Hong Kong Feasting Day 3

 Day 3 - Hong Kong Regal Airport Hotel

许留山's curried fishballs, cuttlefish and radish! Love this, curry wasn't that spicy though but super tasty!

Wanted something hot for supper so I got Taro Paste with Chestnut. Not the healthiest but definitely very flavourful! Love how it was filled with chestnut (like those peeled packet chestnuts you get outside) and soft yam cubes. Sinfully good!

Damage (cant remember price for Yu Dan): HKD35

Rating: 8.5/10

The next morning, we had to catch the 7.10am Scoot flight back to Singapore so we checked in before going for our airport McDonald's breakfast!

They didn't have Red Bean Pie during Breakfast hours (sobs) so I couldn't get to try. Sigh!

Nevertheless, had their Ham and Egg Macaroni. Tasted similar to what I remembered.

Egg looks like it's microwaved though cause the yolk was over cooked. =/

This time  round, had a free swap to Soya Milk. Like it!

Had a good soy taste and not too sweet.

 Rating: 8/10 

This ends my Hong Kong short getaway trip!

Will there be more? Hmm...

Looking forward to other trips instead!;)

Hong Kong Feasting Day 2

Day 2

Breakfast was at Lan Ying Cafe 蘭亭咖啡閣

114 Fa Yuen Street, Mong Kok.

Ordered the raved about pineapple polo bun 菠萝包, chicken pie, French toast, egg tart, Mei cai macaroni and milk tea. The rest was so so while the 菠萝包 had a fragrant crispy top and the chicken pie had a generous savoury chicken and  ham filling tt packs a punch. Yum!

Damage : HKD40

Rating : 8.5/10 for the 菠萝包 and chicken pie. 7/10 for the rest.

Snack was ice-cream in this cold weather! Hojicha drumstick and  milo cone. Good stuff!

After lunch and some shopping at Harbour city and Silvercord, grabbed some leg rest and some dessert.

糖朝 sweet dynasty

28 Hankow Rd, Kowloon City

The last time I was here was way back on my first HK trip. Wasn't fantastic though. Had sesame past with beancurd while NB had that with walnut paste instead.

Damage: HKD30 per bowl

Rating: 7.5/10 perhaps their other dishes like dim sum or meals are better!

As we were flying off the next morning, we checked into Regal Airport Hotel so it's easier for us to just walk over tml at 5am+! As of all our trips, we had to have #McDonald's so here we are! So we got the teriyaki chicken rice set which was average.

The sauce could be better but love having brocoli in it! The set comes with nuggets and we topped up with spicy drumlets (ma la flavour?) Prefer Sg's honey lemon drumlets anytime!

Lastly, had our double sundae! Superb!

Damage: HKD94.50

Rating: 8/10.

Grabbed this puff after our check out from #Mongkok.

Choux Creme puffs have got a lot of flavours but we tried the original flavoured! Take a bite and the cold creme filling of goodness bursts in your mouth! Nevertheless, you can have bread papa with the same effect ;)

P.S. this shop can be found in other stations as well.

Damage: HKD16

Rating: 8.5/10

Walking around and shopping to see where we can spend off our Octopus Card funds and HKD!

Happy trip!  

Hong Kong Feasting Day 1

Day 1 Hong Kong

Got to start blogging about my past #travelogues! Rode on Scoot's offer while Dar utilised his free tickets for a trip to HK! Flight was 1.55am which means arrival in HK at 5 ish am! oh well! We will have more time in #Hongkong then! 4th time there. Miss the cha chan tengs (yummy french toast!) and my Yu dan!!

While on the bus ride to mongkok after reaching the Hong Kong international  at 5.35am. We headed to the airport transfer station to grab our Octopus Card (our Ezlink counterpart) at HKD150 (HKD9  will be deducted if card is refunded within 3 months). After that, we took the cityflyer E21 which is the cheapest (though travelled the furthest) at just HKD14!

The ride took us less than an hour, perhaps due to early morning hours. ;)  

Reached mongkok in the early morning, our hotel was not ready (in fact, no rooms as we didn't book it in advance). So brave :p

As we kept the trip rather chill, no rushing of itinerary and just simple feasting on local delights and resting at the hotel ;) And we managed to get our Railei hotel  stay at just HKD460 for a double room (small).

RaiLei Hotel

4th Floor (whole floor),

REX Building, 648-652 Nathan Road,

Mongkok, Kowloon

Our 3rd time staying there, don't expect over the top service, spacious rooms etc. It's just a small motel look-alike where you can rest your feet and wash up after a day of shopping. Room is small unless you pay more for the bigger rooms. Free Wifi.
Note: expect some amount of smoke (the guests and owners do smoke) and to stop ourselves from breathing in the smoke whole night, we had to off the toilet filter. Thankfully, it helped to keep the smoke away :)

Apparently calling them up to book is cheaper than through website (an external agent hosts and manages their website bookings and they charge commission) so you know what to do.

Decided to go for our breakfast at some popular recommendations online.

