[Macau - Hong Kong] Day 9 : Regal Airport Hotel & Citygate Outlets

August 7th, 2014

Today we will move to Regal Airport Hotel. Tomorrow we have a morning flight, and we don't want to rush to go to airport from Tsim Sha Tsui. So we booked a room in Regal Airport Hotel, because the hotel is connected with the airport.

To go to the Regal Airport Hotel, we rented a car with the driver (contact me to ask his number). He can pick up us from / to the airport. I told him to pick up us at 2pm. That means i still have a half day to stroll at Tsim Sha Tsui. And we decided to go to Harbour City.

Last time take a picture at Canton Road

We wouldn't shopping again today. We just walked around (and took some pictures) while we're waiting for the driver.

When we walked around, we saw a long queue in front of Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao restaurant. In my opinion, long queue means yummy food!!! ^^ So i decided to have a lunch there. 

Xiao Long Bao

La Mian with Fried Pork

Overall, the foods quite delicious. The price also not too expensive, about HKD50 for a bowl of La Mian. Maybe that's the reason why people like to eat there. 

After lunch, it almost 2 pm. It means we have to go back to hotel. While we were walking, we saw Laduree store and tempted to buy :P

Laduree store at Harbour City 

The macarons tasted amazing. It's not too sweet and the texture is really good. I tried all the flavors, and i like that all. Especially the Rose Petal flavor. When i ate that, i could feel and smell the rose. I know, it sounds weird to eat macaron with rose flavour. I thought like that at the first time, so i only bought 1 pc of Rose Petal. Not unexpectedly turned out it felt really good.

When we arrived at Guangdong hotel, it turns out the driver was already waiting. We put our luggage into the car, then left the hotel. Bye Tsim Sha Tsui :(

It only took 1 hour to reach Regal Airport Hotel. The hotel is really big, but they don't have a lot of guests. Perhaps because the location is too far from the city. 

Regal Airport Hotel lobby

After checked in, we took a shuttle bus to go to Citygate Outlets. Citygate Outlets is the largest outlet mall in Hong Kong. It features more than 80 international brand names that offer year-round discounts of 30 - 70%.  Shop categories include designer fashion, accessories, sports, children's wear, beauty and home accessories. This is a very good place for tourists who only have a short time to shopping. 

Actually, we had a plan to go to Ngong Ping with cable car, which the location in front of the Citygate. Unfortunately it's already closed. So we couldn't go to Ngong Ping. 

Before we went back, we had a dinner at Food Republic. It's located at 2/F Citygate Outlets. I ate a korean set menu with bulgogi. It tasted good and the price also quite cheap. 

Bulgogi

That's the end of our trip in Hong Kong. Tomorrow we have to go to the airport in the morning. See ya~~

Jenny Bakery at Tsim Sha Tsui

Hello everyone!! At this post, i will share with you about the famous Jenny Bakery in Hong Kong. Before i went to Hong Kong, i've been searching about this bakery. I found that the location is not far from our hotel, which is located in Tsim Sha Tsui. But i couldn't find a place exactly.

First time i walked at Nathan road, i saw many people hold a board / paper written "Jenny Bakery" in front of CKE Shopping mall. Don't ask them and don't trust them!! They are selling a fake Jenny Bakery. And the price also more expensive than the real Jenny Bakery.

Finally i asked a staff at our hotel about the location of Jenny bakery. He told me that the location Is in Mirador Mansion, next to Holiday Inn Golden Mile Hotel. At 9 am,  i went to Mirador Mansion, and hope there would be no long queues in the morning. But i was wrong. The queue was really long although it was raining at that time.

As you can see from the picture above, they're queueing in the heavy rain only for Jenny Bakery. And it's only the half of the queue. I became more curious, how delicious cookies jenny bakery so that people are willing to queue for more than 1 hour in the pouring rain.

When you get in front of the Mirador Mansion, you will be given a queue number as a ticket to buy cookies. You will not be able to buy if you do not have the ticket. 1 ticket can only be used to purchase a maximum of 3 tins of cookies. So, if you want to buy more than 3 tins, you have to wait in line again to get the ticket.

