The in-laws went to Ocean Park on Thursday. It is similar to Sea World and has a large aquarium along with amusement park rides. Erik and I have not been there, but everyone says it is great. One of the reasons we haven't gone, is that it can be super crowded on the weekends. Fortunately, the in-laws were able to go on a weekday and avoided the crowds. For dinner, we ate at a Chinese restaurant in the mall near our house. It has amazing fried shrimp balls--so good. After dinner, we had a cocktail at the new W Hotel located right by our apartment. It was super cool, and I can't believe it has been open for a few months, but we hadn't checked it out. I think we will be going there frequently. 
Friday was the in-laws last day in Hong Kong. They had a dim sum lunch with Erik and his colleagues and finished some last minute shopping in the Ladies Market. We met for drinks at Sevva, the very cool new roof-top bar near my work which I blogged about here. Next, we headed down to the pier and took a traditional Chinese junk cruise for the evening light show. Again, this is something Erik and I had not done previously, and it was spectacular; however, I was glad the boat trip only lasted 45 minutes, because it was very rocky. The final dinner was at Spring Deer, a Hong Kong institution that specializes in Beijing duck. The food was phenomenal, and we ordered way too much. I tried duck for the first time, and I didn't care for it--too meaty. Erik has had Beijing/Peking duck many times, and he said Spring Deer's was excellent. We rolled our stuffed selves home and last minute packing ensued. 
The in-laws were out the door by 7:30 a.m. on Saturday. By 7:31 a.m., I was back in bed and slept until noon! It was a wonderful visit, and I truly loved having the in-laws in Hong Kong. 
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2 comments:
what a great trip-you all are such world travelers! i'm tired just reading your reports!!
Oooo- your city is so glam! It looks like you all had a wonderful time.
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