1st stop with our barang, a #大排档

Sing Heung Yuen 胜香园

2, Mei Lun Street,  Central

Walking distance from Sheung Wan MTR station, exit A2

P.S. End of the year was very cooling! Loved the weather ;)

Thankfully no queue when we were there but full house! Ordered iced salted lemon sprite & hot salted lemon. Preferred the latter.

The sprite drink was pretty weird but the taste grows on you. Can try! There was the popular tomato noodles with egg & sausage ordered as well.

The savoury soup which reminds you of the Campbell renditions with added fresh tomatoes!

Sweet!

Also ordered honey lemon toast (tinge of tangy lemon on hot crispy bread) and condense milk toast. Love! Good #Hongkong #breakfast

Next stop, San Hing 新興食家at Western District

8 Smithfield Road, Sai Wan

Famous for their #流沙包 I had to try it! Being in hk for the past 3 times, didn't get any superbly impressive #dimsum especially liu sha bao! Was quite a challenge to reach there so we decided to cab there from our da pai dang. Cost us about HKD38.

Other specialities include quail eggs siew mai and deep fried milk (didn't manage to see this though). Wasn't over the top but liu sha bao was one of the better ones I had.

Rating: 8/10

Headed out for dinner at Sham Tseng Chan Kee 深井陳記燒鵝

427 Reclamation road, Mongkok

They say we haven't been to HK if we didn't eat any roasted goose. Well, finally tried in on my 4th visit. =P Had the soup hor fun with goose and boy was the bird fat! Under the shiny honeyed crispy skin laid a thick layer of fats. Not for the faint hearted, literally! Too much cholesterol but I must say the skin is definitely tasty!  Meat was juicy but a lil tough. Soup was a tad plain thou.

Damage: HKD40

Rating: 7/10

Of course, dinner didnt end with just goose. Had a walk along Ladies St to look for board games but didn't find what we wanted. Bought our favourite street snacks - Yu Dan HKD20, siewmai HKD10 and 鸡蛋仔 HKD10! Yums! :)

Ended the night with some 许留山 desserts!

Pomelo sago mango with ice cream tasted good but didn't like it with too much coconut. Was not overwhelmed with sweetness which is a good thing.  Love the mango mochi that came in a set. Cold, soft with mango puree bursting out. NB says it's a mango Ondeh Ondeh! 

Damage: HKD56

Rating: 8.5/10

Day 5 - Hong Kong & Macau

It was our last day in Hong Kong :(
Since we are catching the afternoon ferry to Macau, we took a walk around Mongkok after our breakie...


Us, on the bridge that leads to Hua Yuan Jie...

Too bad most of the shops were not opened yet!
Couldn't even get my hands on the packet noodles for the last time!
*sulk*


This is the ticketing counter where we got our ferry tix...
Damn ulu la... Didn't expect Cotai Jet's counter to look like this?
Looks like some cheapskate TOTO counter?

Bah! Anyway, I think our ride is the 12noon one??


No one to send us off? LOL


On board and praying for a giddy-free ride!

Looking neat and clean... Hur hur~


Cotai Jet...
Much better than First Ferry...
At least, we didn't leave the ferry feeling nauseous...
We managed to take a short one hour nap!



Hi again, Venetian! =D

Hotel's West Lobby where all the shuttle buses park.


Arrived! Again~ :)


Doorway...


Lots of people at the lobby but it soon cleared up!

Ta dah!


The lady checking in for us...


Check in time: 1:50pm


Woohoo... Time for our luxurious stay in this 5/6 stars resort =)

Making our way to the suites~


We are the South Guests!
(Stayed at the south wing of the hotel suites that is...)


Our passports and door cards.


Love the grandiose feel and extravagant decor of the place...



I am impressed just looking at how long the walkways are, seems endless...

Our room on the 15th floor...

Lo and Behold...




First glimpse of our spacious 755 sq ft, Royale suite =)


The sunken living room


Our cosy King sized canopy draped bed!
Many many pillows :)

You can actually make a request to save the earth by not changing your bed linen... LOL
Guess this move can also save them lots of water as well...


The living room... Probably the same size as my home's


Portrait of actual Venice...
I see similarities!
Am quite amazed at how similar Venetian is replicating the actual place...

Print, Fax, Scanner...
No laptops, can't use...
Anyway, need to pay la... So no point... =P

The lavish and humongous bathroom ;)

Venetian has the world best mirror!!


This mirror magnifies the smallest pore (like a zillion times?) so you can squeeze your blackheads etc etc...
Wahahah... sounds disgusting but this is really good!!
Got extra lighting some more!
Simly Fabulous... Keke...


Own dressing table.

A fellow colleague who stayed in Venetian as well said the toilet felt eerie because of the colonial decor...
She added that the dressing table made it even more creepy...
LOL... thank goodness it didn't cross my mind at the time...
Enjoyed the stay there =)

The toilet bowl... LOL
Hey, you can chat with other people while doing your business...


Toiletries and Vidal Sassoon hair dryer...


