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Anyeong! It's finally another Friday and we are right in the middle of October. And guess what, Noona will enter 2nd phase of hardships for the next two weeks. Oh well, work will never end and the only thing that can distract us from the stressful life is definitely a holiday. Noona's last holiday was back in August but it feels like she has not been in holiday for a 10,000 years (#exaggeratedmax).

Back in August, Noona visited Hong Kong and the weather was still hot back then. The weather is probably way cooler now and it will be definitely relaxing to walk along the promenade in the cooling weather. Especially at night, when the light scene of Hong Kong is really amazing.

K-in-HongKong: 1881 Heritage, Tsim Sha Tsui

If you are looking for a place to go at night in Hong Kong after a relaxing walk at the Promenade, don't forget to pop by 1881 Heritage, which is also situated at Tsim Sha Tsui, the same area with the Promenade. 1881 Heritage is a heritage hotel, shopping mall and a exhibition hall which is styled in Victorian-era of Hong Kong. The tall building behind it (which belongs to UBS, it seems) kinda spoil the view though. Hahaha.

1881 Heritage at Tsim Sha Tsui Hong Kong

The yard of 1881 Heritage is often used for exhibition. When Noona visited 1881 Heritage, there was an exhibition held by the Parlour, which looks to be either an ice cream parlour or a restaurant because there were special menu displayed on the notice. The sundae does look pretty good indeed.

Summer Festival at 1881 Heritage Tsim Sha Tsui

Since this is an exhibition sponsored by an ice cream parlour, the exhibition of course exhibited various kind of sundaes in big version. Visitors can take picture together with the ice cream sitting inside the cup.

1881 Heritage Display at Tsim Sha Tsui Hong Kong

There were so many people visited the exhibition that night, it was a miracle the ice cream do not melt (okay they would not melt anyway).

The boy looks like he's gonna lick the ice cream for real. Even Noona feels like eating a real ice cream after visiting this exhibition.

1881 Heritage Exhibition at Tsim Sha Tsui

1881 Heritage's location:

2A Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

How to get here:

(1) Take MTR to MTR Tsim Sha Tsui Exit E,

(2) Walk toward Salisbury Road

(3) Turn right and enter pedestrian tunnel next to YMCA to 1881 Heritage

Anyeong! Noona has nearly nearly nearly met someone sent by the devil (okay, he's probably not that evil actually but anyway...). Okay, let's not get distracted by Noona's personal life and continue our exploration to Line Friends Store at Hysan Place. Noona is really a fan of using LINE chat because of their cute stickers. Noona has even watched the animation made in Japan featuring Line Friends characters working together in an office (Line Friends Office). So obviously, Noona would not miss the chance to go to Line Friends Store in Hong Kong. Hehe.

Noona really wanted to kidnap that little Sally home but the whole thing looks so heavy. =(

K-in-HongKong: Line Friends Store, Hysan Place Part 2

If you see the left side of the store, there is a giant figure of Brown with his usual expression sitting and looking at the customers. Despite his same expression in all life situations, he still manages to look pretty adorable though. :3

Line Friends Store Hong Kong Brown Figure

At the other corner, you will find Brown and Cony standing up. They are such a cute couple, they makes Noona want to find her own Brown. XD

Taking picture with Brown and Cony at Line Friends Hong Kong

There are so many varieties of Line Friends casing but they are all for Iphone (noooooooo!!! U_U). Noona does not and never ever gonna use Iphone because they (and their data plan) are ridiculously expensive. Hikz. Hmm, wait, but Noona's phone casing for her S7 is already Cony anyway so okay, on 2nd thought, she does not need another phone case (self-consolation).

Final loots from Line Friends store in Hong Kong. Noona saw in Line Friends Choco's instagram (oh yes, all these characters have their own accounts) that there is a figure of Line Friend Choco now in Hong Kong (jealous max). Line does not seem to be so popular here in Singapore, Noona does not understand why people prefer to use Whatsapp for non work-related conversation. She does not want her boss on her LINE though. That would be weird, what if she accidentally send a WTF sticker to her boss. Or the sticker where Brown throw the laptop away. LOL. #endofcareer

Line Friends Store's address:

2/F, 500 Hennessy Road

Hysan Place

Causeway Bay

Nearest MTR: Causeway Bay

Opening hours:

Daily 10AM - 10PM

Anyeong! Our storyteller, Noona, has had a rough day today. Incessant emails asking questions, re-asking questions, even up to the point asking for meetings. Arghh. Noona wonders if she enjoys watching drama where the main characters survive through hardship in life to reach happy ending (not for some). Oh right, talking about Korean drama, W the Two Worlds ended yesterday and Noona has just had the time to watch the ending (with subs, of course). Awesome drama, even though the ending looks a bit forced, Noona still admire the tinge of creativity inside the ending. She will surely feel void tomorrow without W to entertain her. =*(

Oh right, since life seems annoying, let's just jump to those happy days when Noona was travelling to Hong Kong, shall we?

