peas/carrots/corn. Abi wanted her ankle strapped also. Then ate some
of the half defrosted veges from the bag.
Auntie Pauline helpfully suggested a Chinese medical man across the road
for Chris' ankle in case it was going to turn rheumatic later, but he
manfully declined in favour of strapping and more salon sip. Then
Auntie Pauline suggested lunch at Island Shangri-La hotel in Central
which has chocolate fountain dessert bar! Did we need to think about
it? Quickly on to the top of a no.23 double decker bus, then up some
escalators to a very elegant and expensive looking lobby. The Café Too
was beautifully designed with delicious looking
bottles/dishes/glasses/food and strong colours everywhere. The dessert
bar was right in the middle with 3 chocolate fountains. Crockery had
round and triangular shapes, shot glasses of salad oils in 5 colours,
tilted shot glasses of rich desserts hand blown glasses for water.
Staff rather paranoid as they hovered and tightened Abi's high chair
straps and cleared dishes and provided tissues for messy eating (hers).
Table setting had chopsticks as well as cutlery.
Abi was excited as we toured the many cooking areas with chefs making
dim sims, tagines of indian food, pasta, pizza, mein, sashimi, salads,
Vietnamese rolls, crepes etc etc. She actually ate some of the linguini
that we ordered for her – white sauce, ham, mushrooms, zucchini, and
some salmon ravioli all hand made of course. Sensational, not to be
wasted so mum finished it off.
Dessert bar was lovely to view. Lots of cakes, strudel, shot glasses of
chestnut and truffle, fruit salad everywhere. Abi liked the look of the
ice cream bowls (blue rimmed handmade glass) and relished the vanilla
icecream that she was given. Then Auntie Pauline took her for walks and
they returned with gummi bears, pizza, pasta, and more ice cream. Then
the final walk was for dipping fruit balls and marshmallows into the
fountains via skewers. Abi lovingly licked the chocolate from each
skewer: milk chocolate, white chocolate, strawberry chocolate. Too
tired to have her babycino.
Went for a walk to HK Park, fell asleep within half an hour of leaving
the buffet. Nice breeze as the women walked sleeping child and chatted,
Chris rested his ankle seated on a bench. Good atmosphere for a snooze
if not for the mozzies. Wedding couples/ groups posing for photos.
Chris walked under the umbrella water fountain feature on an impulse
comment from Priscilla. Set precedent for others wanting to go off the
paved path, and an example for schoolboys watching.
Bus back to home was caught in a massive traffic jam from Wan Chai to
Causeway Bay. Abi and Priscilla sat in the back seat which was noisy
but not arctic.
Simple dinner at home for Abi only – adults were stuffed from lunch and
Abi only seemed moderately hungry around 6pm. Bed without too much fuss
– wanted the stuffed toys to watch her having a bath.
Chris went foraging – mindful of bus routes home from Kowloon side if
his ankle started to hurt.
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