Hong Kong Day 2: One dimsum.

Woke up hungry. T.T

I am someone who needs to eat sth when i wake up. Either i drink milk or i eat sth else i cant function.

Way too hungry when XX and i were awake, we ventured out for breakfast before i die of starvation. 

Headed to the mini restaurant local go. No reviews. No nth. Its just a normal looking restaurant with no fanciful uniforms or nicely done up renovations and an v oily food. LOL. HAHAH.

But that would mean, food is very cheap too. Is it just me. i find it v difficult to find meals in hkg that cost under $3. LOL. Or its just rated restaurants that cost the expensive meals served?

Bet most of you nv eat this before! Its fried dough fritters with steam rich rolls tgt. Just for a novelty try. Took one and gave everything to XX. HAHAHA.

Hong Kong Style Congee. Its called Sampan congee. My ex-colleagues told me to try this hkg style porridge. Well. i bet you wont eat such combination of congee before. It has minced pork, lean meat, peanut, cuttlefish (!!!!!!), fried rice crackers etc etc. Its really kind of unique. Sth you dont get to try in singapore. Its called 艇仔粥. Give it a try the next time you are in hongkong.

Oh, this random shop i went to serve v nice congee. In fact, its nicer than the previous 2 rated congee that i tried. Reviews are not always trustworthy. Just take a look at my Taiwan trip. T.T Those reviews were not to my liking at all.

Sometimes being adventurous, you find a treasure box.

Walked pass a market and was v amused. Truth is, i cannot stand sellers selling pork in the opening like that. Its winter time now, so its not that hot. Imagine its June, during their summer. Temperature rise up to 33 degrees. And the pork is sun-basked for the entire morning under such conditions. I can so imagine the amt of bacteria in it. LOL. -irritating flies flying around-

If this is China, i can still accept it. But, this is Hong Kong.






DO YOU KNOW THE FISH IS JUMPING UP AND DOWN. lol. Its that fresh.


Grandma says, "a fish with blood is fresh."


Overall, I think their market is in a very bad condition. LOL.
Not very hygienic leh.

Went back hotel and meet the rest!


Hello intimates!


Brunch in hongkong!


No longer looking at brunch in awe. cause i successfully made my own hollandaise sauce. sinful indeed. But its really v nice. I shall not remind myself of cholesterol.


Headed off for crumbs!! WOOTZ. good for your digestive systems! Abt $6 sgd a cup. But its really v nice. HAHA


and full of fruits as add on! strawberry, blueberry, raspberry. and the in house famous cookie crumbs!
Heaven is within reach.


Evidence to show i am scared of cold. LOL.


I made my XX a mad man. LOL.


I KNOW YOU ARE JEALOUS OF MY GIRLFRIENDS. hahaha. Go overseas w a grp of girlfriends is honestly v fun. the joy is, we only know each other in the yr 2012. LOL.


Pls give this a try in Hong Kong!
Hui Lau Shan is very famous for mango related desserts.
Its also abt $7. There is hardly anything cheap in hkg, sadly.


But this is good stuff.


Char siew i bought along the way. Which er, doesnt look and taste tempting at all. LOL.


AND HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY!!!
One Dimsum.

Address: 
Shop 1 & 2, G/F, Kenwood Mansion, 15 Playing Field Road, Prince Edward
太子運動場道15號京華大廈地舖1-2號

Nearest Mrt Station: Prince Edward.

Operating Hours:
Monday to Friday: 11am to 1230am.
Saturday & Sunday: 1000am to 1230am.
Take away extra 1 HKD.

One dimsum. XX always wanted to come there to give this a try from so many reviews and recommendations. Even though my stomach really isnt very happy abt the 1 hour wait. LOL.

Like the crazily raved Tim ho wan, One dimsum is also a one michelin star rated restaurant with v affordable prices for the public.


