Ray's Kitchen, Quarry Bay, HK

Tried the bibimbap (hot stone rice) and it was so good that I came back a few days later.  Turned out this place wasn't too consistent.  The bibimbap was a bit too greasy for the second visit.  Even their house made kimchi could be quite different.  I'll still bet for a third try.

A classic Cantonese cuisine, at Eastern Ocean restaurant Quarry Bay, HK

Quite a no. of restaurants have offered 50-30% off from Monday to Thursday.  Eastern Ocean is one of them.  Besides, Eastern Ocean serves half portion dishes with a price range from HK$50-70.  If it's at 50% off, that means a half portion dish is just around HK$30-40.  I thought the portion could be very small and so I tried to order more.  The manager was so nice to remind 3 dishes plus 1 steamed fish were good enough.  When those dishes were served, the size was actually the normal portion of most other restaurants.  Yet, the food quality was much better.  At least they used the 20% fat pork loin for the sweet and sour pork, vs most others used pig's neck meat.  Also noted that Eastern Ocean made the stir fried dishes in a good sauce coating.  That's the genuine classic Cantonese stir fried cuisine.  The steamed garopa was so fresh that you could tell the eyes and the meat texture.  I'd like the way they didn't pour in heavy oil and soy sauce.

Wah Fung BBQ specialty restaurant, Central, HK

Haven't been to this place for quite many years.  The shop has moved to the other side (east) of the Central Market and I guess it was quite a few years ago.  The BBQ pork was still as good as it had been.  I didn't take the photo of the soup of the Day.  It was so good that I finished it all.

The Harbour East, HK, day and night

Rooftop swimming pool, Hyatt Centric hotel, North Point, HK

The rooftop swimming pool of this hotel is good for you to spend a morning or afternoon with this superb view.

North Point ferry pier and the Eastern corridor, HK

My father noticed that I'd like to study things and facts.  He knew that I was very interested in checking how a ship moved, departed and docked when I was a kid.  I always like to see the propeller start to swirl the strong current.  He made his hand-crafted wooden toy boat when I was 10, and illustrated how the mini motor drive the propeller.  He raised some questions and I gladly answered and explained.  The pier, the boat, the road and the car carry us to our destinations and bring us back home.

Harbour view room, Hyatt Centric North Point, HK

Have seen how this place got redeveloped into a hotel and shopping complex.  The hotel was first started up in the name Hotel Vic managed by Sun Hung Kei property but only last for a few months.  It was then rebranded under the Hyatt group.

When we felt under stress from the depressive ambience around us, why not we do something little on our own to help.  It's time to go out, but with constant precautionary measures, for dining and some shopping, as well as to try some hotels I am curious to check out.

All the rooms are with harbour view.  The front desk offered a pay upgrade to the panoramic harbour view.  It was just a board window of the room, vs the angled view room from the lower room type.  As this offer allowed for an early check-in, it was justified to pay a little more.

Eastern corridor, HK, 8am, a Sunday morning

The harbour, HK, at 6pm, 9th May, 2020

Protecting you and me and him and her, in HK

We can see how this city has been reacting quickly to stop the spread of the virus, because we had the lesson in 2003.  Seen 99.9% of the people wearing masks and using tremendous sanitizing stuff.  All the shops (even street fruit stall) are selling masks or sanitizing gel.  Now that all the restaurants have partitions and every high precaution measures. 

Today we see the result from this couple of months of everyone doing the same thing.  At least this city can have a short break.  However, there are ways to go when some countries don't put out their fire but rather blame who set the fire.  Sooner or later the fire will come back.

 

Buy-1-Get-1-Free deal, at the Feast of East hotel, Taikooshing, HK

The hotel offers a buy-1-get-1 free 3 course set lunch or dinner.  After discount (from HK$358+), the net is about HK$220 per person.  So we had a smoked salon and a parma ham for the starter, trip sirloin for the main and creme brulee and fruit platter for the dessert.  All were very good and of selected quality.  Even the iced decaf coffee was very aromatic.  So the folllowing weekend we came back for a try.  It was a bit disappointing for the return visit.    The trip loin wasn't that good and even the coffee wasn't either.

Snow flakes in Pacific Place, HK

Cafe Muji, Harbour City, TST, HK

This one might be the worst branch of Cafe Muji.  Tried their meal set for a hot and cold dish.  I made a mistake to get their grilled mackerel.  If it wasn't enough, and yet it was cooked a long time a few hours ago, it was very awful.  The beet root salad wasn't good either.  The only one I could eat was the sesame   roll.  It's better to get the quiche.  At least they just reheat it.

K11 Musea, Tsimshatsui, HK