I have been super busy as usual, so today is a *break* day and here I am writing in this blog. Firstly, I want to talk about crane games/ claw machines. Here in Hong Kong, most of them are two-pronged and not three-pronged claws so there is a lot more skill involved in these games. I like to challenge myself with them and I have gotten a few big prizes as rewards. However, there was one I just could not beat. Even though it is three-pronged, the ice cream was just too slippery!
Darn that slippery ice cream! =(
So after partying it up in LKF (Lan Kwai Fong) which is basically like the white "clubbing/drinking" district in Central, my cousin, two friends and I came back in the afternoon for some Russian eats.
My first groupon in Hong Kong!
The set menu consisted of a twelve course meal for four people, valued at over $1700 HKD. I ended up buying it for $599 and it was very much worth it!
Appetizers were:
Smoked duck with cranberry
Smoked Salmon with red caviar and sour cream
Pork jelly aspic
Grilled Aspargus
I forgot to take a picture of the ox-tail borscht but it was yummy!
Siberian Pork and beef Pelmenis (tasted more like dry wontons!)
Main entree:
US Sirloin Steak
Herb Marinated Spring Chicken
Baby Pork spare Ribs
Fish Fillet with green herb butter
All the meat was very good, moist and tender. The green herb butter saue was delicious but made me feel so fat for putting it on everything!
And the dessert platter came with some chocolate cake, a blueberry mousse and a graham cracker crumble! I can be so full but I always have room for dessert!
After we had our fill, we also made a visit to the Ice Bar located inside the restaurant.
My cousin sitting on a ice bench!
Supposedly the temeprature inside was -20 degrees Farenheit but I was ok from standing in there for a few minutes with just a t-shirt, shorts and flip flops!
So the Russian restaurant was a good experience but I want to try more ethnic food!
I ended up visiting Ocean Park with my friend. I have not been there since I was a little kid and I wanted to see all the attractions and animals! One of the sad things about the trip was that the cable cars (not like san francisco cable cars but like the airborne variety) were closed for yearly maintenance so no pictures of the aerial variety =(
Ocean park is very spread out so there was a LOT of walking involved and many tall escalators to boot. We ended up riding a few rides, all of the roller coasters and watching a dolphin and sea lion show! It was actually somewhat annoying to hear the stories three times (once in English, Cantonese and Mandarin) but necessary, nontheless.
But what I wanted to see most was the PANDAS!
That is definitely a REAL panda... a REALly big, fake panda! =)
But this one is real!
Yay for Pandas =)
And finally, I wanted to ttalk about these two foods that I tried and were very delicious.
Top: Durian!
Bottom: Mango
If you don't know what durian is, the outside looks like a vey spiky dark green watermelon! The inside is this soft and tasty fruit. However, to some people, the meat smells and tastes DISGUSTING, but to others, it is amazing, especially to me! =)
And this is how shaved ice looks like in Hong Kong:
Green Tea Ice Snowflake with chcolate syrup, red beans and lychee jelly.
Doesn't it look so much more appetizing! Yummy!
With all the food I have been stuffing down my throat, it is no wonder I feel fatter than usual.
Until next time =)
