Headed out from Jacquelines' place to Wan Chai. Had a few beers in one of the Pubs and watched a bit of Rugby on the Telly.
Found a local Restaurant that did pork and Crispy Duck
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| Ducks and Chickens |
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| Beers |
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| Menu ????? |
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| Crispy Duck & Pork |
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| Duck |
After dinner, jumped on a tram to Happy Valley to get to the Racecourse there.
It was the last Octoberfest night of the season, so they were doing pictures of beer at a reasonable price.
It is only 10 HKD to get in for Tourists (less than a pound). We grabbed a picture of Stella Artois and found ourselves a couple of seats down the finishing straight.
We were not sure how to fill in the betting slip so a Hong Kong Guy next to us did it for us. We just told him the numbers we wanted and the amount. We decided to pick horses 5 for Merlyn & 6 for me, both to win.
No joy on the first 2 races, so we changed to each way bets for both. Merlyn either won or was placed in four of the next six races. I managed a couple of places.
The female cashier that I placed all the bets with was called Fanny Fan. Wonder if she ever caddied for Faldo.
The Guy who filled in our betting slips, left after Race 6 of 8. He only went a few steps and must have thought to himself "How will they do the last 2 betting slips". He turned around and came back over, filled in 2 slips for us and then left. What a nice guy.
Managed to cover our entry fee and beer costs with our winnings so it was a good night.
Will be going back again in April.
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