Egg tarts in Hongkong

Hey guys! Okay so despite the intense feeling I have/had fearing that I may never be able to finish showing you every part of my hongkong trip I’ve decided nevertheless this post has to be done:

These two pastry shops in hongkong! Sakurashima & Professional Bakery.

Tipped of by a friend living in hongkong, this place at yau mah teh, no actually this bakery located in yau mah teh might just be better than the ever popular tai cheong every tourist has raved about. Sakurashima had me went back twice for its egg tart! To prove how good it was that’s usually not my style to visit some place twice and furthermore it wasn’t like on the way kind encounter. I made effort!

So anyway I kid you not they were exceptionally delicious piping hot both times I’ve had them– once already stuffed and full after lunch and once in the morning to eliminate possible judgmental biasedness due to hunger pangs. They seemed to sell out really fast and always had a new batch of piping hot ones coming out from the back kitchen to replace the empty trays.

And they were only $2.50HKD each

look for this signboard

there were two types of crust, both were awesome~

next is this glorious lemon chiffon cake that I've discovered by accident in this corner pastry shop where  I saw plenty of locals came by to shop at.

I've visited more than a few pastry shops and this is the only one which sells lemon chiffon pie. It was like a piece of beautifully baked creamy custardy lemon curd! 

this is the shop, it is right outside one of the the exits at jordan mtr station. And my apologies for not being even more helpful enough to actually remember the exit point! In addition, they sell egg tarts too at $3HKD per piece.

as a bonus, if you like red bean paste and glutinous rice, grab one of these at this shop opposite the first egg tart pastry shop. You could easily spot it since that is probably the only shop which doesn't come with a signboard! This combination, it ruled the world. In Japan it's a dessert called mochi and/with adzuki and just as delicious.

Hey guys! More post of hongkong coming up later but now I’m going to write about something else. Actually it is still going to be about and related to food! I'm such an addicttt

Okay so for the past few days I have been eating really well and that’s including a whole medium sized milk fish yesterday night for dinner. Of course the fish was fantastic but I was practically still in shock of how much tiny spiral-fin like bones milkfish has! In my whole life I can safely say I can handle all kinds of nasty almost undetectable fish bones quite well but during dinner yesterday the bones from my milkfish made me eat like a baby! Almost swallowed some. So I hope you guys take a gain from my experience. That’s one tricky fish – totally avoid it if you can’t handle fish bones well!

Otherwise my tummy is very much satiated!

breakfast, avocado and clementine <3

avocado and pineapples! yum

fancy lunch, baked egg pumpkin

teriyaki salmon

homemade soymilk that's NOTHING like the diluted stuff outside <3

and with weather like this (35 degree celsius), it calls for lots of watermelon!

maybe i might have gone a little overboard with watermelons. Saw those half melons above?! I ate them all by myself. And I love to start eating them by digging a whole in the middle first. Sounds weird but such a fun way to eat! I wonder how many of you guys do that too?!

Photolog: Hongkong

Best finds: Eating in Mongkok

Okay all you people I am demanding that if you ever visit hong kong, be sure to snack up on these two snacks I've eaten and fell absolutely in love with. It's not difficult to tell I'm a sweet potato junkie but this sweet potato that I've gotten in mongkok was by the furthest-and-nearest the best ever! I ate it in such hurry and devotion that despite the voice in my head bugs me to take a picture of the inside I did not stop to take it. There's like a layer of honey stuck to its skin but it's not honey it's its own syrup! Oh gosh I'll have to find a solution...

i didn't snap a picture of the stall but look out for this sign while you stroll by mongkok. Freshly baked daily and will be ready for sale at 1.30pm in the afternoon

the lady seller lets you pick from the bunch. I'd say, go for the biggest! And savor the soft creamy honey tasting filling inside as you rise into a food coma. *lovesick*

also if you're able to get this variety of honey sweet potatoes around your area, please make it at home and eat it with peanut butter. I'm positive you'll want to hug me and thank my whole family for this!

i seriously have thoughts of shipping a carton of it back home.

And THIS! My hongkong host brought me to this local eatery and told me this place sells the BEST curry fish ball in the entire of hk. I concur - never liked fishballs but this is a whole larder level. Please save yourself some troubles, just eat it in front of the stall because upon finishing you'll want more.

i think it pays off for being all stubborn about avoiding internet popular food recommendations and explore hk like a local. Most of the time it's with those unexpected finds that i find myself pleasantly surprised more often. 

Truthfully i did plenty of food search online before my trip and had a list of eateries that i aim to visit. But really after having had the experience i'd probably not depend on online reviews that much and go with my instincts in the future.

this pair of hands never stops. Almost everyone came here for their fish balls.

these golden balls are soaked up with flavour. Again, you can thank me after you've tried it.

Overall, besides the over crowding and dreadful rainy weather that somehow disturb my inner peace during my stay in hk, i think i really like mongkok. Of course a big part of it was due to food but that's how i work. Hope you guys aren't tiring from my hk posts yet (seems never ending?!) because yep there'll be more to come! With stories to tell of course.

Later!

A stroll in Mongkok (Part Two)

my heart melted as i walked into this pet shop

i really wanted to get this!

blurry shot of this adorable fella. also when i was told no shooting by the shop's staff.

I didn't finish what i was supposed to finish within the short span of 2 hours. So i took another trip back to mongkok another day alone. Wandered around the neighbourhood and finally found myself in yau mai teh with one of the best egg tarts ever! More post coming up!

A stroll in Mongkok (Part One)

This day, after breakfast I was brought over to Mongkok by a minibus and it was a pretty enjoyable experience. Sightseeing at popular tourist destinations usually doesn’t comprise a big part within my plan because I am always more interested in discovering new areas independently myself. However, it was pretty neat taking a walk through the flower market as getting all surrounded by the beauty and scene from flowers surely lifts my mood!

we got front seat!

lavender

organic sweet potatoes

lotus root

this place makes custom school uniforms

i almost touched my nose with it out of desperation. Then i realised it wasn't the bark that carries the scent.

entrance of the little bird park, there's a light osmanthus scent when you're just about to enter through it

so i walked u-turn myself twice, ignoring the weird stares from passerby just so i could have a sniff of it twice!

pretty in pink

curious?!

these two were very pretty and huge!