my last week of exchange in hong kong. i had time for dim sum, ice cream, one last heytea at the same mall i had it at the beginning of my exchange
📍 places (in order of appearance)
one dim sum (一點心) — baked + steamed char siu bao
bakehouse — raspberry tart + polo bao
goat noodle — hidden gem at CUHK campus, rice noodles
lady m (sha tin) — signature mille crêpes + red velvet (xmas LE)
jenny bakery — tin #1 + tin #13
PHI — single fried bone chicken wing + duck confit risotto + carbonara
ice cream and cookie co — miso maple walnut + jasmine white chocolate
TST / K-11 musea — christmas harbor & the secret hidden balcony view that i wont gatekeep ❤️
gervois cafe — char siu egg rice + red bean fleecy
heytea (sha tin) — full circle moment 🧋
picci (Sha tin) — burrata + wild boar saffron pappardelle + tiramisu

🎵 music
"no one is rushing you. take your time." — panoir (@panoir)
all other tracks — Epidemic Sound

⏱ chapters
00:00 the last week begins
00:25 dim sum at one dim sum 🥟
01:14 bakehouse pastries 🥐
02:11 packing pt 1 (helen helps) 🧳
03:35 goat noodle (CUHK hidden gem) 🍜
04:43 lady m + visiting a friend
06:25 shiu shing hong line +jenny bakery line ugh 🍪
07:35 PHI dinner 🍝
08:35 ice cream cookie co (chaos) 🍦
11:16 christmas harbor + K-11 balcony 🌃
13:05 heytea — the full circle moment 🧋
13:44 lady m round 2 + pichi (solo) 🍰
15:53 LSAT real talk + going home
17:40 packing 'til 4am 🌙
21:08 the empty room
21:24 @ HKG airport ✈️

part of my hong kong exchange diaries 🇭🇰
previous: realistic day in the life of a CUHK exchange student
the start of it all: MOVING TO HONG KONG ALONE!