I think one of the coolest things about HK is their Afternoon tea time, or "ha mm cha". It's that very special time in the middle of the day, usually somewhere between 2-5, where food in many restaurants are way cheaper and way less crowds. Since no one really eats between 2-5 they offere a special menu thats cheap and good. HOW PERFECT!
Since it was my cousin's last day of Summer, we went on a spontanious adventure. We walked in an aimless direction in Wan Chai away from the subway station, through a random farmers market, and then we had to decide to turn left or right. For some reason I decided we should go right. GOOD THING WE DID!
A few blocks away we glanced at the menu of this lovely little resturant called La Bons Broasserie French and Italian Fusion Cuisine. Menu title: Tea Time. The prices were suprisingly cheap, and the food sounded interesting. OK lets go in!
Went inside the elevator to go up to the actual resturant. It was kinda spooky since we didn't know what to expect. No one in the hallway when we got off the elevator. WTF? uhh. Walk inside, and was greeted by nice waitresses and brought to a table overlooking the street. And there's a few people inside. OK cool. We look around. What a cute place! French romance music is playing softly in the backgrown. The room is pretty and bright. Oil paitings on the wall, and the atmosphere is very relaxed and chill. The tea time menu which includes an entree and a drink of either italian coffee, milk tea, or iced fruit tea. Guess what I got??
As for food, I ordered linguini with mushrooms, corn, and smoked salmon in fresh tomato sauce. Two of my favorite foods combined (corn and tomatoes). It tasted great! Loved the smoked salmon with the flavorful tomato sauce. Big portions too.
My cousin ordered a vegetarian omelette which came with salad and bread. She said it was good even though it tasted very healthy.
But thats not all! Then after that fantastic meal, we walked along the street and came across this super hipster cupcake bakery called Sift Patisserie. There was a sign that said it was one of HK's must go to places for red velvet cupcake. Thats all I needed to get one. The cake was really moist and good. The frosting was good, but I could make equally as good creme cheese frosting at home (right angela?!! :D). Cute shop with lots of different interesting cupcake flavors though!
Then, a little bit later (not that much later actually hahaha) we stumbled across this:
Turns out, it's frozen yogurt!!! hahaha. Only 2 flavors, original and green tea. Not as many toppings as yogurtland but who cares? It tasted very similar to pinkberry, but maybe a bit less sweet and more tart. First time trying frozen yogurt in HK and was not dissapointed! I love it for both it's yogurt and it's name!
When I asked for sprinkles, they RAINED it with sprinkles.
o well sugar high!
The amount and diversity of pastries you can find in HK is amazingly huge. Even just one bread shop will have over 30 different types of delicious goodies. I want to try them all, and I would if I could!! A few that stood out to me were..
Even cooler: deep dish Egg Tart (Dan Tat). Whoever invented this is a freaken genius. Why can't all egg tarts look and taste like this? Basically, its like 3 egg tarts in 1. The whole filling is egg!! I had to eat it with a spoon. I was so happy :)
Now, time to run and sweat in ridiculous hot weather so I can enjoy more and more jumbo egg tarts.
