Back from steamboat dinner + snowflake with HIMY!

Comfort food on a rainy night…

with awesomesauce HIMY

Annual dinner tonight and cousin’s wedding tomorrow. I’m soooo busy!

drafted: 11.50 a.m., Saturday, 27 Nov 2010 (unable to post due to bad connection wtf)

Having been to Hong Kong twice and done all the touristy stuff, i went there for the third time at the end of June with one aim – to eat as much as I can!

And I did!

So off I went with some research I did beforehand, roaming round HK island and Kowloon searching for some of best food <3

# 1 – Australia Dairy Co., Jordan

 
Judging its #1 place at Openrice forum, ADC is pretty sure a char chan teng is not to be missed and must-visit for all foodie while in HK.

There were huge crowd at 2 pm. However, the line move very quickly and I got a seat (sharing with other ppl is very common in HK char chan teng) in less than 5 mins.

 
The restaurant is very pack but the waiters working super efficiently. I picked the Tea Set at $28 that comes with Scramble egg & Ham with toast, Char Siew Spaghetti plus coffee/tea (additional $2 for cold drinks). Like almost instantly, ok maybe 10 seconds later, my orders arrived! It is almost a sin to take your own sweet time to scan through the menu, indulge your food in this little outlet.
 

Iced Milk Tea.
 

Spaghetti with Char Siew, cooked al-dente in diluted Campbell canned soup. I personally like it very much, light and satisfying!

ADC’s most famous dish – signature scrambled eggs, serve alongside pieces of perfectly toasted pillow soft bread. When I did my research, many claimed that it the best scrambled eggs in HK, if not the world. I kid you not! ADC’s scrambled eggs are the fluffiest and lightest that I have ever eaten. So smooth, moist and tasty, couple with the ham, it’s just all-so-yummylicious!
 
As the name suggest, how could any visit to Australia Dairy Co. be complete without trying their dairy product. I opted for the cold steamed milk pudding, which is super smooth and light with strong milk aroma. What a perfect way to end a meal!

# 2 Tasty (IFC) Congee & Noodle Wanton Shop 正斗粥麵專家

I was recommended to this restaurant in IFC by a friend and she was describing it as one of the best congee in HK. So when I was doing some great shopping in IFC, I decided to pay it a visit.

By then, it’s already 10 pm and all the shops were closing in IFC. But when I got up to level 3, the crowd waiting outside Tasty was as good as dinner-waiting crowd!

To not fight with everyone else, I ordered take away from a separate counter and went back to Tsim Sha Tsui with goodness in hand

Credit must be given to all HK food outlets for the way the pack their take away food. All food are carefully stored in nice tupperware to retain its texture, heat, taste and ready to be eaten anywhere. My congee were placed in a typical Styrofoam bowl as seen in most HK movie/ drama. Wantan noodle and soup were packed separately to prevent it from being soggy.

I ordered the pick-your-own congee with fish and meatball. Congee is very smooth and fine, fish is so fresh and meatball perfectly marinated! However, the ingredients were added into the plain congee hence the reduced flavoured in the congee compared those cooked in the porridge from the beginning.

Thumbs up for their wantan noodle! Still springy and crunchy texture even after travelling 1 hour from Central to Kowloon! Broth is clear with just the right amount of flavour for my liking! Shrimp wantan is good, each with large shrimp – tasty and firm to bite

I am in super good mood today. So i decided to transfer all the decade-old pictures from my mobile and edit them

1. Frozen Yogurt. Yumness to the Maxx!

RM 3.90 only! Cheaaapppp
 
Dining area – Al Fresco and Inside. Quaint!

Mango/ Original flavoured with toppings.

M&Ms <3 <3 + Mango!

2. Dad bought 20 boxes of Mandarin Oranges and somehow manage to load them into the car.

3. Some sort of Lychee Mint Mocktail from Flying Chilies

4. OMG. My annual report photoshoot look. Make up by professional makeup artist, dont play play ok.

5. And Cranberry Tart from Taiwan! Delicious!!

  why this picture? coz i  <3 my eye makeup.

How it looks inside! Damn nice!

I’m busy making jelly mooncakes, will update my blog after Mooncake Festival

Btw, i just made 500 over jelly mooncakes today.. phew!

Ok, i cheated.. 1st 2 pictures were taken last year but the last picture is indeed what I made today :p

Big – 4 pcs RM12/box
Small – 8 pcs RM 9/boc

Call/email/leave a comment to order..

Things to do in Kuantan & Kemaman during school holidays:

1. Stumbled upon this road side durian stall before our accommodation is ready for check in. Have super nice durian though I’m not big fan of durian.

  2. Drove 15 mins to Teluk Cempedak (the nearest beach to Kuantan town), soak under sun, dip your feet in the clear water, camwhore & doing the compulsory jump-shot thingy

3. After a tiring playtime by the beach, it’s time to continue makan. 5 mins walk from the beach, there’s this awesome curry laksa recommended by wikitravel. (Sorry lar, forgot what name)

Oh, excuse me – allow me to add, THEY SERVED THE BESTEST TEH-O-AIS I’VE EVER TRIED!!! we had like – 8 glasses of them??

4.   Checked into a private run hotel, it’s a double story house converted to a place to stay. Privacy of a house, comfort and facilities of a hotel. wahlau, damn nice!

5. In the evening, continue the makan marathon by driving 1 hour to Kemaman. Have the famous Hai Peng coffee. How good it is? Hah! It is bloody-extremely-freaking-super duper-damn-f***king good!! I can’t describe how good it is in word, you just gotta go try it yourself. The coffee is damn good, the nasi dagang is awesome, the rotibakar is excellent, damn, even the french fries is freaking tasty!

Exterior & signage
Interior -   the authentic kopitiam feel!

Kopi Ais Ahhhh….
Classic kopi & kopi O. Ahhhhh….
Ice Blended Lime
Ice Blended Mocha + Chocolate Ice Cream, yum yum!

   Nasi Dagang – yums to the max! Eh, i think we had 7 packets of them!

Roti/ bun bakar with kaya and butter. Omg!

Even the french fries is damn good!

See.. even mommy says GOOD!

6. On the way back from Kemaman to Kuantan, you’ll pass by some pasar malam. Do stop over and have some durians, keropok lekor, fried chicken drumstick @ RM 1 per pc, cheap!

7. Just 15 mins after the pasar malam stop, you’ll see Pak Su Seafood Restaurant at the left of Jalan Berserah. Yeah, by this time, we were so full already but we just gotta try since they are famous for Stuffed Crab.

Dine by the seaside, lovely atmosphere

Fried sotong
Chili crabs
Stuffed crabs.
I dont like this. It’s like those frozen crab meat u get in super market and stuffed them back into to the “cover”. Yucks.   

8. The plan was to have Satay Zul as supper but we could barely walk after dinner so off we go and sleep.

9. Then next morning, had breakfast, we went to the beach (again) the next morning, built sand castle but got destroyed by the waves shortly after that

10. Suppose to have begger’s chicken but they dont open for lunch. Then back to KL .