Usual weekly dinner with Esther. This time, we gave Old Hong Kong Kitchen at Square 2 a shot. Time for a break from Western or Japanese food.

Price wise, it's on the higher end. Most of the dishes cost at least $1x - 2x at the least, and there're even more expensive dishes. But you know what? I discovered that that this restaurant, the quality of the food justifies the price. We ordered a fried rice and a dish of braised duck meat wrapped in crispy beancurd skin. IT'S GOOD. I haven't eaten such fragrant fried rice in ages. You know, foods fried in a wok are supposed to have that characteristic fried fragrant or something? Not every cook can do it but yup, it's present in this fried rice. (:

I like the waitress that served us. Very friendly and kept striking up conversations with us. I still remember her name. I hope she will be there again when we go back. (:

She thought we were sisters. Haha! At one point, she started talking in some dialect which Esther and I didn't understand. I'm Cantonese while Esther is of Hainanese and Hakka background. So I guess it's some other dialect. But we just nodded and smiled and mm-ed at the right places.

After that, I started saying a few Cantonese words and Esther compared it to the same word in Hakka. I never knew both dialects sound similar! I think dialects are interesting. :D

By the way, I didn't take the photo of my tea cup for nothing. I had a large tea stalk floating in my tea! The Japanese believe a floating tea stalk is a sign of good luck. In some parts of England, it signals the imminent arrival of a lover. Who cares? My gut feeling had a good feeling about the tea stalk so I shall stick to that. (:

CHARMAINE CHEONG.

I’m a somebody and a nobody. I’m rational and emotional. I’m critical but I’m non-judgemental.

I like my things categorized by types and chronologically. I like taking photos to preserve the moments of my life. I like dystopian literature. I like reading Wikipedia articles at random. I like travelling to foreign lands and seeing the world. I like long conversations over good food. I like pop and classical music. I like guitars. I like cats. I like writing random, mushy letters and notes to the people important to me. I have a whole long list of things that I like, but you’ve got to get to know me better to know them all.