The Avenue of Stars 星光大道

Monday ~ Tuesday Bluezzzz..... so a short post today ~ @.@

The Avenue of Stars is located @Tsim Sha Tsui in Hong Kong which is along the Victoria Harbour Waterfront. It is a tourist attraction and popular for its spectacular "Symphony of Lights" display at night. I was late and missed the show :(

It was a cloudy night but I still managed to capture the moon ^.~

Avenue of Stars Statue
香港星光大道入口設置的香港電影金像獎巨型銅像

Stanley 赤柱 in Hong Kong

Thank God that the weather was bright and sunny when we planned to Stanley 赤柱 which is located on the southern side of Hong Kong and a famous tourist spot. My previous trip to Stanley was such a long time and it was not very developed back then. I was very excited to re-visit Stanley.

Getting to Stanley was easy and we took an express bus#260 from Central.
The double-decked bus is comfortable and air-conditioned.

There other buses which also go to Stanley ~ as seen in my photo.

I enjoyed the journey ride to Stanley ^.~ We passed by the commercial area.
Here was the Lippo Centre 力宝中心.

Lippo Centre looks like as Koalas Bears clutch on the trees.
I managed to snap it before the bus drove off quickly hehe ^0^

I noticed that there were black dots on my photos.
I took a few shots from the bus and the windows were full of dirt
so the photos turned out to have a lot of black polka dots ~ LOL:P

We also passed by The Hong Kong Jockey Club 香港賽馬會 ~ Happy Valley Racecourse

The bus route also goes to Repulse Bay 淺水灣.
This is the famous residential building ~ The Repulse Bay (影灣園). Did you notice the square hole in the building. Apparently, it was built this way for Feng Shui purposes.

When we alighted at the bus drop off point, you could easily find your way
to the places that you wanted to go : )

Gosh! It was hot day. We hurriedly went to the Stanley market for shelter hehe!
Wooohoo, it's time for kaimono^0^

Besides the marketplace in Stanley, another popular spot is the Boathouse restaurant
which you might see in Hong Kong movies/drama serials.

Nice ^_^

Wow the sky is sooo Blue and I love the fluffy clouds.

We took a rest and sipping our cold beverages at an alfresco cafe ~ Beautiful view!

We were strolling along the streets and heading to Blake Pier and Murray House.

Took this shot and put an effect on the photo ~ Does it look like in the 1960s? ^.~

Sunny days are always perfect for photo taking ^0^ I just snapped non-stop!

Sunlight glazed on the seawater ^.~ Oh I feel like dipping into the sea ~

Blue sky and I'm feeling so good ~ not Blues

While I'm resting on a bench at the Blake Pier, I saw a plane and
quickly zoom to take a pic. Can you spot it ^.~

I like this view :P

There were many old folks around at the pier and they were taking photos ~
The uncles were holding SLRs with long lenses and I guess they must be professional photographers. I observed and followed them to take the best views haha ^.~

I saw a few Uncles were holding their cam and zoom to take this shot. I did the same too.
Frankly, I don't really know to appreciate this photo leh ~wahaha^0^ Nice?

Just trying to take a view from here ~ it turned out quite nice :P

Murray House 美利樓 ~ its architecture is like victorian-era design.

It was mid autumn festival when I was in Hong Kong so there were
many lanterns hanging around the building.

Ended my day here @ Stanley ^.~

Although I could not stand the hot weather but it was indeed a wonderful trip to Stanley.

王家沙 & 海皇粥店 in Hong Kong

Besides my previous post on my sumptuous dinner at 東榮火鍋 Tung Wing Hot Pot, I am going to post 2 other dinner venues. HK eateries are just delectable and full of choices. I will definitely put on weight if I am going to try them all

During my trip, ST and I arranged to meet up with Agnes. We have not seen each other for a long time and the last we met was about 7 years ago! It was such a good time to catch up with Agnes in HK as she has a busy schedule. We agreed to meet at The Elements at Austin Road West, Kowloon and she brought us to Wang Jia Sha 王家沙 for dinner. The restaurant serves Shanghainese dim sum and food dishes. Look what we had ordered ~ The food may look blend to some of you but they were yummy!

蒜泥白肉卷 ~ thinly sliced pork meat rolled with carrot & cucumber. The sauce topping is finely chopped garlic marinated with spicy chilli sauce. The whole roll put in your mouth ~ tenderness (meat), crunchiness (veg) & spicyness (chilli) ~ 赞！好好吃!

Close-up shot of the 蒜泥白肉卷

豆腐马兰头 ~ any one knows what vegetable is that? I really like this simple dish ~ the sesame oil marination makes it so fragrant. I guess there is a secret recipe in the sauce. I can't figure out :(

Too indulged in my first 2 dishes so I forgot the name of this dish. These beans taste like Edamame. There are some pickled vegetables mixed with the beans. So can a little saltiness which blended well with the beans. I like too :P

小籠包 ~ juicy dumplings ^.~

This is like fried udon but in shanghainese version.

The next day we went to Causeway Bay and shopped for almost the whole day. We did not visit the big malls such as times square and lane crawford but went to 東角Laforet and other small shops nearby to get cheaper, unique and trendy stuff. After a tired day, we settled our dinner at 海皇粥店 which is famous for their cantonese congee and rice sheet rolls. There are other HK snacks too.

Century Egg with Fish Slices Congee

Rice Sheet Roll with Twisted Crispy Doughnut ~ my fave!

We also ordered their fried bee hoon.


So much of my HK foody pics, my coming posts will be on my trips to Macau, Stanley Market and HK night views taken @Avenue of Stars. Look out for my updates!


Yipee ~ it's weekend and I'm meeting up my friends for a hot pot dinner tonight.
Hope you have a nice and fun weekend, my friends