A Night at the Arcade22-06-09Today was a bit of a lazy day, we woke up late and lazed around until dinner time. The maids had cooked some kind of curry today, i'm being told it's Green Curry with Chicken.
This was really nice, it wasted a lot like Thai Curry but a bit not as thick and with more flavoring on top of what would be Green Thai Curry. I enjoyed this meal and wanted more, sadly, there was none.
We decided to go out after dinner to Causeway Bay. We wanted to get some sticker photos done and then to get some desert and have a bit of a walk around, we don't like being lazy that much. When we arrived it was around 9pm, it was very dark and all the local snack shops were open and still quite busy.
Our first destination was the Namco Arcade in the World Trade Center. We go here quite a lot as it's once of the nicer arcades with a Taiko Machine that you can hear and isn't beaten up.
I never usually take sticker photos but after getting some done the other day I actually liked it, not the whole getting my photo taken but the artsy decorating afterwards, it's just like doodling and actualy quite fun. In the Namco Arcade there is a lot of sticker machines, I didn't manage to get any pictures because it's quite difficult to not get in trouble for using the camera in an area full of young girls. Here are the stickers we got done this time.
Usually after you get your stickers done you go to a set area to cut them out but we're keeping these on sheet so we can scan and copy ect, the pictures turn out really well and we like to make more copies as you only get one print out which seems like a huge flaw in the design of these machines.
We left the arcade in search of a snack / desert. I was in the mood for a cake so Antonia lead me to a local cake shop which sells buns, cakes and other pastry treats.
Under the instruction of Antonia I got something called a Mexican Creamy Yolk Bun which is a bun with a some sort of yolk custard filling. It wasn't that nice, the filling had a strange flavor in it that made it quite bitter, i'm told that isn't usual so I got something else.
Again, under the instruction of Antonia, I got an Egg Tart. I'm told these are usually very good but this one wasn't, the pastry was way too flakey and dry, the filling tasted like raw egg. I didn't finish it and needed a drink, off to the 7/11.
There is currently a promotion going on for the new Transformers film. There are lots of snacks, drinks, foods and even tickets that have the Transformers brand slapped on. I previously tried Transformers Strawberried Peanut Butter M&M's which were brilliant but this time I wanted a drink. I decided to try the Transformers Lyche Slurpie.
You have to go to the counter and buy the cup then you can fill it. I was very tempted to just put my head under the tap and pull but I didn't think that would be wise.
The Lychee flavor was very fruity, a little flat in flavor but still retained it's sweetness. A strange taste for something that's supposed to full in flavor and sweetness but once I got over my expectaions, I really enjoyed the refreshing taste of the Lychee Slurpie.
We went to the local arcade, Game Cyber. We got here around 11pm and it was really busy, the music games were hogged, especially my favourite, Jubeat so we decided to try something different, DJ Max Technika.
I've posted about this game before, it's pretty much an arcade version of Ouendan, the popular Japanese DS music game. We started on the Lite mode and was given a quick tutorial showing us how to play, we recorded this so you can get a better understanding of what I am on about.
As you can see, the game in itself is quite simple. Touch, Tap or Slide on or from the circles in time with the music. We decided to share one screen as we wasn't very good at this on our own, the last time I tried I failed in 20 seconds. We took another video of a song so you can see how it's played.
We played this game for a while, it was a lot of fun sharing the screen and getting used to playing. Feeling quite confident in our joint ability, we attempted a level 4 song and failed quite rapidly. Discouraged, we went to play some racing games, Taiko no Tatsujin and even got in a few games of Jubeat.
Time really flew by in the arcade, before we knew it the lights seemed to dim, people started to leave and machines were being turned off. We checked the time and felt quite ashamed of ourselves.
We was in the arcade for a long time, a very long time. I was feeling snackish so decided to go to the one place that was both open and air conditioned, Mc Donnalds. If you read my earlier post about my first visit to Mc Donnalds in HK, you'll remember the amazing Shake Shake Chicken and my vow to use it as part of an ultimate burger. I did it.
Combining the thick crispy southern fried style Shake Shake Chicken with a Double Cheese Burger, my creation was complete. I got a lot of stares from the locals, one guy looked shocked and excited at my creation. It sounds awful but the chicken and meat go together well, I suggest you try one, buy a Double Cheese Burger and McChicken Mayo and combine the two, goes well with BBQ sauce.
I was still hungry after the McFrankenBurger so I had an apple pie. After that we left to take a cab and finally go home to sleep. Despite not doing much during the day, I really enjoyed the evening, we had a lot of fun and time vanished within the smokey arcade, if you ever go to Hong Kong and like gaming, be sure to check out Namco Wonder Park Plus and Game Cyber in Causeway Bay.