Discovery Bay

Discovery Bay is the American suburb of Hong Kong. Practically isolated from the city, it's filled up with expatriates with children who like to live away from the city buzz. It's located half an hour by ferry from Central, in Lantau Island. J and I are planning on moving to a bigger place after our wedding, so we're now enjoying visiting all the residential areas in Hong Kong we'd consider living in. Our current apartment has two bedrooms but we turned one of them into our dressing room so there is no space for a baby... Anyway, I didn't like Discovery Bay at all, it's so inconvenient! I guess this is what a suburbia is like after all, and it is not for me. You can only get to Discovery Bay by ferry or bus, no cars are allowed! Crazy @@ I can't imagine living there regardless of their beautiful beach. Besides, I got 40 mosquito bites, OMG! I don't think you'll be seeing me around there anytime soon!

Have a lovely week and remember that I'll be launching my new online store this Thursday! Stay tunned! {Dress and earrings available on my store on Thur!}

Brick Lane: Probably the best eggs benedict in Hong Kong

So as I mentioned previously on my review on 18 grams, I've always loved the eggs benedict from Brick Lane, and I seriously couldn't decide whether 18 grams or Brick Lane should get the highest rating! I think both are simply the best in Hong Kong. At Brick Lane, I like the fact that you can choose what to have your eggs benedict with: salmon, bacon or something else. Of course I always go for salmon!

There's two Brick Lane branches, one right next to the other! I've always been to Brick Lane Gallery because it's bigger. I think some people don't know it exists and they queue like crazy for the small Brick Lane restaurant... So beware! If there's people lining up at the small Brick Lane on 2 Blenheim Avenue, TST, just walk 50 meters to 17-23 Minden Avenue for Brick Lane Gallery!

Visited on: May 11, 2013
Overall Quality: 5* for the eggs benedict!
Price: $80 for the eggs benedict + $25 for a caffe latte + 10% service charge
Value for Money: 5*
Would I recommend it? Yes, these eggs benedict are a must try, yummy!

Surprise!

Wedding Wednesday: Bachelorette! (I/II)

Finally! I have all the pics from the utterly amazing bachelorette party my girlfriends prepared for me on April 13th in Barcelona! I was waiting for the photographer to send me the much awaited pics, and here they finally are!

Everything started on April 12 when Jamie and Soraya came to my home from Oxford and Madrid respectively to be able to attend my bridal shower on the 13th. Words cannot describe how thankful I am to each and every girl who made it to my day, specially those coming from really far away just for the occasion, like Soraya and Jamie, Eva from Andorra, Mireia from Mallorca and Marta from San Sebastian. Thanks to each and everyone of you for an amazing weekend! 

On Saturday the 13th of April, the girls came to my home to pick me up around noon. The first thing I had to do was putting a pseudo-veil on my head... Just so that everyone was clear that this was a bachelorette party and I was the bride-to-be >.<'

Our first stop was at restaurant Murmuri, where the girls had booked a big table for lunch. When lunch was almost over, an amazing surprise arrived: THE PHOTOGRAPHER!!! These girls really know me well! They hired a photographer so that she could follow us around for the whole day paparazzi style :D At the end of the day she had taken 2,000 pictures!!! Jesus!

After lunch we had coffees on the sofas of the restaurant, and then headed to my next surprise, which I shall be introducing to you next Wednesday! You probably already know what it is though, because there were several sneak-peeks on my instagram!

Obviously Jamie didn't get the Spanish of look at the hands hehe

I hope you're enjoying reading about my bridal shower so far. I LOVED IT!

Best Ramen in Hong Kong : Butao Ramen

On Saturday, not only did I go for yummmy Japanese dessert, I also discovered my new favorite ramen in Hong Kong at Butao! Butao's menu is limited to 4 kinds of ramen, and that's all they serve all day long to the people who queue patiently for it.

I had been to Butao once before and ordered their original Butao King, which was good but nothing special. But then this time I went for Green King ramen, {East meets West}, with olive oil, fresh basil leaves, and parmesan cheese. Basically, a pesto ramen! And everyone should know pesto is my favorite sauce ever! So you can imagine when I tried Butao's Green King Ramen, I almost reached nirvana :D

Green King

Butao King

Butao is one of the most famous ramen restaurants in Hong Kong, and lining up is always a must, at least on weekends and on any day for lunch and dinner! Never mind the queue, Butao is a MUST TRY!

Butao has three branches, in Central, Causeway Bay and Tsim Sha Tsui. I've been to the latter ones, and this review is from the TST branch!

Visited on: May 11, 2013

Overall Quality: 4.5*

Price: HK$170 for the two ramen above

Value for Money: 5*

Would I recommend it? Yes, you should go at least twice, so that you can try their renowned Butao King and my absolute fave Green King!

宏 Japanese Noodle and Dessert

I love weekends, and I love them even more when there's something green tea in them. And guess what, today we've had an amazing Matcha parfait with the best green tea ice cream I've ever had! It was at 宏 Japanese Noodle and Dessert, a relatively new Japanese restaurant in Jordan, serving yummy Japanese desserts! They use Milk Top's home made ice creams, and they are to die for!!! We had a Matcha parfait {HK$78} and a Matcha ice cream with cookie {HK$39}. Simply delicious!

Then we went to K11 to take some pics at their current exhibition inspired by the Wizard of Oz, one of my favorite tales!

This post was more about green tea than chocolate, but still, WHO DOESN'T LIKE CHOCOLATE? Seriously, I can't think of anyone! :D

宏 Japanese Noodle and Dessert

G/F, 15 Parkes Street, Jordan

Hong Kong

Visited on: May 11, 2013

Overall Quality: 4.5*

Price: HK$117 for the two desserts above

Value for Money: 4.5*

Would I recommend it? It's a pricey place, but sooo worth it if you like green tea as much as I do!

I was wearing: Top from H&M; Skirt from Maje; Stockings from Forever 21; Shoes from Daphne; Bag from MiuMiu.