Ving recently had a trip to Hong Kong!!
Here’s a bunch of cheery vegetables welcoming us at the departure hall.
One of my travelling companions!
We got our air tickets at quite a steal, less than a month prior to this trip.
Plus, the flight timing was kinda sh***y and exhausted us out (departed at 1+am, reached Hong Kong at 5+am).
But that also meant we got to spend more time in Hong Kong!!
Reached Hong Kong!!!
This was taken while on board the Airport Express to City area.
Had to wait till past 6am before the Airport Express commenced operations.
It was only about 7+am by the time we reached our hotel, Holiday Inn Express @ SOHO (Address: 83 Jervois Street, Sheung Wan).
Still too early for check-in, we decided to go for our first breakfast in Hong Kong at Lin Heung Tea House, which is about a 10-15mins walk from the hotel.
Address: 160-164 Wellington Street, G/F, Central
Station : Sheung Wan (Exit E2)
Hours : Daily 6am – 11pm
Contact: (852) 2544-4556
Being one of the oldest Hong Kong style restaurants around, it has an unmediated slice of old Hong Kong in it.
We had to share a table with couple of other uncles and aunties, as the tea house was packed at the time in which we were there.
We were even mistaken to be Japanese students (must be ‘cos of our sans-makeup faces hahaha).
It cost about HKD70+ (approximately S$12) for the 3 dim sum dishes which we had.
There were 2 of such bulletin boards outside the tea house, filled with very old and faded pictures related to the tea house.
Such retro feel! *like*
Part 2 of our breakfast!
We went to check out Lan Fong Yuen Hong Kong Cafe which was about a 5mins walk from Lin Heung Tea House, cutting through Peel Street to get to Gage Street.
Apparently many celebrities (eg. Chow Yun Fatt) frequent this place!
Address: 2 Gage Street, G/F, Central
Station : Sheung Wan (Exit E2) / Central (Exit D2)
Hours : Mon-Sat 8am – 8pm / Closed on Sundays
Contact: (852) 2544-3895 / 2854-0731
Having it the Hong Kong way!
They are known for their Nissin Noodles, Pork Chop Bun, and Silky Milk Tea.
So we ordered these plus another breakfast set, which totalled to about HKD80 (approximately S$13+).
Their service was really good too!
After checking into our hotel and freshened ourselves up, it is…………………. Shopping time!
H&M + Topshop
Here are the other shops which we had checked out (I didn’t manage to take pictures of them though).
F.I.L. by Visvim
Address: No. 8-9 Sun Street, Wan Chai
Station : Wan Chai (Exit A3)
Contact: (852) 2528-3880
Details : Full collection of Visvim plus collaborations. There is an outlet in Raffles Hotel Singapore.
Kapok
Address: 5 St. Francis Yard, G/F, Wan Chai
Station : Wan Chai (Exit A3)
Hours : Mon-Sat 11am – 8pm / Sun 11am – 6pm
Contact: (852) 2549-9254
Details : Multi-label boutique for inspiring quality goods. Well-known for introducing emerging exclusive creators to Hong Kong.
The Monocle Shop
Address: 1-4 St. Francis Yard, Wan Chai
Station : Wan Chai (Exit A3)
Hours : Mon-Fri 11am – 7pm / Sat 12pm – 8pm / Sun 12pm – 6pm
Contact: (852) 2804-2323
Details : Monocle (magazine) products and collaborations.
YMO YNOT Pop-Up Store
Address: 18 Wing Fung Street, 1/F, Wan Chai
Station : Wan Chai (Exit A3)
Hours : Daily 11am – 8pm
Contact: (852) 2968-0069
Details : Collaboration between Yohji Yamamoto, Stanley Wong & Mao Jihung. Specialises in fashion-forward garments marked by a strong touch of Oriental aesthetics and wisdom.
I had sucha long list of food places, initially we didn’t know where to go for our first dinner in Hong Kong!
We finally decided on Secret Garden Korean Restaurant that was located in Admiralty.
Address: 12 Harcourt Road, Bank of America Tower, G/F, Shop G5, Admiralty
Station : Admiralty (Exit B)
Hours : Daily 12pm – 3pm; 6pm – 11pm
Contact: (852) 2801-7990
Our Spicy Rice Cakes + Spicy Black Codfish Soup (really yums!) totalled to HKD363 including service charge (approximately S$60).
I simply could not resist shopping at a foreign country’s convenience stores like 7-11.
They always seem to have many stuff which we do not see in Singapore’s!
(Ok the Coca Cola drinks in the picture below do not count. I bought them in order to get this limited edition X-Large x Coca Cola towel that comes in a can container! As can be seen on the top left of the picture.)
Hong Kong 7-11 outlets were having this ‘promotion’, whereby you collect stamps as you spend, in order to exchange for Toy Story’s or Monsters Inc.’s toys. (The stamps are really nice!)
HKD20 for 1 stamp, HKD30 for 2 stamps, HKD40 for 3 stamps, and so on…
We spent so much, we actually managed to fill up 3 Stamp Collection Cards, which entitled us to get 3 free toys.
It had been a long first day of the trip!
Do check out Part 2 when it is out on Thursday! ^_^