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
This is a major problem for men in China, the wearing of white socks with dark suits and shoes.
According to my coworker, the government has actually issued some kind of directive discouraging the practice, but we'll see ...
... unfortunately I didn't get a shot of the fight that broke out between two guys on my way to work this morning. I was walking down a flight of stairs when I heard a woman scream, then caught a glimpse of two middle-aged men throwing fists at the top of an escalator.
One guy seemed to have the upper hand, and got a few final shots in while the security guards separated them.
Can anybody tell me what this sign on the subway floor means?
Note: The subway trains come in 6 cars and 8 cars, so the sign on the floor tells people where to wait/stand depending on the length of the next train (which is announced and also shown on a screen along with wait times).
So my feeling for dinner tonight was "quaint more than ghetto" but we ended up going to a dive-y dumpling place.
Happy to find that it's quite tasty and cheap, and the staff is proud of what they serve. Pork and veggie dumplings, shrimp and pork dumplings, and stir-fried veggies.
I'm trying Harbin beer too, which you can actually get in Vancouver. It's not very good.
27RMB not including drinks!
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:
