Today was a chill day filled with a walk within the city and lots of must-try foods! I started off this day with one of my favorite meat dishes, roasted duck!! SO EXCITED! I actually just wanted to try this fast food restaurant called Café de Coral, but when I saw “roasted duck” on their menu, I was super happy and had to order it! Café de Coral is one of Hong Kong’s most popular fast food chains. They serve many items that I would say identify Hong Kong, but in fast mode.

When I think of “fast food”, I usually think the quality of the food tastes like it was heated up in a microwave. Here, I thought the roasted duck was really good, meaty, and juicy. You can’t go wrong with a Hong Kong-style milk tea either. (I’m salivating while typing this…)

After lunch, I continued to explore the architecture of different areas as I have been for the past few days. I traveled to Quarry Bay by subway and hiked up to Taoism Temple. To be honest, I stumbled upon this temple as I was searching for the “Monster Building”.

I hope I wasn’t being rude or disrespectful by taking photos and videos at this temple. (If it is a courtesy to not take any photos or videos of the Gods at a temple, someone please let me know!)

The walk up took less than 10 minutes. It was a very short hike! This small temple was quite interesting to see because of how tiny it is and all the little statues placed there.

Now, on my way to the Monster Building!

Everywhere I go there are tall buildings and construction happening. After walking past so many local stores and old buildings, I have made it to the MONSTER BUILDING!! Yik Cheong Building. It’s called the Monster Building because there are five buildings connecting to each other. The buildings are extremely close together and tall. Imagine standing in the center of a box made out of legos, that is what it felt like standing inside the courtyard of these apartment buildings. The interior of the apartments is actually known for being very small and tight. There is barely any space to walk inside the homes.

This place is super popular for tourists to take photos for Instagram. The movie “Transformers” was also filmed here! This residential area was a bit difficult to find because you have to turn into a passageway in between shops to get into the courtyard. Note that this is a residential area and outsiders are refrained from taking photos. Although there is a sign stating that, there are still tourists taking photos. I felt strange breaking the rule along with other tourists, but we were being as quiet and respectful as possible. If you do visit, PLEASE make sure to not be disruptive and try not to take photos of the residents without their permission.

I got to these buildings at around 4 PM. There was a short line formed to take photos on top of a stone block and I had another fellow tourist help me take photos while I was up there! Of course, I helped her as well. Besides looking at the buildings there, there are stores and residents around that you can see. Again, keep in mind to be respectful of their property.

On to the next location! I admire more buildings on the way and I love how colorful they look! I have noticed a lot of the apartment buildings in Quarry Bay are colored.

Before getting back on the MTR, I stumbled upon a park and decided to walk in there to see what there was.

I didn’t walk that far though. Within 10 minutes, there is a rest stop. So, I took a break here.

After sitting for a bit, I walked back to the MTR to go back to Tsim Sha Tsui to try a popular bubble tea place called The Alley. This place was recommended by a friend! There was also a line here, but it moved fast!

I ordered the Brown Sugar Deerioca.

I love the texture and taste of the bubbles. The drink was not too sweet. It tasted just like milk tea with brown sugar. Can you imagine it?

Time for dinner!! It had been two years since I met my Hong Kong friend. We met each other when we were exchange students in South Korea. So, it was nice to have dinner and catch up with her 🙂

She brought me to a local restaurant that served Hong Kong specialties.

This was so much food. I would definitely recommend trying all of this food though. I’m sad that I can’t get a good and authentic Chinese eggplant dish in South Korea. I’ll just have to learn how to perfect cooking this dish myself. Anyways, all this food was very delicious, but we could not finish everything. Afterward, we decided to walk around at a shopping center called The One.

There was a pop-up collaboration, The One x Sailor Moon! A limited-time event was going on, but I wasn’t too sure what you had to do exactly, besides taking photos at the pop-up.

After a bit of walking and letting our stomach digest, it was DESSERT TIME! This is another popular place for tourists! The desserts at Hui Lau Shan are handmade. Everything on the menu is made with mangoes or has mangoes in it! And they all look SO GOOD!

The mango mochis covered in coconut shavings were the best in my opinion. To be honest, they were all very good. This was also the most mangoes (as well as fruits) I have ever eaten since moving to Korea. Why are fruits so expensive in South Korea? Anyways, I enjoyed this mango dessert that HK has to offer.

Tell me!
What would you like to do or eat if you were in Hong Kong?

Sincerely,
Amy♡

2018.08.04. Friday. Day 6.
AMY HANG in HONG KONG.