*transported to Central, Hong Kong*

K-in-HongKong: Urban Bakery Works, The Landmark

Anyeong! Welcome to Central, Hong Kong. Central actually kinda looks like a Central Business District in Hong Kong (which probably how the Govt decided the name of the MTR station and the area). Noona did not work here obviously but she went to Central anyway because her Chingu (re: same age friend) was really really eager to try croissants in Urban Bakery Works (yesh, croissant, no kidding).

Urban Bakery Works at the Landmark Central

Urban Bakery Works is a cafe situated inside the Landmark, a prominent shopping centre/ office building in Central. The shopping centre section of the Landmark is basically rented to all those branded store such as Hermes, Dior, Miu Miu, etc (all the stores which Noona feels she's too poor to even enter the stores).

Since we came at 9.30 on a weekday morning, there were less crowds inside the cafe. But, Noona notices that the cafe patrons around that timing are usually...not local. Well, she supposes Hong Kong people loves to work so hard and who has time to go drink coffee at 9.30AM, right? Even Noona would not dream of that in her daily worklife in Singapore. Right, back to the croissants...*focus*, well croissants seem to be the main dishes of Urban Bakery Works since they have a lot of different variety of croissants put on display.

Croissants at Urban Bakery Works the Landmark

Dear Chingu apparently has done some research and she looks very determined in choosing the croissant's fillings. She came back with two croissants on her hands, one filled with butter while the oner filled with yellow liquid.

Butter and Salted Egg Yolk Croissants from Urban Bakery Works

The butter croissant looks like a Chinese bolo bun but instead of the bolo bun, Urban Bakery Works uses croissant instead. The croissant is actually pretty good. Crunchy, sweet and savory at the same time. Taste well when eaten with butter.

Butter Croissant at Urban Bakery Works Hong Kong

The yellow liquid inside the other croissant is the salted egg yolk (which has gained popularity in 2016, god-knows-why). Noona really needs to master how to cut a salted egg yolk croissant in a beautiful way because everytime she tries to make it more pisturesque, she ends up making it grosteque. Oh well. Salted egg yolk croissant taste not bad too but better eat this while the filling is still hot. Otherwise, you will end up with cold yellow liquid inside your croissant.

Salted Egg Yolk Croissant at Urban Bakery Works The Landmark

Urban Bakery Works also sells the usual Western coffees and teas. But since, our foodie trip has just started that day, Noona would rather save some space for the next meal instead of having coffee here.

Urban Bakery Works is situated at:

Shop 322, Level 3, Landmark Atrium

Central

Opening hours:

Monday to Friday: 7.30AM - 8PM

Saturday and Sunday: 8.30AM - 8PM

Anyeong! Saturday always passes by so fast, Noona feels she just waking up and now it's already Sunday. Well, to be exact early hour of Sunday. But it's not all doom-and-gloom because Monday is public holiday. Oh yeay. Noona is surely gonna enjoying her Sunday very well by...hmm, probably by lazying around like these cats from Neko Atsume, the Kitty Collector game. They are so famous in Hong Kong up to the point they have their own exhibition at Lcx, Harbour City. Don't believe me? Go see the yard sign and you will be sure to hear a lot of "Meow" here.

K-in-HongKong: Neko Atsume Exhibition, Harbour City

Meow Meow! Welcome to LCX x Neko Atsume Kitty Collector stall. Which kind of cat you'd like to have to accompany you throughout the journey, sir/madam?

LCX x Neko Atsume Kitty Collector Exhibition

The cats are opening up a Japanese restaurants but the only food it offers are fish. If you have more money, you can buy the 250 one (uhm, what's the currency again? Are the cats using HKD too?). Otherwise, you can buy the 10 ones. Hahaha.

LCX x Neko Atsume Cute Exhibition Harbour City

It seems that this chubby cat knows how to enjoy life pretty well. My friend says this cat will only appear if you give him a lot of salmon. Not just any random fish. Well, looking at its food bowl, we can see the remnants of the salmon.

Noona's friend is eager to open a drink stall in Neko Atsume world. It seems that the fishes are used as currency here instead of the items that these cats are selling. Noona should probably start playing this game soon but how about her current mission of catching all the Pokemon? #dilemma

Neko Atsume Kitty Collector Drink Stall Harbour City

Like human, there are cats who are just happy enough playing in its own world.

Cute Kitty at Neko Atsume Exhibition Harbour City

Or hiding in the comfort of its own house. #introvertme

Kitten in the House at Neko Atsume Exhibition

Or if you want to go to the extreme, cuddling inside the socks. That looks pretty comfy, though. Hahaha.

Kitty in a Sock at Neko Atsume Exhibition LCX

Noona does not know how long the exhibition lasts but you should probably head to Lcx at Harbour City in Tsim Sha Tsui to check them out fast before they all find someplace with better fishes. Meow!