Hong Kong Guide (V.1) - 5 Days 4 Nights 【香港游】五天四夜

This entry is a compilation of places and food I have experienced during my long holiday at Hong Kong during Winter Season, 2012 with my family and relatives.

Basically, our trip in Hong Kong is nothing but trying out the local comfort food, no Disneyland, no La Ma Island and even the Water World Park.

So, here we are with the details of what to expect and where to eat!

香港岛 (HONG KONG ISLAND) 
i. 銅鑼灣 (Causeway Bay)
    * Places to visit :
      - Shopping Paradise (overview)  

    * Foods to eat :
       - Dim Sum by 鳳城酒楼 (Fung Shing Restaurant)

ii. 中环 (Central)
      * Places to visit :
        - Business District of Hong Kong (overview)

     * Foods to eat :
         - Local Coffee Shop (Char Chaan Teng) - 翠華餐廳 (Tsui Wah Restaurant) 

iii. 湾仔 (Wan Chai) 
     * Places to visit : 
       - Night Walk @ Wan Chai (overview)
 
     * Foods to eat :
        - Local Coffee Shop (Char Chaan Teng) - 新嘉美茶餐厅 (SKM)

        - Cantonese/ Seafood Restaurant - 名爵 (The Grand Hall)

九龙 (KOWLOON) 
i. 旺角 (Mong Kok)
    * Places to visit : 
      - Lifestyle at 朗豪坊 (Langham Place) and 通菜街（女人街）[Tung Choi Street (Ladies' Market)]
      - Nigh Walk in Mong Kok (旺角夜景) 

     * Foods to eat :
       - Local Market at 朗豪坊 (Langham Place) & 通菜街（女人街）[Tung Choi Street (Ladies' Market)]
       - Sweet Soup at 糖百府 (Tong Pak Fu)

ii. 尖沙咀 (Tsim Tsa Tsui)
    * Places to visit :
       - Streets sight seeing

    * Foods to eat :
       - Peking Cuisine by 北京楼 (Peking Garden）
       - Cantonese Cuisine by 鸿星海鲜酒楼 (Super Star Seafood Restaurant)
       - Bread by 澳洲牛奶公司 (Australia Dairy Co.)
       - Breakfast by 澳门茶餐厅 (Macau Restaurant)
       - Wantan Noodle by 麦文记面家 (Mak Man Kei Noodle Shop)

iii. 荃灣 (Tsuen Wan)
      * Places to visit :  
       - Our Amazing 73rd Room at L'hotel Nina et Convention Centre

      * Foods to eat : 
       - Dim Sum by 陶源酒家 (Sportful Garden Restaurant)
 

In fact, Hong Kong is covered with varieties of foods, just walk in and enjoy the feel!

Just to let you all know, in comparison of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, I LOVE KOWLOON more!

That's all!

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Hong Kong & Macau : Tsim Tsa Tsui & The Venetian【香港澳门游】尖沙咀与澳门威尼斯人

Hong Kong Part 13 -  尖沙咀 (Tsim Tsa Tsui), 九龙 (Kowloon)
Macau Part 1 - 澳门威尼斯人 (The Venetian)

Prepared ourselves and waited for our HK relative to arrive at Tsim Tsa Tsui MRT station on that morning!

- At Nathan Road -

Definitely looking forward on our day trip to Macau. :)

But FIRST! We gonna have our breakfast before going to the port!

- Breakfast at 澳门茶餐厅 (Macau Restaurant) -

Typical HK Char Chan Teng meal!

- Cold Butter Bread and Milky Tea -

Polo Bun was huge and it was a simple breakfast that I love and normally have.

And what I realised during HK trip was, Hong Kee normally have quite a special breakfast which combine pasta with soup as breakfast!

- Ticket from HK to Macau -

HK$151 ride for our ferry at 9.30am. And unfortunately, we didn't realised that the tickets the seller gave to us was return tickets on 15th March, 2012, luckily the custom let us back to HK on the 14th, although our tickets were wrong.

One hour ferry ride was on schedule and I met uncivilized China men again!! Pushing from behind and just "shoot" them loudly in the end. Don't play play with outsider. (^_^)

- Macau -

Tina (Our HK relative) brought us to ride the bus provided by The Venetian and we arrived at The Venetian for a short shopping spree and photography as well!

Dad very happy with the Macau trip, definitely loving Macau, a place inspired by Portuguese culture.

Macau, such a developed place with buildings and casinos. In fact, people normally come here for their casinos!

