I’m sorry you’re not here in Hong Kong with me, I really am. It’s a great place for a food blogger— never-ending cheap, interesting, delicious foods, and so much walking that you are turned into a bottomless pit. No wonder the Hongkies love their food. And no wonder they are all so slender.

I think God showed us that He was with us through the weather. The weather today was kinda horrible: constant, random torrents throughout the day. But somehow, we evaded all the heavy downpours and most of the drizzles. Praise the Lord! But then, how can He deny the prayer requests of His two adorable daughters?

That’s us, in case you needed clarification…

We decided to hit the museums over at Tsim Sha Tsui today, since the museums are free on a Wednesday. But we got lost when we reached the Tsim Sha Tsui station. We spent about an hour wandering around looking for the museums, and asked several people for directions, but most of them just shrugged their problems, said “I don’t know” and walked away muttering under their breath in Cantonese. I’m starting to think that Hongkies are sorta rude!
Still, the streets around Tsim Sha Tsui was interesting. It was a rather different feel from Mong Kok—more modern, cleaner, and hip. It felt a lot like Orchard of Singapore, or even like the Times Square in NYC.
But after an hour, we gave up and hailed a cab to the museum:
We were hungry by then, so we started looking for a place to eat. We spent another 30 minutes wandering around looking for someplace within our budget…All the restaurants in Tsim Sha Tsui is damn expensive!! But we finally came across a familiar chain called Maxim’s MX:
Maxim’s MX is a fast food chain selling local favorite home-style foods. It’s not as cheap as other fast food places, but cheap enough for the both of us. Certainly cheaper than the other high-end restaurants in that city!
It must be popular, because it was really crowded. Or perhaps it’s the free TV stations that attract people!
Ain’t that cool? I wonder what will happen if McDonald’s started having something like this.

I ordered the steamed rice with preserved fish and minced pork (HKD$28):
I’m not sure I should recommend this to the non-Chinese…It’s delicious, but it smells really Chinese, if you know what I mean. As in, the pork smells strongly of pork and tendons and fat, while the fish has a putrid odor. I actually liked it a lot!
The rice is steamed in a special tin with the other ingredients so that the flavor is intensified. I doused some soy sauce over:
The pork is really tender. Juicy, and even slightly sweet:
Jing Wen ordered the egg omelete with sausages, mushrooms and onions on rice (HKD$25):
It wasn’t bad, but I secretly felt like I could make a better omelet. And it badly needed some ketchup.
I did like that it had copious amounts of onions in it:
After that we were all pumped up for the museum!
We hit up the Museum of History:
Which turned out to be…kind of boring. Maybe it was because we were full, and the museum had this peaceful, dark atmosphere that lulled us to a drowsy trance, but I was sleepy!
  We decided to get out of there, and pick up some sweets to perk us up:
 Pudding flavored chocolates. Oh my GAWWWD!!! The BEST shit ever! So luscious, and such an intense caramelized flavor! Look, it is even shaped like a flan!
We got this at a Japanese candy market. Hong Kong seems to have a fetish for Japanese sweets. Well, I don’t blame them…Japanese candies are spectacular, and so fascinating! Check this out:
Maple flavored Pretz! Pretz are little cracker sticks, and this had a subtle maple flavor that made for a lovely sweet and savory snack.

I also bought another version of Pretz:
Honey Pomelo flavor. Citrusy sweet. Awesome. And also a butter-flavored Pretz:
Intense buttery flavor. Yum!

I did not like their iced coffee:
It was like 70% milk and 30% coffee. Basically, I got iced milk with a touch of coffee. Blergh.

We walked around Tsim Sha Tsui for awhile, and then went back to Mong Kok to shop, where I proceeded to throw my cash around with abandon again. There were just too many cool stuff; how could I resist? Check out this cute necklace:
I didn’t get it though. Jing Wen convinced me not to. But I bought two more necklaces, a top, a cardigan, a pair of skinny jeans, and a pair of flats. Tomorrow, I said to myself, tomorrow I start over with a fresh budget. No, really.

After a few hours of shopping, we decided to call it a day. We trudge off with refreshed appetite for food—namely, a fast food restaurant recommended by a fellow Hongkie friend of mine, Freshness Burger:
I have to admit, the main reason I wanted to visit this place was because its hamburger buns are made with pumpkin. Yes, pumpkin!! I told you Asians have a passion for all things pumpkin!
This place looked pretty posh for a fast food chain. They even sold pasta! The price wasn’t all that cheap, either. Even more expensive than Maxim’s. I got the original Freshness burger:
Beef burger, minced meat in tomato sauce, cheese, mayo, and tomato on pumpkin bun.
Wow. Wow! This puts all other fast food restaurants to shame. It was amazing!!! Really really fresh ingredients, home-baked buns, and popping flavor. I even loved the mayo in there…Japanese mayo rocks!
I also love that they serve their burger in little baskets:
  Jing Wen ordered the limited edition vegetarian burger:
Tofu steak, avocado, mayo, and tomato on seeded bun.

On the way home, I picked up even more snacks:
And some more amazing carbilicious stuff for the night:
Green tea cream buns. This was a green tea bun filled with fresh cream and red bean paste. DELICIOUS!!

I also got a steamed green tea “muffin” with whole red beans:
I love this. The best “muffin” I’ve ever had.

And finally, a sugar-crusted green tea and walnut bun:
This wasn’t as good as the above two, because the green tea flavor was too subtle. But still yummy! Can you tell I love green tea flavored stuff?

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3. HK Day One: I Nearly Cried
4. How to Make the Best of Hong Kong
5. HK Day Three: What I Learned About Hongkies

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