bright lights, big city

neon dream // so many menus, so little time // fish balls + beef curry // more neon appreciation // how can Belvedere + coffee + kahlua ever equal bad things? @ The Pawn // vertigo @ The Upper House // LKF hills // harbour views // 70's style trams + Jil Sander S/S 2011 // french toast HK-style + steamed milk pudding

If I had to pick the one thing I love most about Hong Kong, it's the utter satisfaction the neon-light lover inside me gets from roaming the streets at night. Having spent a good three months in Beijing though, there was that feeling of travelling in from the sticks to a place where taxis from the airport cost a whopping 400 HKD (making me pathetically thankful I lived somewhere else), where tipping is de rigueur, and it's just not cool to holler at a waitress from the opposite end of the restaurant. Things to click a massive 'like' on (the consequences of having finally just watched The Social Network): fish balls (with curry or otherwise), trams, discovering the existence of crunch cake (@ Sevva), outdoor decks on tall buildings, The Pawn, exciting pineapple drinks in 7/11, Zuma, Lane Crawford on practically every corner, British nostalgia re-lived in Pizza Express, sea-views and glorious Cantonese French toast (which may take the prize for best cultural hybrid ever). I lugged my camera around only to take sporadic pictures, but the one constant in the background is the amazing Jamie who I blindly followed as she led me from backstreet diners to endless shopping to Saturday night LKF-escapades in true top-host style.