Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Hong Kong /Shenzhen 9D/8N Trip Day 9 - Breakfast - > 齒來香 -> Checkout -> Flight to Singapore

Breakfast was at the hotel's cafe. The special rate was HK$100 per person.
Our breakfast

The food was quite tasty

The spread was quite good with noodles, scrambled eggs, ham, sauages, egg section, dim sum, juices, cornflakes, fruits, assortment of breads and rolls, etc, etc. On the left of the photo, there is a row of cooked food.

After breakfast, walked to Third Street to buy love letters - supposed to be good.

Inersection of Centre Street and Queen Road West

One of the corner shop selling meat at the intersection of Centre Street and First Street

After a slow and steep climb, we finally reached Third Street. Photo taken from Third Street. On the right is the Sai Ying Pun Wet Market 西營盤街市

Third Street


齒來香 recommended on discoverhongkong website

En route to Hotel - another shop selling meat and noodles . There are many such shops in this area. In the morning, the Centre Street is always busy and bustling with many aunties doing their morning marketing. Quite an interesting sight to behold. Of course, occasionally, there was a stench, as in many wet markets.

Another shop selling fresh chicken. Between Second and Third Street, along Centre Street is the Sai Ying Pun Wet Market 西營盤街市

A shop near the Hotel. Stranglely, it looked quite pretty on picture when in actaul fact, it was a very old shop.

After resting for a while, it was almost time to checkout. We took a cab to the airport. It costed HK$360.
Hong Kong Airport


Ther wer many fast food restaurants after immigration - pretty colourful




Waiting Area before boarding

TCM Clinic at waiting before boarding. Who has time for TCM before boarding?


SQ Airplane

Soon, we boarded the plane to fly to Singapore
Chicken Set Meal on board

Beef with potato - the beef tasted a wierd

Haagen Das Ice cream for desert

Clouds outside - home sweet home. It had been quite an enjoyable holiday. Thank God for the good weather.

End of Trip Report.

Day 1 - Flight to Hong Kong -> Nathan Hotel Hotel (Review) -> Dinner at 稻香超級漁港Tao Heung Restaurant -> Temple Street

Day 2 - Breakfast at Nathan Hotel -> Avenue of Stars -> Train to Luo Hu -> Roasted goose at Luo Hu Station, Shenzhen -> Days' Inn Lao Jie (Review) -> Laojie 老街東門盯-> Lunch at 金稻园砂锅粥(乐园路总店)-> Electronics Shopping at Huaqiang - > MixC - > Dinner at 西湖春天 -> Laojie at night

Day 3 – Breakfast at Days Inn -> Window of the World(Entrance& Stone Sculpture Garden) -> WOW(USA/Egypt) -> WOW (Europe) -> WOW(Middle East/Asia) -> Lunch at 金牌小龙, Yitian Holiday Plaza -> Splendid China -> Rest at Hotel -> Laojie -> Dinner at Tang Palace 盛世唐宮

Day 4 - Breakfast - > Back to Hong Kong -> 金華冰廳 Kam Wah Cafe 蛋撻、菠蘿油 -> Lunch at Ocean Empire Congee Shop 海皇粥店 -> Lee Keung Kee North Point Eggette/ Egg Waffle 利強記北角雞蛋仔 at Jordan -> Check in Disneyland Hotel (Review) -> Disneyland Resort MTR Sation - > Tai Cheong 泰昌餅家 Egg Tart from Tsing Yi -> Shopping at Tung Chung -> Dinner at Federal Restaurant, Tung Chung

Day 5 - Dim Sum at Tao Heung at Hsing Yi - > Disneyland (Entrance/Main Street) -> Tomorrowland/Fantasyland -> Lunch at Festival of Food / Parade -> ToyStory Land/Adventureland -> Dinner at Plaza Inn -> Disneyland Fireworks/Closing

Day 6 - Breakfast at Enchanted Garden - > Disneyland -> Lunch at Comets Cafe -> Disneyland -> Dinner at Super super Congee at Hsing Yi - > View fireworks from Hotel Balcony

Day 7 - Dim Sum at Tao Heung at Hsing Yi - > Lunch at Crystal Lotus -> Island Pacific Hotel (Review) -> Star Ferry to TsimShaTsui -> Hertiage 1881 -> Dinner at Kwan Kee 坤記 上環Shueng Wan-> Desert at 源記

Day 8 - Breakfast at McDonalds's - > The Peak -> Central -> Lunch at Honolulu Cafe -> Mak Kee Wanton Noodles -> Causeway Bay -> Dinner at Chi Kee Wanton Noodles -> Desert at 翠園 & 恭和堂 龜嶺膏

Day 9 - Breakfast - > 齒來香 -> Checkout -> Flight to Singapore

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Hong Kong /Shenzhen 9D/8N Trip Day 8 - Dinner at Chi Kee池記 Wanton Noodles -> Desert at 翠苑 & 恭和堂

For dinner, we went to Causeway Bay again. My colleague recommended to take wanton noodles at Chi Kee池記.
Pervical Street near Times Square

Chi Kee池記Shop Front

They had a few set menu. Tea was complimentary.

