行山 - 19/Oct/2008 秋遊大潭登龍脊 w 蝴蝶之友

行山 - 19/Oct/2008 秋遊大潭登龍脊 w 蝴蝶之友

This week, i have join another new hiking group, 蝴蝶之友.

The tour info as follow :
「秋遊大潭登龍脊」
10月19日(星期日)晨 9時15分西灣河地鐵站A出口集合，
乘14號巴士過大潭篤水塘大壩起步。訪大潭篤享寧靜海岸、仰望大壩雄姿。 繼沿山徑接港島徑第七段至土地灣大休，午後緩登石階上石澳道、登龍脊俯瞰大浪灣、石澳及大潭灣一帶美景。 賞景後沿郊遊徑至大潭懲教所或原路返石澳道乘車賦歸。 步程約4-5小時，交通糧水自理。

I arrived 西灣河 about 9:10am, there are around 30 more people already there. Then one of the group leader give me a 貼紙 with their name, which i didn't get from other group before.

They also give us 2 very pretty butterfly 扣針 as gift, whcih is hand made by one of the leader wife, as today is their 5 years celebration day !

The bus stop is just next to the mtr station, we take on the bus 14 around 9:30am. We get off at a station just next to the 大潭篤水塘.

As some of the member are later, we need to wait about 20 minutes more, then we start to walk down and get to a nice place to take a group photo.

We continue to walk to the main gate of 大潭篤水塘

The gate is pretty, and a number of people taking wedding photo.

We stop a while take some photo , then we start to walk around the 水塘 through a long 引水道,  港島徑第七段.

It take around 2 more hour to walk, the road is very easy , no up and down, which i like most !

After a long 2 hours walk, we finally to our lunch place, 土地灣.

土地灣 got a small beach, which is very clean. It have a 士多 there ,which have fired rice and noddle to order ($20 each). It is seldomly I can get to a place which have lunch to order when hiking.

The beach end also is a hobie club. Many 風帆and 獨木舟 stop at there.

After a long break , 1 1/2 hours. we start to walk up a stair  with 750 more steps  to 石澳道.

At the end of stair, it immediately have a no.9 bus stop. One of out member as discomfort, need to call fireman for help to take her up.

Then a part of the member continue to walk up 龍脊, which  is a very good location to俯瞰大浪灣、石澳及大潭灣一帶美景 !

However, i think it's enough for me today. So i stop here and take the bus back to the city, which finish my trip today.

Comment:

The trip is very comfort, the road is safe and very easy to walk, and u can enjoy the pretty of sea  along the trip. If those just want some general walk for 3 hours more. This site is very suitable  ! U even no need to take any food as lunch and can swim there !

Reference  :  http://www.hkwalkers.net/longtrail/chi/hktrail/hktrail_07.htm

[食記] 12/OCT/2008 峇里餐廳

[食記] 12/oct/2008 峇里餐廳

We 2 person just try this old restaurant last night . 
It give me a not so good impression : 一粒老鼠屎弄污了那本是美的粥!

Don't worry , i am NOT talking this restaurant have mouse shit find at food.

The mouse shit is meaning one of the waiter !

* He is  who i called 老鼠屎

The old 印尼 restaurant is located at a place not too open, but if u find it at map before, I sure u can find it easily.

The outlook of this restaurant is not very nice, like those of the 20 years old shop! I already tell my girl friend before we get the location, but she still think for a while whether we should go in at the shop front door.

Actually, i don't think it is too ugly, just it using a soft and relatively dim nighting, so making the shop get a romatic feel, or say old !  But I sure it didn't give u dirty feel when u sit down !

The restaurant got many table, so u didn't fear of no choice . And it get many sofa 2-4 person seat, which is my most favour.  The sofa can say is comfortable, and clear, no any broken found on it at all.

Then we start to look at the menu to see what we going to eat !

It got many type of food, and got some set dinner ( which i think is more suitable if u just got 1-2 people ). After few minutes, let's order ! And  老鼠屎 story happen :

The restaurant is just get few waiter, i think is total 4 : the boss, boss wife, 2 other waiter.

While we are ask to order, the boss wife is not here, the boss sit at the front desk, so the actually working force is the 2 waiter only.

I firstly wave by hand, for 2-3 minutes, no response. Then rise up my 2 hands, wait , shake both, wait, speak up for " i need order"....no people response me over 10 minutes.....then i stand up, walk to one of the waiter, 老鼠屎, talk to him " i need order, please come to my desk as soon". He say ok..then 3 minutes later, still no one come...

I start to angry...why i need to wait to order need over 15 minutes and no one repsonse ? And i am not sit at secret corner at all ! I then stand up, search for one of them and see 老鼠屎.

Then i look at him (i sure he see me ), and say "order " with hand signal... I see him knock his head..and turn back....i still not sit down, wait is he go to my desk, but i see him didn''t !

Then  i really angry ! What's the fuxking up ! I am not playing hide and seek !!!
I turn, and walk before him, and speak to him "i need to order immediately" with angry tone . Then he follow me to table to order.....

What we order is simple , as my girl friend didn't eat much :
黃薑飯, 牛油雞翼, and 小窩米線....however he say no 小窩米線....as she not eat rice ..i ask 老鼠屎 what the similar like....he say got 米線 but is $30 !...and my girl friend say no.....

so at last what we order is just 黃薑飯 and 牛油雞翼 only ...i am really angry..and plan to eat other after this dinner.....what a bad service !

I see the table next to us also ask 老鼠屎 to packup the food....And result...they wait 10 minutes still nothing happen law !

We wait about 10 minutes, the 黃薑飯 come.

