Vasco's wacky new friend

Vasco went with Alice to the flea market today on a really hot and sunny day :) ...And Alice brought home a wacky friend!!!!!

Digital Harinezumi 3

Finally!!!!!! Alice got this little digital camera! Now, she is waiting for the sun to come out again tomorrow! It works better in the sun!

Vasco wants to be the first to be photographed!

Regal Princess Ermintrude

Need we say more?

Ermintrude the reader

Ermintrude is a great reader...this is the proof!

Ermintrude in May

Ermintrude the Hedgepig has grown quite a lot in the last couple months...she is now a little monster!

Vasco touring Mongkok

Vasco went to Mongkok today to 'sweep the street'. First stop...Chinese style burger! Then Ireland's Potato french fries with wasabi mayo and cheese and then at the freak boy's request...we queued up for the Taiwanese milk tea...next to the stinky tofu stall!

All in all, it was a good and yummy trip.

Ermintrude little slideshow

Vasco making noodles...

Alice took Vasco to learn to make noodles at the most revered noodle place in Taipei - Du Xiao Yue (度小月). The noodle is amazing! A little bit of minced pork, a little bit of the soup, really chewy noodle and the little shrimp on top. The smell is just heavenly. It was the best bowl of noodle Alice has ever had. Alice now prays that Vasco has learned the secret recipe from this 114-year old shop!

Vasco going for Shanghainese again...

Vasco loves Shanghainese food, if he can choose only one kind of cuisine to eat for the rest of his life, he will definitely choose Shanghainese. He went to Xiao Nan Kuo in Central a couple nights ago and had yummy duck, veggie rolls, tofu with preserved eggs, tofu sheet rolls, really really yummy hairy crab with rice cake.

Vasco went home with a happy tummy!

Ermintrude close up...

Sometime Ermintrude looks like she is staring at you...

Vasco took Ermintrude to park...

Vasco took Ermintrude to the park this afternoon...this is the first time Ermintrude stepped on grass. She didn't seem very surprised...is it her hedgehog instinct? But very clearly she was not particularly thrilled with grasses either...her instinct was going back on the concrete block! Ermintrude is a funny little hedeghog. She ran quite quickly to Alice's shoes...the park is a bit too big for Ermintrude. Vasco was just happy to see her running around a bit...

New Ermintrude videos

Ermintrude the meditating hedgehog...



Ermintrude eating canned cat food...


Ermintrude exercising her motor legs...

Digital Harinezumi 2

OK, this is a bad scan. It's an ad from Wired April issue. The fun part is looking for the hedgehoge (harinezumi).

In the first place, does digitalharinezumi dream?

This is an ad to promote the new digitalharinezumi camera. But when is it coming out?

It's mine!

After peeing on the jacket, Ermintrude happily hid in the fleece pocket. 'It's mine! I can smell myself here.' Vasco has to wash the jacket after Ermintrude got tired of sleeping in the pocket.

Ermintrude's belly...

Ermintrude can be a real fuzz ball sometime. Here she is, exposing her belly, asking Am I Cute?

Vasco playing hide and seek

Vasco loves playing hide and seek with Ermintrude! Sometimes she puts up her little snout and sometimes she hides it. Where are you?

Vasco encountered a concept...

Vasco went to an old cha chaan teng, Mido, today. This is a nice place to visit. The building is old and located next to a temple. The upstair part is really airy with big window. With a curvy corner of the building, one table is really funny and got curvy seats as well. The decor stays in its 50s and 60s style. It is fun to visit. As long as you are not really going for the food.

After tasting the pork chop rice, deep fried wantons in sweet and sour sauce and curry squid rice, Vasco categorized this place as a concept. It is fun to see so many people came to the restaurant for a photo shooting opportunity! Some were armed with professional lens!

Indian again!

The weather has been a bit wet, so Vasco went for his second Indian meal in a week. This time though, he was good and went to Woodlands Indian vegetarian restaurant. This is a legendary place, because everyone has told us that it is a must-visit restaurant, but everyone said the last time they visited was probably 10 years ago! Still, everyone voted this as the best vegetarian Indian restaurant in town.

We ordered the North and South India sets, Kashimiri biryani, and of course, Gulab Jamun. Vasco does like the place a lot, but he still stands by his favorite as Khana Khazana in Wanchai!

Ermintrude running on the wheel

Alice bought Ermintrude a running wheel a week ago, but has never seen Ermintrude running yet. Yesterday, this secret exercising was caught on tape!

Vasco loves Indian cuisine....

Vasco loves Indian food!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was Phil's birthday yesterday and he took Alice and Vasco to Gaylord India Restaurant. There was live music and a glass window to see the naan chefs at work! Vasco loves the place! Alice loves the paisley pattern on all the serving dishes...

Then he had the most succulent Chicken Tikka, honey-flavored Kasmiri naan, to-die-for Lamb Pasanda and dinty Bindhi Masala! He finished with Gulab Jamun and Kulfi as desserts! Vasco's tummy was so happy that it was singing Indian songs all night long!