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Day 16 Evening - Ging Bao |
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Wednesday, 20 September 2006 |
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This evening we went out for Vietnamese food in a local Vietnamese restaurant in Central. We walked down to the restaurant via the steps next to the mid-levels escalator and when we arrived the restaurant was quite full but we got a table in the window. For food we had some cold vermicelli rice noodles with prawns and also some with beef. These are served with fried garlic and also some vegetables shredded, and then fish sauce poured over. Following this we had some beef served with peanut sauce which was wrapped in lettuce leaves and some meats wrapped up in thin pancakes that are also served with peanuts. The food was very nice, but by now I was quite full after another heavy day of eating! After the meal, myself and Clara went out for a drink with Bonnie and Jean who we had eaten Singapore food with last week. We went out to a bar in Lan Kwai Fong which was situated on a balcony covered with shades and with air conditioning. The bar was quite strange with cushions on the seats and a strange female manager who inisted on coming to speak to people (and only annoying them I think). Jean and Bonnie had only just finished work so they were ordering some food and trying to get myself and Clara to eat some more! I tried a bit of fried Puffer Fish, which was quite nice and tasted a little like fish and a bit like meat. After a couple of drinks we went to another small Chinese cafe where they could eat dessert. I had a milkshake and everyone else had different Chinese desserts and by the end I was so full it was uncomfortable (hence Ging Bao which means Super Full!). After the drinks we came home via the mid-levels escalator and went to bed, very full! Tomorrow I am going to the Hong Kong Museum with Andrew, while Clara is going for a haircut and also to pick up her ID card from the immigration office...
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