The last of my 20s! Scary how fast time is flying right now!
I started off with a gym session with Jo then got back and went to town with Holly for a day out. We went to Tsujiri as it's a bit of a birthday thing where I have a matcha ice cream. Tsujiri is a Japanese matcha dessert house where there serve top grade Japanese matcha way better than the stuff you will get in your usual coffee shop and is pricier.
Got a medium matcha cone and the ice cream was properly filled right down to the bottom tip of the cone! It was so good but was pricey - it was like over £6 but Holly paid for it
It has nice a aesthetic. Very traditional Japanese style but also expensive due to the matcha they use. They do Japanese cheesecakes, mochi, tarts, lattes, frappes, bubble tea and other traditional treats. It's on Hope Street so right in the middle of the uni campus where there are loads of international Asian students staying so is popular. I had my first matcha ice cream from the one in London a good few years ago.
We walked through town and had a look at some shops then headed to the Albert Dock for our escape room.
Escape Hunt Liverpool
We were booked into the 4:30pm slot for Blackbeards Treasure - pirate themed room. We were early so just had to wait till they were ready for us. Holly has done a few before but this was my first time. We had an hour to escape and if we needed help we could ring the bell for some clues. We went in and didn't really know where to start, we just touched everything and anything to see if it was a clue or something we needed to use or it did something. For the first about 15 minutes we were crap we just didn't know what to do and I was just like I can't do this. The game master watching us was just shouting stuff at us cos he must have been watching us like what are these 2 doing. We ended up needing a few clues to help us get out the first room to get into the second. We were definitely better in the second but still needed clues. Once we knew what were doing we were flying. But had a really slow start and could have done so much better. We escaped in 49.14 so had 10 minutes and 46 seconds to spare. I knew we would escape but thought we would do it a lot quicker. Forgot to ask what the fastest time was.
The lighting is so bad in there!
They have 5 different indoor games - The Fourth Samurai (this was the other one we were debating on doing as we left it so last minute there wasn't much choice so we rang them up to see which one they recommended and thought was better and they said the pirate one), Alice in Puzzleland (This has the most reviews on trip advisor so must be good), The Last Vikings and Escape the Wild West. We want to go back and try them all at some point but thinking of doing the Alice in Puzzleland one for Holly's birthday possibly. They also have 3 outdoor ones but not sure how they work - you get like 1 hour 30 - 2 hours to do them.
Escape rooms were massive a few years ago but definitely died down now and not as popular but there was a few people when we were there and this couple who were doing the outdoor getting briefed but then we ended up being called to ours so didn't get to fully hear what they had to do. It was good I enjoyed it and hopefully next time will be better now I'm more clued up on what you have to do.
We were sat on this deck chair for a while hoping someone walking past was going to offer to take our photo but no-one took the hint so we ended up asking this couple and this guy took so many photos. Stood far then got closer and closer. I thought the guy at the escape room took loads but only took 3!
We hadn't decided where to go for dinner but went to have a look at GPO Food Market at the Met Quarter but it was crap so went to Mei Mei on Berry Street.
Mei Mei
Top to bottom - Siu Long Baos - Shanghai Soup Dumplings
Chicken Feet
Har Gau - Prawn Dumplings,
Char Siu Baos
Chien Chang Go - Chinese custard layered cake - Never had this before but it's my favourite and will definitely be on my dim sum list to get every time but I don't think everywhere does it though as I've never seen it before unless I just didn't know about it.
Mei Mei dim sum menu is good as they give you a big laminate with the pictures then the name in English and Chinese even though it was wrong as the chicken feet said was in satay sauce which was really weird so I had to check with the waiter if that was right but he said the photo was just wrong. The chicken feet portion was really small though. Certain things on the menu they don't do after 6pm, we got there at about 6:20pm so missed out on the egg tarts and churn fan.
This was meant to be a 3 meat roast - crispy belly pork, duck and char siu but they had sold out of crispy port so ended up just being 2 meat roast - char siu and Holly wanted the duck off the bone
Pak Choi - cooked with garlic
Seafood Udon Noodles - Scallops, king prawns, squid, Chinese mushroom, broccoli and carrot
I found the food really salty as I was so thirsty and was drinking so much Chinese tea. But the seafood udon noodles was a good size with a lot of seafood. Think the scallops had been cut in half though as they weren't that chunky. The main food came quick considering we ordered after we finished our dim sum. Actually even the dim sum came out quick and all at the same time.
We couldn't even finish it all as we were that full but did manage to eat all the meat and seafood. Left some rice, udon noodles, and pak choi which I took home.
I went to the toilet and when I came back the waitress bought this ice cream out and they played the Happy Birthday song through the speakers. It was nice ice cream but proper solid.
Holly obviously getting tips off Jo as this something she would have done!
All this food came to £68.80! The dim sum were £5.20 each
Meat with rice £12
Noodles £14.50
Pak choi - £10.80!! We both nearly fell off our seat when we seen how much this was like surely this is a mistake how you can get an actual meal for near the same price! Not ordering that again.
My ice cream was expensive - £5.50 they charged us for it! I would have appreciated a candle in the custard layer cake more.
The food was good albeit pricey - Holly said this was the best dim sum and food we've had.
Was a nice day out and thanks Holly for it!
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