A trip to Whampoa!

On Friday we decided to take a little excursion to Whampoa Garden, a housing complex located in Hung Hom (a district on the east side of Kowloon). I've been wanting to visit Whampoa for quite some time, actually, because of its central landmark...

A shopping center built to mimic a small cruise ship! We didn't really do any shopping, but we did climb to the top...

Across from the shopship, we found dinner inside Whampoa Gourmet Place, which can be best described as a shopping mall for restaurants. Instead of being filled with clothing, electronics, and accessories, Gourmet Place is filled with floor after floor of eateries. We chose Shanghainese...

Their menu of special drinks, two of which tried

"Five Green Juices", a mixture of green apple,
cucumber, celery, green bell pepper, and bitter melon

"Lemon Rice Water" (delicious!)

One of my favorite foods: siu lung baau ("little steamer buns")

Chilled cuts of chicken in a sesame-chili sauce

Steamed buns stuffed with pork and Chinese yams

Freshly made "almond tofu" for dessert

All-in-all, Whampoa was lots of fun, but perhaps not a place we'll regularly go (it is a bit out of the way).