videos for day 2

day 2

SO today we went to hang out in the MONG KOK area... went to langham place.... walked aroudn woman's strreet and flower street... Flower street was where it burned down last week :( and it was such an unfortuantely scene... it was probably one of the saddest things i've ever seen :(  anyway, a few pictures and videos of what i did today :)

 $24 HKD!!! it's the only time i will ever love chinese breakfast!!!

 one of the saddest things i've ever seen :(  this is "FA YUEN GUY" aka flower street.... still dont' know the cause of the fire..but it is complete burned down... 9 people died from it :(

 met up with Edwin and Thao and went to Langham mall in Mong Kok.... love it! and this time aroudn they had a hello kitty display!!! so much hello kitty it' was too cute!!!

 this is Ladies street.. for cheap bargains on basically anything and everything!!

 sneaker street... an overwhelming amount of sneaker stores!

CENTRAL!!! super pretty!

 all you can eat sushi .... HONG KONG STYLE... yummy!!

 PARTYING in LKF! $20HKD shots!! woooo!! our night cost us $88 HKD!! which is about .... $12 cad?? (2 disgusitng shots and 1 gigantic pint of carlsberg!)

 OUR NIGHT DIDNT STOP AFTER LKF.. went to 7/11 and picked up som more BEER.. SO CHEAP ($15 for a can.. aka less than $2... and that big tall boy bottle was about .. 17 HKD)?

Took the alcohol to MCD.... and had some MCWINGS!!! AMAZING!!!

Videos so far..

Arrived in HK!!

We made it!! Our flight actually wasn't that bad.. at least to me... We were on a newer plane and had individual tvs!! i watched 4 movies and slept and read a tiny bit...and that was it.. we had a stopover in Neward and got Smashburger for lunch!!!

 So finally, i get to HK, Edwin and Thao had a driver pick them up from the airport, Julian took a cab and i was left alone to subway :(... BUT! super easy and brought back some good memories from my last trip to HK with jeffy last year :)

 So after i got in, we immediately left to go to dinner! We took a cab to this street with a bunch of restaruants..and it was pretty ghetto... but still good! :)

 

 

I'll be uploading videos later!! 

christmas cookies!!

i decided to kill some weekend time by making cookies.. inspired by this:

 

full recipe here

 so i set up my dipping stations.... of red and green crystal sugar sprinkles...

took them out and they looked like this..

i bought some regular vanilla frosting..that was a bit too creamy for my liking :( shouldve read the label and shouldn't have bought the CREAMY frosting.. a bit too liquidy.. but anyway, i bought some peppermint extract and put it in the frosting.. (cookies are chocolate) to make chocolate mint cookies!!

they kind of resemble mini whoopie pies, huh?

 

this one was the most perfect looking one... so of course i had to test them out..

and they were sooo good!!!!!!!!! almost tempted to NOT give them away...............

but working out everyday would probably go down the drain if i did eat them all eh?

Big night for Navantis!

I work for a company called Navantis.. and we won 4 Impact awards last night! Microsoft Impact Awards is like the nerdy and techy version of Oscars or something...

http://www.itbusiness.ca/IT/client/en/CDN/News.asp?id=65180

We won:

1. Microsoft Dynamics CRM Partner of the Year
2. Software Development Partner of the Year
3. Unified Communications Innovation Partner of the Year
4. Microsoft Choice Partner of the Year, voted by Microsoft Employees

Woo!! go Navantis!! *tear* so much company pride it's sickening, huh?

MOar fooooood!!

fish tacos!!!!!

 the fish
1 egg with some soy sauce
italian bread crumbs (with herbs and spices and italian romano cheese)
and the fish is some white fish?? i dont know...haha! some frozen fish...

salsa
tomato
red onion
juice of 1/2 a lime
S+P

cole slaw
shredded cabbage
fresh dill
herb and garlic dressing

whole wheat tortilla
sliced green pepper
siracha hot sauce!

WHAT DO YOU GET? delicious fish tacos!!!!!! i've never made fish tacos before..and i must say, even i impressed myself! :) maybe this will help me pass time in calgary.. just thinking of some amazing foods to cook since i can't really go out to eat like i did in toronto.. looks like my hobby of restaurant hopping will have to be put on hold... until i haz some friends..

... *drools*

counting down...

the days till i go to HK to SOCIALIZE with friends.. :(

as much as i like this.. it's getting lonely!!
i miss my friends! thanks to those that skype with me on a daily/weekly basis :)

Food truck exploration! (Pic heavy!)

 I was on my way to finding Blamwich! Food truck.. but i coudlnt find it and instead, found Perogy Boyz! (they probably beat them to the parking spot!) .. as i walked towards it, i saw the crowd of people! Hooray!!!! I FOUND A TRUCK! Those that don't know.. Toronto has regulations and stuff that don't really allow food trucks :( Shame! Either that or.... I just have been hanging out in all the wrong places!

 So i line up and i'm getting more and more excited!! WHAT DO I ORDER?!?!

 Here's the menu... a bit hard to see but here's a straight copy and paste from their website:

The People’s Perogies 

• Traditional - potato, cottage cheese
• Sauerkraut - potato, onion, sauerkraut
• Mexicali - ground beef, chili aioli, tomato ‘tartar’, green onion, cheddar cheese
• Duck – ground duck, saskatoon berry, chive ponzu
• Carrot Cake – dessert perogy with raisin, carrot, cream cheese, cinnamon-carmel, icing sugar
  
  

Sausages for All

• Kielbasa – traditional pork
• Tijuana Baba - pork, jalapeño, cheddar
• Knackwurst - smoked veal, pork
• Redneck - chicken, smoked chipotle, bourbon
• Cabbage Roll - beef, sauerkraut, rice, marinara sauce
  
  

Baba’s Borscht

beets, cabbage, dill, crème fraiche

 Prices were okay.. about 8 perogies for $7 and a sausage was $4..

 THEN! while waiting for my food, i see ANOTHER food truck pull up right behind Perogy Boyz!!! My head was about to explode here!!

 These guys were called Fiasco! They sell gelato.... and SOUP! crazy combination.. as much as i wanted to try a soup, i didn't have enough cash on me :(

 SO FINALLY! i recieve my food.. and i walk back to my office with it... do i take a sneak peek or do i just open it at the office??  I ended up taking a sneak peek of course....

I got an order of the Traditional perogies which is automatically topped with bacon and caramelized onions... (had no idea..-- not a big fan of bacon for those that don't know..but i won't not eat it.. so i ate it :) ) and an order of the Tijuana Baba sausage! :) served with a side of SPICY (and delicious) mustard, and sour cream!


VERDICT: of course i loved it! I love any food that comes out of a truck!! only because i've never really had anything other than fries and a hot dog from a truck... Toronto.. GET ON THIS!