Restaurant Interior - tables are quite close to one another. Cramped is the word but this is HK!

We ordered 4 different sets. Credit cards are not accepted.
Kai Lan

The wanton noodles here was bigger bowl with more noodles compared to Mak's.

The wanton is nice

Fried Wanton

Dry wanton noodles

Mustard Green

Deep fried eel balls with oyster sauce, exactly the same as that in Macau.

Congee

After dinner, we went to 翠苑 for deserts, again recommended by my colleague. 翠苑 was opposite Chi Kee池記
翠苑 Shop Front, also along Pervical Street。 The shop is really very small.

Sweet Dumplings - nice but cannot remember how much. I think it is cheaper than Yuan ji at Sheung Wan. Nice, said hubby

Walnut Cream.

My colleague loved the barley desert here. My daughter ordered tone but the picture was out of focus. There were more than ten gingko nuts in it! Really value for money!
Next was to have 龜苓膏 at 恭和堂 .
恭和堂

龜膏 HK$42

Herbal Tea HK$18

Walking to Times Square to take the MTR back to Sheung Wan

Ding Ding near Western Market at Sheung Wan

Western market after dark

Ding Ding Stand

End of Day8

Day 1 - Flight to Hong Kong -> Nathan Hotel Hotel (Review) -> Dinner at 稻香超級漁港Tao Heung Restaurant -> Temple Street

Day 2 - Breakfast at Nathan Hotel -> Avenue of Stars -> Train to Luo Hu -> Roasted goose at Luo Hu Station, Shenzhen -> Days' Inn Lao Jie (Review) -> Laojie 老街東門盯-> Lunch at 金稻园砂锅粥(乐园路总店)-> Electronics Shopping at Huaqiang - > MixC - > Dinner at 西湖春天 -> Laojie at night

Day 3 – Breakfast at Days Inn -> Window of the World(Entrance& Stone Sculpture Garden) -> WOW(USA/Egypt) -> WOW (Europe) -> WOW(Middle East/Asia) -> Lunch at 金牌小龙, Yitian Holiday Plaza -> Splendid China -> Rest at Hotel -> Laojie -> Dinner at Tang Palace 盛世唐宮

Day 4 - Breakfast - > Back to Hong Kong -> 金華冰廳 Kam Wah Cafe 蛋撻、菠蘿油 -> Lunch at Ocean Empire Congee Shop 海皇粥店 -> Lee Keung Kee North Point Eggette/ Egg Waffle 利強記北角雞蛋仔 at Jordan -> Check in Disneyland Hotel (Review) -> Disneyland Resort MTR Sation - > Tai Cheong 泰昌餅家 Egg Tart from Tsing Yi -> Shopping at Tung Chung -> Dinner at Federal Restaurant, Tung Chung

Day 5 - Dim Sum at Tao Heung at Hsing Yi - > Disneyland (Entrance/Main Street) -> Tomorrowland/Fantasyland -> Lunch at Festival of Food / Parade -> ToyStory Land/Adventureland -> Dinner at Plaza Inn -> Disneyland Fireworks/Closing

Day 6 - Breakfast at Enchanted Garden - > Disneyland -> Lunch at Comets Cafe -> Disneyland -> Dinner at Super super Congee at Hsing Yi - > View fireworks from Hotel Balcony

Day 7 - Dim Sum at Tao Heung at Hsing Yi - > Lunch at Crystal Lotus -> Island Pacific Hotel (Review) -> Star Ferry to TsimShaTsui -> Hertiage 1881 -> Dinner at Kwan Kee 坤記 上環Shueng Wan-> Desert at 源記

Day 8 - Breakfast at McDonalds's - > The Peak -> Central -> Lunch at Honolulu Cafe -> Mak Kee Wanton Noodles -> Causeway Bay -> Dinner at Chi Kee Wanton Noodles -> Desert at 翠園 & 恭和堂 龜嶺膏

Day 9 - Breakfast - > 齒來香 -> Checkout -> Flight to Singapore

Hong Kong /Shenzhen 9D/8N Trip Day 8 - Central -> Lunch at Honolulu Cafe/Mak Kee Wanton Noodles -> Causeway Bay

My son suggested walking to Central from the lower peak terminus.
Walking to Central




He led the way but we landed near Admiralty MTR Station so we took a the MTR to Central.

