8 January 2013, 6am
Journey began. Realised the CIMB promo for noodles shop had ended. Found that lounge is quiet before 8am. Hence, I got myself a nice seat. Disappointed that there's no porridge. Spent time working from netbook. Sigh.
Slept most of the time through the flight. Uneventful. Had omelette cheese. Nice. Slept. Guy next to me was annoyed with the lack of choice. Air steward felt bad and gave him some crackers with coffee (which could not even be served till turbulence over). Fussy eater.
12.55pm
Immigration was fuss free. Guide from HK Tourism Board was very helpful. Think every airport should have them. Opted for the hotel coach (HKD140) which gets me directly to the Cosmopolitan Hotel. There were only 3 of us in the coach.
The journey was boring. Sun was shining brightly (18 degrees outside). There were mountains on my right (huh?) and sea on my left. Tried to see if I can spot the Buddha but I guess it's on another side. As soon as we see sights of buildings, traffic began. Virtually standstill at the cross-harbour tunnel. That's when I began to regret opting for the bus instead of airport express (cheaper by the way).
Took more than an hour to arrive. Boring.
3.30pm
Left hotel to Mong Kok. Had trouble finding the MTR. Luckily overheard a kid asking his parent why are they taking MTR. Tailed them :P
It was not difficult to get around with MTR. The problem started when I had to locate a specific place. Ended up waiting in a Broadway (diagonal from Citibank) that is at another road from the right Broadway. Isk. Such a waste of time.
Toured Ladies' Street (Tung Choi Street). Nothing interest me. Hoping to get some nice and unique souvenirs. No luck so far. Decided to head for dinner (It was only 5.30pm).
Ended up in Fa Yuen Street without realising. Found Fei Jie Street Snacks. Long line. Decided to skip to save space for dimsum. Walked to the next street and found our destination :)
Tim Ho Wan (Kwong Wa Street)
Food came quickly. No choice given for tea. They just poured whatever was in the pot. Ok, that cost HKD2 per person, non-refillable if not mistaken since no one bothered to fill up my glass for me. First to arrive was rice dumpling. Doesn't look appetising but taste good! Very different from the ones back home. Next was a type of chiu chow dimsum. OK but weird as there were a mixture of stuffs inside including nuts. I like the skin though. Next up was har gau. Nothing fantastic. The fried thing (can't remember the name now) was pretty interesting. Then we had the chee cheong fun with char siew. I think I still prefer with belacan as the side. Siu Mai (with prawn inside) was also so-so only. The BBQ pork bun was amazing. Love the taste. But had to share as I was pretty full. Enjoyed the osmanthus flower jelly too. Felt that the size is too small. Can't even describe the taste now. Didn't manage to try the water chestnut jelly. Had to takeaway. Bill came up to HKD181. We over-ordered for 3 persons. And it's only the first night.
Visited Ah Shan Hostel on Broadway Building for awhile. Room 817 (double) was tinier than mine but clean. The elevators were interesting. One for even, one for odd. From top can only press down. If you want to go to another higher floor, go down to G first before you can move up.
7.00pm (roughly)
Left hostel. Weather getting colder. Mainly wind. Easy to find mtr but hard to get into one especially at Admiralty. Had initial success following google map but got lost at Wood Road. Dead end. Started to panic. Retraced steps. Took another road to Morrison Hill Road. Luckily remembered the Golden Dragon Sculpture.
8.20pm
Arrived back in hotel, logged onto internet, writing in a cold room. No idea why temperature can't be set higher.
Journey began. Realised the CIMB promo for noodles shop had ended. Found that lounge is quiet before 8am. Hence, I got myself a nice seat. Disappointed that there's no porridge. Spent time working from netbook. Sigh.
Slept most of the time through the flight. Uneventful. Had omelette cheese. Nice. Slept. Guy next to me was annoyed with the lack of choice. Air steward felt bad and gave him some crackers with coffee (which could not even be served till turbulence over). Fussy eater.
12.55pm
Immigration was fuss free. Guide from HK Tourism Board was very helpful. Think every airport should have them. Opted for the hotel coach (HKD140) which gets me directly to the Cosmopolitan Hotel. There were only 3 of us in the coach.
The journey was boring. Sun was shining brightly (18 degrees outside). There were mountains on my right (huh?) and sea on my left. Tried to see if I can spot the Buddha but I guess it's on another side. As soon as we see sights of buildings, traffic began. Virtually standstill at the cross-harbour tunnel. That's when I began to regret opting for the bus instead of airport express (cheaper by the way).
Took more than an hour to arrive. Boring.
3.30pm
Left hotel to Mong Kok. Had trouble finding the MTR. Luckily overheard a kid asking his parent why are they taking MTR. Tailed them :P
It was not difficult to get around with MTR. The problem started when I had to locate a specific place. Ended up waiting in a Broadway (diagonal from Citibank) that is at another road from the right Broadway. Isk. Such a waste of time.
Toured Ladies' Street (Tung Choi Street). Nothing interest me. Hoping to get some nice and unique souvenirs. No luck so far. Decided to head for dinner (It was only 5.30pm).
Ended up in Fa Yuen Street without realising. Found Fei Jie Street Snacks. Long line. Decided to skip to save space for dimsum. Walked to the next street and found our destination :)
Tim Ho Wan (Kwong Wa Street)
It was really not hard to spot the shop. There was a line. Waited a bit before receiving a number (164). The next number we heard being called out was 157. Not too bad. Spent waiting time to tick off the dimsum we wanna order. Luckily, someone understood mandarin. We were ushered into the shop within minutes. Efficient! Had to share table with a couple. Doesn't matter. The shop was really tiny with perhaps 5-6 rows of tables stacked nearby.
Food came quickly. No choice given for tea. They just poured whatever was in the pot. Ok, that cost HKD2 per person, non-refillable if not mistaken since no one bothered to fill up my glass for me. First to arrive was rice dumpling. Doesn't look appetising but taste good! Very different from the ones back home. Next was a type of chiu chow dimsum. OK but weird as there were a mixture of stuffs inside including nuts. I like the skin though. Next up was har gau. Nothing fantastic. The fried thing (can't remember the name now) was pretty interesting. Then we had the chee cheong fun with char siew. I think I still prefer with belacan as the side. Siu Mai (with prawn inside) was also so-so only. The BBQ pork bun was amazing. Love the taste. But had to share as I was pretty full. Enjoyed the osmanthus flower jelly too. Felt that the size is too small. Can't even describe the taste now. Didn't manage to try the water chestnut jelly. Had to takeaway. Bill came up to HKD181. We over-ordered for 3 persons. And it's only the first night.
Visited Ah Shan Hostel on Broadway Building for awhile. Room 817 (double) was tinier than mine but clean. The elevators were interesting. One for even, one for odd. From top can only press down. If you want to go to another higher floor, go down to G first before you can move up.
7.00pm (roughly)
Left hostel. Weather getting colder. Mainly wind. Easy to find mtr but hard to get into one especially at Admiralty. Had initial success following google map but got lost at Wood Road. Dead end. Started to panic. Retraced steps. Took another road to Morrison Hill Road. Luckily remembered the Golden Dragon Sculpture.
8.20pm
Arrived back in hotel, logged onto internet, writing in a cold room. No idea why temperature can't be set higher.
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