Overall. Both standard are comparable. But i prefer One dimsum over Tim ho wan. Simply because I prefer the siew mai that is heavily seafood prawn aftertaste. IMO, Tim ho wan has a more porky siew mai aftertaste. LOL.

Oh, the carrot cake is really god like too. I am v particular of my carrot cake. This version pass. LOL.
And they serve crazy amt of stream rice rolls for a serving. OMG.

And the very unique fried egg thingy. Its honey coated and one of the v rare fried food i actually like. Probably because i nv tried anything like this before.

Dont order the chestnut cake. its so jelat, i wanna vomit. LOL.

I didnt get to try the famous char siew polo cause its sold out. T.T

Total bill is abt $20 Sgd.(: wee!
I left with a very happy stomach. HAHA.


The Menu of One dimsum.

I WANNA RETURN HONG KONG AGAIN. lol.

Images that you will only see in Hong Kong.
Their iconic red mini buses.


A night market in between 2 blocks of flats.

hong kong entry. dim sum place.

celine from closetouttaspace told me to visit this dim sum place when i was in hkg
did a review with them before!! here!

its called,

honestly, its not for the faint hearted to go.
and i don think its worth the time to go! just go chao inn. all of us reach a consensus that, MIGHT AS WELL GO CHAO INN MAN than to come here.

not that is not nice. it just wasnt worth the time to queue for an hour!
when, the standard and pricing is more or less the same as chao inn..

seriously, just go CHAO INN la.
its atas, available almost everywhere!!! not super ex too. but alot of nice dim sums!!

back to this dim sum restaurant.
the first time we went there, probably 1030am? its opens at 10am.

there was a crowd. a crowd of 15 odd ppl buzzing outside the restaurant.
Janice went and ask, the waiting time was a ridiculous 2 hours.

wah seh. obviously and naturally. we walked off.
although we had ample time to tour around hkg, waiting for 2 hours for brunch is no joke. LOL.
we must be crazy if we were to wait for 2 hours lor.

the second time we went there. 10am.
the queue was like 20 m long? like, 50 ppl ahead of you.

WAH LAO. sian max.
want to eat dim sum also sooooooooooooooooooo difficult.

obviously. i am damn pissed.
i don know what is so nice about this dim sum that soooooooooooooooooooo many ppl is queuing for it. LOL.

SO WE ARE DETERMINED TO RETURN THERE THE FOLLOWING DAY.
die die die, DIEEEEEEEEEEE also want to eat.

hence, we went there the third time.
we reach there 910 am in the morning. 50 mins ahead of the opening hours. 0.O
in case you are wondering if that is way too crazy.
there are like 6/7 ppl ahead of us alr. LOL!!!

HA! and, you must take into consideration that, some ppl queue first, the rest of the group arrive ltr. LOL!!

but in the end, i realise the queue was so insanely long was because, the restaurant is rather small. can only seat 30 ppl MAX at one go. 0.O

50 mins is a long waiting time. hungry much, xx and jason went to hunt for food. LOL!

which left the 3 of us to play with the camera.

trying to show how big cy chest is. LOL!!! but i think it contrast our skin tones more!


some stupid things i always do with cy. LOL!!


with janice's tw dress.
say hello to my CL rose embroidery Sleeve Dress! love it. (:


top 10 items to order.
NO. 6 IS ABSOLUTELY LOVE. ITS HEAVENLY. I HAVE NV EATEN ANYTHING THAT NICE.
ok la, maybe thats exaggerating. i have eaten alot of heavenly nice things. no. 6 belongs to one of them. HAHA.


what it is said in the article makes sense. to eat heavenly food. you need to have patience . thats the queue at 940-950am?

now you know why we only managed to eat it at the third time? LOL!!

this photo so nice!


all right! then it was 10am!!

woohoo!! and we went in!!
THE FIRST THING EVERY SINGLE ONE DID WAS TO TAKE OUT THEIR CAMERAS AND TAKE PHOTOS.

i am so amused by it. more often than not, i am the only one taking photos.
HAHA!!

so you know how special this restaurant is a not. its definitely not easy to get a seat here!! like, a once in a lifetime thing. LOLsssssssss. so it became a massive photo taking session.

hence everyone started taking photos. 0.O HAHA.

certificates.


things we ordered.

excluding 2 take aways that was not shown here.
in case you are wondering, more often than not, we are the table with the most no of food.

because there is 5 of us. there is one poor thing fellow who shared table with us.
we have SO SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much food, there is hardly any ANY space for him to put his food. LOLssssss.

