knods in agreement with Curripuff. hahaha the steamed milk is YUMMY. there is an awesome shop down in Causeway Bay (near times square...so its easy to find), its called "Yik Sun" in cantonese. Next to that shop they sell some of the "guai ling gou" (turtle gel). You'll see a huge golden pot thingy and bowls of black stuff at the door. Easy to find. Another yummy dessert is cold tofu with brown sugar. (you can also get it hot) Its called "Tou foo faa" in cantonese.

I strongly suggest trying some of the local pastries/breads. Especially the pineapple buns and egg tarts. Those go great with a cuppa nice hot milk tea HK style!! Cheap yet yumm to the max. Fish ball noodles/bee hoon is good too. Tsui Wah on Wellington street, Central is a good place to try all these things.

Looking forward to watching the NZ episode tonight!!

I don't know whether it's been posted yet, but if you really want to blend in with the locals, a huge activity they enjoy here is karaoke. you'll see them everywhere, but there's a great concentration of them around causeway bay and wan chai, around the bar areas. i think you guys would have great fun belting it out.

also, for a quiet little (and relatively inexpensive) indie experience of Hong Kong, just sitting by and watching the world go by underneath you and watching the locals, it's great to go to the 'Cat Cafe' in causeway bay. a lot of the younger crowd go there and hang out, sell their creations or second hand goods, and there are jazz nights on wednesdays. and, there are about twelve cats taken in from the spca that roam free in the cafe! they're sweet though, so i hope you don't conjure up images of cats running free and terrorising the patrons.

it's a really great scene, but my memory doesn't serve me at this moment to remember which street it's on. but if you want an international guide to this international city, i'm more than happy to show you guys these places and discuss hong kong (it's a complex place), and show you the underbelly of what's moving on the surface. (i.e. where the cultural trends start on hong kong street fashion, the side streets and things normal tourists usually miss)

oh! and if you're here on a sunday, do make a trip to central and see the huge picnics and gatherings of the foreign helpers in parks and even out on the streets. you can't miss them. it's worthwhile going to talk to them and learning about their experiences here. culturally speaking, it's a great way to get invaluable insight into hong kong.

all in all, you guys are great and i love the show. you can contact me at chrissichung@gmail.com if you want to know more, since well, this is certainly not all there is to offer!

Have a great time here and I hope you guys will love it as I do!

for Tiff:
as you're a nature lover, do check out the newly opened MAI PO WETLANDS.
http://www.wwf.org.hk/eng/maipo/index.html

They recently opened it again with a new design. Not sure how to get there...but I think you could find out at your hostel.

Hope you're enjoying singapore!!
Cheers,
Bev.