Hello Kitty Restaurant, Hong Kong! ♥

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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. 

Buck Tile St. Cafe ♥

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Believe it or not, I've been
sitting in front of my laptop for at least the past 8 hours thinking about what to write. I felt paralysed because I wasn't capable of churning up anything that's 'fantastic enough' for an advertorial. I didn't know where to start, didn't know what to say and was extremely frozen like a deer in the headlights. I even started googling about writer's block and that's when I realised, how stupid I've been to have wasted all the hours being a worrywart when I can just relay everything here to you guys genuinely and truthfully because there is just nothing wrong that hahahha fml.

 Now that I'm feeling all energised,
I can't wait to tell you guys all about it!!! So not long ago, I received an email invitation from Buck Tile St. Cafe to drop by for an experience and with that being said, I assumed there'd be free food and I'm so sorry but I have to admit that I was reeallllyyy pretty stoked at the idea of free food HAHAHA.

Naturally, I requested
to bring someone along and if you watch my snapchat enough, it would come off as no surprise that I brought Brian with me, last Thursday. The thought of it was exhilarating enough since I have a special liking for both spending time with him AND cafes. I would like to say that they both went very well together. :D 

Arriving at Buck Tile St. Cafe! :D 

The moment we reached the cafe,
the staff greeted us and the owner shared with me a little about their cafe and later emphasised a few times to make myself feel at home. I felt really, really blessed. Oh and by the way, the name of this cafe is actually an anagram derived from the words, 'Bucket List'. Pretty cool and seriously if the owner hadn't told me, I wouldn't have realised it at all HAHAHHA what's new I'm not that bright ok!!!

And in my opinion, this space is quite huge and spacious for a cafe!!!

We went all around and decided to settle at the end of the cafe because THIS!!!!! HAHAHA the couch makes me feel like we have the whole corner to ourselves x.

There are soft toys and pillows there too!!! T_T ♥

And I think because we came during the non-peak timing, it was really soothing and quiet. :D 

YES FREE WIFI 不可以放过!!!! HAHAHAHAHA 

The 'Inspirational corner' of Buck Tile St. Cafe. 

No, this isn't specifically
called the Inspirational corner but I would very much like to call it one because it truly is, inspirational. I stood in front of this corner for quite some time because besides the fact that you get to read their books shelved there for you along with board and card games, you can actually write down your wishes on a piece of paper and peg it along with so many others' on this huge bucket list you see above.

I read a few and
it's really interesting though I felt as if I was peeping through people's wishes but occasionally, I come across very creative-looking ones...

Or even the ones that makes me feel a little emotional..

If you ever intend to
drop by, self-service. Pen down what's on your bucket list and share it with strangers and people like both you and I. I honestly regret not writing my own when I was there, I guess I was distracted by 50 shades of grey hahahha the book was just right on the shelf I couldn't not see it!!!!

They also have a corner where accessories and other pretty items are for sale! :D 

Yay finally the cake counter!!!! ♥♥♥♥
FUN FACT: They take in preorders for whole cakes so if you're interested, you can always email them at ask@bucktilestcafe.com for more info! :D 

After exploring
the entire cafe, I finally found myself glued to the cake counter. They REALLY have a variety of desserts. Not just the ones on display, even assorted ice-cream flavours, waffles so on and so forth. I was in a huge dilemma on what to get but I knew for sure I was gonna try at least one of the flower pot cakes!!!! Thinking about it right now makes me wanna return there and try all the other desserts. ):

Left to right: Tiramisu, Oreo and Horlick! :D 

Our picks from Buck Tile! ♥

I would list down what I tried at the end of this blog post for your reference! 

Tall glass of strawberry milkshake with rainbow-sprinkles on top! Super rich and creamy! ♥♥♥

Huge beef pie for me hahahaha, I polished off every bit of it's filling. :D

Brian picked croissant sandwich for his main! 

Believe it or not, this is a blue velvet cake. 

Ok so here's my
FAVOURITE pick from all the dishes I tried at Buck Tile St. Cafe that day. I read their menu and apparently they change up the colours of the 'blue' velvet cake every now and then. So for my case last Thursday, it was in a pretty shade of blue!

The thing is, I'm NOT a food critic.
I'm not good at explicitly describing to you in detail how it tastes like and wonderful it is. I'm not capable of fancy descriptions like how the cake melts in your mouth bla bla bla. So I'm just gonna tell you straight up that this is by far, the best velvet cake I've ever tried and I would definitely return for this one cake again. And even though Brian isn't a picky-eater, it's not easy to please his tastebuds either. He actually agreed that it's nice too! :D

♥♥♥♥

Generous amount of what tastes like cocoa powder on top of the Tiramisu cake. ♥♥♥ I already set my mind to it that I would return again to try the Horlick flavoured one HAHHAA. 

Brian's favourite of the lot - the sea salt caramel chocolate tart! 

Okay, this one was a little
too sweet for me but Brian LOVES it. I swear he repeated quite a few times to me that he finds this tart really good. It is VERY rich in it's flavour and thick in consistency, if you're a sweet tooth, don't hesitate to try this out! :D

WHOA OK GUYS THIS ONE MUST TRY!!!!!!!

THE ISLAND COCONUT
ICE-CREAM IS A CRAZY MUST TRY. Ok to be honest, the ice cream was the last dish we tried out of the lot but it was served to us about the same time as the rest of the dishes. First off, I was extremely surprised that the ice cream didn't really melt at all. WHY. I still don't know how it works HAHHAA but whoa when I tried the ice cream...... I immediately fell deep in love with it.

Thinking about it is already making me salivate.
I apologise for the lack of vocabulary to properly do justice to how toothsome it was for me. But please allow me to emphasise this once again that you have to try it to know it. Be your own judge to all the food! I have to say that I personally find Buck Tile St. Cafe a pretty worthy place to hang out. Amazingly soothing and comfortable ambience, huge variety of beverages and desserts with quite a bit of assorted finger foods and mains. I don't see why not!

Especially how I've already found love for some
of the dishes I tried, I'm pretty sure you would find yours there as well. ^^

Obviously treating Buck Tile St. Cafe like my own home hahahhaha

Thank you Brian, for helping me with the pictures and most importantly, your presence made this experience a very enjoyable and meaningful one. Best companion of all time goes to you x. 

Just in case you wanna know what we ordered, it's roughly like this: 

- Strawberry Milkshake

- Peppermint Iced Tea

- Beef pie set

- Ham and Cheese Croissant 

- Truffle fries

- Sea salt caramel chocolate tart

- Waffles with Island coconut ice-cream

- Tiramisu (the flower pot)

- Blue velvet cake (Blue cake)

P/S: The names are roughly what I remember them to be, I'm sorry that I didn't take note of them, I was REALLY distracted by the food and fancy desserts HAHAHA. 

They have super worthy attractive daily deals too! Click to enlarge. :D 

Before I end this blog post,

I would really really want to thank the owner(does not want to be named), for inviting me down to Buck Tile St. Cafe for this wonderful experience. Also, to all the efficient and helpful staffs there as well x. Thank you all, for making it such a great one. See you soon! ♥ 

Buck Tile St. Cafe is located at: 

104 Faber Drive, 129412

6566 7058

**(Please take note that they DO NOT take in reservations but don't worry about getting seats because like I mentioned, the cafe is really pretty huge!!!)**

See more pictures on their Instagram @bucktile.st and like their Facebook page HERE.