Monday November 2 - Day 6

OH MY GOD MICHELLE’S BIRTHDAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We started the day out with eating breakfast in bed: baguette, truffled salami, raspberry jam, and manchego cheese. Once the bed was sufficiently filled with crumbs and jam stains we headed out into the city and strolled around Central and the IFC Center, waiting for lunch. If you haven’t noticed by now, all we do is eat, or wait to eat.

Every “foodie” (hate that word) says that the best dim sum in all of Hong Kong is at the Four Seasons Hotel’s three Michelin starred Lung King Heen. It’s definitely not cheap, but it’s not outrageous either considering the food, service, and view. I wouldn’t call it traditional dim sum, but great for a special occasion.

We headed out and bought a big strawberry cake and chomped it at Michelle’s mom’s apartment, and then headed back to our apartment to……you guessed it…get ready to eat dinner. There is an old carriage house near our apartment that was transformed into a British restaurant called The Pawn. The menu and decor looked amazing, but like most gweilo (Chinese slang for white people…literally translated to “white ghost”) food, it sucked. The guys at the table next to us were talking really loud about making websites, which was REALLY annoying to hear at dinner, and our chicken for two was extremely dry. The bar scene looked fun, so I’ll probably check that out sometime soon.

I woke up in the middle of the night and my stomach was killing me…I didn’t drop a deuce, but i was up for a hour or two rolling around in bed, cursing the restaurant.