London. London. London. It was a very nice city that really reminded me of home. It felt like a combination of hong Kong elements and Canadian elements. From the China town, double decker, shops, streets. I personally felt much more at ease at London than any other location, mainlybecause fmy background.
Provence was a quick detour that was very nice. It was good to purchase some relaxing lavender things for my parents. Paris and Versailles were the part of the trip that I had the most difficulty enjoying. Mainly because I felt like it was the leg where we did the most touristy things, and it just became so crowded that it was starting to be uncomfortable. Still it was a pretty tower. Just seeing the tower was kinda cool, especially since it looks different at different times.
The best part of this leg of the journey had to be the Macarons. They were some of the best Macarons I have ever eaten! Amazingly light and not overly sweet.
Took a detour in China, specifically Zhuhai and Zhong Shan. Visited some farms, and the city to get a feel of it. A lot of nice opportunity to take nice and pretty pictures.
Opened by the same owners as Banh Mi Boys, Lucky Red is one of my must-go casual joints downtown. The portions aren't big, but their interesting asian fusion makes this a really tasty place. The price is also not bad to boot!
Remember this Entrance when visiting Spadina and Dundas :)
Decor of the place
Yuzu and Lychee Lemonade. Personally prefered the Yuzu Lemonade
Fried Bao. Suprisingly soft!
Lo Mein. Definitely a fusion item. it had the herbs and vegetables from Ramen style and Pho Style with egg noodles.
Milk Tea Ice Cream Sandwiches with Chinese style Bao. Definitely not that great since its pretty hard to chew through the bao. The ice cream was definitely Milk Tea! :)
The coffee is very similar but there are very minute differences, I find the half sweet coffee Machiato in Toronto is sweeter than the normal Machiato in Hong Kong. Otherwise, the taste of the coffee seems very similar. The biggest difference is the services Starbucks offers: Coffee Delivery. Imagine this in Toronto...Late night coffee break while pulling an all nighter! Crazy stuff.
Hagen Dazs is very popular in Hong Kong, enough to warrant a cafe for it. They serve some amazing high tea stuff, including an ice cream chocolate fondue. In addition, they have amazing flavours of ice cream as well, like Tiramisu.
