HK: from Tai Po to Craftsteak

we stayed for 2 nights in the Sheung Wan district (never again in that hotel!)

it's near Causeway Bay but far from the other places especially the Tai Po market 

where Anthony Bourdain tasted the best roasted goose! he's right!

but it's a restaurant that took us 3 transfers to get to so we decided it was worth the visit

but not a second time. unlike this sushi place where we ate twice during our stay in HK.

our number was 336 but we still waited :)

after eating, more walking. 

street food vendors

 the next day, we saw this guy drying the mushrooms
beside the road while waiting for a taxi. 

Sheung Wan is surely the mushroom district
and Shark's fin too!
 we saw them being sold at every shop there! que horror!

finally, we arrived at Craftsteak for lunch.
this is the bone marrow that Erik ordered. it was just an appetizer!
he ate 3/4 of it by himself. tsk tsk...

this is the half Caesar salad. i don't recommend it. 

lacks the sour taste of Caesar dressing. it's quite sweet actually 

(maybe it's the bacon which was not salty)

but this one's really good: 

Italian Burratta Cheese with Marinated Tomatoes and Aged Balsamic

we also ordered the USDA Ribeye.

erik didn't like the spices on top. he wants his steak with salt and pepper only. 

but i liked this because it's tasty.

ribeye good for 2

Craftsteak is located at Elgin Street in Soho. got this reco from chuvaness.com :)

afterwards, with our luggages one of the Pinoy staff got us a cab then we went straight to the airport. 

so long, Hongkong...

HK: from the airport to second hotel :)

we were at the new airport at 6am straight from Erik's shoot.

we arrived at Hotel Panorama at around 1pm. 

room wasn't available so i joined them for dimsum lunch.

afterwards we slept for 2 hours then we were ready for 

the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert at Asia-World Expo!

this was the dinner we bought: 2 Carlsbergs, 

1 hotdog sandwich with beans on top (yummy),

Coke and a Mars bar in my bag.

the venue was full-packed.  

well, almost.

pinoys were everywhere! we were so happy when Anthony Kiedis 

specifically greeted the pinoys in the crowd!

(From L-R: Lyle, Borgy, Karla, myself, Erik, JA)

here's one song i recorded: Californication :)

after the concert, the pinoys all went to Lang Kwai Fong to party. 

we were too tired and wanted to just eat 

so we headed to Temple Street afterwards. 

i was so sleepy that i didn't get to take pictures.

next day was spent walking around in Causeway Bay 

and shopping for blu-ray, as always.

at night we ate at the Macau restaurant.  nice lamp!

we walked around the area near our hotel until we got tired.

next day, it was time to check out and transfer to our new hotel. 

this was the view from Hotel Panorama...

and this one's the view from Hotel De Edge. nice right?

but the catch is, it's quite far from the center :(

to be continued...