How much travelling? The bus from our hotel, upon learning that we were going to Gongbei Checkpoint, fetched us to The Venetian, this mega huge casino hotel that just opened in December last year. From there, we took a free ride to the checkpoint (if not, we would have to take a bus from the ferry terminal, which was where the bus was going. Usually people take the ferry over to Hong Kong).
From Gongbei checkpoint, we cross over to Zhuhai, China. We wasted no time in buying bus tickets to take a bus to Shenzhen. The bus trip took us about 2.5 hours. I had much training from my trip to Korea. We sometimes have to spend up to 4 hours in the coach in order to reach our next destination. This was no big deal.
Shenzhen was not our last destination. We walked from Lo Wu (which was where the bus terminus, checkpoint and MTR was)to our hotel. It was supposed to be a 5-minute walk, but it took us much longer than that. We could see the hotel but because of all the barricades on the road dividers, we had to walk longer and farther. The barricades were supposed to stop people from jaywalking, but it defeated the purpose. The Chinese just jumped over the high barricades easily to get over to the other side.
We dumped our luggage at Days Inn Hotel and went for a very late lunch at Laurel restaurant. It was a lunch with no regrets. Introduced my Dad to the bun with milk custard and salted egg yolk filling and he absolutely loved it. There were lots of new Cantonese type of dim sum that pleased him no end.
Once stomach was filled, we took the MTR over to Hong Kong. Why didn't we take the ferry straightaway? We did not want to lug so much luggage in Hong Kong. It was troublesome and while it is the norm to be seen with cabin luggages in China, I personally think it is uncool to do it in Hong Kong. I know, vain.
We arrived at Tsim Sa Tsui East MTR station at about six plus in the evening. I headed straight for Miramar Shopping Centre where Uniqlo is. Bought heaps! You don't know how much, but let's just say that am a very happy person. What's funny is that I thought I saw my former housemate, fat Joe (who happens to be a Hong Konger). I pretended not to see him.
Next, we heade for Wing Wah to buy our beloved prawn roe flavoured noodles (xia zi mian) and abalone flavoured noodles (bao yu mian). It's flavoured because they cook the stuff for a long time and use the reduced sauce to mix into the noodle dough. Wing Wah is actually more famous for its wife biscuits rather than its noodles, but somehow, my cousin discovered their noodles and we have been hooked ever since.
It just so happened that Wing Wah was very near one of the entraces/ exits of the TST MTR. With 3 big bags in each hand, we headed back to Shenzhen.
It was about 9.30pm when we reached back to Lo Wu. The shop where we saw many roast ducks and salt-baked chickens hanging on our way out of Shenzhen, was already cleaning up and closing for the day. We were hungry and Dad refused to eat MacDonald's (as I did not see many eateries around and thus suggested it). As we passed by the Lo Wu Commercial Centre, we saw another shop selling salt-baked chicken. We bought one chicken and a packet of rice and went back to the hotel for dinner. My Dad had earlier on bought small loaf of bread as he didn't want to eat so much rice (diabetic).
It was one of the yummiest dinners that I had. My rice bowl was a teacup. Seemed to make the rice even tastier and chicken eaten with fingers, fabulicious!
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