Writing this blog post is getting me so peppy & stoked because awhile ago,
I actually came across a bunch of Hello Kitty-themed food pictures on my Facebook newsfeed, and I knew in that instant that it most likely isn't in Singapore. I was right, it isn't in Singapore, but Hong Kong.
So I kinda just had to forget about it and ditch the idea of me visiting the place
because what are the chances of me flying to HK and remember to visit that very same restaurant I saw on my newsfeed? Low. I reluctantly snap out of my reverie that was so transient and never pinned hopes ever since.
Then just as when I was drafting this blog post,
I realised... HOLYFUCKINGSHIT, I ACTUALLY DID! I actually visited the place that I thought I never would! Fuck. Can we just take a moment and think about how astonishing it was for me when I realise I unknowingly fulfilled my mini-unremembered-fantasy? I'm calling it fate.... Bull!
HAHAHA so yes, let's time travel back to when I was in Hong Kong a couple of weeks ago:
Right outside the Hello Kitty Restaurant down the streets of Hong Kong!!!!! :D #BlessedAF
Stepping into the restaurant had me wrapped! The place is pretty huge & oriental, embellished and accessorised with everything Hello Kitty! ♥
And yes they started serving me food the Hong Kong style - DIM SUM!!!!!! ♥ My love for dimsum is simply indescribable. On a side note, don't ask me why one of the HK bao don't have eyes!!! I don't know when one of the eyes came off.. so OCD people needs to go now or this post will continue to freak them out hahahhaha
My all time favourite dim sum? Har Gao. (Shrimp Dumplings)
Yes we were served with Chinese Tea and also another dish came in!!! I'll try to find the name of the dish later but to put it simply, it's fried chicken and it's damn satisfying.
MORE. FOOD. Vegetables, chicken, pork, seafood (yes in that pile of egg yolk thing)!!
Scrolling through these pictures while blogging is torturous. I'm famished at 2am and they're just mouth-watering!
Hello Kitty Dimsum calls for a selfie! #duh
You might not be able to tell, but I was ecstatic!
And they all say when the food looks too pretty, you wouldn't bear to eat them, but trust me, I was dying to HAHAHHA but I just couldn't miss the opportunity of snapping pictures yet!!
Had to seize the moment and faster speed snap tons of pictures so all the face pattern must come out so you'd have more variety HAHAHA
This was the Liu Sha Bao I think!!! :D
Bet you didn't know I was with so many... HAHAHA. Initially I was with just my second sister and then we decided to call the rests as well because we had sooooo much food there's no way we could've finished it by ourselves!!
Is it just me or is it true that Shrimp Dumplings just look a hell lot more delicious when the crystal skin looks translucent which reveals a little bit of it's shrimp-fillings and teases the fuck out of gluttons like me? LOL
#shiok
Tea time also calls for desserts! One of them is a new product the kitchen just came up with, I especially love the milk (I think) that comes along with the desserts!!! ♥
Oh god I can only relish in my reminiscence, the taste no longer vivid on my tongue but surprisingly scintillating in my mind.
Yes, this is me randomly inserting a oriental Hello Kitty painting here because I can. Admit it, when you're a tourist, you just can't stop snapping pictures!
Obviously couldn't stay still after filling my tummy and decided to snap some pics so I can capture them memories and slowly admire the view in the future, which is the now hahahahaha
Look! My cool dad and my second sister hahaha
Bye Hello Kitty Restaurant in Hong Kong, till next time! xxx (This is the only time Bye & Hello can come together without feeling conflicted or ironic hahahaha)
We cool
But on a serious note, if you ask me
whether I enjoyed the trip to this restaurant? Yes. Did I like the food? Some. Although this is a sponsored post, I cannot exaggerate and say they're all mega tasty, but I can confidently say that it's not nasty. It's decent Hong Kong food and it's great. Things can be very subjective, especially when it boils down to taste which are unique to oneself. But overall, great experience and especially all the spazzing people make when food comes hahahahha (me included).
If you're visiting Hong Kong,
consider putting this into your itinerary. It's kinda like a milestone too. Best part? It's actually surprisingly convenient. For a 路痴 (direction idiot) like me, I had NO issues with locating the restaurant and travelled via the MTR. Very, very convenient. I was pretty proud of myself okay! Hahahhaha.
If you need more information, a look at their menu, directions etc,
it's all on their website HERE. (http://www.hellokittychinesecuisine.com.hk/) Also if you're curious, I actually wrote down the numbers of the food I ordered albeit I don't know which is which but if you just want to know, here they are: 001, 004, 112, 123, 116, 140, 017, 18. I also regret not having their main courses lolol, next time I return to HK I WILL go have their main courses HAHAHA.
So I'm heading to bed with an
empty stomach and I have work tomorrow but before anything else, a big thank you to Hello Kitty Restaurant, Hong Kong for the invitation and pleasant experience! You've been kind x
P/S: Do not get confused with Hello Kitty Cafe and Hello Kitty Restaurant in HK.
#OOTD : I just realized my top , bottom , bag & necklace are all from Space Invasion ^^ !!!!
SO CRAY THAT DAY !