Our bathing robe~

Ok, this is just a sneak peak...
More of the room later!

Quickly unloaded our stuff and went out to explore Macau...


Our lift lobby...
This is where NB met those "woman" =(

Took Public transport to Senado Sq...
Their public buses are very helpful...
There are announcements made at each stop which tells you the name of the place and tourist sites around the vicinity...

Welcome to Senado Square.


Nice architecture!


Love the Mediterranean tiled flooring!
Wavy wavy~

Macau Macau!


Don't you just love the pretty buildings?

Ruins of St Paul.
Originally, Cathedral of St Paul


Its really amazing how this facade miraculously survived the fire in 1835...


So pretty~
I mean the background la... aiya... me too la...
wahahahahha


Taking a closer look...

We went up the stairs for a even closer look at the facade.
Damn, read up on wikipedia that it's a custom to throw coins (as above) for luck~
We didn't throw loh... #$!@#~!


Check out the spaceship lookalike building in the background...
I'm amazed at how it was constructed...
It's a hotel by the way...
There's really LOTS of hotel in Macau cum casinos!
All shapes and sizes


This is the street leading up to Ruins of St Paul...
Lots of touting!
These shops competing to sell you what Macau's famous for...
Almond cookies!!
Love!!
Anyway, everyone was given almond cookie samples, egg roll with pork floss and there were these people who cut strips of Bak Kua on the spot with a scissors and distribute to everyone who walked pass.
We didn't have our lunch but had our fill from eating these samples...
For your info, these samples are not pieces chopped up into pathetically tiny bits and offered to customers... Their samples are huge whole pieces of cookies!
And er... even bigger than those prepacked pieces that we bought home =/
No choice la, freshly made ones are for sampling, we can only buy prepacked ones
Nevertheless, the had pretty fierce competition but its good for consumers :P
Nv tried almond cookies that came out straight from the oven before and I simply dig it!! :)


It's pure coincidence that the plastic bag says "da san ba" k?
Our huge loot!


The night scene of Macau Island...
Much brighter and prettier than the photo, of course...
Well, the whole place is lit up by lights coming from thousands of casinos...
They should organise more earth hours man...
Too environmentally unfriendly...

Back at our cosy suite!


Night view of our room...
LOL!

take more pictures in the room = more memories = money well spent = happy NB = happy NG = happy holiday = more holidays = YAY!

We wanted to go for a dip in the pool but alas, it was closed by the time we made our way there... =(


So, we went to check out other hotel facilities.


To the GYM!

Complimentary drink and usage of towels with spanking clean toilets..
I would hit the gym everyday if it's built like that in my residence!!


If you look closer, you can see somebody in the background..
Yes, they hire gym instructors to guide you while you slog your guts out on these machines...
Cool hor!!!

Too bad my feet was still aching from the tiresome walks and I had no proper gym wear...
Else, I will definitely go for a workout there...
Bah!

Love the chandelier in the lift!!
=)

High Class Foodcourt...
LOL...
Takoyaki balls cost 35HKD...
Siao...


Row Row Row your boat...
Gently down Venetian...
lalalala
Ok ignore me...


We are fascinated by the decor..


From day...

to night...


Us, with the human statue...
LOL...
Some people actually threw money at the platform...
I thought it seemed quite rude?
Your view?


NB wanted just wanted to take pic of this but I had to pop in...
=P

See the effort made into the construction of this hotel?
Remarkable!


Big Big Big!!


It's not everyday that I can appear small ok?

The casino resides just a storey below us


Big Money Big Money...
Nah, we didn't play cuz the bets were too big... :(

Hotel's main lobby...
Too bad we didn't check in here...
We checked in at the small West side lobby... :(
This looks so grand and pretty!!
The colour is so sweet loh!


Even the ceiling is a piece of art...

Us, with whatever this statue is...

Enough of the interior, we decided to take a stroll outside...


They should just make these doors automatic...
Very heavy leh...
Had trouble pulling in our luggage on the first day... =/

Venetian's night view


Us, with the big screen...
Macau - Taipa Island seems to be lit up by Venetian.


The hotel looks really magnificent behind us...

Wanna stay here?

Us, with the grand resort as the background...



Spent some time walking around the hotel's vicinity...
How often do you find a hotel big enough for you to take a few hours walking around the vicinity and checking out the interior architecture?

Love~



The external water feature... where you can take a Gondola ride too!


A site under construction, just across Venetian...
Looks like a massive project...
Guess it will surpass Venetian to be Macau's largest hotel?
Damn...
It's scary how fast these places are developing...


And that (1st pic) is the entrance to the casino...
And lots of pics of ceilings huh?
haha...
Cuz they are all beautifully painted...
Must show more appreciation ma!

Went back to the suite after exploring the hotel...


Wore our couple slippers! =)


More shots of our suite... hahahaha
Was damn tired from the walking and sight-seeing that I hit the sacks once we went back...
Too much things to see, too many colours, too overwhelmed...

You?
Overwhelmed yet?
=)

to be continued...