黃薑飯  ($58) Comment:
1) The rice is more "yellow oil" then the shop at kwun tong one. I like it.
2) The meat seems is less than kwun tong. Taste both is good
3) The 巴東牛肉 , really is excellent !! very soft and good taste .However, just got 2 small piece !

Then wait more then 20 minutes, next disk come , 牛油雞翼.

It got 6 piece, size is large. However,  i think just look at the photo , seems is not like the 牛油雞翼 at all...i think is more like Switzerland chicken wing 瑞士雞翼 

牛油雞翼 ($58) comment :
1) must eat when it is hot !
2) not like 牛油雞翼 as not the 翠cover skin look
3) the sauce is sweet, and also the wing suface is sweet...i think is add some honey like what we do at BBQ !
4) overall i love the taste, but my gf say too sweet at all...

After we finish up, we sit a while, the boss wife come back and the boss help to service people. We ask him to give us water, not tea and he do it immediately and smile with us.

And i take some 印尼 candy fome the front desk when we left.

Overall Comment:

1) It is clean, not dirt as it's outlook
2) The food is ok, but size is not very large
3) Price can't say be cheap for that setting. But is not expensive !
4) Please sit at the side near the front desk, so the boss or the other waiter can help u, not the  老鼠屎 !
5) If just got 2 people , better order some set dinner, so u can taste more.

Shop info:

峇里餐廳 Bali Restaurant

佐敦南京街

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PS: just learn a programe called neo-image ....i think many people know it..it can help u make up your photo easily ! This 2 show some old effect to match this old shop ...haha : )

[食記] 05/Oct/2008 荃灣金滿家 : 日本任食

[食記] 05/Oct/2008  荃灣金滿家 : 日本任食

It's over half year didn't try any japanese buffet at all.

Today, is our secondary school schoolmate grouping (we didn't see each other over 2 years ). Location is set to Tsuen wan.

Firstly, we plan to eat some hotpot buffet, as one of us ask to eat hotpot everytime no matter the season. ( I think he love it very much). But last week, i walk through tsuen wan, see this small restaurant with an attractive price, $108/ person (with 10% plus). So i suugest to change our default this year

Today is very heavy rain  all the day. I go to the restaurant at 7:45pm to have a look first (as i try it over a years before ). Happily find that the restaurant is full of people, while the other shops nearby are not crowded at all ( as today too havey rain, not much people come out, otherwise the shop in that street are usual full of people)

The boss say at weekdays, the buffet offer is seperate in 2 period. 6:30pm -8:30, 8:30 to 10:30.

At 8:25, i went into the shop front door. Firstly no waiter answer me till 1-2 minutes later a waitress ask me do what ? I say i book the time 8:30pm buffet, and ask can i sit down first ? Then she arrange me a table at about 5 minutes later.

The food is similar to other japanese buffet, but seems with less 燒物 can order (eg. without 一口牛)

Then i start to order Sashimi 刺身 and 炸蝦.

No more photo can show on blog as other all with people face : )

Finally we finished our dinner at 10:30pm, with $120  per person

Comment :

1) This restaurant is small shop, about 40 seat , 10 table around. No pretty dressing at all. But is clean, not dirty.

2) As i love 刺身 very much, (i can eat over 1 kg of salmon myslef : ) , so if the salmon 刺身 is good. I say the shop is good. For This restaurant, I give it over 90 mark for 刺身  ! As u see the photo, the salmon thickness and size is above average, and it is fresh, plus no missing order. So i say it is good !

My friend also say the 刺身 is good in size and freshness.

3) Missing food is common problem at this kind of buffet. However, missing is not much happen today ( even i at lease order 刺身 4-5 times , i think i eat over 40 pieces myself today...) 

4) The taste of other food is average only, not special at all...and the kind of food can choose is not very much....some is provided at wong po shop but not at tsuen wan here.

5) The service is ok.

6) if add $10, can have unlimit drink of soft drink and bear ( but we save the $10 to eat 許流山 after the dinner..i don't think why my friend have so much space to eat after the buffet.)

My Marking : for $120/person (included 10% s.c) eat 2 hours, with such quality,  i can give it over 8.5/10 !

If u like 刺身 at buffet, this restaurant suit u much (but of course is saying $120 quality, not the $few hundreds japanese food quality) . But if your main choice is to eat other hot disk, the taste and choice of food provided by this restaurant may not be yours, as all is average only.

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Shop info :

金滿家

地址 :

荃灣大壩街

 

行山 - 01/Oct/2008 國慶東龍島遊 (3)

..continue

After a long walk down, about 1 hour, we finally can rest.

*sorry , out focus !

 

As hurry for the ferry at 4:30 , we need to start to walk to pier again.

There is 3 pier , however our ship is only stay at the far away pier, which need a half hour walk again.

Along the road, it got some shop can have noodle and drink to order ( coke HK$8 noodle package around 30. But if u wait 30 seconds, walk to the smaller shop next to it , coke is 7 only..haha...)

 

Finally , on boat ! 

As i am late to join, they didn't have seat for me to have dinner (which is $70 per people..is ok cheap wo...as u know at 鯉魚門..so expensive....

But dinner start at 5:30 pm...so early...otherwise will not give u so a low price at all . Wish they have a nice dinner !

Comment about the trip

The island is not large, but still give u a lot to walk...

If u not want to walk so long, just walk to the 石刻, then back. And through another road (about half hour) to the camping site directly, which u can eat at the small shop, or bring some food to eat at camp site, which is good view at all !

And at the return way, as too many complaint by those women, some pretty 義工 cry out ......hope the 義工 forgive the women  as they will not join agian ! U too already do a very best ! Thank you