*in hurry mood to stack all the dim sum up. clear plates for space*

fret not, you can re-order the items you want, despite the crowd. (:

just order WHEN you are eating your food. NOT AFTER you finish your entire table of food.
else they give you black face. cause the queue outside is very long.
thats what we did. oops. in the end, we too pai seh, decided wait outside the restaurant for their take away instead.

and i think, everyone needs to be seated by 12pm for the morning session. then they close shop for the afternoon batch. LOL!



i scared i become more dumb eating this leh. >.<


carrot cake that is full of carrot cake. LOL.
pungent carrot smell. HAHAHA. i like. (:


prefer this porridge than chao inn's! this is nicer! HAHA.


omg. my saliva want to come out alr.
i not bluffing you ok. THIS IS THE NICEST PO LUO BAO I HAVE EVER EATEN. i can eat this everyday man. ITS SI BEI NICE.


REALLY. ITS DAMN NICEEEEEEEEE.


PIG LIVER STREAM RICE ROLLS. i am really rolling my eyes. first time i see rice rolls with pig liver. LOL.

obviously, i didnt eat. for health reasons. for stomach reasons. i got this bad feeling that my stomach will do somersaults if i were to eat it.

prawn stream rolls!


chao shao stream rice rolls.
obviously, this char shao is no kick to those we tried man.


don order this. not to my standard leh. i don like!


all right. maybe you will like it. but i hate it.


XX must order. pork spare ribs.

there is bones inside. so i don eat it. LOL. lazy ppl don eat this. HAHA.

siao mai! chao inn's version better. pork taste too strong. like, not fresh enough feel.


i bet you have nv eaten this before. (btw, this dish is in the top 10 dishes)

some beef balls. nv eaten this before. but i don find anything special leh. just beef squashed tgt lor. HAHA.

bet you nv try this before too! (top 10 list)

its salty and sweet.

eva will like this man. LOLsssss.
but this is niceeeeeeeeeee! (:

chicken feet!

ewwwwwwwww. i don dare to put this into my mouth. LOL. seriously, the thought of it makes me wanna puke.

erm, ya, vegetables. where you can get it everywhere.
we are having this vege craze ever since we visited that restaurant. LOLs.

don be as crazy as my xx to order this ok. you don need this for fibre.

to me, this is a waste of stomach space. no matter how nice it is.
ok la, can eat. but it makes you super full. i like the meat more than the rice lor. HAHA.


meat! alot of meat!


omgomgomgomgomgomg. Imperial Osmanthus Kueh. 桂花糕

this is AWESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSOME. this is so freaking nice leh. immediate second serving. LOL. don know how to describe that heavenly feeling leh. it is just that nice. speechlessly nice.
HAHAHA. and is contains my fav 枸杞子! HA.

some hot desserts.the papaya taste weird when cooked. LOL. don order.


some coconut with sago. don like this is worth the try! don order.


the crowd outside the restaurant at 1045am when we came out! we are the last to come out in the first batch! LOL. it takes some time to finish up the food ok. some came in 2 servings. tsk.

still got so many ppl. tsk.

LOCATION:
Tim Ho Wan, the Dim-Sum Specialists Shop 8, Taui Yuen Mansion Phase 2, 2-20 Kwong Wa Street, Mong Kok, Hong Kong


don think its worth wasting one hour queuing! LETS ALL GO CHAO INN. (:

p/s: i nv take photo for the har gao! tmd.