From Hong Kong With Love: Part 3 Disney Edition

Hello love! I can't believe this time last month I was at Disneyland Hong Kong. Where did all the time go? This time last month I was having a lot of fun, traveling and now I'm at home, stuck with a flu and runny nose and watery eyes. And because of that I can't really stay on the computer for too long because I just want to curl on the bed and sleep the day away.
 I've been sick for the past few days now and grrr being sick is no fun at all. And what's worse is that it is just super hot, it is currenly 93 degrees Farenheit right now.Wish I could be at the beach.
Since I am in no condition to be in front of the computer for too long and I can't really come up with anything decent to post about, I figured I'd just post pictures from my Disney trip last month. A picture is after all worth a thousand words so I hope this makes up for the lack of blog content going on right over on my little corner of the blogosphere.

Do you guys think I can pull off being the next Disney Princess? hehehehehe

The view from my hotel room.

The future mister with his adorable neice, who celebrated her first birthday with us at Disneyland Hong Kong.

So I guess this will be all for now. Have a happy day everyone!

XoXo!

From Hong Kong With Love: Food Porn Edition

Hey guys! I can't believe the week has gone by so fast. It seems like just yesterday I was still worrying about what clothes to bring to my Hong Kong trip and worrying about planning out the itinerary for me and my loves. And now here I am again, busy with work and with only pictures of the memories that I had in Hong Kong just 2 weeks ago.

And here you were thinking I would be posting some Chinese food? Well I love me some chicken burgers! Hahahaha. Ok, ok, more food porn coming up:

First up, when in Macau, China or when in Hong Kong: Make sure to try their egg pie. I know it doesn't look too good but I swear, it is to die for!

When in any Asian country, make sure to grab yourself some Milk Tea. It is really good. Well I did try a couple that weren't so good, some milk teas have a really strong "tea" flavor and has a strange after taste, this one, from Gong Cha wasn't so bad.

 I forgot the name of these little balls, but if you are a seafood lover, you would definitely enjoy this. It was stuffed with shrimps and squid.

 This food was from one of the malls, which once again I forgot the name of. But their iced tea was really, really good. The dish, eh not so.

 Fried Rice! Yum! I have tried the fried rice in a couple Chinese restaurants in San Francisco, California's China Town but there is nothing like oily fried rice from Hong Kong. Unhealthy but yet still so good.

 The future mister is teaching me how to use chopsticks. Good thing he is patient, but even better that I brought along some plastic spoons and forks. A few locals raised their eyebrows at me as I happily ate with my plastic spoons and forks. hahahaha

 Sweet and Sour pork but this had way too much onions for my liking.

 Really oily noodles, but it was pretty good.

 

I was a little tired of all the oily food and decided to go with a bowl of soup. 

Shrimp dumplings in my wanton soup. Yum

And now to a little bit of fine dining at the Disneyland Resort, Hong Kong Restaurant.
On the menu:
Roasted Duck Breast

 Steamed Cod Fish with Sweet Soy Sauce

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 Spicy Snails... hmmmm do kids really eat this? I wonder why the had this in Disneyland. Hmmm..

 Ooooh steamed lobsters, ready to be gobbled up! Yum!

 Of all the desserts, in DisneyResort Hong Kong, I'd have to say their Tiramisu was the "fairest of them all". I had about 5 tiramisus! yum!

And at Disneyland theme park, the lovey and didn't bother going for anymore Chinese Food . Went with our all time favorite juicy cheeseburger and fries.

 Everyone who orders burgers and fries were given plastics bags to put their hands in. There was no restroom/washroom nearby so I guess these plastic bags were pretty handy. hahahaha.

It's been 2 weeks since our Hong Kong trip and I am still trying to burn off the extra pounds. Tsk tsk... Maybe next week I should hit the gym.

Have a yummy day everyone!

P.S. for those of you, you have instagram let's follow each other, my id is: @iamsupermelski. See ya! =)

From Hong Kong With Love

Hello folks! I'm back from my vacay. If asked to describe my first vacay with the fiance and his family, one word sums it up best and that would be memorable. It was a great first. First time to travel anywhere with my fiance and it was the first time to travel with his family, it was the first time I've ever been to Hong Kong, and the first time I've ever been to China. I feel kinda stupid but I never knew that Hong Kong and China were two different places. So basically I got to go to Hong Kong and China with my lovey and his fam. Since the fiance and I usually get to see each other over the weekends since he lives 4 hours away from me, this has been the longest time we've spent together in the last 4 years or so out of our 8 year relationship.

Let me start off my vacay by enumerating a few of my must pack items:
1.) Wet wipes
2.) Bandaids   
3.) Kleenex
4.) Slippers
5.) Umbrella
6.) Medicines: antihistamine (for allergies), Tylenol (for headache), Imodium (just in case I get diarrhea hehehehehe)
7.) Plastic spoons and forks

And now a few pictures:

Marshmallow clouds

This photo was taken at around 11:30pm. The streets are still a little busy with people trying to figure out where they should go next. Oh and I was definitely surprised to find these two western restaurants.

We arrived in Hong Kong around 7:30pm and we got to the place we were staying in at around 9pm. The lovey's family settled down and went to sleep. So while, everyone was sleeping the future mister and I wandered around Tsim Sha Tsui area searching for some good ol street foods. I've been hearing from a lot of people that street foods are a must try when in Hong Kong.

We found our first street food. Sad to say, it was a major disappointment. This was supposed to be shrimp siomai but it tasted like flour to me. And I asked the man selling this for some sauce and he dipped our order in that silvery dish/tray. It was dirty and other customers were double dipping their food in that and some where coughing and sneezing. Ewwww....

So while we were on foot, we decided to look for possible restaurants and check out their menus that way we would know where to eat for the next couple days while we were in Hong Kong.

This menu looks pretty good and worth trying.

Check out the portion of the menu that I circled in pink, the portion with the barfing icon. Spicy Saliva?! Ummmm sorry, I think I will have to pass. After seeing that, I am so glad to know that there is a Spaghetti House and a Shakey's Pizza just pretty close to where we were staying at. Hehehe.

We were super thirsty but after finding the "spicy saliva" menu the lovey and I decided we would play it safe and search for the nearest 7 Eleven. He seems pretty happy with his asian slurpy. hehehehehe.

We woke up pretty early to catch the ferry to Macau, China.  Well actually, we woke up early in hopes to trying out more street foods, maybe at such a cool, early time in the day the vendors would not be so moody.


 After seeing that photo of the street food vendor above, I can happily say that the lovey and I agreed that we would stay away from street foods. I wondered if the vendor washed her hands and I wondered if this was a normal way to handle food there.

 Pork fillet was actually pretty good. Brought some home for my mom.

 This photo was taken at the Ruins of St. Paul's Cathedral in Macau, China.

We also went to a museum. I forgot the name of the museum though. Boohoo. But I did take a few photos of the neat stuff they had at the museum.

I love the ceiling decorations!

Pretty golden peacock.

 Back in our room in THE VENETIAN, MACAU China

The lovey is soooo happy to finally sit comfortably on his bed. We walked for hours and hours and trust me, my feet was definitely killing me.

So that covers our first night in Hong Kong and our first day in Macau, China. It is 1:44am now and I super sleepy. I'll be sharing with you guys more Hong Kong adventures on my next post.


Oh but before I go, I just wanted to let you guys know that I have a new instagram account. Please follow me and my instagram adventures @iamsupermelski. Also, please send me your instagram names, I would love to check out your instaphotos. =)

XoXo!