Posted 11 months, 1 week ago at 11:22 pm. 0 comments
The Macau photos are up and this is the last batch of photos from my June vacation. Macau, for the most part, was same as what it was 3.5 years ago. I took photos of all the same old colonial landmarks and had some delicious authentic cuisine with my dad.
What makes it the “New Vegas” are all the cheapified Vegas hotel imitations. It is like a fake Louis Vuitton handbag, except you don’t need to look too close to find the difference. The disappointment started before I disembarked at the ferry terminal. Everything was tacky, shiny, golden and cheapo-looking. Most of the hotels suffered from the same problem: the owner and constructors cheaped out and bought the worst gold paint and decor.
That said, I think Macau is worth going. I mean, I would like to visit the fake Disneyland in China, too, just for giggles.
Posted 1 year ago at 12:43 am. 2 comments
I have started uploading photos from my last trip again. If you are subscribed to my feed, you probably have seen some delicious buffet photos from Hong Kong, and some flowery macro shots from Kawaguchi-ko, Japan.
My feed only shows the 10 most recent flickr uploads. Maybe I will upload 10 photos a day until I am done.
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago at 6:59 pm. 1 comment
Now for something less fatty.
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago at 10:49 pm. 1 comment
During my short visit to Hong Kong, I got to go to the Bird Garden with my parents and Chicken the Parrot. Chicken kicked so many bird butts. Go check out the album on flickr.
Posted 2 years, 11 months ago at 1:35 pm. 2 comments
ToDai: Japanese Sushi and Seafood Buffet (website)
The formula for a good buffet is max(food variety) + max(food quality) + min(cost).
I went to ToDai once last year with my cousins, and it was good enough to make me go back again with my mom. It was fully booked every single day, and only for those who made reservations ahead of time were allowed to queue up in the very long line.
Since it did not take place in a splendid hotel restaurant, there was no chef slicing sashimi, roast beef, or opening raw oysters. Even so, there was one cutting mid-quality lamb leg, one making pancake, one making temaki zushi (hand roll sushi), so it was still fun. Food quality was not bad, not hotel-class either, but it cost less than $20 CAD for lunch, what more could I expect.
I was very pleased with their dessert section. There were many different kinds of cheesecake, six flavors of ice-cream, salad, pudding, chocolate moose, make-as-you-order pancake, and lots of many other delicate confectioneries.
Overall, I would recommend it because it does not hurt your wallet and the food variety is unbeatable. Last time I checked their website, Vancouver was listed under “Opening soon”. Well, not anymore. :downer_ee:
The End Punch
About 13 people were hospitalized after eating at this restaurant in the same week I went. :sick_ee:The place got shut down immediately on the weekend. Hong Kong is so troubled by imported seafood at the moment.
