Hong Kong again!

Yes, my 2nd trip this year. This time round me, Dulcy and LayC were there to present our fall winter collections to the HK promoters. Boss, 沈太 and Angie were with us too for this trip. Was dreading this trip since the previous week... hate presentations.... english ones still ok but since I joined 8 years ago, I had only made 1 or 2 presentations in english!!!! Most of the time were in Mandarin lor!!! Speaking in Mandarin is no problem for me but presenting things like Brand philosophy in Mandarin can die! Wahaha.... Good thing for me that my Cantonese is not as good as it is... if not I probably have to give a full presentation in Cantonese lor!

So, last wednesday, prior to flying, Boss told us about the expensive dinner he had booked for dinner that night. At a chinese restaurant called Xin Tong Le (新同乐) at Happy Valley. When Mr. Sim told me the price per person, I nearly fainted! It's HK$2000 (S$400) per pax!!! Wah lau eh!!!! Very ex! My mum said that she had never ate such an expensive meal in her whole life before... So haven't I!!! Hahaha.... it was my 1st most expensive meal in my life!

Thank you Boss! Huhu...

My boss is a very generous person, always treating us to sumptuous meals! If I hadn't join SCH, I doubt I will have any chance to eat all the hor liao!

Hey LayC, what are you writing on the MTR???

It's actually a Motorola HP ad!
cute idea!

Dinner at Xin Tong Le

Nice napkin display!
The waitress told us that the chopsticks used in the restaurant are
at least 40 years old!!!
No wonder the bottom part of the chopsticks are a darker colour!
Yucks! I like vintage but not this kind lah!
I like the floral wallpaper at the back.

We had the whole of 2nd floor to ourselves!

Double-boiled Sharksfin?
The chicken stock soup base is rather thick and salty.

Must be at least double-boiled.

XO sauce looks real good right?!?!
Crystal prawn!
It has many properties that are good for diseases like Parkinson's disease
and also anti-aging etc. etc.
There is a write-up on this type of prawns too!
Telling us all the benefits for consuming this crystal prawn.
Prawn fritter.

Deliciously crispy!

Here's another Star of the menu -
"14-head" abalone!!!!
My 1st time devouring such an expensive abalone!
I was enjoying every bite of it!
Abalones are my favourite! Wahaha!

Scallops!!!
Big whole scallops cooked to perfection!!!
Pork Rib with Chai po!
Very fragrant~!
The skin of this chicken is so crispy and the meat is so tender!
There wasn't any "chicken smell" to it.
The waitress was so proud that chicken in HK are not frozen,she was so proud that she said she has been to Singapore and she nearly puke after eating our frozen chicken.
Such arrogance ar!
荷叶饭

Was really, really full when this lotus leaf rice came.
Managed to eat some and I couldn't stop after that!
The rice was so delicious! Every grain is so flavourful!

The award-winning dessert!
It's warm water-chestnut cake (马蹄糕)
sandwiched between pastries shells.

It's the best chinese pastry I have ever eaten!!!! Behold!
The finalé!
Bird nest in Almond cream!
Look! How fine it is!
The whole bowl is filled with so much bird nest!
More then what I usually eat in a year!
After the finalé, my stomach almost burst lor!
I had to hold my stomach and walk! So afraid that when I let go,
my whole stomach will fall to the floor!
Wahahaha!
Back at the new Novotel hotel at Nathan Road!
Loving the wall mural on the 6th floor lift lobby! LayC!
The new contemporary feel of the rooms are very comforting!
Lipstick-like containers that are so so modern!
Amazingly, I didn't take any of these home despite the lovely shape!
Near the shower!
Like the bathroom and mosaic tiles!
2 different types of pillows for us to choose from!
Honestly, feather pillows are just tooooooo soft lah!
LayC and I bought the same stuffs!
The collagen are so cheap!!!
2 for HK$389 - $60+, $30+ for one!!!
I saved more then $20 for 1 can!
Too bad I don't have more cash to spare if not I would have bought 2 more!
Lunch the next day!
Very famous char siew and roast goose at Tsuen Wan!
Boss found this shop by accident and is actually a very famous roast shop!
See how fat the Roast pork is!

♥Mini celebration at Hui Lau Shan!♥

It's my 8th year anniversary at SCH(18th Sept)!

I made Angie treat me at Hui Lau Shan but in the end she had to treat
Dulcy and LayC as well! Hahaha....
Angie and her Gui Ling Gao!
Always eat the same! Boring lei!
LayC's having a mango and jello drink!
Dulcy ordered a papaya and hashima dessert!
She took a few sips of the Hashima and complained that it tasted wierd

so when she took a bite at the papaya, it was sour!
I tried a tiny bite and it was indeed spoilt! Yucks!

A must-eat!
Mango mochi!
My 芒果神冰! ♥
Mango ice-cream, mango pudding, mango puree and mango bits!
SO SO MANGO!!!
Wahaha!

Me look so tired after 1 long day!
My hair is so messsssy too!

Day 3 - 2nd presentation and going back SG in the evening!

The red, red lantern at 糖朝!
Good thing that we were at the private rooms on level 2!
The lunch crowd are killing us with the noise they were creating!
The classic paper placemat!
Eventhough they had moved and renovated,
the paper is still the same!
Bird nest on the egg tarts!☻
Traditional 杨枝甘露!
Ok only lei... quite disappointing :(

So here you have it... my HK trip... 3 things I did - Eat, presentation and shopping in H&M. Didn't even go to Mongkok this time.... No cheap bags to buy.... Sian... Hahaha... anyway I was broke too!!!! Good thing I managed to sneak an uncensored version of Lust, Caution back... huhu... or am I not supposed to say this??? Oops!