- Inside The Venetian -

Here are some of The Venetian pictures that I took! Do enjoy them! :)

- 澳门威尼斯人 (The Venetian) -

- 澳门威尼斯人 (The Venetian) -

- 澳门威尼斯人 (The Venetian) -

Inspired by Venice, Italy. I bought quite a number of items from the outlets at The Venetian. One of my good buy was Swarovski pen and I still using it!

Without further delay, off we go to the main area of Macau for local delicacies and shopping!

- Tina and Mom -

Tina brought us to have Portuguese meal!

Location :

澳门茶餐厅 (Macau Restaurant)

25 Lock Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

Contact : +852 2366 8148

澳门威尼斯人 (The Venetian) 

望德聖母灣大馬路，路氹金光大道

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Hong Kong : Tsim Tsa Tshui, Kowloon - Wantan by Mak Man Kei Noodle Shop and Bread by Australia Dairy Co.【香港食】 九龙之尖沙咀 - 麦文记面家与澳洲牛奶公司

Hong Kong Part 12 -  麦文记面家 and 澳洲牛奶公司, 尖沙咀 (Tsim Tsa Tsui), 九龙 (Kowloon)

We reached Tsim Tsa Tsui via MRT and we had a walk along the coastal, such a beautiful view of HK. :)

 - Coastal Area of Tsim Tsa Tsui -

 

 - We are walking -

Sight seeing and heading to the famous Wantan Noodle shop that many recommended.

 

 - It's finally here! -

 - 麦文记面家 (Mak Man Kei Noodle Shop) -

The noodle shop was small, but the food was great!! Definitely chunky noodles and wantan! The noodle was made with pure eggs, we didn't feel any discomfort after having the it and non the less, the noodle was not sticky at all!

- Signature Dish : Wantan Noodle -

- The Wantan -

- The Price List and Menu -

And next, direct milky tea and bread time. Oh gosh! And it was located next to Mak Man Kei.

- 澳洲牛奶公司 (Australia Dairy Co.) -

Told you we tried most of the recommended restaurants in HK. It was my turn to treat them. :) I have paid HKD300 for 10 person (10 breads and 10 milky tea).

- Omelet Bread -

It was freaking thick omelet with slices of bread. Definitely love the bread there but not the service they provided, it was typical HK people. (-_-)

- Milky Tea -

Short bread time and off we go to a local street market to have a look.

- Building in Kowloon -

- The Local Street Market - 

That's all for today and Happy Chap Goh Mei and Happy Valentine's Day to you! :)

麦文记面家 (Mak Man Kei Noodle Shop)

佐敦白加士街51號地下

51 Parkes Street, Jordan

澳洲牛奶公司 (Australia Dairy Co.)

佐敦白加士街47-49號地下

47 Parkes Street, Jordan

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Hong Kong : Tsuen Wan, Kowloon - Authentic Dim Sum by Sportful Garden Restaurant 【香港食】 九龙之荃湾 - 陶源酒家

Hong Kong Part 11 -  陶源酒家 (Sportful Garden Restaurant), 荃湾 (Tsuen Wan), 九龙 (Kowloon)

 Certainly one of the best Dim Sum I had in Hong Kong!

It was located next to our hotel (L'Hotel Nina Convention Centre) and Aunt Rosa suggested all of us to have our breakfast on the second morning.

- Dim Sum -

Certainly satisfied with what we had on that day. :)

In fact, Sportful Garden Restaurant offers 50% discount on their Dim Sum until 10.00am! And my family went there for a second breakfast before we left Hong Kong during our last day in HK.

 

- Award Recognition -

 

- Famous HK Artists with Sportful Garden Restaurant -

- Fried Golden Carrots -

Fried Golden Carrots were freshly prepared to preserve the original flavour and crunchiness, certainly soft in the inside and crunchy at the outside. Its just heavenly.

Furthermore, one of the dish I love was there Phoenix Crawl aka Chicken Feet! I never had so many before until that day, so large and juicy!

Every Dim Sum we had were heavenly.

- Crab -

They serve seafood as well!

- Other specialties -

That's what we had and we went for shopping after our breakfast.

- Street Food -

Certainly typical street food can be found in HK!

