Hong Kong Macau Trip Day 1: 2nd Aug 2011, Tuesday
香港澳门之旅第一天：8月2日2011年, 星期二
Momorange's first overseas trip, and on a plane.
Touchdown!
Woohoo HK! Doesn't feel much different from Singapore cos the weather is freaking hot! We checked out and went to get the Airport Express. Didn't know there was a 2-person special package to Kowloon station for only HK$140. Their website says HK$95 for a ticket only. Nevertheless it's a good thing they recommended this package so we took it and went to take the express train. Cool! Another new experience.
The special package for 2-person single journey tickets on the Airport Express to Kowloon station HK$140 for 2 persons.
On our way to Kowloon station. The train feels like a bullet train in Japan.
Tired and hungry.
First meal in HK. Japanese restaurant! LOL... It's Ippei'an at ELEMENTS in Kowloon.
Jap food can never go wrong.
Ramen!
And more ramen!
Some chicken don.
We'll get our dim sum in HK soon. For now any food will do.
Free shuttle service K5 to our hotel, Royal Plaza Hotel, at Mongkok East station.
Fwah got ourselves an executive room in this 5-star hotel.
Very spacious room and has everything we need.
Time to take a nap first before we embark on our HK tour.
First stop is Chinese restaurant 稻香. Dim sum ends at 4pm, therefore we had no choice but to get a 2-person set of mixed meat.
Comes with winter melon soup. Sweet, nutritious and cooling soup to remove the heatiness in us.
In fact I believe this big pot of soup can feed at least 6 people haha.
We still managed to finish everything. Burp!
It is situated in Carnavon Plaza near Tsim Sha Tsui station.
An ad featuring the beautiful Linda Chung.
Streets in HK, so full of energy.
And here we are at the Avenue of Stars. Just love the lighting in this pic.
Dear is now a movie star!
Oh oh dear get out of there!
Momo high-5s the golden pig.
Momo gets a star of her own.
Went to one of the many night markets near TST.
Decided to get a dessert after walking such a long distance. Not very nice lol.
Yea it's called Lucky Dessert. And always full house. Wonder what's so nice about it.
After the dessert, we slowly made our way back to Grand Century Place, the shopping centre in which our hotel was sort of connected to it. It had an exit which leads directly to the lounge of our hotel. Very convenient hotel.
So that wraps up the end of Day 1 of HK/Macau tour! More tiring days to come lol.
For a list of the hotels available for booking in Hong Kong via Agoda.com, click here.
香港澳门之旅第一天：8月2日2011年, 星期二
We woke up at 4:30am to take cab to Budget Terminal, which was damn early. But by the time we reached there, there were already long queues checking in zzz. Had to wait like 30 mins to do check-in.
Then it's McDonald's breakfast! Always the same routine. Check-in, McBreakfast.
Then it's an almost 4 hours flight to Hong Kong. It's both our first time taking a plane to HK. The last time I went was via ferry from Macau. Dear was busy snapping pix of clouds throughout the flight while I was trying to doze off on the journey.
Then it's McDonald's breakfast! Always the same routine. Check-in, McBreakfast.
Then it's an almost 4 hours flight to Hong Kong. It's both our first time taking a plane to HK. The last time I went was via ferry from Macau. Dear was busy snapping pix of clouds throughout the flight while I was trying to doze off on the journey.
Momorange's first overseas trip, and on a plane.
Touchdown!
Woohoo HK! Doesn't feel much different from Singapore cos the weather is freaking hot! We checked out and went to get the Airport Express. Didn't know there was a 2-person special package to Kowloon station for only HK$140. Their website says HK$95 for a ticket only. Nevertheless it's a good thing they recommended this package so we took it and went to take the express train. Cool! Another new experience.
The special package for 2-person single journey tickets on the Airport Express to Kowloon station HK$140 for 2 persons.
On our way to Kowloon station. The train feels like a bullet train in Japan.
Tired and hungry.
Once we reached Kowloon station, we were at this shopping centre called ELEMENTS. Decided to give this Japanese restaurant a try for our first taste of HK. Not very appropriate but it was one of the best we could find in the area to fill our empty stomachs.
First meal in HK. Japanese restaurant! LOL... It's Ippei'an at ELEMENTS in Kowloon.
Jap food can never go wrong.
Ramen!
And more ramen!
Some chicken don.
We'll get our dim sum in HK soon. For now any food will do.
