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Thursday, 18 June 2009

HK...ice-cream...el cheapo

There are 2 new hotels popping up in HK this yr that I would love to stay in: Hyatt Regency and Crowne Plaza. New hotels always get opening specials when they are newly opened, so they'll be slightly cheaper than usual. It's a gd time to stay if you wanna experience 5-star hotels w/o paying the full price.

CX got offer now for Novotel: pay 3 nights and stay for 4 nights! So tempting right? Sigh...
Anyone wanna travel with me? At this point, I'll even take a 5 days trip instead of my usual 7 days.

Someone once asked, don't you even get sick of going to HK yet again?
I say NOOOOO! I love, love HK!
There's always sth new to explore, not like in Sg where the shops remain the same for yrs. In HK, you see this shop this yr, next yr it'll probably be replaced by sth else. They change rather rapidly.

Thank goodness tmr is Fri, another work wk gone! There's 1 of those staff bazaar in office tmr, so Goodwoood is coming as usual to dig gold from us.

I asked 姐姐 just now if she wanted her favourite durian cake/puffs but surprisingly, she said NO! She's been on a ice-cream kick lately, or more specifically, homemade ice-cream from Ice-cream Gallery. She's been buying 2 tubs every wk since the June hols started.

But I must admit, Ice-cream Gallery's ice-cream are excellent. My favourites are Strawberry Champagne and Sea Salt Caramel Macadamia. They are HEAVENLY ^_^
According to my family, rum and raisin is gd as well but I've never liked this flavour, so I didn't try it. You'll have to take their words for it.

Talking about ice-cream, last Sat, 4 of us (me, 姐姐, Mummy and Aunt) went down to Eastwood's Ice-cream Gallery. I think Jasmine used to work part-time at the Cold Storage there?
The shop is very, very, very small: only 2 tiny tables inside for 4pax. While scarfing down our yummy ice-cream, this annoying lady came in. Let me try to recreate her conversation as best I can remember here:

Lady: Can let me try this lychee ice-cream 1st?
Staff: Sure. (and proceeds to let her sample)
Lady: Ooooh, can I try this other flavour also?
Staff: Sure. (and proceeds to let her sample)
Lady: Oh! Let me try this flavour also!
Staff: Sure. (and proceeds to let her sample)

And on and on it goes. Until the lady has finished sampling all flavours available there.

Lady: Does your Strawberry Champagne have alcohol in it?
Staff (with a straight face): Yes madam, it does.

Isn't champagne made from wine?!?!? This is like, DUH!
Why is she asking such a dumb dumb qns?!?!

Ugh...this woman I just hear her voice also sianz already. She talks in this yaya papaya manner (like those snotty sales in LV/Prada/Gucci) and I think she's one of those act banana type. You know, pretend they can't speak/understand Chinese when they obviously can.

I admit, there are some REAL bananas out there who are hopeless in Chinese but I don't think this el cheapo ice-cream lady is lor. She even knows what is mao shan wang durian and asked for it. Which the shop don't serve btw, they only have D24.

Hello! Please don't be so el cheapo and disgraceful can! This is the type of Singaporeans I always avoid when I see them overseas.

Btw, el cheapo bought 1 tub in the end.

wany ♥ 10:05 pm