We're in HK for the Dragonboat Festival long weekend and what trip to HK can be complete without a visit to a 茶餐厅 (HK-style cafe)? If Adam could have his way, he'd have a daily dose of yeen yeung 鸳鸯
(half milk tea, half coffee)
and nai yau doh 奶油多 (condensed milk on toast)! We went to a random one this time. The food wasn't particularly good, but look at the menu! The cafe takes pride in the following famous 招牌 items, from left to right:
豆浆 (soy milk)
油条 (plain donut stick)
松糕 (sponge cake)
粽子 (rice dumpling)
肠粉 (rice flour crepe)
油炸鬼 (sweet donut)
煎堆 (sesame ball)
Haha, too cute!
This was actually not the first trip to IKEA in Shanghai. Adam had ventured there before, hence his confident pose outside the store this time. Between shipping some of our own stuff from Vancouver and the furniture in our partially-furnished apartment, we are only one item away from completeness. We did the unthinkable and went to IKEA on a Saturday afternoon. Yes, it was packed. Yes, there are Swedish meatballs (and also Chinese food too). No, we did not buy anything. There's not much to say about IKEA in Shanghai, except that the restaurant is HUGE (in proportion to the rest of the store). I went back another day in the afternoon and noticed that it is a popular hangout for young and old.
Notice the guy in the picture, behind Adam. He's handing out furniture catalogs for another store - pretty clever.
Note: Observations on IKEA in China in the LA Times -
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fi-china-ikea25-2009aug25,0,5131176.story?track=ntothtm
We're in HK for the Dragonboat Festival long weekend and what trip to HK can be complete without a visit to a 茶餐厅 (HK-style cafe)? If Adam could have his way, he'd have a daily dose of yeen yeung 鸳鸯 (half milk tea, half coffee) and nai yau doh 奶油多 (condensed milk on toast)! We went to a random one this time. The food wasn't particularly good, but look at the menu! The cafe takes pride in the following famous 招牌 items, from left to right:
