We woke up at our usual timing - 7-8am and headed out for breakfast at Mongkok only at around 9am. Ian loved taking the Mickey Mouse train that ran between Disneyland and Sunny Bay.
We took the MTR to the Prince Edward Station first, and walked down the markets. We were in search of a cafe for pineapple buns and ying yang. Unfortunately, the cafe was located along the stretch of buildings that caught fire recently. There was a strong smell of burnt things, and we saw that a lot of goods from the stalls in the market were still around, some were burned, and some still intact. However, the whole area were cordoned off and there were policemen around.
Along the way to hunt for our next eating stop, we passed by the Ladies Market and quickly bought a set of Chinese costumes for both of them. They costed HKD180, perhaps slightly cheaper than our local prices. We did not haggle a lot because we were in a rush as Ian was grumbling that he was hungry. Hence, we settled down for a meal at a fishball noodle shop that we passed by. It was OK, so we had only ordered a bowl of noodles and a plate of vegetables to share.
When Ian's hunger was satisfied, we had more time to hunt for the next eating stop that we had planned in our itinerary - Mi-Ne Sushi. It was not difficult to find this place along Nathan Road. We ordered those that were not so easy to find in our local sushi chains - uni sushi, different grades of toro and some other miscellaneous. For Ian, he ate tamago sushi and ikura sushi. The latter definitely did not taste like what we had in Tsukiji Market, but that could be expecting too much. On the overall, it was a memorable and satisfying experience at this restaurant! How I wish I could taste them here!
Along the way, we went into the Xu Liu Shan dessert shop and took a short break again!
We had an early dinner at Ippudo Ramen, Silvercord Tower. Good thing that we had the itinerary planned with the route to take, so it was quite easy to find. We ordered the Akamaru Shinaji and another soup base which I could not remember the name. Unfortunately, we did not know that the ramen did not come with a half-boiled egg as we normally had them over here, so we had to order an egg separately after the ramen came. It was quite disappointing that the egg was white in colour, and not braised. Both types of ramen were quite good, but still, it was quite a disappointment as the local shop that we had been to, tasted better and had more ingredients, plus a tasty braised half-boiled egg. Perhaps it was better to have spent the time on some dim sum.
We attempted to shop at ToysRUs at the Ocean Terminal for a while before going back, but Isabelle was not cooperative. She was yelling in the store and I had to bring her out when we just barely stepped into the store. We tried to feed her and coax her, but nothing worked, until we carried her around. When we tried to put her back into the carrier, she was screaming again. So I had to take out my backup carrier - my sling - and tried to carry her in it. We endured the way back as my legs were aching after walking for the entire day, plus Ian was tired as well and Hubby had to carry him for part of the way back. On the way back to the station, we stopped at Xu Liu Shan again for a short rest.
When we were back at the hotel, we finally discovered the cause of Isabelle's crankiness - she had a nappy rash from her diarrhoea. There was a raw spot on her skin, and it must have hurt her a lot. Good thing that we had brought along the Bactoban cream, so we applied it with Desitin.
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