Man Wah Cafe and Bakery

I guess this must be our last stop of our old-fashioned cafe tour...Man Wah Cafe and Bakery.
Again, I like the decor, and the sign 'No Spitting' ^0^
Oh, the best thing is that you can order a cup of Bovril Tea! Now, that's the sign of an old-fashioned cafe!
The food is average though (I guess that's the reason for finishing the tour!)

Diamond Cafe

We ventured into Choi Hung to visit Diamond Cafe 鑽石冰室, one of the oldest cafes in Hong Kong. The decor of the place has changed for the last 40 years. The food is average, but then we didn't come for the food. The surprise was the raw egg in hot water...haven't seen this drink in ages!

Hong Kong style western restaurant

Mei Yi Lim Restaurant 美而廉餐廳 is a funny old place in Mongkok. The food is really old-fashioned western restaurant, Hong Kong-style. We ordered the sizzling steaks...well, it certainly is sizzling, but we were not quite certain about the meat! But the decor and ambience is perfect!

China Cafe

After a long and uncomfortable winter, Vasco is out for his adventure again! This year Alice is organizing an 'ice-cafe' (冰室) tour. Ice-cafe is a Hong Kong style diner. We decided on ice-cafe to try different old-fashioned Hong Kong 'fastfood'. Many ice cafes are 40+ years old!

First stop: China Cafe in Mongkok. It is tucked away in the middle of the Mongkok wet market. The food is great, Alice had a snow veggie/meat fried noodle (very yummy), PB had French toast, BBQ pork/egg sandwich, and 'Phoenix Egg Custard', KB had fried rice. Alice had to say that the yingyang was not that great.

But the 'Phoenix Egg Custard' was really fun. You take a steaming hot bowl of Bird's Custard, throw in a raw egg, and you have a great bowl of 'Phoenix Egg Custard'! Vasco loves the whole place with the colorful wall tiles! And he could pretend that he was in Johnnie To's PTU.

Sandwich

Vasco found something quite strange today: look at the photo. Three buildings: one Taoist temple, one love hotel, and one Korean Christian church.
This must be the strangest building sandwich!

Vasco and the Giant Scarab

Vasco made a bold move to sit in front of the Giant Scarab in the British Museum. It was a very brief visit of just walking around the ground floor. Alice was carrying a very heavy backpack, so she didn't want to walk at all.

Vasco found some peas

Vasco found some peas on his way to S-Bahn! 2 weeks ago the stripe of side-walk was covered with beautiful white flower. Then Alice discovered some suspicious looking plants, which looked like they were peas. They went out again yesterday morning to prove that those were really peas! A whole block of peas! Those peas are 毛豆 in Shanghainese.