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| Jackie and I |
Last night was my friend Jackie's event at Vero. Vero is an amazing chocolatier here in HK. They have two outlets and when I went to pick up tickets from Jackie, she treated me to a hot chocolate. YUM! It was melted chocolate in a glass with a thin layer of chocolate melted over it. It's so thick you eat it with a spoon instead of sipping, and then you lick the glass it's so good.
The party last night had the same effect. It was held at their Wan Chai location which is a restaurant/bar/museum/store right on the bay, so we had front row seats for the fireworks show. Paul, Garret, and Garrett's friend Sammy (also an ex-Korean English teacher, en route to become a Chinese English teacher) arrived and were promptly served wine. As you look around there are statues of chocolate everywhere. One of a samurai, one of Mannequin Pis, and many many others. You can also see into the kitchen where there is a team of people assembling desserts and making chocolate. Right outside the kitchen was the amazing canape buffet. Ohh was it delicious!! My favorite was definitely the foi gras on toast, but there was also tomato/mozz/basil skewers, mini ham/basil sammies, cheese pastry poofs, fried something balls (I didn't try), and a whole assortment of chocolates! Yum Yum Yum. It was so yummy.
More importantly than the food and drink were the amazing people there. Most I have met before (most were on the junk last Sunday), and it was so nice to get to know these amazing people all a little better. There were teachers, bankers, IT people, designers. So refreshing to hear all of these young people, living and working abroad, with similar interests to myself; namely wine and chocolate. It was a total blast and on top of all that was an amazing 30+ minutes fireworks display. Come 8 this morning and the door man is buzzing with Garrett at the door. Apparently he and Sammy were out until 5, decided to take a quick nap in the street before the subway opened at 6, and were awoke to a man stealing Sammy's wallet out of his pants! Who knew there was crime here!? In Central no less. Sammy is leaving HK tomorrow to go to China and luckily still has his passport. But crap. No credit card, egh! Hopefully he can get that all sorted today.
P, Garrett and I are all a bit worse for the wear today. P and I went out in search of food, it's raining, and we have no cash. Hm. We finally go to the basement of the mall and settle upon this cute looking New York style cafe. We each order a burger set. I don't normally order meat, much less burgers, but I'm a bit hungover and it seemed like a super deal. We got a soup and salad to start, both small and flavorless, and then waited. And waited and waited. Finally 40 minutes later his sad looking Western burger came out. No mayo. No ketchup. No mustard. Then 20 minutes later my mushroom burger came. Maybe they had to kill the cow, but I can't imagine how it would take them that long to make 2 burgers. And restaurants please don't ever, ever, EVER, serve one diner before the other. It's rude! This was a huge headache all of Nepal, and it always seemed Paul got served first. I don't want to sit and watch someone else eat while I'm here with a rumbling tummy. Regardless, they weren't great, ended up costing $15 USD, we didn't finish either (and I'm president of the clean plate club), and on top of it they didn't take credit cards. Lesson learned. McDonald's only for burgers in Asia.
The party last night had the same effect. It was held at their Wan Chai location which is a restaurant/bar/museum/store right on the bay, so we had front row seats for the fireworks show. Paul, Garret, and Garrett's friend Sammy (also an ex-Korean English teacher, en route to become a Chinese English teacher) arrived and were promptly served wine. As you look around there are statues of chocolate everywhere. One of a samurai, one of Mannequin Pis, and many many others. You can also see into the kitchen where there is a team of people assembling desserts and making chocolate. Right outside the kitchen was the amazing canape buffet. Ohh was it delicious!! My favorite was definitely the foi gras on toast, but there was also tomato/mozz/basil skewers, mini ham/basil sammies, cheese pastry poofs, fried something balls (I didn't try), and a whole assortment of chocolates! Yum Yum Yum. It was so yummy.
P, Garrett and I are all a bit worse for the wear today. P and I went out in search of food, it's raining, and we have no cash. Hm. We finally go to the basement of the mall and settle upon this cute looking New York style cafe. We each order a burger set. I don't normally order meat, much less burgers, but I'm a bit hungover and it seemed like a super deal. We got a soup and salad to start, both small and flavorless, and then waited. And waited and waited. Finally 40 minutes later his sad looking Western burger came out. No mayo. No ketchup. No mustard. Then 20 minutes later my mushroom burger came. Maybe they had to kill the cow, but I can't imagine how it would take them that long to make 2 burgers. And restaurants please don't ever, ever, EVER, serve one diner before the other. It's rude! This was a huge headache all of Nepal, and it always seemed Paul got served first. I don't want to sit and watch someone else eat while I'm here with a rumbling tummy. Regardless, they weren't great, ended up costing $15 USD, we didn't finish either (and I'm president of the clean plate club), and on top of it they didn't take credit cards. Lesson learned. McDonald's only for burgers in Asia. 
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