After checked in our hostel, we started to hunt for our lunch. From the hostel (Uudenmaankatu) we walked a bit further down then made a right turn to Annankatu. According to the hostel staff, there are many restaurants along this road. Yes, she was right. There are a lot. We decided to walk further down and then only chose which restaurant we want to go. At last we stop at one of the restaurants; New Bamboo Centre, a Chinese restaurant. We have no idea this restaurant is own by Malaysian at first. After be a while inside the restaurant I start to curious because I heard Jacky Cheung Hok Yau’s songs was played in that restaurant.

You can not hear this kind of pop songs play in any Chinese restaurant in Finland except classical music if the owner is from China. Therefore, I asked one of the waiters and he told me he is Malaysian from Pahang state. Well, after introduced to each other we start to have conversation with Cantonese. After finish our lunch and walked out from the restaurant we just discovered a signboard mentioned that this is Malaysian operate restaurant but it is in Finnish. I was satisfied with the lunch I have. My girlfriend laugh at me according to her I ate like hungry ghost just now. Then, we decided walked to the Helsinki City Tourist & Convention Bureau at Pohjoisesplanadi road to get some printed brochures to plan for our walking tour in Helsinki. All brochures are free of charge, you can take any brochure you need, of course make sure you take the brochure with the language you understand. After this, we walked further down from the tourist office and we arrived at Kauppatori (Market square) of Helsinki. After snapped some photos at there we returned to our hostel. By that time, the sky was starting to become dark although it was about 4 o’clock only.

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• From hostel to Market Square of Helsinki
• From Esplanade Park to Senate Square
• Little bit about Malaysian in Finland
• Tram 3T route tour
• Katajanokka district to Winter Garden then Sea Life
• Arrived in Helsinki.
• Senate Square and surroundings

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