Today K and I started our exploration of Wellington. We had the best dim sum so far in New Zealand at Grand Century restaurant. A fantastic recommendation from Phil. The 2 storey restaurant was full house at 1130am when we arrived, and we ended up sitting at a little table right in the middle of the restaurant. Trays and trays of dim sum kept getting brought out by the wait staff, and everything looked so good. We had a big bowl of lean meat and century egg porridge, pan fried carrot cake, deep fried squid, steaming hot BBQ pork buns, sweet custard buns, pan fried corn and minced meat patties.. EVERY dish we had was good good good.. The century egg porridge actually had white salted egg, it's been such a long time since i ate that! = )
After we had our fill of dim sum, and we finally found a spot to park our car, K and I went shopping in Wellington city center and visited the Te Papa museum (world class). At the museum, we viewed the “From Mountains to Sea” exhibits and saw different types of New Zealand birds, and a real giant colossal squid preserved inside a glass tank. Then we moved to the "Earthquakes and Volcanoes" section and learnt a bit about those too. I felt like a kid on a school excursion! = ) K and I even went inside a model house and experienced what an earthquake would feel like. It was all really interesting.
After all the walking around the city, I got a bit giddy in the evening. So we went and had chocolate mousse cake and really sweet lemon ginger tea at the museum cafe just an hour before they closed. To get my sugar levels up again.. = )
But before that, we headed to the information center, and bought 2 ferry tickets to South island on the Blue Bridge Ferry. It was an 8am ticket, which meant we had to check in at 7am, and wake up at 6am.. i was sooo not looking forward to that..
When the sun set, K and I drove up to the Mount Victoria lookout, where we enjoyed a spectacular view of the night landscape of Wellington. It was beautiful, and very romantic.. cause there was nobody there, just us.. = )
We had dinner at Hebe Japanese restaurant, a recommendation from this newspaper article we saw along the streets. Between K and I, we shared a plate of yaki udon with teriyaki chicken and a plate of hot edamame. It was super delicous! I promised myself i will have the udon again before we left..
We reached Phil's house after dinner around 830pm, had a chat with him, surfed the net on his white Apple Mac computer, and then headed to bed. This time round, after a few compromises, I warmed myself on K's side of the bed with the electric blanket, then switched it off for the rest of the night. Still didn't have a good night's sleep though, the bed was too soft, and I woke up the next morning with a terrible backache.. = (
After we had our fill of dim sum, and we finally found a spot to park our car, K and I went shopping in Wellington city center and visited the Te Papa museum (world class). At the museum, we viewed the “From Mountains to Sea” exhibits and saw different types of New Zealand birds, and a real giant colossal squid preserved inside a glass tank. Then we moved to the "Earthquakes and Volcanoes" section and learnt a bit about those too. I felt like a kid on a school excursion! = ) K and I even went inside a model house and experienced what an earthquake would feel like. It was all really interesting.
After all the walking around the city, I got a bit giddy in the evening. So we went and had chocolate mousse cake and really sweet lemon ginger tea at the museum cafe just an hour before they closed. To get my sugar levels up again.. = )
But before that, we headed to the information center, and bought 2 ferry tickets to South island on the Blue Bridge Ferry. It was an 8am ticket, which meant we had to check in at 7am, and wake up at 6am.. i was sooo not looking forward to that..
When the sun set, K and I drove up to the Mount Victoria lookout, where we enjoyed a spectacular view of the night landscape of Wellington. It was beautiful, and very romantic.. cause there was nobody there, just us.. = )
We had dinner at Hebe Japanese restaurant, a recommendation from this newspaper article we saw along the streets. Between K and I, we shared a plate of yaki udon with teriyaki chicken and a plate of hot edamame. It was super delicous! I promised myself i will have the udon again before we left..
We reached Phil's house after dinner around 830pm, had a chat with him, surfed the net on his white Apple Mac computer, and then headed to bed. This time round, after a few compromises, I warmed myself on K's side of the bed with the electric blanket, then switched it off for the rest of the night. Still didn't have a good night's sleep though, the bed was too soft, and I woke up the next morning with a terrible backache.. = (
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