On my second day in Hong Kong, we
walked along the busy streets of the city. Jenny, our tourist guide described
Tsim Tsia Tui as the Makati of China. I wondered why she said this since I don’t
see any offices around but when we looked around she described it rightfully
so.
The place is teeming with signature items! Although it’s not like a
business district, the shops along Nathan Road are comparable to the high-end no-buy-look-only outlets we see in Makati.
While walking, I came across a
very attractive shop with the name Paul Lafeyette. It had a display of artisan cakes that will surely make
anyone gawk at the craftsmanship. It’s looks really good that your food libido
will nag you to satisfy it. It's a visual gastronomic aphrodisiac! The sad part is that it’s very expensive at 40HKD (240
pesos) with is already enough to buy you a decent meal in Kowloon.
Drool beybeh. :)
That afternoon we rode the MTR, an
underground train similar to MRT/LRT, going to Mongkok where the night market was
located.
One thing I noticed is that the escalators in Hongkong seem to move
faster than the ones here in PH. I think we should so that here also para wala
nang babagal-bagal. Faster people, more productive people right?
Instead of pressing buttons to
buy tickets like how we do it here in Manila, the ticket issuing machine here
allows you to press the location on a touch screen map. In addition, there are
different rates for children and adults.
We alighted at Mong Kok station
and made an exit to Argyle street. It was a crazy world out there! The place
was teeming with people buying, selling, eating, etc. It’s like the Divisoria
of the Philippines. There were banketas that sold souvenir T-shirts and other locally
made products. I bought a nice watch and some silk boxers here. And the silk
boxers feel like heaven! It will makes you sing Katy Perry's Domino, "I'm feeling sexy and freeeee!"
I saw these in one shop. Believe
it or not, these USBs are up to 8gb memory. They look so cute although them
being enclosed in a transparent casing reminds me of the clones in Dragonball
Z.
And of course, who wouldn’t
forget about food? I got to try some Chinese
street food as well. There were fishballs which
for the longest time I thought to be flat (this differentiated them from squid
balls). They have a special sauce here that tasted like curry.
They also have some cuttlefish
tentacles dipped in the same curry-based sauce.
I tried to take a picture of the
store itself but all I got is a shouting vendor who was pointing at my
cellphone. Still, I managed to take a picture of the streetfood while she was
busy attending to other customers. Taray
looking nila ate oh, HAHA!
I also got to try steam-fried
conch which I believe is a sea creature. I didn’t know exactly what it is but I
tried it. It tasted like kuhol or
popularly called escargot.
I am
really fattening up myself in HongKong. But no regrets, I only get to try new things once in a while.
