HK - 30 Jul 2011
No morning alarm today again. Wanted to try the dim sum at Maxim's Chinese restaurant as it was recommended in the guide book and I have also read it from a blogger's trip to HK.
It was located at Whampoa, where there is no MTR within walking distance, so we took a cab there. Food here is not bad, actually, I find that that dim sum in SG is comparable to that in HK (or maybe because I have not tried the best yet). The charsiew pastry is yummy and we both like the quail egg siew mai, though the one at Lin Hueng teahouse tasted better. No pics coz I think they all look the same.
Whampoa in HK is really like the one in SG. It is like a heartland but with many shops/shopping centre within. Look at this huge ship in the middle of nowhere. It is actually JUSCO hypermart.
We had nowhere in mind to go, just walked around and happened to reach a bus terminal. We boarded a 小巴 (mini coach), thinking that the destination is to Mongkok east station.
Unknowingly, we ended up in Kowloon Tong, where there is a big shopping centre, Festival Walk. Luckily, it is on the same line as Prince Edward MTR, where we had planned to stop to visit Fa Yuen street. Had dinner at a Cha Can Ting again. Though it is only instant noodles, I really like the way they cooked it. Looking at the pics make me drool. After dinner, we went to temple street to walk walk.
We had nowhere in mind to go, just walked around and happened to reach a bus terminal. We boarded a 小巴 (mini coach), thinking that the destination is to Mongkok east station.
Unknowingly, we ended up in Kowloon Tong, where there is a big shopping centre, Festival Walk. Luckily, it is on the same line as Prince Edward MTR, where we had planned to stop to visit Fa Yuen street. Had dinner at a Cha Can Ting again. Though it is only instant noodles, I really like the way they cooked it. Looking at the pics make me drool. After dinner, we went to temple street to walk walk.
Bought lots of stuff at Fa Yuen street and Allied Plaza. Magnets from Ladies Street.
HK - 31 Jul 2011
Today is our last day in HK, unknowingly we slept till 10am today. Went to a small shop selling 车仔面 behind our hotel to have our breakfast.
Checked out at 12pm and hubby wanted to go back to the anicom exhibition again. Took train to Wanchai, and he went alone while I waited for him at Starbucks, to use up the wifi time for tourist that we bought at 7-11. By the way, this is like a wifi login password that costs HKD20 which can be brought at 7-11 stores. If you purchase the octopus card for 3 days usage, there is a coupon inside which entitled you to buy the wifi login at at discounted price of HKD15. This login only lasts for 24 hrs from the first moment that you login and it can only be used at PCCW (service provider) wifi hotspots, like Pacific Coffee, Starbucks, 7-11 stores, MTR stations, etc.
Checked out at 12pm and hubby wanted to go back to the anicom exhibition again. Took train to Wanchai, and he went alone while I waited for him at Starbucks, to use up the wifi time for tourist that we bought at 7-11. By the way, this is like a wifi login password that costs HKD20 which can be brought at 7-11 stores. If you purchase the octopus card for 3 days usage, there is a coupon inside which entitled you to buy the wifi login at at discounted price of HKD15. This login only lasts for 24 hrs from the first moment that you login and it can only be used at PCCW (service provider) wifi hotspots, like Pacific Coffee, Starbucks, 7-11 stores, MTR stations, etc.
Saw a backpack yesterday at Allied Plaza but hubby thinks SGD60 is too ex for a bag, so din buy it. After much consideration, he decided to buy so we went back to Allied Plaza at Prince Edward. As we still had time, we went to walk walk again at Sino plaza and then took a rest at Wood Cafe (near Yau Ma Tei MTR station, near our hotel) and also for the free wifi to spend our time before leaving for airport.
Hubby's bag. Managed to bargain a bit to SGD53.
A closer look, what does it resemble?
In this building, there are many such cafes that offer comfortable sofas and board games to play with. Took the free shuttle from the hotel to airport express station, Kowloon. And from there we took the airport express to the airport. Hubby liked the 葱油面 from Crystal Jade so there we went again for our dinner before we depart for SG. Hubby's bag. Managed to bargain a bit to SGD53.
A closer look, what does it resemble?
Wood Cafe
Back to SG!! Landed at around 1230am and by the time we got our luggages, it was 1am. Hungry and decided to have supper at Wang cafe before we head home.
My chicken macoroni
My chicken macoroni
Hubby's laksa
This HK trip this time was not as tiring as the last time as we took our own sweet time to walk around leisurely and rest our feet whenever we can. It was quite a relaxing trip and I did manage to shop a lot! Hubby also enjoyed this trip as he manage to go to all the comic shops that he wanted to go and even visited the exhibition twice!
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