Cosmopolitan food and escalator city, but a weekend is incomplete without dim sum

Hi again, I'm going to try to shorten my blogs to keep your (and my) interest!

The rain continues...but there was a short few hours of relief late Saturday night. I met up with Nancy at the Staunton Street 'exit' of the Central-Mid Levels escalator. Did you know this escalator system was only constructed in 1993?  Its almost a kilometer high, and makes the mid-levels/SOHO area much more accessible for the foreigners and locals alike.  I elected to walk up from Queens Road Central 'next' to the escalator... may as well try to get in some exercise. It surely is HUMID here though!

Anyway, Nancy and I caught up on EVERYTHING ... its nearly two years since we met up, perhaps in Toronto or New York, we can't even recall.  In SOHO (south of hollywood st), there are fabulous cosmopolitan food choices, from Italian to Argentine to Pub and of course, Japanese food. I tried new and interesting dishes like beef tongue and loved it!  The atmosphere was as "Western" as U.S. or Canada, with diverse wait staff and patrons.  After dinner, we headed to Lan Kwai Fong area for a drink at a lounge on Wyndham. Good vibe, music and atmosphere... Central area places play modern beats with a mixed crowd -- very unlike Sheung Wan or Mongkok, which is much more local. Its less than 15 mins walk from my home. We left around 1am just as the street was filling up!  I look forward to more good times with Nancy in Hong Kong...and later nights ;)

But despite all the food and escalator options, a weekend in Hong Kong is incomplete without dim sum. I headed out to Po Lam (far east MTR stop) to have regular dim sum with my dad's cousins and auntie. The shopping complex is HUGE, and a boy band was performing in the mall. Thousands of teenage girls were screaming, and there was a 50 person deep queue for the dim sum restaurant once we finished lunch!!  I quickly realised it was because the 2pm menu is 30% discount (the food was fabulous, but that's not the only motivation to head to dim sum...).  We then headed to McCafe for a cappuccino and chat, then I am now at home.  I hate my laundry room as the machines are really small.  Debating to just drop off loads down the street - probably washed better, folded and quite affordable.  We'll see!

Enjoy your Sunday everyone!