December 22, 2009

• hk – final days

  my last two days in hk, i stayed at the conrad hotel, in the pacific place mall (admiralty station).
  it was the highest end hotel i stayed at this whole trip, which i got for a real bargain on priceline, since there was no way i was gonna stay at that shit hole of a room at cheung king.
  
  
  
  
  yep…rubber ducky came with the tub =)
  
  view from my room
  
  
  
   
  night view from room
  

  i also decided to go out to cheung chau because i was told they had lots of seafood.  i took the ferry out of central station, 45 minutes on a boat, and i was off on this quaint little island town.
  
  
  so i went wandering around the island, from one side to the other…..
  
  then the two beers i had on the fairy starts catching up with me…..and of course, when you need to find a public restroom, there are never any!  i finally come across a cafe, and not wanting to be “that guy” who goes in just to use the restroom, i took a seat outside, ordered a beer, and then proceeded to use their restroom…hey, what a great excuse for another beer? =P  well, i got to talking to one of the gal’s (ming) at the cafe, who commented on me wearing shorts and a t-shirt, while other people were bundled up with their northface parkas…  i told her i was from sf, and that this is a beautiful summer day for me.  i told her i was here for seafood.  she offered to take me to the seafood market, buy a little bit of a lot of different things, and cook it up for me.  she was just gonna charge me for the cooking labor…i told her i’ll come back later, as i wasn’t hungry yet.  so off i went to wander around the rest of the town, and ended up eating a bunch of street bbq skewer items, wandered some more and around 5:00, i got hungry. off i went to look for dinner.  i found the restaurant i was recommended that had all this seafood in tanks (similar to “if it swims we have it” in thailand, but the plates looked too big, and there was no way i was going to be eating 3 or 4 plates of this stuff, so i decided to take ming back up on her offer. i went to the cafe, found her having a beer with her homies, and off to the seafood market we went.  here’s what we got:

  2 giant scallops $10 hkd
  
  1 plate of clams $10 hkd
  
  1 plate of these other clams, which i haven’t had in over 20 years, $30 hkd
  
  ming offered to decide on how to cook everything, which was fine by me, and i added a plate of greens, a bowl of rice, and another beer.  total cost, $196 hkd, or $25 usd.  one of the best meals i had on this trip.  if you’re ever in hk, and want some ass kicking seafood at a great price, go to cheung chau, take a right after you get off the pier, and either eat at the seafood market restaurant, or go another block and a half and look for “ming” at the “hoi sing” restaurant.  tell her mike from sf sent you, and she’ll hook you up.  and she speaks english! hehe

  after eating, i went home and decided to go to causeway bay to catch the 8 oclock light show
  

  during my last afternoon in hk, before i left for the airport, i decided to take a stroll around the convention  center, where, 9 years ago during my first adult visit to hk, i used to like to sit and enjoy the view
  

  now i’m back in the bay area, and i’m jetlagged, and cold…. sigh….

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