And just like that (well ... 7 months later), we've come to the end of the Hong Kong 2018 series!
We arranged transportation to the airport with our hotel the night before, and left around 7:30 in the morning on a shuttle bus. Once we checked in and gone through security, we used up the remainder of the money on our Octopus cards buying last minute souvenirs.
The Hong Kong airport is enormous so it took us a while to find a place to eat breakfast.
We wanted to find a quieter area and came across Chee Kei, a restaurant company known for their wonton noodles. Looking back, we ate our fair share of wonton noodles in HK (including Good Hope Noodle and Mak's Noodle). This fell a bit average, but then again, it was more of a fast food type of setting.
Optimizing the food opportunities as much as possible, I knew I had to track down Lady M in the airport. Lady M is a New York-based bakery known for their signature mille crepe cakes. At the airport, you can even pre-order frozen whole cakes to take home with you!
I ordered a slice of their salted caramel mille crepe cake and a slice of their gâteau nuage.
Gâteau nuage (translation: cloud cake) is Lady M's version of a classic cheesecake. It has a graham cracker crust, whipped cheesecake base and a thin layer of sweetened sour cream. If you watch Buzzfeed Worth It, you'll recognize it as the priciest item on their cheesecake episode. And spoiler alert, it's worth it. Possibly the best cheesecake I've ever had. Creamy and rich, with the perfect balance of sweet to tangy.
I didn't enjoy their mille crepe cake so much, but only because the salted caramel flavour has chocolate crepe layers and I'm not the biggest fan of chocolate. As someone who's made (or rather, attempted) mille crepe cakes at home though, I do commend and admire the precise construction of the cake.
It was actually my mom's birthday the day we flew home, so Hong Kong Airlines hooked it up and gave us free airport lounge access. It was a nice perk to have, especially before our long haul flight.
In hindsight, we should've skipped the wonton noodles and came straight to the lounge for the free food. We did come at a good time though because the buffet was slowly being switched over from breakfast to lunch and we were able to sample from both menus.
One really cool part of the buffet was the DIY congee station. Loads of different toppings to customize your own bowl.
Dim sum! The buffet also had a cereal station, a bunch of pastries and baked goods, a salad bar, and during the lunch switch over, a large selection of appetizers and finger foods.
And that's that. I remember in the moment that I was really happy to be going back home. After 10 days, it was a lot of people, a lot of stimulation, and a lot of excitement for a little old homebody like me. But now as I finish writing the last post, I do miss my time there a lot.
Thanks Hong Kong! Maybe we'll see each other again some time.
- CT
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