Yokozuna Hakuho in Macau

I saw Yokozuna Hakuho (白鵬) in Macau! Lucky me!

We were taking pictures at the Macau Senado Square when I saw a big figure in bright blue clothes walking over, and many people were suddenly rushing towards him.

On closer glance, it was Yokozuna Hakuho! The weather was quite chilly but he was only dressed in his yukata. Hakuho was all smiles as we all know him. 

I was lucky to be close by and had a close shot with him (✿◠‿◠)  Thanks Ms K for the great shot!

白鵬関頑張れ! 三月場所もう一度優勝を果たす。

Australian Dairy Co., Hong Kong 澳洲牛奶公司

Australian Dairy Co. has always been on the top few rankings on openrice.com website. Our hotel, being located at Jordan and a 10 minute walking distance from it, we definitely could not miss trying out this widely talked about stall.

As with most hotels in Hong Kong which do not include breakfast, we went there for breakfast, just before catching our ferry to Macau.  

Restaurant was already very crowded by the time we reached around 9+. Luckily we didn't have to wait too long before getting a seat. However, be prepared to share the table with someone else, even if it is just one additional seat.

There was a selection of 3 sets available for different timings of the day. Most of of people who came for breakfast will choose the top set, which consists of toast, eggs, macaroni soup and coffee or tea. Of course you can also order from the ala-carte menu if the set is not to your liking.

First came the macaroni soup. The soup somewhat had a buttery taste to it, but not to heavy and easy to eat. 

Then came the toast with eggs. You can choose from either fried egg (煎蛋) or scrambled egg (炒蛋). The toast was delicious! the surface was lightly toasted while the bread was still soft inside. Butter is spread lightly on the surface which gave the toast an additional fragrance. 

Next came the milk tea. I think they used fresh milk for the tea, as it had a strong flavour of fresh milk. Otherwise, their restaurant would not be called Australian Dairy Co. right? 

The table is actually quite small, not enough to fit all the items which came in the set. 

Restaurant was also very cramp, but for the sake of good food, guests do not seem to mind.  

When you finish your food, the waiter will pass you a slip of paper with the total price, and you would have to bring this paper to the cashier for payment. Our breakfast totaled up to HKD78, based on the HKD26 set we ordered. 

 The cooks were also preparing steamed milk egg pudding (蛋白燉鲜牛奶) which was also one of the popular dessert of the shop.   

The steamed milk egg white pudding is very smooth, but a tad too rich for a whole bowl. 


If you want to have some good breakfast of toast and eggs, Australia Dairy Co. is the shop you must visit. However, be prepared to share your table with someone else, and do bear with the impatient waiters who can't stop to wait for you to decide your orders. 

 

Australian Dairy Co. 澳洲牛奶公司

47 Parkes Street, Jordan, Hong Kong
Nearest MTR: Jordan Exit C2
Open Daily: 730am - 11pm

High Tea at Intercontinental Hong Kong Lobby Lounge

Afternoon high tea is becoming popular nowadays and we definately couldn't miss the highly recommended one at the Intercontinental Hong Kong Lobby Lounge. 

InterContinental Hong Kong is located at the edge of Victoria Harbour in Tsim Sha Tsui, with spectacular panoramic views of the Harbour and Hong Kong Island. 

I just simply love their roses decor at the hotel lobby. 

 The lobby lounge has a high ceiling with fantastic views of the Victoria Harbour.  

Weather was misty so we couldn't see the wonderful views of Hong Kong Island clearly.

The afternoon tea menu consists of 3 different selection of tea sets or you can just order ala-carte tea or coffee.

We ordered the Intercontinental Tea Set for 2, which consists of selection of sandwiches, parisian style pastries, warm scones, devonshire clotted cream and earl grey tea jelly. The set also included 2 drinks from their selection of Mariage Frères tea or coffee.

As we had 3 people and only 2 teas, I ordered the Calendula Beauty (茉莉金盞花) under the Chinese tea selection. Calendula is actually Pot Marigold flower, and the tea is wrapped within shoots of jasmine tea leaves, which gives the tea a pleasing fragrance and flavour of light jasmine tea. 

The hot scones came, wrapped in napkin in a metal flower design container. Nice! 

There was a total of 4 scones - 1 plain, 2 raisins and 1 with some dried fruits. As the scones were served piping hot, we decided to finish the scones before starting on the rest of the stuff. We were actually quite full after finishing the scones.  

There were 3 types of jams served for the scones - earl grey tea jelly, devonshire clotted cream and raspberry jam. 

Next we tried the savoury items - assorted sandwiches. 

There were 4 mini sandwich items served - smoked salmon and prawn bagel, raspberry cream sandwich, egg mayonnaise focaccia and ham & cheese sandwich. 

I liked the smoked salmon & prawn bagel most. The sandwiches were all prepared very meticulously, like the ham & cheese sandwich - the top layer was served as sliced ham, while the middle layer of ham was diced to give a different texture to the bite. 

Finally it was time for the parisian style pastries - the sweet stuff !

There was a variety of 5 sweets altogether - Chocolate raspberry mousse cake, Macaroon sandwich, Coconut mousse cake with raspberry, Pear tart and Lemon cheese cake. 

We were already full to the brim when waitress brought another item to the table - Lychee & rose panecotta. 

There was even a live band playing when we were about to leave, at around 6pm.

Overall, the English high tea was a wonderful experience, the food was very intricate, the waitresses provided excellent service and the lobby lounge had a great ambience with a wonderful view. The portions served was actually quite a lot, even for the 3 of us who didn't have lunch before coming, maybe just right for 4 persons instead. 

Total price came out to be HKD545.60, which is equivalent to approx SGD90 or SGD30 per person, which is totally worth for our afternoon of 3 hours. 

Intercontinental Hong Kong High Tea

 

18 Salisbury Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong

High tea: Daily 3-6pm

Location: Lobby Lounge, Lobby level

Attire: Casual, no sleeveless shirt for gentlemen

Intercontinental Tea Set for 2: 

Weekdays except P.H. - HKD428

Weekends & P.H. - HKD488

plus 10% service charge 

Sidetrack: 

On the way to the toilet, I came across this elegant  calligraphy folding screen.  

Guess where this sofa is located - the toilet! 5 star hotel is really different.