Holiday in Hong Kong with Hubby and Baby --- Day 3

Day 3.... we were so tired that we slept all the way through till the hotel woke us up asking for laundry.  Anyway,  the plan was to go to Apliu Street.  According to the travel book that we bought this street was supposely well known for second hand items as well as electronics.  So we took the Mtr to Sham Sui Poh and decided to look for breakfast first. 

We started walking looking for food and finally this 'Char Chan Teng' caught our eye because they were selling pastries outside.  So we decided to try it and the waitress was nice enough to explain what was written on the wall which is their set meals.  Hubby choose to have noodles and I choose the baked spaghetti.  The set also comes with drink and soup.  I must say their borsch soup is very tasty! I wanted to finish the whole bowl but hubby stopped me by whispering the word ajinomoto.  As for the main meal I quite like the spaghetti but not so much on the beef.  Didn't like the noodles that hubby ordered though.



The soups that comes with our set meals




The fried noodles




My baked spagetti with beef and scallop

 Any brunch, we commence our walking around Apliu street and I must say it is an eye opener! We were expecting second hand items but not to the extend of selling TV remote controls or used Woks! After we got enough of exploring we decided to go to Wong Tai Sin temple. 

I was expecting a grand temple like how we see it on the TVB dramas but I was kind of dissapointed when I saw the temple.  Somehow it doesn't look as grand as what's being shown on TVB.  On top of that the temple is doing some renovation so we can't get a closer look at the altars.  Nevertheless, we still spend some time there as the whole area is very peaceful. 

After that we walked into a shopping mall next to the temple to get a drink and adjourned back to Kwong Wa street which hubby saw a row of shops selling adult toys and what I meant by adult toys is like remote control cars, BB guns etc.. 

Because my feet was already aching and I saw a dessert shop we decided to have a break and have some dessert.  Erm... I would say the good thing is they are not sweet but the bad thing is they are kind of tasteless!  

Honey Dew with basil seeds



Mango with LOTS of Sago



After walking around the "hobby street" we couldn't decide where to go.  So we decided to look for Langham Place which was supposed to be a tourist shopping mall.  We were walking in circles trying to locate this mall and finally just when we were about to give up and return back to the hotel it was right infront of us! So we went in anyway just to see what's it all about and the only thing that we were very facinated about is the escalators! They have escalators that runs non stop up and down 4 floors! 

The 4 stories high escalator

The view from the top after taking 2 sets of 4 stories high escalator

After all that, we decided to return to our hotel and I bought a pair of Scholl insoles for my shoes as the pain on my heel is getting unbearable.  Even when I walked barefoot in the room it is very painful. 

I decided that we should return to Temple street for dinner as I saw one of the restaurants that have occupy many shops within the same vicinity and it was crowded when we first went there.  So after checking the map we took the Mtr to Jordan and started walking towards Temple street.  We walked from one end to the other and the street doesn't seem familiar to us! We walked back to the main road and looked for the tourist signage that shows Temple Street and it pointed us back to the same street that we were walking! Honestly we were so puzzled at that time! Then I tried to recall the Mtr stop that we came out from the first day when we had the beef noodles it hit me that we were at the wrong station! We were suppose to stop at Yau Ma Tei! While we walked back to the Mtr station we were discussing if there are 2 Temple Street in HK??  We are still puzzled till now because when we look at the map it is not linked.... Anyway, we went back to the Temple Street in Yau Ma Tei and I finally had my porridge and hubby ate Beef Pot Rice and we also ordered a plate of vegie.  I would say the chicken porridge is very very tasty!! I think is the chicken fats that makes it so tasty hahaha

On the way back to the hotel we take away Yau Char Kuai and another fried dough that is huge but is just made out of flour nothing else and also a bowl of "copy" sharkfin soup. 

See the reason why I used the word "Copy" is because as we walked along Ladies Market or Temple Street all we can hear is people shouting "Copy bags" meaning they are selling imitation branded goods.  So I don't know how to describe my bowl of sharkfin which is not made from real sharkfin I decided to call it "copy" sharkfin soup.  Unfortunately, this "copy" sharkfin soup is so salty that it is impossible to drink more than one quarter of a bowl.  We end up wasting it.  After all that supper baby and I were so tired that we just knocked out and slept........