Friday, July 3, 2009

Hong Kong Trip Day 1 (June 20, 09)

KUCHING AIRPORT -MACAU AIRPORT
Mode of transportation: AirAsia (AK 6762)
Time: 09:15 - 13:00


MACAU AIRPORT - MACAU FERRY TERMINAL
Mode of transportation: Taxi
Time: 13:15 - 13:25

MACAU FERRY TERMINAL - HK FERRY TERMINAL
Mode of transportation: TurboJet
Time: 13:45 - 14:45


We had chosen TurboJet as the ferry is claimed to be faster and more comfy...well...it actually din felt very fast though =p The planned trip was to take the route to HK International Airport, who knows, the route Macau-HKIA is ONLY FOR CHECKED IN PASSENGERs flying off at HKIA. So we bought the Macau-HK route thinking we will arrive at Kowloon. We ended up at Central, Hong Kong Island.
Website:
http://www.turbojet.com.hk


HK FERRY TERMINAL - PANDA HOTEL (Tai Wo Hau)
Mode of transportation: Taxi
Time: 14:50 - 15:15


Panda Hotel is a 4 star hotel located in the Tsuen Wan Area, about 25 min by MTR from Kowloon area. Piggy and Mousy are extremely satisfied with the great service Panda Hotel and the staff member showered us with during the two day stay. The closest MTR station to Panda Hotel is Tai Wo Hau Station.
Website:
http://www.pandahotel.com.hk
http://www.octopuscards.com


PANDA HOTEL - MONGKOK
Mode of transportation: MTR
Time: 16:00 - 16:30
Octopus cardis by far the most convenient piece of plastic next to credit card in HK.
In Hong Kong, octopus card can be used widely not only for MTR but also for public transportation (bus etc), convenience stores (7-11 etc) , fast food shops, supermarkets and the list goes on....
For visitor's to HK, Personalised Octopus Card as shown above is used. Payment of HKD 150 is charged for 1st purchase, whereby HKD 50 is for deposit and balance HKD 100 is the available credits.
Website:http://www.octopuscards.com

MONGKOK
Mode of transportation:Walk
Time:16:40 - 18:00


The first few tourist spots that we went was Sai Yong Choi Street, Fa Yuen Street and Tung Choi Street. No worries, HK is extremely tourist friendly! There are plenty of road signs and very friendly maps provided by HK Tourism Dept to guide tourist around. These few streets along with Temple Street are very much like the Petaling street in KL.
Stinky tofu, as its name suggest is truly the stinkiest tofu I have ever tried *yikes* it tasted like chix poo poo ~_~"""
Price : HKD 14 for 2pcs

Hui Lau Shan is among the biggest chain dessrt store in HK and honestly they lived up to the name. Anyone visiting HK should really grab a dessert from this shop to understand the reason behind Hongkies liking for dessert.
Price: HKD 34 for 2 cups
Website: www.hkhls.com

MODERN TOILET (Mongkok)
Mode of transportation: MTR
Time:18:15 - 19:20

Modern Toilet is a branch of the famous toilet based deco chain restaurant from Taiwan. Toilet bowls, throne of the kings replaces typical seats and basins serves as the table in this toilet themed restaurant. 

Website:
www.moderntoilet.com.tw


Glimpse of the Toilet Restaurant interior~


Colorful hanging toilet covers on the wall hahahha~~

Color changing urine bowl on another side of the wall.

Signature Curry Chix served in toilet bowls~
Price: HKD 50

Beef Meat Ball Spaghetti in Tomato Sauce served on basin~
Price: HKD 59
Mediterranean Cream Seafood Deluxe served in bathtub~
Price: HKD 65
Cranberry Green Tea served in urine bowl~
Price: HKD 35
Marton No.2 Strawberry Flavor served in squat type toilet bowl
Price: HKD 40
The Chinese name of this desert is Toilet Bowl #2 Bleeding Piles Shit .

MONGKOK - TSIM TSA TSUI (TST)
Mode of transportation: MTR
Time:19:20 - 19:30

TST WATERFRONT
Mode of transportation: Walk
Time:19:30 - 20:30

Symphony of Light, is one of the must see FREE show at TST waterfront. It's a show of lights and laser covering 44 buildings on both side of Victoria Harbor. The technology was developed by Australian firm Laservision and cost approximately 44 million HKD. Yeah, it's free and holds a Guinness World record for being the largest light show. Show starts daily at 8pm and lasts 14 minutes.

SWEET DYNASTY
Mode of transportation: Walk
Time: 21:00 - 21:45


Tofu Pudding in wooden bucket
Price: HKD 88

This is supposedly one of the signature desserts of Sweet dynasty and it really is!! 

Sweet rolls mixed with fresh fruits
Price: HKD 33

The sweet roll in this dessert is very much similar to cheong fun hybrid with coconut pudding Like it!Like it!
Website:
TST - PANDA HOTEL (TWH)
Mode of transporation: MTR
Time: 22:00 -22:30

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