The Jones do Hong Kong - Day 4 - Sat 14th April
Fri, 2007-05-04 12:30 — dgseb
Friday's excuse for a big lunch was all the walking we'd be doing. Saturday there was no excuse, just gluttony at the TOTT's tea buffet, top floor of the Excelsior hotel in Causeway bay. Oh, with unlimited bubbly wine too.
We had a good sized group, so luckily we got the room with the good view.
No free-flowing bubbly for the children, but they had their own bit of indulgence - a chocolate fountain you could dip marshmallows into.
I think this video can probably be called 'licking your plate the posh way"? Mmmmmm, chocolate!
Ok, better do something "educational" and "creative" to keep the parents off our backs. (Lara, Mark & Jasmine's elder daughter is on the left of the shot).
Jolly hard work though, so it's a good idea to make regular visits to the dessert table before anyone starts feeling faint.
These three handsome gentlemen first met in Hong Kong 1989, when we were all young and innocent. Less hair, more belly seems to have been the main result of passing time.
They finally stopped serving food, so we had to leave.
From the hotel we waddled over to the nearby Victoria Park, where the children could run around the playground, and watch the model boat racing.
The park isn't far from where Nick used to live, so we set off to see if he could find it. No problem - here's the very building! The road layout wasn't any different, but Nick's comments were that the streets and alleys were much cleaner than he remembered.
From there we took a cab back to Bellis Mansions, where the artist-in-residence produced these striking likenesses. So it's true, all white people do look the same!
It was good to see Sasha and Louis feeling comfortable enough to make themselves at home. Sasha in particular excelled herself by staying the night with us - her first sleepover ever! Very brave to do that in the middle of a holiday in a very strange country. I think the parents were more worried than Sasha, but she went straight to sleep and slept right through. Bravo!
Comments
3G - by Jessie
This was 3G day. Glutony, guilt and gut. We definitely didn't earn our lunch that day, but the indulgence was lovely. Just as well we don't live in HK b/c the plethora of great places to eat and some first class food would be our total downfall.
As Dave says this was Sasha's first ever sleepover (outside the family) and she is very proud of having done it AND having actually enjoyed it. We were pretty proud of ourselves too.
D&G - it is testimony to what terrific parents you are that Sasha felt safe to stay with you. Thanks for giving her such a lovely time.