Tonkichi - Causeway Bay

My sister took me to causeway bay to have a look around and do some shopping at forever 21. We got to the store in the afternoon and didn't leave til 3 hrs later. The store was huge! It was 6 floors of clothes (ladies and a small kids section), shoes, accessories, lingerie and we even skipped one of the floors.

There were some nice clothes and it is definitely one of those stores that you have to go through a few times because you miss stuff the first time. It was very busy, I'd hate to go there on a weekend, you'd probably spend ages in line waiting for the change room and then waiting to pay.

Since we spent such a long time at the store it was a little too late to go home for dinner. My sister took me to a nice tonkatsu place called Tonkichi. My nephew loves the tonkatsu from this place and kept asking for it the next day as well.

We ordered the tonkatsu set for three and it was massive!

The set included pork, a pork medallion, prawns and oysters fried to crispy golden goodness. Salad, miso soup, rice, sesame seeds that you can crush and add bulldog sauce to and an assortment of other accompaniments.

The tartar sauce to go with the oysters tasted just like the fillet o fish sauce from McDonald's.

When the dishes came out we didn't think we could finish it but we managed to finish all of it. My niece ate almost a whole bowl of rice! ( she only 1 yrs old) and my nephew ( 3 y.o.) ate a portion probably only slightly smaller then each of us.

It was delicious!

Tonkichi Tonkatsu Seafood

Shop 412, Podium 4, World Trade Centre

280 Gloucester Road

Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

Tel: +852 2577 6617

Open: 7 days

12am - 3pm

6pm - 10.30pm

Visited: 5th June 2012

 

High Tea at Pennisula hotel

Recommended as one of the best high tea places in Hong Kong, The Lobby, located in the lobby (hehe) of The Pennisula Hotel was a must try.

We walked there from ocean terminal shopping centre ( the long way in 31 degree heat. Thanks sis!). The hotel was very nice with very high ceilings, beautifully kept stone carved features and surrounded by expensive shops all around in the Pennisula arcade.

There was a line but we only waited for 10 minutes before a table was ready.

We ordered a classic afternoon tea for two! ($528 HKD)

My sis got the Pennisula afternoon tea and I got the Assam tea.

The food came out really quickly and it looked delicious!

So much food it was delicious, luckily my little nephew eats a lot so he helped us finish the entire 3 tier platter :)

After we finished they brought us a refreshing pineapple panacotta.

Visited 30th May 2012

 

Strange sightings in Ocean terminal

Cartoons on clothes (adult sized), life sized statues and an abundant variety of products with cute cartoon characters on them are a common occurrence in Hong Kong and from what I remember, quite a few asian countries as well.

Even with this knowledge I was still surprised when I came across this in Ocean terminal shopping centre. A counter for Hello Kitty perfumes and jewellery?!

A few floors down in the main kids area we came across a barbie clothes store :) It was so pink!

Chocolate bunny seats in one section.

And eclair seats in another.

There were a few cool looking window displays. Interesting, if not a bit strange.

Something that looks familiar?..... It's mothers crepe but here they call it mazazu crepe. Smelt good but I didn't try it.

This one was the funniest of the day. It's a place called faces but they've spelt it on their signage with 3 Ses. It really wasn't that funny at first until my sister told me that her friend said it looks like it says feces. What is seen cannot be unseen @.@.

 

Hello Hong Kong!

A long awaited holiday, I'm in Hong Kong visiting my sister (and her babies of course! Bring on the chubba bubbas!).

She warned me it was hot here, so I was only semi surprised by the wall of heat that assaulted me as I walked out of the airport. Luckily I had acclimatized slightly in the airport while waiting for my luggage.

I received this message from 3 as I turned on my phone :). What a lovely message.

View from the airport. Hello smog, hello heat, hello Hong Kong! Oh how I've missed you :).

Passing a complex built on an island where you're not allowed to drive. All the apartment buildings looked the same @.@. The trees and mountain surrounding made it look less........... Borg. You know what I mean.

Can't wait to play with my niece and nephew, eat lots and getting in a bit of shopping.

 

Gerrigong! Beautiful little town.

We attended a wedding in a coastal town called Gerrigong. A local told us that the name means windy place, luckily it wasn't very windy that day.

I love exploring little towns because I find they have the most interesting shops. Usually a place to find cute and unique items in the same shop. The town was surrounded by rolling hills and a beautiful coast, a pleasure to explore... At least for the short time we had.

Of course we stopped for ice cream :)

Very tempted to take a perspective photo and pretend like they were doll houses, but I would have missed the bus :)

Also a funny sight as we were heading there.

We passed through Blackbutt.. Teehee

 

 

 

 

Finally in Melbourne!

We made it! We got into the metro area at about 10pm and headed straight for the LORD OF THE FRIES! Hello old friend, we meet again...

While waitng for our order we saw a "gang" of teenagers on trikes crossing the road and semi drifting. it reminded me of the crazy video we saw on youtube of guys drifting on the streets of New Zealand (I think).

Anyway, our order finally arrived!

LOTF nuggets with BBQ sauce ($5.95). They have an interesting flavour. Bite size pieces of moist chicken that are crispy on the outside. They were delicious and as you can see there weren't many left for me to take a pic of. We also got large fries with the French Canadian sauce ($6.95 +$2 for the sauce, shredded cheese and hot gravy). Tongy also got a hot dog but he devoured it so fast I definately couldn't get a photo. Though he said it was pretty bad so not something worth noting.

 

Road Trip!

Driving down to Melbourne to spend Easter with some mates has been a tradition for the past 4ish years.

As usual we were late leaving the house and again I missed taking a photo of the MYASS sign.


View McDonalds Yass sign in a larger map

I've GPS tagged it now so I'll try to remember taking a photo of it on the way back.

The first hour of our trip I spent " Magyvering" a support rig for our Galaxy tab.

My tools! Not just a paper clip and duct tape but close enough :)

Along the way we discovered my old mix CD. Yay 80s & 90s mix! Spent the rest of the time surfing on my iPad and taking photos of things along the way.

Zoom zoom zoom!

Mazda! Zoom zoom zoom!....
Smokey Mountains? I think they were back burning

K's car monitoring app. Nice to know we made it Eco Warrior!