Pottinger Street, named in commemoration of Hong Kong’s first governor, Henry Pottinger




As we walked along, we found the escalator





Dropped by Tai Cheong to buy egg tarts. Each costed HK$5.

Wanted to take the tea milk at Lan Fang Yuan but it was closed! So we decided to drink milk tea at Honolulu Cafe.



Wanted to try their egg tart too.

Surprisingly, the cafe was not crowded. Condiments on table

Pork Chop Bun - tasted ok buut forgot the price since we paid in cash.

Tea milk - the one at kopitiam tasted better

My son ordered the fried noodles HK$60. Tasted ok but quite expensive. By now, we are half ull.


Tried their egg tart - not too bad. HK$6

Since we were so near Mak Kee, we decided to go and try their wanton noodle.


Free tea - this tea is better as it is hot. The free tea in Honolulu was cold.

Very small bowl but the wantons were big and each had a big prawn. The thin noodles were very "Q". Very nice.

We were walking to the Central Station to go to Causeway Bay when a group of locals held demonstrations again.

They were very orderly and not rowdy. One lane was closed for their demonstrations.



It was long snake of demonstrators!

After this, we took the MTR to Causeway Bay to Sogo to buy 恆香老婆餅 (HK$36) and the love letters (HK$64). After we walked to Times Square.



Times Square - modern and big shopping centre with many shops selling high end branded goods.








After roaming for a while, we took the MTR back to Sheung Wan.

And then transfer to Ding Ding at this stop

Ding Ding stop near the hotel


Went to Sheung Wan via Hotel shuttle. Along Hillier Street

to buy almond biscuit from Cookie Galeria but the shop was closed.

So we took Ding Ding back to Hotel



Day 1 - Flight to Hong Kong -> Nathan Hotel Hotel (Review) -> Dinner at 稻香超級漁港Tao Heung Restaurant -> Temple Street

Day 2 - Breakfast at Nathan Hotel -> Avenue of Stars -> Train to Luo Hu -> Roasted goose at Luo Hu Station, Shenzhen -> Days' Inn Lao Jie (Review) -> Laojie 老街東門盯-> Lunch at 金稻园砂锅粥(乐园路总店)-> Electronics Shopping at Huaqiang - > MixC - > Dinner at 西湖春天 -> Laojie at night

Day 3 – Breakfast at Days Inn -> Window of the World(Entrance& Stone Sculpture Garden) -> WOW(USA/Egypt) -> WOW (Europe) -> WOW(Middle East/Asia) -> Lunch at 金牌小龙, Yitian Holiday Plaza -> Splendid China -> Rest at Hotel -> Laojie -> Dinner at Tang Palace 盛世唐宮

Day 4 - Breakfast - > Back to Hong Kong -> 金華冰廳 Kam Wah Cafe 蛋撻、菠蘿油 -> Lunch at Ocean Empire Congee Shop 海皇粥店 -> Lee Keung Kee North Point Eggette/ Egg Waffle 利強記北角雞蛋仔 at Jordan -> Check in Disneyland Hotel (Review) -> Disneyland Resort MTR Sation - > Tai Cheong 泰昌餅家 Egg Tart from Tsing Yi -> Shopping at Tung Chung -> Dinner at Federal Restaurant, Tung Chung

Day 5 - Dim Sum at Tao Heung at Hsing Yi - > Disneyland (Entrance/Main Street) -> Tomorrowland/Fantasyland -> Lunch at Festival of Food / Parade -> ToyStory Land/Adventureland -> Dinner at Plaza Inn -> Disneyland Fireworks/Closing

Day 6 - Breakfast at Enchanted Garden - > Disneyland -> Lunch at Comets Cafe -> Disneyland -> Dinner at Super super Congee at Hsing Yi - > View fireworks from Hotel Balcony

Day 7 - Dim Sum at Tao Heung at Hsing Yi - > Lunch at Crystal Lotus -> Island Pacific Hotel (Review) -> Star Ferry to TsimShaTsui -> Hertiage 1881 -> Dinner at Kwan Kee 坤記 上環Shueng Wan-> Desert at 源記

Day 8 - Breakfast at McDonalds's - > The Peak -> Central -> Lunch at Honolulu Cafe -> Mak Kee Wanton Noodles -> Causeway Bay -> Dinner at Chi Kee Wanton Noodles -> Desert at 翠園 & 恭和堂 龜嶺膏

Day 9 - Breakfast - > 齒來香 -> Checkout -> Flight to Singapore