Hong Kong: Cafe Landmark (the one and only!) - April 2014

Guess guess where this place is??

Look very atas and high class? It actually is, but it's quite affordable... you could make a trip here for the food.

The title already gave the answer away. This is the famous Landmark Cafe of Hong Kong, located in Central in the shopping mall called 'The Landmark' (duh).

This place wasn't actually on my radar. But I asked my HK friend where I should hang out to see TVB stars, and he suggested visiting this cafe. He added that a lot of TVB celebrities have their high tea at this place, and this is also the place where the paparazzi camp to collect the latest romance gossips. He suggested reservations, but as this was an impromptu decision to visit the cafe, I decided to come by early around 3 pm to get a place.

Ikkousha Hakata Ramen - 7 April 2014

Hey guys,

I'm not a big fan of ramen, but today I happen to be in the vicinity of Tanjong Pagar and it was lunchtime, so I thought why not drop by Ikkousha to try the ramen.

I've heard of Ikkousha for a long time already, and I heard it won best ramen at Ramen Champion Bugis+, but unfortunately, when I was there a few months ago, I foudn that Ikkousha has gone popular enough to start a new branch. They have incidentally left Ramen Champion at Bugis+ but there's still a stall at Changi T3.

Anyway, I decided to pay them a visit to try out the supposedly voted best ramen in Singapore.

The restaurant was located in an interesting corner, below the HDB flat. Quite nicely decorated.

The restaurant wasn't crowded at all. I stepped in about 1.30 pm and it was quite quiet - only about 3 customers.

Duck Shing Ho Eggrolls Part 2 - April 2014

Update June 2016: Duck Shing Ho has gotten so popular apparently there is no way of getting them from the queue anymore. They also only offer queuing on certain days sometimes. Do give them a call to check on their latest 'policy' changes. My last visit to HK I could not get them at all even if I wanted to order in advance.

Hey there,

It's been a while since I last updated.. I've been to plenty of places but no time to do an update.

Anyway, here's a quick update: nothing new actually - I was in Hong Kong recently again for a holiday and as usual, I went to queue for Duck Shing Ho eggrolls.

For those who just joined in, I did a review of them here:
http://garysyayornay.blogspot.sg/2013/06/hong-kong-series-duck-shing-ho-egg.html

And how to get to the here:
http://garysyayornay.blogspot.sg/2013/06/hong-kong-series-getting-to-duck-shing.html

This time, I went on a Saturday (29 April), and it was crowded! The queue was so much longer than the last time on a weekday. I knew it was a bad idea to go on a weekend but I had no choice because it was the only day when I had the morning free.

The queue was so long I couldn't even see the signboard after I joined the end of the line.