Following up on our previous blog post on Hong Kong, here are a few places to check out for food, shopping and sight seeing!
Dimsum
- Tim Ho Wan
- Dim dim Sum
- Homemade Dim Sum
- 八方云集
- Mak’s Noodles
- Australian Dairy Milk Pudding
- Yishun Milk Pudding
- 许留山 (mango pudding)
- 五代同堂
- Tauhuay at any trekking place eg Cheung Chau, Lamma
- 鸡蛋仔@ causewaybay/ 婆婆鸡蛋仔@Cheung Chau island
- Egg tart from Tai Cheong bakery
- 老婆饼(most famous is 恒香@mongkok or yuen long)
- Almond cookie (from Koi Kei)
- Egg roll (from Koi Kei)
- Argyle Centre(Lots of shopping for females)
- Kwai Fong
- Causeway Bay (5 storeys forever 21)
- Dragon centre (@Sham Shui Po MTR)
- Outlet stores at Tung Chung MTR
- Hollywood Plaza(most popular international brands of clothes and skincare sold there)
*Go to Dingding Travel agency to buy tix, cheaper than buying on site (Addres: 1403, 14F, SINO Centre, 582 Nathan Road, Monkok MTR Exit E2)
- Ocean Park (buy online beforehand, student price cheaper, bring student card)
- Disneyland
- Victoria Peak + Wax museum
- Tsim Sha Tsui Avenue of stars (light show every night @8pm)
- Lantau (Tai O+ Budha)
- Stanley Market
- Temple Street (opens at night)
- Lamma island
- Cheung Chau (nice food→ seafood, fishball)→ ferry from Central MTR station ferry piers to Cheung Chau. They run at 30 min intervals - except later in the evening →between 40-60 mins.
You may also want to travel to Macau which is quite near Hong Kong. Information on Macau can be found here.