5D4N Hong Kong Travelogue
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Read more on my Hongkong adventures (:
Hello there!
Here's an update on my recent trip to Hongkong in May. It was my second time there ever since my Poly exchange trip 3 years ago. I'm amazed that I could still tracked back my path after all these years!
DAY 1:
First time taking Singapore Airlines! Got the tickets during promotion for 1 for 1!^^
My travel buddy for the trip(:
Breakie on board
Hotel lobby.
LODGEWOOD BY L’HOTEL MONGKOK HONG KONG 1131 Canton Road, Mongkok, Hong Kong
We got the L.Room for twin beds. The room was exactly the same on site, so spacious and comfy! Location wise is good too, about 5-7mins walk to the nearest MTR. No trouble lugging our luggages down to this hotel on the first day.
Featuring the open shower haha.
Don't worry, there's a curtain that you can draw from the outside. However it was a
little translucent in day time with the natural light from the full height windows.
Our first meal in HK @ Tsui Wah Concept
TSUI WAH CONCEPT
G/F, 36-38 ARGYLE ST., MONGKOK
Opening hours: 7am - 12am
Must try their tomato soup vermicelli and their famous crispy bun! The bun is the bomb :P
Spent our late afternoon shopping around Mongkok area.
1st stop: Ladies Market
Ladies Market
Tung Choi Street, Mongkok, Kowloon
Opening hours: 1pm - 11pm
Mong Kok MTR station, Exit E2.
Walk along Nelson street for two blocks (Just right beside tsui wah concept)
2nd stop: Langham Place
Where you do all the shoppings for clothes and authentic sneakers!
My local friend told me to check price here first before heading down to sneaker street.
3rd stop: Sneaker Street
Walked the entire street but didn't see anything we like.
4th stop: Argyle Centre
Pretty much like far east plaza, clothes prices not consider cheap.
We tried the famous Bai Wei Cold Noodles. Where you get to choose the type of noodles and toppings to go with.
Bai Wei Shi Ping 百味食品 / Bai Wei Cold Noodles
Argyle Centre / New Town Mall
688 Nathan Road, Mongkok
Ground Floor near escalator and entrance
Dinner @ Satay King for some international food.
This was recommended by the local students during my exchange trip 3 years ago,
I am super amazed that I could still locate it based on my memory haha!
Satay King
1/F, 24 Tung Choi Street, Mongkok (along ladies market)
3-min walk from Exit E2, Mongkok station
My first and only buy of the day!
Day 2:
Started our day with dim sum breakfast @ One Dim Sum
Its known to be the origins of Tim Ho Wan, just look at the menu! It's so similar!
We reached there around 10am and there was already a short queue!
Surprisingly they opened the restaurant at 10.30am instead of official opening time at 11am.
One Dim Sum
Shop 1 & 2, G/F Kenwood Manison
15 Playing field road, Prince Edward
Tel: +852 2789 2280
Opening hours:
Mon to Fri: 11am - 12.30mn
Sat & Sun: 10am - 12.30mn
Nearest MTR: Prince Edward (Exit A)
It was such a gloomy day, they even had the "red-storm" alert and all the locals dressed in raincoat and rain boots. So we decided to have a 10mins walk in rain to the nearest MOKO shopping mall to kill time there, and ended up spending so much more! We had no choice but to head back to hotel to put down all the shopping bags we had and take a short rest before heading out again. Came back to hotel with a warm egg tart and fav vitasoy drink on a rainy day(:
After the rain stops, we headed out again to explore more across the island.
1st stop: Hysan Place for Hollister
Hollister - Hysan Place
500 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay, Hongkong
Found Urban Bakery at basement and decided to try the salted egg croissant here! Its damn good!!!
Urban Bakery
Jasons Food & Living
B2/F, Hysan Place, 500 Hennessy Road
Taken right outside the huge Forever 21 flagship store
Forever 21
Capitol Centre
5-19 Jardine's Bazzar, Causeway Bay, Hongkong
Bake Cheese Tart
B2-16, SOGO Mall
555 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay, HK
Opening hours:
Sun to Thu: 10.30am - 10pm
Fri/Sat/Eve of PH: 10.30am - 10.30pm
Had dinner at one of a Japanese restaurant near BAKE, it was so bad man..
Don't even want to remember the name of it.
1881 Heritage
2A Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
Nearest station: Tsim Sha Tsui MTR
Exit E, walk towards Salisbury Road, turn right,
take subway (pedestrian tunnel) next to YMCA to 1881 Heritage
All your atas shopping here ~
Victoria Harbour
Just right opposite 1881 Heritage, look for the famous clock tower and walk towards that direction.
Day 3:
Disneyland
*Click on the title for more on Disneyland. (Basically the whole day there)
Day 4:
Breakfast at Tsui Wah Concept again. The food there was really good and affordable!
I really like 茶餐厅 in HK!^^
Pottinger Street
Central, Hong Kong
Nearest Station: Central MTR
Exit D2, walk towards Queen's Road and turn right.
Walk down Queen's Road and Pottinger street will be on the left.
Its one long stretch of uphill steps, be prepared!
Tai Cheung Bakery
G/F, 35 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central
Quite near pottinger street, just google map and it will bring you there(:
SoHO Central Mid-levels Escalators
Nearest Station: Hong Kong MTR
Just down the slope from the Tai Cheung Bakery (:
Downhill direction: Mid-Levels - Central 6am to 10am daily
Uphill direction: Central - Mid-Levels 10am to midnight daily
Explored Jordan area a little. Saw Macs on the road side and decided to get ice cream!
OMGAWD they have matcha cone here!!!
Got egglet to munch on while walking back to Mongkok on foot.
Day 5 - Last day
Our return flight was pretty early, so we didn't have much time on the last day.
First time taking HK cab (: So surreal like HK drama!
Hongkong International Airport. The architecture side of me never got neglected, I was constantly observing and trying to learn more more about HK architecture(:
YAY!!! CHEERS TO FRONT ROW SEAT!
BEST THING EVER :D
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