Then we took the free airport shuttle to our hotel. They had like 5 different routes going to different parts of HK, visiting several hotels. So convenient. Ours was K5 and we were headed for Royal Plaza Hotel.
Free shuttle service K5 to our hotel, Royal Plaza Hotel, at Mongkok East station.
Ours was the last stop for this service, so it's a pretty long ride. Once we reached the hotel, we checked in to it and initially got a room at level 18. The moment we entered the room, there was a strong cigarette smell, which prompted us to request for a change of room. They gave us a room on the 19th floor instead. Room 1903. It's a pretty weird architecture cos the main lift stops at level 18 and we had to climb stairs, walking past the level 19 reception area, to our floor. 19 and above are executive rooms. Probably for the added security? Quite stupid...no lift serving our floor. Nevertheless, the view we saw when we entered the room was splendid.
Fwah got ourselves an executive room in this 5-star hotel.
Very spacious room and has everything we need.
Time to take a nap first before we embark on our HK tour.
It was almost 3:30pm by the time we settled down, and the first thing we wanna do was to SLEEP! We took a two hour nap before we headed off for our tour of HK.
First up on our itinerary was to look for this famous dim sum restaurant called 稻香 recommended by Nut Nut. Had no problem looking for this place cos I have done intensive research on how to get there. It's located on level 3 of Carnavon Plaza. Once we reached there we were told that dim sum ends at 4pm! Didn't think that they would end dim sum at such a timing. We reached at 7pm or so. Therefore we had no choice but to try out their dinner menu. They recommended this 2-person set meal consisting of melon soup and mixed meats. The soup was awesome and gave us a good cooling down to prepare us for the heatiness we're gonna get in the next few days.
First up on our itinerary was to look for this famous dim sum restaurant called 稻香 recommended by Nut Nut. Had no problem looking for this place cos I have done intensive research on how to get there. It's located on level 3 of Carnavon Plaza. Once we reached there we were told that dim sum ends at 4pm! Didn't think that they would end dim sum at such a timing. We reached at 7pm or so. Therefore we had no choice but to try out their dinner menu. They recommended this 2-person set meal consisting of melon soup and mixed meats. The soup was awesome and gave us a good cooling down to prepare us for the heatiness we're gonna get in the next few days.
稻香
香港九龍尖沙咀加拿芬道20號加拿芬廣場3樓
營業時間：早上7:30 - 凌晨1:00
電話：2367 1328
傳真：2367 9176
This restaurant is no longer at the above address.
First stop is Chinese restaurant 稻香. Dim sum ends at 4pm, therefore we had no choice but to get a 2-person set of mixed meat.
Comes with winter melon soup. Sweet, nutritious and cooling soup to remove the heatiness in us.
In fact I believe this big pot of soup can feed at least 6 people haha.
We still managed to finish everything. Burp!
It is situated in Carnavon Plaza near Tsim Sha Tsui station.
We were pretty sure the pot of soup was meant for 4-6 people. We finished up the whole pot and almost couldn't walk! But it was really nice and too wasted if we did not finish it. After dinner, we shopped around the area and at the nearby Sogo and then walked to the Avenue of Stars for the 'Symphony of Lights' show at 9pm.
An ad featuring the beautiful Linda Chung.
Streets in HK, so full of energy.
And here we are at the Avenue of Stars. Just love the lighting in this pic.
Dear is now a movie star!
Oh oh dear get out of there!
Momo high-5s the golden pig.
Momo gets a star of her own.
After the picture-taking session along the Avenue of Stars, we took a train to Mongkok area and visited one of the night markets around the place. Pretty much the same "pirated" stuff we see in other night markets around the world.
Went to one of the many night markets near TST.
Decided to drop by this place. There was quite a queue outside so we thought the desserts should be real good. We ordered just the green bean with beancurd and to our disappointment, it wasn't as good as we thought. What's with the long queue?
Decided to get a dessert after walking such a long distance. Not very nice lol.
Yea it's called Lucky Dessert. And always full house. Wonder what's so nice about it.
After the dessert, we slowly made our way back to Grand Century Place, the shopping centre in which our hotel was sort of connected to it. It had an exit which leads directly to the lounge of our hotel. Very convenient hotel.
So that wraps up the end of Day 1 of HK/Macau tour! More tiring days to come lol.
For a list of the hotels available for booking in Hong Kong via Agoda.com, click here.
