelli)

"char siew bao" and custard bun

"siew mai" and "har gau" (nearly forgot to photograph them :P) 

"lo bak quen" (carrot roll)

"wu wat" (yam ball - we usually call it "wu kok" in Malaysia though...)

"hor yip fan" (lotus leaf rice) - for some reason, rice/glutinous rice always taste better in Hong Kong... far better quality that what we can get back home...

This is our first time having Hong Kong dimsum, definitely will go again in our next visit :)

Lunch (total spent: HKD96) 
We walked around Causeway Bay area then we had a quick lunch at Ippudo just within the vicinity of Times Square.
We were still full due to the heavy dimsum earlier so we just shared a bowl and a snack...
They serve white and red soup, we took our chances with the red one, similarly priced :)

Akamaru Shinaji (red soup) (HKD68) - Although this is good, I personally still prefer Shanghai's Ajisen Ramen over so many other ramens that I have tasted...

special BBQ pork bun (HKD28) - We think this tasted better :P

Address: 2/F, 8 Russell St., Causeway Bay (Causeway Bay MTR Exit A)

All that strolling and cooling weather made us hungry pretty fast! We headed to Tai Cheung Bakery for their famous Hong Kong egg tarts! They cost HKD5 per piece, freshly baked and had quite a queue... bought 6 and planned to kept 2 for the next day's snack before breakfast :)

Well... I guess the egg tarts couldn't last the night :P
Anyway, the tarts are really good, a bit sweet but good :)

Address: 35 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central (Central MTR Exit D2)

Dinner (total spent: HKD40)
Dinner time came sooner that expected :P
Found this place on the net, Tsim Chai Kee (famous for their Ping-pong ball wontons)

We ordered wanton noodles and horfun fishball at HKD20/bowl... the wantons were as big as golf balls (came with 3), generously stuffed with 3 prawns where as the fish balls (came with 2) were huge as well... just slightly smaller than tennis balls!

Nice hot dinner on a cold night, fabulous :)

Address: Shop B, G/F Jade Center, 98 Wellington Street, Central

We got some bottle drinks from the MTR station, it's a franchise selling boiled herbal teas and soups (the shop's name is in my previous 2009 trip :P)

That's all for Day 2 (Hong Kong Central), stay tuned for Day 3 :)
Thanks for reading!