Had the best Xiao Long Bao in my life and finally watched 'The Fault In Our Stars' !!!! So happy hehe . Oh ya and I'm actually playing Mahjong with my two sisters and bro's GF in my bro's room now HAHAHA . The reason why I can blog and Mahjong at the same time is because honestly I'm not paying much attention to Mahjong .. I don't like playing MJ LOL . But I just thought I would accompany my eldest sis since she likes it and she hardly comes home .
So anyway , while they're in front
of me shouting out all the tiles like , " 三万！九条！五筒！公鸡咬到！" , I'm just here blogging away and I just waiting for one more tile to 胡(win) this round :D HAHAHA and I'm totally starving and craving for what I had that day at Paradise Dynasty :
Making reservations over at the Ion outlet was totally not possible so we (Justin & I) headed to Paradise Dynasty straight ! Got our queue number and patiently waited for our turn hahaha .
We waited for about 20 mins
and when it's finally our turn , the waitress asked if it was okay if they gave us seats at the balcony O__O and me being a country bumpkin , had absolute no idea they actually have an outdoor area HAHAHA . Hey but the truth is Justin didn't know either ! So we went ahead with the balcony seats and honestly , it wasn't that bad :D
It was a breezy night ♥
Chinese tea for Chinese food ^^
The outdoor area of Paradise Dynasty !
Century egg Tofu ♥ !
I've never tried and am never
a fan of century egg before this trying this dish , so I tried the tofu with just the sauce alone and I thought it was a pretty normal dish but Justin convinced me to try it out with just a tad bit of century egg , so I did and whoa omg the difference in taste is so crazy ! It tastes so damn good with the century egg :D
I ordered the marbled beef la mian if I'm not wrong hahaha
Super big the bowl HAHAHA . But whoa their la mian tastes sooooooooooooooo damn good ♥.♥ !!!!!!!!
I heard that their la mian
are all hand-made , it's amazing how every strand it almost the same size and length ! The best part is , the noodles don't stick together at all ! Their soup base tastes damn good too , not too salty and it's just right for me ♥
It's just sooooo mouth-watering and I didn't stop eating the la mian until the Xiao Long Baos came HAHAHA
The colorful XLBs ! #MUSTTRY
They also gave us this
slip of paper where it tells you how to eat the XLBs in the correct way and sequence ! So apparently , you're supposed to eat the XLBs in this sequence :
1. White (Original)
2. Green (Ginseng)
3. Brown (Foie Gras)
4. Black (Black Truffle)
5. Yellow (Cheesy)
6. Orange (Crab Roe)
7. Grey (Garlic)
8. Pink (Szechuan)
Instructions to eating XLB :
1. Lightly lift the XLB from the basket to your spoon .
2. Chew off a portion of the XLB skin from the side to allow
cooling of the soup broth and pork filling .
3. Sip the soup broth from the opening you chewed off earlier .
4. You may now eat the XLB .
But sadlyyyyyyy ,
I didn't know earlier that I was supposed to taste all the different XLBs in the above sequence , but oh well at least I tried all the flavors with the proper instructions on how to eat the XLB ! The flavors are all pretty mild and absolutely tasty except for the truffle one which is pretty strong ! If you like truffle fries , then yea maybe you would like the black truffle XLB ! Paradise Dynasty have the tastiest XLB I ever tried in my life , I'm not even exaggerating ! The skin of the XLB is so thin and tender YET it doesn't break easily O_O
EXTREMELY GOOD .
Best XLBs EVER . #MUSTTRY . Anyway , if I have to rank the XLBs I tried according to my liking excluding the original , it'll be :
1. Yellow (Cheesy)
2. Pink (Szechuan)
3. Grey (Garlic)
4. Green (Ginseng)
5. Orange (Crab Roe)
6. Black (Black Truffle)
7. Brown (Foie Gras)
Apparently you can also
order a basket of XLB with only the flavors you like too ^^ ! Overall it's an awesome experience dining over at the Paradise Dynasty . Really recommend you guys to try their XLBs and La Mian :D
Right after dinner ,
we headed over to Shaw to catch 'The Fault In Our Stars' the greatly raved about movie recently :
And the trailer here just in case you wanna watch :
I find the movie pretty touching
and the script is indeed very very well-written except .. I just find it overrated LOL . I know how it's crazy touching and all but I just thought there's nothing very very special about it that everyone has to be raving about it like mad . However , I really really like the script ! Let's just say they portrayed the perfect love story without having typical cheesy pick up lines in it . Very natural !
Justin only took my #OOTD after the movie ,
and we spent like 1 hour plus trying to take one because the pictures are somehow all blurred ): But we had awesome desserts over at TCC to reward ourselves hahahhaha :
Dark devotion - My favorite dessert at TCC ♥
Hot chocolate filled in the inside and crispy on the outside . Tastes even better along with the ice cream ♥ That crazy hot and cold sensation ♥.♥
Ahhhhhhhh okay I'm seriously starving like mad right now ...
I NEED FOOD NOT MAHJONG T____T My father's GF took over me for MJ but there's no food at home right now , oh how great ):
Anyway as seen on my Instagram post ,
I had a bad nightmare today again ... It's the first time in my life where I was jolted right awake from my nightmare with myself screaming wtf . A Legit Scream O_O . I was screaming in the dream and apparently I just woke up screaming .. not gonna say what's it about this time , but it's not about my mom so yea . Ahhhhhhhhh kkkkk don't think about bad stuffs , THINK FOOD :D !