Location :
陶源酒家 (Sportful Garden Restaurant)
荃灣楊屋道8號如心廣場3樓312號舖
(Shop 312, 3/F, Nina Tower,
8 Yeung Uk Rd, Tsuen Wan)

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Hong Kong : Mong Kok, Kowloon - Super Star Seafood Restaurant & The Night Walk 【香港游】 九龙之旺角 - 鸿星海鲜酒楼与夜景

Hong Kong Part 10 -  鸿星海鲜酒楼 (Super Star Seafood Restaurant), 旺角 (Mong Kok), 九龙 (Kowloon)

Finally ended our Hainan, China Trip and we were back in Hong Kong, its like landing at heaven that night! We were HUNGRY and weren't satisfied nor full with the meals we had for past few days. 

On the same night we reached Hong Kong, left our luggage at the hotel and we headed to the Mong Kok for dinner, a very scrumptious one and we had our dinner really quick! haha :D Definitely like "hungry ghost" 饿鬼 that night. Delicious signature Peking duck for the night. :)

 - 鸿星海鲜酒楼 Super Star Seafood Restaurant -

Uncle Tai treat us that night. :) And the dinner was great! Packed restaurant and the local will know where to bring us for good dinner.

- Breakfast -

They serve Dim Sum as well! Great Dim Sum by Hong Kees!

- Of What We Had -

- Peking Ducks and Chicken -

Dinner was great and NEXT, walked to Tong Pak Fu for another dessert time which I prefer the first visit at Hak Po branch. After dessert, we walk and walk around Mong Kok and see the night with my eye, here are some of the random photography I took in Mong Kok. :)

- Mom and Dad -

- Street Food -

Imagine the weather was cold and feeling comfortable with the hot food they were selling!

- At the Cross Road -

So, that's the end of my night walk @ Mong Kok! 

I miss Hong Kong, love Kowloon. :)

鸿星海鲜酒楼 Super Star Seafood Restaurant
Website :
Super Star Group
Location :
Shop 801, 8/F, Grand Century Place, 193 Prince Edward Road West, Mong Kok
Contact :
+852 2628 0809
 

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【香港游玩记】 九龙之荃灣 - 美心酒店 Fun In Hong Kong : Tsuen Wan, Kowloon - Street Shot and Amazing L'hotel Nina et Convention Centre

Hong Kong Part 10 -  如心海景酒店暨會議中心 (L'hotel Nina et Convention Centre), 荃灣 (Tsuen Wan), 九龙 (Kowloon)

Finally back in Hong Kong and it was the first time we traveled back to our hotel from airport with their bus transport, definitely one of the convenient method to reach our hotel after being advised by Uncle Tai. :)

- In the Public Bus -

I did mentioned before that I like to sit in a public transportation whereby we could enjoy the local scene/ lifestyle of one place. Indeed I had a good time enjoying myself with my eye while we were on our way. :)

- The Highway -

- Market -

- The Street -

Hong Kong is such a busy city.

A short trip from the airport to the last station (Tsuen Wan) of the bus we paid for, a short walk and we arrived at L'Hotel Nina et Convention Centre. Well managed hotel and definitely a good hotel to overnight with. Kid you not, it wasn't a norm that I will write a review for hotel I'm staying, exceptional for the good ones I encountered.

- L'hotel Nina et Convention Centre (on the left) -

The night view of L'hotel during one night after we had our dinner.

- First snap in room :) -

- Twin Bed Room -

The room just made us hesitate to leave them @_@. It was super cozy!! Single bed equivalent to queen size bed! :)

- Our view from 73rd Floor -

Amazing Kowloon View with fog!

- The Transparent Bathroom -

DON'T BE SURPRISE! It is normal to have see through bathroom in Hong Kong. Luckily there was a plastic cloth to cover up while we were having our bath in our room, but we still can see the person's shadow while he/she having their shower.

- Night View from 73rd Floor -

Beautiful scenery of Hong Kong like they always say.

- Room at 75th Floor -

We hang out at Uncle Tai/ Aunt Rosa room on the second day, it was amazing with perfect sea view!!

- View from 75th Floor -

Our room was upgraded and so do Uncle Tai and Aunt Rosa, their room was amazing!! I guess their room is honeymoon suite if I'm not mistaken. It's like TV screen in front of the bed.

- Sea view of Hong Kong -

- Tea Talk at 75th Floor -

L'hotel was great and definitely cost a boom when we were there.

I wish to visit Hong Kong again and hope I have the chance to overnight at L'hotel in the future! :)

Location :
L'hotel Nina et Convention Centre
8 Yeung Uk Road, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong

Contact : (852) 2280 2898

URL : L'hotel Nina Convention Centre

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