Showing posts with label Hong Kong. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hong Kong. Show all posts

07 March, 2016

HK Actual Itinerary

Day 0 March 3 (Thu)

  • Landed in HK around 12am. Long immigration queue.
  • Took the last Airport bus A11 direction Causeway Bay at 1230am (actual 30 mins)


Day 1 March 4 (Fri)
Big Buddha and Lantau Island

  • Breakfast at Hotel Holiday Inn Express Causeway Bay
  • Set off at 930am, towards Tung Chung MTR station: City Gate, Lantau Island.
  • Took NP360 Crystal Cabin at 1030am  after a long queue.
  • Big Buddha, and Vegetarian lunch at Po Lin Monastery, and followed by Wisdom Path
  • Shopping @ Citygate Outlets and supermarket. The brand names were having big sale (Armani, Samsonite, Brooks Brothers, Tommy) - better than Singapore, not as good as USA.
  • Alight at Central
  • Dinner at Mak's Noodle at Wellington Street
  • Journey at Mid-level Central and escalators with beautiful scenery of HK Night life and Lan Kwai Fong
  • Bus 23 back to Causeway Bay Sogo
  • Times Square

Day 2 March 5 (Sat)
TST Kowloon and Sham Shui Po https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sham_Shui_Po

  • Set off at 10am, took bus 961 towards Tsim Tsa Tsui
  • Arrived at Shan Shui Po, flea market sightseeing at Pei Ho Street and Apliu
  • Brunch at General dim sum (very local)
  • Wong Tai Sin temple (Bus 2F passing dense housing estate)
  • Street seeing at Nathan Road (Bus 3C passing busy Nathan Road and Mongkok, Jordan, and TST area)
  • Dinner at Tai Ping Koon Restaurant 太平館餐廳 changed to HK Cafe Kai Kee  
  • Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade
  • Star Ferry to Wan Chai (great view of HK bay)

Day 3 March 6 (Sun)
Ocean Park

  • Set off at 830am, Tung Chung then bus 629 towards Ocean Park (arrived 930)
  • Krisflyer 12% discount at ticket counter (you have to ask)
  • Lunch at theme park fare (corn on cob and spare ribs)
  • Dinner at Tim Ho Wan @Fortress Hill, North Point (super tasty)
  • Food souvenir shopping at Kee Wah Bakery Wan Chai branch (pineapple tarts, Phoenix rolls, wintermelon pastries) 

Day 4 March 7 (Mon)
SQ857 Flight on 905am. Bus A11 from Elizabeth House at 545, reach airport 625am

Wishlist for next time
- Breakfast @ Lin Heung Tea house
- Breakfast @ Australia Dairy Company
- Lei Yue Mun (seafood)
- Dinner @ Yat Lok Roast Goose, Yat Lok (一樂食館), Central.
- The place at Wellington street opposite Mak's Tsim Chai Kee
- Breakfast @ Capital Cafe, Wan Chai (opens at 7am). 華星冰室
- Cafe at Wan Chai area...
- Cafe de Coral
- Dinner @ TST Speing Deer or Good Satay / Sun Kee Pork Cheek
- Jenny Bakery

28 February, 2016

HK Itinerary Planning

Coming back, I am now planning for my 4-day HK trip. We are going to be taking late night flight after work on Thursday, on SQ

3rd Day 0 (Thu)
-touch down HK around 12am
-airport bus A11 direction Causeway Bay (approx 70mins) alternative Taxi 300HKD

-sky100 (cheaper ticket after 6pm)

4th Day 1 (Fri)
City Gate, Lamma Island and Causeway Bay


-BF at Capital Cafe, Wan Chai (opens at 7am). 華星冰室

Shop B1, G/F, Kwong Sang Hong Building, 6 Heard Street, Wan Chai 
-NP360 and Tai-O Village (MTR Tung Chung 45 mins)
-Buddha Monastery and Wisdom Path (Vegetarian lunch)
-Shopping @ Citygate Outlets
- Lei Yue Mun (seafood)
- Causeway bay (Times sq & Sogo)
- Dinner at Yat Lok Roast Goose, Yat Lok (一樂食館), Central. Blog here compare Yung Kee vs Yat Lok

5th Day 2 (Sat)
Victoria's Peak and TST Kowloon

- BF @ Tim Ho Wan (Fortress Hill branch or Wan Chai or Sham Shui Po branch)
- Golden Computer Arcade
- lunch @ wai kee noddle cafe
- the peak (3in1 combo)
- dinner at Mak's Noddle (@ The Peak Galleria)

-(TST)Tsim Sha Tsui (Jenny Bakery)
-Dinner @ TST Speing Deer or Good Satay / Sun Kee Pork Cheek
-Graville Road (clothes factory outlet)***********OPTIONAL
-The gardens of star
-COUNTDOWN to new year along Tsim Sha Tsui Waterfront (other idea?)
- TST LIGHT SHOW AND 3D LIGHTSHOW
- ladies street & Mongkok Centre

6th Day 3 (Sun)
Mongkok and Wanchai


- BF @ Lin Heung Tea house
- Wong Tai Sin Temple
- Nan Lian Garden & Chi Lin Nunnery
- Mak's Noodle at Jordan / Australia Dairy Company



7th Day 4 (Mon)
*Flight on 905am. SQ
857. Reach airport 7am


--- suggestions
- BF @ Sheung wan Lin Heung Kui / Sang Kee Congee shop
Link to HK many Michelin's stars
https://www.finedininglovers.com/stories/best-food-hong-kong/

Hung’s Delicacies (1-Michelin Star)
Shop 4 GF, Ngan Fai Building

84-94 Warf Road, North Point

Sang Kee Congee Shop
7-9 Burd St., Sheung Wan  

Phone: +852 2541 1099 

Mongkok Market

Maxims City Hall
City Hall, Low Block,
2nd floor (Edinburgh Pl.) Hong Kong
Phone: 2521-1303

Dimdim Sum Specialty Store
7 Tin Lok Lane, Wanchai, Hong Kong

Phone: 28 91 7677



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