Hong Kong day 4

We kick start our nothing with  dim sum from "Tim Ho Wan ", a one star Michelin star award winning restaurant. As expected, the queue was overwhelming.

The food was okay, similar to other branch in other parts of the world.  The fried carrot cake and pork bun is still the best dish to order there.

The Glutinous rice with Lotus Leaf

The vermicelli roll

The prawn dumplings

The fried carrot cake

The pork dumpling

baked Char Siew Bun

osmanthus petal 'cake

You can ask for a container to take away in case you can't finish. We ate about 145 HKD for these meals which I find it very reasonable.

Our next stop was to take the tram to Victoria peak.  The queue was horrible around 11am on a Sunday .

Fortunately,  the view above was clear.  We chilled and look around the place before heading down  hours later.

Around 5pm, the queue was faster and we waited around 30 min plus to get down.
Lady stop of the day was the "ladies market " at Tung Choi street.

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The place was good for bargaining for souvenirs. We only managed to bargain 6 Keychains for 65 HKD but were not brave enough to ask for a lower price. Since it is sold at the peak for 80hkd, I consider that okay.  We ate smelly tofu ($12 HKD per piece) ,  curry fish ball, egglets and drank "gong cha " while watching un the street performers singing.

Curry fish ball and egglet makes an awesome snack.

Beware:Smelly tofu might not be suitable for everyone! Try at your own risk. 

 End of the day.

hong kong day 3

Today is the day we went to Macau.  We started off the day by taking number 3 bus from Dorsett Mongkok hotel to China Hong Kong ferry terminal.  Upon arrival, we were stunned by the number of agents selling the ferry tickets only to realize that most of morning tickets in the counter were sold out. Despite such confusion, we managed to find an agent that sells at 320 HKD round trip to 外港 port at Macau. We went there by Cotai ferry and back via Turbo jet.

The admission was pretty fast. We took a bus to visit St Paul church at 新马路.

We visited a nearby church on the way to St Paul Church and the interior is beautiful.

The famous saint Paul church was crowded with tourist.

 We also visited the fort with canons situated near the Saint Paul Church.

 We ate the pork burger ( HKD24) and the famous Portuguese tart(HKD 8). 

Due to the lack of time, we had to head back to Kowloon,hong kong and forgo the casino. Hence,  no chance to try our luck for early retirement.

We took bus the ferry terminal. On the way back to the terminal, we realize that most of the of the hotels are casino themselves.   Back to Hong Kong.

After taking a short rest, we headed to MTR and took a train to Kowloon's Ritz carton hotel to visit Ozone bar, the world highest bar.  The food was good and the night view was superb if you choose to dine outside. Die to lack of available seats, we had our meal inside. We ordered "Hong Kong Roof Top" and "Sweet Life".  I find Hong Kong Roof Top better.

 After chilling, we head back to hotel and that's the end of the day.

hong kong day 2

When I woke up, it was already 10am. Seems like I am not the only one who forget to set alarm for today. I guess there is change of plans, we decided to go Landau Island which I kind of regret upon arrival.  We took MTR train from Qing Yi to Tung Chung for the cable car and were greatly discouraged by the long queue just to purchase the tickets.

 

The queue lasted for 2 hours plus. Luckily I bought the crystal cable car where we got into the cable car instantly.

 Upon arrival at Lantau island, I realize the place was foggy.

 With a hungry stomach, we purchased meal tickets(98 hkd per pax for normal meal) at Polin Monastery and proceed to relieve our hungry stomach.

The vegetarian food was good and comes in big portion.

After the meal, I feel so full.  Realizing that we had not much time left, climbed the stairs to see the big Buddha. Due to the bad weather, the big Buddha was covered with fog. Luckily for me,  I managed to take a few clear shots.

After that, we rush back to the cable car station as the last ride of the day is at 6.30 pm. To further challenge our patience, the queue back from Lantau island was an hour plus. After that we went to Australia dairy company off Jordan street via e23 bus .

 We ordered the dinner set and the egg white pudding ($64)  The scrambled egg was superb and the pudding is soft. The waiter are always looking and rushing you from seating to finishing the food.  The food arrived less than 2 min.We finished in less than 20 min.
Next we went to the nearby" temple street".  We had light snack with beer at one of the restaurants there.

We did some shopping and realize we had plenty of room for improvement in our bargaining skills. Lastly, we head back to Dorsett Mongkok using 2e bus .

Hong Kong day 1

After struggling with the pilling pressure of work and new tax implementation, I am off to my long awaited holiday at Hong Kong. Upon arrival, we bought tickets for airport train express (HKD 90 to 青衣)as well as the multi-purpose prepaid card known as "八达通” (HKD150 with 100 HKDto use).

We took the train express to Qing Yi and took MTR train to Olympic station (奥运） where we walk for around 15 min to our hotel " Dorsett Mongkok .  The hotel was nice and and affordable  if book early.

 After we check in and take a rest, time for us to go stroll around Hong Kong.
We went in Espirit as there were 50 percent discount and if you bought 5 items and above you get extra 10 percent discount. Next we had roasted goose for lunch at "深井陈记烧鹅.

The roasted goose taste good especially the marination with spices.

We continued walking around after that.  We passed by a shop and decided to have pancakes there for dessert.

 The food presentation was pretty and tasty too. Price was 51 HKD for a pancake. Kind of costly.

As we were quite full,  we decided to skip dinner and head towards "Tsim Sha Zhui " to look at "the arena of stars .  The area was cooling and relaxing.  There were plenty of flooring with famous people signature as well as hand print.

There were even street performers and stalls selling food and photography services. You can even by Disney land tickets there. We stayed for the 8pm lighting cum musical performances. The performance was great and free of charge.  After chilling there for awhile, we headed back to our hotel and that's the end of day 1.