Hong Kong - 1

Arriving in Hong Kong an hour earlier than scheduled at 6.15am, hop into a taxi (too much luggage, don't want to hassle) and arrived at Hotel Metro Park at around 7.30am. I cannot believe my luck when the kind gentlemen at check in counter checked that the room is ready & checked us in without even any request from us. What a great extended hospitality. In Tokyo, we would have been told to leave the luggage and come back at 2pm, happened before (and we were only 2 hours earlier than 2pm check in time) :s

view from hotel room

Having a room means having a chance to catch some sleep to rejuvenate our very tired body, which is great! After nearly 6 hours of sleep, waking up afresh, we set off to explore Hong Kong. First stop: food, so Yee Shun Dairy Company it is. My travel itinerary includes a day-to-day dining plan as well with thorough background check. This particular Yee Shun at Jordan has been consistently receiving good review in Open Rice, no rude waiter and no bad food for weeks around our traveling date ;)

Ordered the famous double-boiled milk (hot), egg & cheese sandwich, pork chop noodle & a double-boiled milk with coffee (hot).

Yee Shun Dairy Company, Jordan branch

Delicious food & dessert at YeeShun, love the double-boiled milk

Reservoir of desserts

Time to walk around and absorb in some vibrant energy of the bustling city, what better than visiting Mong Kok with it's many themed streets of night markets?

Mong Kok street view

Street food stall in MongKok

Passing through the many funny name streets - Soy Street, Tong Choi Street etc and proceeding to Nathan Road with lots of jewellery shop & medicine shop. Dried duck kidney for sale, anyone?

Traditional medicine shop

After the hustle bustle of street markets, next stop is the Light of Symphony on both banks of Victoria Harbour. Being on the Kowloon side, naturally, the Star Avenue is the chosen location for the light show. Personally, I think Hong Kong is much prettier at night illuminated by thousand lights than day time (too much pollution, always 'foggy'). The light show? well, if it'll take you more than 10minutes to wait for it, don't. It turned out to be a bit disappointing.

Victoria harbour view from TsimTsaTsui

Starving & failing to find any known artist on the Star Avenue walkway to take picture with, we decided to proceed to dinner. The promenade along the harbour in front of the Harbour City shopping mall is great to hang around though. Plenty of couple taking advantage of the great city night landscape view walking hand-in-hand there.

Dinner was a slightly pricy dissapointment in Harbour City's Teochew restaurant, so let's skip it. Stopped by 7-11 before going back to hotel to pick up some drinks (hotel drinks are charged at Danish price, slightly more expensive even, and not so much selection). End of report of day1, looking forward to subsequent days of the trip :D

Souvenirs (food) and some drinks from 7-11