[DIARIES] 20141219 Day 3 Hong Kong - Jordan, Mong Kok

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Day 3 - 19 Dec 2014 (a.m.)


Last day in Hong Kong, and it's a short day. Legs started to sore for the excessive walk for the past 2 days. No idea how to survive the remaining 7 days in China. Looks like I have to cut down some walking and shed off excessive load especially my camera gears. The new waist bag I bought came in very handy as most of the pain came from the backpack. I transferred all my camera and lenses into my waist bag and decided to travel light today for the remaining half day in Hong Kong.


But first thing first, have to get something to eat. Noticed the gloomy and damp weather once I stepped out from my hostel. Looks like it's gonna drizzle very soon. Went down the hostel building towards the MTR station to take a train to Jordan station for my breakfast as I'm heading to the famous Australian Dairy Co. Ltd.

It was 8am in the morning and most of the shops are still closed when I reached Jordan station. I walked some distance towards my destination and was shocked to see the long queue at the Australian Dairy Co. Ltd.


I had no choice but to join the long queue which is at least half a block towards the junction, and then you will see more people queueing. The other direction will be the people queue for take away. It was a mixed of locals and tourists, just imagine how popular is this restaurant.


Surprisingly the queue cleared very quickly, thanks to the efficiency of the waiters allocating tables and taking orders. Basically, the less people in your group, the faster you will be able to get a seat because you will definitely need to share table with strangers. Their set menu is shown underneath the tempered glass and it's the most efficient way to order. Just tell the waiter which set and to serve with coffee or tea and the next second your meal will be on the table. The whole kitchen basically worked like a factory, dishing out plates by plates of food like a conveyor belt and the food is immediately served once ordered. Everything happened in a very quick and seamless motion.


The breakfast might look very simple with just a toast and scramble egg but don't be deceived by the look of it as the eggs are much better than all the cafes in Malaysia.


I ordered Set C which comes with a glass of fresh milk. The milk tasted like the powdered milk that I used to had when I was a kid, but just in fresh form. Also not forgetting to try their milk pudding which is also what they are famous for.

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Took a walk back to Tsim Tsa Tsui after my satisfying breakfast and the weather started to drizzle. I covered my camera bag with its rain coat and also covered myself in the hoodie under the rain. The rain was not very heavy and I kinda enjoy the chilled wind and damp weather. I got back to my hostel to pack up since the check out time was 12pm and I will be probably at some where else. I left my luggage at the reception counter along with other backpacks and luggages.



I spent the rest of the afternoon exploring the old Hong Kong. The skywalk here is much older than the ones in Hong Kong island, but still serves its purpose.


I'm back at Mong Kok to explore the activities during day time before the night market. There are rows of street selling either fruits, vegetables or clothing. Hongkies, or generally Chinese, likes to sell the same things at the same spot, hence the names like flower street, shoes street, gold fish streets etc came about.


Passed by a stall selling curry fishball, a very common street snack in Hong Kong but really nothing special other than fish ball dripped in curry. 


Then I passed by this Hoi Keng congee shop which was also quite famous as I have read about it in some online blog but I'm not in the mood of having a porridge at the moment but I saw their yau-char-gwai is quite tempting despite the steep price of HKD11.


I bought the ngau-lai-sou (translate: milk crust) which is not common here in Malaysia and I'm glad I did. It was still warm as it was just freshly fried and the dough/pastry is very chewy and flavourful. A nice piece of "yau-char-gwai" I must say and could imagine the others to go with the porridge.

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I then move on to the gold fish street as it was still closed when I was here yesterday. There are many types of aquatic creatures being sold here and mainly gold fishes. The colourful fishes are displayed either in plastic bags or in glass aquariums for you to choose from.

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I end up at the famous Kam Wah Cafe again for a late lunch, this time ordering the Pork Chop Polo Bun. I was sitting behind the cashier and she saw my gorillapod attached to my bag and asked what's that. I told her it's a flexible camera tripod and she laughed and said it looks like the Michelin mascot. Despite the unfriendly tone, but this is how most of the Hong Kong communicate most of the time, rude and sarcastic but doesn't mean that they are unfriendly.


Freshly baked Polo buns is what you need to look for when you are around Mong Kok.

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Spent the rest of the afternoon around Mong Kok area under the rain, it's a very busy place regardless of time. People are everywhere. No wonder it's called "Wong Kok" (translate: busy corner).


It's getting late I think I better start moving and to say good bye to Hong Kong. I will be heading to Shenzhen next to continue my journey. Took the MRT back to my hostel and collected my luggage. Said goodbye to the friendly Indian receptionist and squeeze my way through the busy lift through the crowd. 

Took the MRT towards north and interchanged at Prince Edwards' station to continue to Luoho terminal. The MRT finally changed from the underground ways to open space rails, with more and more Chinese nationals boarding the train towards the boundary of Hong Kong-China. The whole atmosphere changes where you see the crowd becoming less-fashion and less-civilised. Big bags of goods are dragged into the train and children making noise and playing in the train. It gives me a mixed feeling on what to expect when I officially cross over to China. A total culture shock. 


Finally I arrived at the Luoho terminal after almost an hour of train ride up north. It marks the end of my Hong Kong trip and the beginning of the China phase. China, here I come!


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