The first Hot Cross bun of the season...

Don't you just love the first Hot Cross bun of the season? Here's Prince PTT with a prime example...

I know people are divided on the orange peel issue but I, for one, am a fan...

Yours,

Pseudo Tai Tai xxx

One of the bad things about being an expat....

I have a piece of sad news for you.... C is officially leaving the fold mid-year. Here is her daughter G with  Prince PTT. There are so many things we will miss about C... her love of shopping... her enthusiasm for Hong Kong and all it has to offer...  the events she arranged for us to go to through the Australian Association. C and I are from the same city back home in Australia and we have a lot of mutual friends so we'll still see each other a couple of times a year but I know the other Hong Kong girls will miss her greatly. Plus G is like a big sister to Prince and Princess PTT so I know they will really miss her.

Stay tuned for some GREAT goodbye parties!

Yours,

Pseudo Tai Tai xx

Hong Kong 7's Weekend

This weekend marked the official start of warmer weather in Hong Kong. For some reason, this always coincides with the Hong Kong 7's Rugby. Of course, M, N and I took advantage of all that the warmer weather had to offer...

On Wednesday, M, N and I went to an Australian Association event where we could meet the Australian 7's team. Personally, I was shocked how young most of them were. I mean, some were still at high school! N didn't seem to mind though.... and don't worry Mr F.... T took his shirt off for a charity auction!

On Friday, M and I kicked off with a little luncheon at Oolaa... you can tell that's M I'm cheering because of her ubiquitous over sized feature ring....

N picked us up and whisked us to her husband's corporate box... soo much better than the South Stand vulgarity!

For those of you who are actually interested in rugby... here's some stadium views!

Yours,

Pseudo Tai Tai xxx

Brother PTT, Princess PTT and Afternoon Tea

Princess PTT loves Brother PTT which is adorable to see... Here he is picking her up from school... 

Today, Y and I indulged in a little shopping and then we headed to Upper House for afternoon tea...

Tres delicious...

Such juxtaposition to the vulgarity of Shenzhen which we will attack tomorrow...

Yours,

Psuedo Tai Tai xxx

Brother PTT and Y at L'etage, Yardbird and Feather Boa

One of our current new favourites in ye old Hong Kong town is Yardbird - a Japanese influenced restaurant dedicated to the art of chicken...

Yard Bird has a no reservation policy so we toddled down to L'etage for an aperitif. L'etage is fairly new as well and does a good line in moscow mules served in little copper cups.

Our Yardbird table was finally ready so it was time for the ubiquitous cheers and menu perusal..

One of Yardbird's signature dishes is KFC - Korean Fried Cauliflower. I'd describe it as ambrosia on a chopstick...

Here's Mr PTT and Brother PTT tucking into the KFC and the corn tempura...

Here I am... obviously someone had just told a mighty good joke...

I wore a Zara LBD with pleated skirt in case you were wondering and my hair was pony-tailed due to the high humidity...

Next came various parts of chicken on sticks... here are the wings...

Here's my personal favourite - chicken meatball which you dip into raw egg... (actual rather macabre when I think about it in the light of the day but tres delicious in the moment)

Here's Brother PTT enjoying every bite... he's come a long way... as a child he'd pretty much eat a selection of about 5 foods on rotation...

We finished with a chicken skin and pea rice dish... nice... but very rich and heavy... I think next time we'll stick to the sticks...

After dinner, I just had to take Y to Feather Boa for a chocolate strawberry daiquiri... I had everything crossed that we were allowed in but the gods were with us as WE ACTUALLY GOT A TABLE!!! Here's an illicit shot as you aren't supposed to have cameras inside ;-)

Yours,

Pseudo Tai Tai xxx

Brother PTT and Y doing the tourist trail...

After a rather debaucherous night at Hutong, Brother PTT, Y, Mr PTT and I went for a restorative walk up the Peak...

Luckily, the weather was somewhat clearer so we could actually make out the city...

We did the tourist thing and took the Peak Tram down....

Here's Mr PTT and Brother PTT...

After brunch at Press Room, we split into teams... The boys went to Wanchai computer market and the girls went shopping... no surprises there!

Yours,

Pseudo Tai Tai xxx

Princess PTT at play

I just had to share with you this photo of Princess PTT at play before ballet earlier this week....

I think it is a lovely picture of childhood innocence... 

Yours,

Pseudo Tai Tai xx