5 Days in Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Cantonese Food Tour, Exploring the Island & Munching Pineapple Buns!

So we've been in Hong Kong for six days. We were trying to figure out why did we choose Hong Kong and I don't remember. I think maybe we watched a YouTube video, possibly do video and we were like okay well we want to go to China but maybe we're not ready for mainland China and this is my second time in Asia. It's Braxi's first time so I was like maybe not for your first time we shouldn't go to mainland China because there's just a lot of stuff they have to prepare for that trip you know like app wise, tech wise. Money-wise, all of that. So, we said Hong Kong is a good place to start. It's like an international city. After our week here, we're going to another country. We're staying there for a lot longer. We plan to work here. We both have remote jobs, so we're working mostly in the next country. Yesterday was a bit of a write-off. I mean, we tried our best, but we got in at like 10 o'clock, 9 o'clock, and rode the airport express here. Went straight to the hotel, and we were like, hey. Can we check in? And they let us check in thankfully. We took a nap, a shower and a nap immediately. Slept for like two or three hours. Went out looking for a sweet treat. And the first thing we had was milk tea, which was delish. We got it from Silk. And we had a little wander around that area. Then we still were not hungry because that filled us up a bit too much. And then we went shopping in Muji and Uniqlo. We were still not fully hungry, but we knew we needed to eat or we would be dying by this morning. So we went for dim sum. It took us a while to find the right place or like a place that suited us, a place with options for my diet as well because I don't eat pork or beef. We found this place and it was pretty good. I didn't like blow my socks off but nothing disappointed me. And the staff was really nice so we just ate there, had a little munch, slept from 10 until 1 and then we were awake with jet lag from 1 until... 4.30, I want to say. We were watching YouTube, and then we slept through our alarms. I guess we fell asleep around 5 o'clock, woke up at 10.30. So we have a full night's sleep there, but it's all over the place. So, still jet lagged. It's later than I would want it to be. But later in the afternoon, we have a food tour. So we're going on a food tour of Hong Kong. So exciting. And I feel like I'm kind of reserving a few items to have on that food tour. So I'm not having something like an egg tart until then. So I still want breakfast. I want to get a coffee or a matcha. and have a little wander around, come back, reset, and go to the food tour. we're gonna go have a munch, see what we can find for a breakfast snack, but yeah. our first stop of the day was Cheung Hing in Happy Valley, recommended by doopie doop bap, and i am so glad she led us here. we got bolo buns, also known as pineapple buns, and these slapped. We got yuenyeung, which are basically coffee milk tea mix, and that was delicious. I didn't know such a thing existed. After this we rode a ding ding to central and got majorly lost trying to find our food tour, but we did eventually find it. Our tour guide brought us to many stops, the first being dim sum. It was a street dim sum spot, so you just order at the counter, where it's kind of like a to-go spot, I guess. And basically every option that was presented to us, I couldn't eat because of my dietary restrictions. Next was char siu and roast duck. I thought it was good, but it would have been served better hot. Braxy enjoyed clearly but agreed about the temperature and there were a few bones she didn't like. We tried both kinds of egg tarts and then a classic Hong Kong style fast food place where we had the most delicious french toast. It had like peanut butter in the middle, slapped. My favorite stop of the tour was this tea shop which this man had run for 60 years. He was so sweet Braxy ended up buying some oolong tea from him. i didn't get the chance to record everything we ate but i learned so much about hong kong food and i'm really glad we did this. the tour ended with us sufficiently stuffed and we hit the hay early. good morning from rainy hong kong. i'm so swollen. we're going to where are we going? we're going to the area of sheung wan to get some coffee. and a pineapple bun. i'm really craving a pineapple bun after that one yesterday. Thank you for your time. looking delicious. bad sleeps all around. bad. swollen eyes. The next stop is school. vlogs in a city this big and busy. i don't understand. i am too overwhelmed. we have to navigate all the time. the population is just so much bigger. i'm also sweating because it is like 30 degrees. humidity of 82 percent. so comfortable. We just picked up some snacks, some things just called to us on the way home, and that was sushi. Correct me if I'm wrong, but there's not a lot of light Cantonese snacks that are not dim sum, at least to my knowledge. So we picked up some nigiri, and of course, I had to hit another pineapple bun. Now, it appears to have gotten a bit squished, but that's her. Gorgeous, about to munch. Okay, it is 8pm and we're about to head out and get some food. I've been like trying here and there to vlog but I find Hong Kong very overwhelming. Like it's so busy. Partially and probably because of the high population in the city. I'm drying my clothes up here. But also some of the streets are small, people are dodging and weaving each other and I have to navigate because I obviously don't know my way around so I'm like I'm a dumbass. I'm a dumbass. So this is night number three. The thing we've enjoyed the most is the congee because it was soft, they had bits of nicely cooked soft chicken in it, and they give you these chinese fried