Stanley Market, Hong Kong Cats and Food

Today, we only left the hotel close to 12 noon. The girls were still sleepy and just wanted to laze in bed. I don't blame them lol. I also wanted to do that but I was already up at 8am. Sigh.

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Our first stop for today was Stanley Market. I thought there weren't really a lot to see at Stanley Market nor was there a lot to shop. Maybe I didn't really behave like a tourist lol. :P We finished walking through the whole Stanley Market within one and a half hours. I only bought a dress and Marieann bought something for her maternal grandmother. Somehow Stanley Market shopping is not my kind of shopping. With that, I told the girls' father to skip Ladies Market and Temple Market since they are similar to the Stanley kind of market. No point wasting time, right? Lol.


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This is the request I made to the girls' father when it was decided he wanted to bring the girls to HK. I wanted to visit this particular cafe.
This cafe is called Cat Store. It is a really unique cafe because there are cats roaming freely in the cafe!! :) Everywhere you turn, you can see a cat either sleeping, grooming or walking about in the cafe. The cafe has a real easy-going and homely ambiance with games provided for the patrons to play with. For the 2 hours, we were there at Cat Store, there was no lack of patrons. The menu is really interesting with "cat" in most of the names of the food. My girls and I were really thrilled to be at Cat Store. My girls were stroking the cats and I was also busy stroking and snapping photos of the various cats - 6 cats at least. There should be 9 cats, lol. I think the only person not too thrilled was the girls' father because he is not an animal lover. Only when the food arrived, did he seem a little more cheerful. The food was fantastic. I do think it is even better than some of the up-market restaurants. :)






That is a real cat sleeping up on top of the cupboard! :)





The name cards of Cat Store and a photo of one of the cats. :)

Cat related stuff for sale, not including the cat sleeping in the corner though lol. :)

Plenty of cat decors. :)

Plenty of cat paintings around.

The resident cats, at least 10 of them in the cafe somewhere lol. :)

The girls' father ordered a Angel Hair with Salmon and Cream Sauce (HK$68), Marieann ordered a Mushroom and Chicken Baked Rice in Cheese set (HK$72) and I ordered a Baked Mixed Veg in Cheese and Baked Seafood Angel Hair in Cheese set (HK$72). Our sets came with free drinks. We shared the food and we found the taste very delicious and yummy. We also shared the dessert - a Almond Tofu with Fruits (HK$22) and my order of a Sweetie Cat (HK$35) which came with a mini Blueberry with Fruits, mini Chilled Strawberry Souffle and mini caramel creme brulee. It is a real SWEETIE! :)






The cafe also sell some cat related stuff like notebooks, mugs, books, earrings, necklace, hand phone straps etc that all feature cats! I got myself a memo pad and a hand phone strap. :) I really enjoyed myself at the Cat Store, so did my girls. We left the cafe with huge smiles on our faces.

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We walked around a little before meeting up at 7pm with the girls' father's friend and her family at one of the oldest traditional Cantonese cuisine restaurant called Lee Heung. I really kow-tow to the food. So what if the restaurant is old and noisy, the food is sumptuous!! Only locals will know where and what to eat. :)

The pork in the foreground simply melts in the mouth. The duck in the background is boneless and there are 8 items stuffed into it, e.g. lotus seeds, mushrooms, barley, salted egg yolk, and many others. Absolutely delicious! :)

After a delicious dinner, we went to another place for dessert called Honeymoon Dessert. Simply sweet and delicious. :) The adults continued to chat while the children played together. We left a little past 10:30pm back to the hotel. :)

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I think because of the sugar too late at night, the girls didn't sleep until 1am! :( Must watch their sugar next time lol.