We started our journey today by having our very first Hong Kong Dim Sum breakfast at Chao Inn Restaurant.
The restaurant are uniquely designed. A typical ancient feel of chinese restaurant.
We got seated and then started to make our order. Lets see what have we ordered...
The honey fermented char siew pau. A great combination. The pau itself is tenderly steamed to perfection. Must try.
The deep fried carrot cake. This is very nice as it is mildly fried on the outside, whereas the inside, it dont lose it's moisture.
A Teochiew style glutinous rice wrap with pau's skin. Good!
This is the deep fried carrot fish cake. The fish cake is fried to perfection and the carrot and fish cake formed a perfect blend of taste. Must try.
The spring roll tasted good too.
This is a plate of Chu Cheong Fan. We can easily find in Malaysia. However, the one in HK, is slightly different escpecially the sauce part. Worth trying.
Below is the siew mai. Siew mai are one of the must try food when you go for dim sum.
For me, I highly reccomend the deep fried meet dumpling. Brilliant.
Too keep our diet balance, we did order some vege also.
Lastly, a dessert for 4 of us. Chrisantenum Jelly. Yummy!
After the heavy breakfast, we headed towards Tung Chung MTR station from TST.
We reached there at about 11am, bought the cable car tickets and here we go!
From the cable car station towards Ngong Ping is about 30 minutes. Along the journey, we could see the whole scenery of Hongkong. But looking down from the cable car sometimes it is quite trilling. :P
We reached at 12pm and then our first destination was The Giant Buddha(Tian Tan Buddha).
Facing the north, Tian Tan Buddha statue is 34 metres high.
From Tei Tan square in the middle of Po Lin Monastery plaza, it is a flight of 268 steps leading to the world largest outdoor bronze statue - The Giant Buddha.
It's time to burn some calories after the heavy breakfast. We huffed and puffed the 268 flight of steps until we reached the top.
The first statue we saw are the Six Devas standing majestically outside the GIant Buddha.
Inside the pedestal of Tian Tan Buddha there is a 3-storey exhibition hall presenting a number of invaluable Buddhist items. Dont missed out this when you visit this place.
We got down the 268 flights of stairs and our next destination was Po Lin Monastery.
Po Lin Monastery, established in 1906, is reknowed attraction and a holy Buddhist ground in HK. There were well established gardens, pavillions and Buddist Hall in Po Lin Monastery.
The sculptures are so lively.
After the visit around Po Lin, we headed to a vegetarian restaurant inside Po Lin to have our lunch. The restaurant is clean and the food served are delicious.
Let's have some hot soup first.
Next up, we went hiking. Hiking? We walked through 2km of widing tracks towards the Wisdom Path.
Wisdom Path features an arrangement of 38 giants wood columns measuring 8-10 metres long and 1 meter wide to showcase the calligraphy by master of Chinese studies Professor Jao Tsung-I.
Heart Sutra was one of the giant wood culture. The view here is exceptionally beautiful with wall to wall mountains in front of you. Must visit!
Ngong Ping Nature Centre.
We visited the souvenir shops but we left with empty hand.
Ngong Ping Tea House.
We left Ngong Ping at 4pm and reached the cable car station at 4.30pm.
We went shopping at Citygate shopping centre located just under the Cable car station. Shopping lovers do not miss out this centre as the shops inside citygate normally offer an attractive price. We went in to do some shopping as well.
After that, we got back to Tsim Tsa Tsui to have our dinner. At 7pm, it is dark. We went into the famous dessert franchise in HK - Xu Liu Shan. Now below is what I called the best dessert that I have ever try before!
This the prime dessert. The mango flavored ice cream topped with varieties of fruits with a mango pudding. From the ice cream until the pudding are traditionally made by Xu Liu Shan. You cant find in other place!
This is the Mango Pudding with Birdnest. It came at only HKD 33. Well worth trying!
One of the hot dessert we ordered - Stewed Papaya with white fungi & almonds & 1 piece of radish cake with XO sauce. With such a long name definitely the taste is brilliant as well. I would highlight the radish cake here. It is a must try.
We did order another separate plate of radish cake as it is simply irresistable!
After the dinner we went to the Queen Victoria Harbour to snapped some nice photo. This harbour is famous for the embarking station of all the holiday cruises namely Superstar Leo. When we were there, it was right at 8pm, the usual symphony of lights were on air. A sight to behold.
We went back to our hotel to have some well deserved rest as we are going to conquer Macau tomorrow. Conclusion for today, I love Hongkong!
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