fritter things. It was delicious, I'm not gonna lie. I think I got judged for drinking a coke at 12 o'clock though. The girls next to me were like she had a lemon coke. they were speaking korean but live and let live. whatever. now we're headed to another one of doobie do bop's recommendations because she has not led us wrong. the pineapple bun that we had yesterday was her and the congee was her and i think we may hit muji. we've been doing a lot of shopping as well which is why i'm not really vlogging that um because we're focused on getting things that we want from mostly uniqlo and muji but having a good time. i keep getting so tired and then needing to come back and nap because we have not been sleeping very well. it's just how it is. for breakfast we went to cam hoa and had another pineapple one and some french toast. another banger but not quite as good as cheung hing. then we ended up in ladies market. i think it's time to exit this very busy area. everywhere is just busy actually and we just we crossed the river. And I'm finding this side to be even busier if that was possible. Thank you. So we're thinking we need a Heytea and we want to see something old and traditional. A quiet walled garden. It may not be quiet, but I'm hoping it would be less crowded. Perhaps. Okay. I am in the craziest mall I've ever seen. It is so big and so busy, but we got Heytea to try. I got a mango I see the hype. After the absolutely gigantic mall, we hit up a Lung Fong, which is a cosmetic store if you know, you know. And then, for reasons I will explain later, we ended up eating Indian food for dinner at Bengal Brothers. I cannot describe the way that this satisfied me. I don't know why, it was just so good. It looks unreal. Dinner was actually delicious. We were actually gonna go for char siu but the place that we were trying to get into was full. Like line that looked like it would take an hour long and right around the corner there was a place I passed a few times and I said hey we're actually in an international city with a lot of Indian immigrants and I feel like it would slap and it did. It was like the best Indian food I have had in a long time. No regrets. So now we are walking To see the city at night, down by the water. Good morning, we're still in Hong Kong. And we're heading to a bakery to get yet another pineapple bun. Brexy's taking pictures. Maybe I have an AC or I will die. Mad views, can they be seen? Kinda. This is the quietest part of Hong Kong we have been to. And I'm actually feeling a bit of peace. However, there are bugs, there are huge dragonflies. And I'm not a bug girl, really not. I've had the food that we want. I'm so full. There's a giant fan being blasted, thank God. They knew that we needed a drink and they brought us iced lemon tea. God bless. All right. On day five we wanted to go back to Times Square and go to Causeway Bay. First we made a stop at the Matcha Tokyo. I had this once in actual Tokyo and it slapped. This one wasn't as good but it's still satisfied. We did a bit of window shopping, there were some perfume stores around and some souvenir stores and just generally took in the sights. I spent most of the time people watching if I'm honest. I love eyeing up all the food items for sale as well. I'm still amazed by the amount of people here. We went to this really cute stationery store called The Tree. So many unique things in there. Then, Braxy needed a teapot to make her tea in, and she found this really really pretty handmade, very small teapot. Any Chinese speakers in the comments, please tell us what this means. We have no idea. Should've asked him. I actually really like the area surrounding Times Square. It also had a very good long feng. By then it was lunch time and we hit up Savor Kingdom. We had some dumplings, some fried rice, and I had the most delicious, strawberry green tea with cheese foam. Your number. Where can I have your number? What are your thoughts on Hong Kong? So my thoughts on Hong Kong. Is that a little loud? It's a little bit loud. Um, my thoughts on Hong Kong are... My thoughts on Hong Kong are... That there are lots of public restrooms and I like that. There's too much meat. Let's have some food that's not meat, guys. Tofu, guys. We're waiting for the tram and we're going to North Point. We have not gone to North Point yet. But we're going to get some dessert. What do you like about Hong Kong? What do I like about Hong Kong? Yeah, what do you like about Hong Kong? I like the scenery. I like that there's so much nature here. I do like the food. We're finding more food that we like here. Yes. As time goes on. And I think the ding-dings, the trams, are funny and cute and I love the shopping, obviously. Oh, I love the shopping. The shopping? Stellar. What do you hate about Hong Kong? What do I hate about Hong Kong? Hate is a strong word, but dislike in the month of October that it is so hot and humid. Oh my god. I'm confused about the transport. What do you mean? I have to go. After I figured out our navigations, we went to Phu Quyen, recommended also by Doobie a very small seemingly family-run dessert shop. we ordered glutinous black rice coconut milk mango and a hot black sesame glutinous rice ball soup. okay this one good this one Eat. Freaking they're mixed flavors awesome yeah And just like that, it was our last day. Before we headed back to the airport, we had some time to wander. I found this place on Google Maps called Grandma's Coffee. It was a tiny little coffee shop with some of the best coffee I've had the whole trip. So we drank that and had our last walk around Hong Kong and headed to the airport. I think that Barksi and I will always remember Hong Kong as the first place we went together in Asia. And now it is time to head to country number two. Stay tuned for the next video.