They have 2 kinds of cookies, butter cookies and nuts cookies. And other food they sell is nougat candy. But they were sold out at that time. So i only got 1 tin of nuts cookies and the rest is butter cookies :(

So, how's the taste of this famous cookies??? It's sooo delicious. It's not too sweet, but you can feel the milky flavour from the cookies. The texture also pretty good. Not too hard, but enough for a crunchy cookies. When you're biting, you'll feel it melting in your mouth. I like the nuts cookies more than butter cookies. Actually they both have the same taste. Only if you eat nuts cookies, you can feel the crunchiness of the nuts in the middle of this yummy cookies.

Jenny Bakery ( official store ) 
1. Tsim Sha Tsui: Shop 24 Ground Floor, Mirador Mansion, 54-64 Nathan Road
2. Sheung Wan: 15 Wing Wo Street, Ground Floor

[Macau - Hong Kong] Day 5 : IFC, Central, and 1881 Heritage

August 3rd, 2014

Today i will do another shopping trip to Central. First stop is IFC mall. IFC is really big shopping mall. You can found a lot of luxury branded store here. But its not too crowded like at Harbour City.
If you're looking for complete Zara store, this is the right place. They have a huge store at IFC and the clothes are really complete. Although its sale season. Actually Zara is not my favorite brand. They have casual style which i don't like, and their size is too big for me. But in here, they have my size. So, if you're going to Hong Kong in July, don't forget to go to Zara at IFC mall. Its sale season, and you can get a lot in here.

I also found Diptyque store at IFC mall. Diptyque known as Paris brand for scented candles, perfumes, and face and body care. They have an unique scent on their products. I chose Eau Rose Eau de Toilette.

If you're looking for Garrett popcorn at Hong Kong, just come to IFC. Its located at Podium level 1, next to City'Super Grocery store.  I really like Garrett popcorn especially caramel flavour mixed with macadamia, almond, and cashew nuts.

Popcorn addict

My hubby told me that he wanted to go to Apple store. As i was saying, IFC mall is really big. We have to walk little bit far to reach Apple store. On my way to Apple Store, we found Godiva. I bought the chocolate ice cream and for me, this is the best chocolate ice cream i ever taste. No wonder everyone likes Godiva.

Enough with this ice cream, we're going to Apple Store. This is the biggest Apple Store i ever seen. It has 2 level. My hubby bought Iphone 5S there. After paying, there will be a people come, and he will help you to do a setting on your gadget. 

Its lunch time!! What you gonna eat when you're in IFC??? You must be answer "Tim Ho Wan", the best dim sum in Hong Kong. Actually Tim Ho Wan not located inside the IFC mall, but it's under the mall. Just follow the sign to Airport Express (Hong Kong station). That's the same way to go to Tim Ho Wan.

If you just have a short time, just take away the food. They have different queue for eat there and take away. It just take 20 minutes for take away foods. There are 2 types of menus : in Cantonese and in English. If you can't read Cantonese, just ask them for the English menu.

I just ordered Baked Bun with Barbecued Pork. I read a lot of reviews of Tim Ho Wan and they said the Baked Bun really recommended. Another dim sum's taste not really good. Otherwise, i want to go to Tsim Chai Kee. So we just take away the Baked Bun.

If you're looking for the best wonton noodle in Hong Kong, people must be said "Tsim Chai Kee". That's why I'm so curious with this wonton noodles. We're walking little bit far from IFC mall. Its about 2 pm in summer. Can you imagine the weather at that time??

Finally we arrived at Tsim Chai Kee. It located at 98 Wellington Street. And i still have to wait about 15 minutes to get a seat. I ordered a bowl of wonton noodle,  and another bowl with fish ball. They did have a large wonton with shrimp in it. But it's not as good as what people are talking about. I don't feel anything in the soup. I don't know because of the MSG / whatever they added, it just left a rough taste in my mouth. Even i couldn't finish that all.

Now, it's time to try Baked Bun from Tim Ho Wan. I think, this is the best baked bun ever. The crunchiness of the bun is very good. And the barbecued pork flavor is amazing. You can feel the sweet and savory in one bite.

After lunch, we're going to The Landmark. But before that, my hubby stopped at Abercrombie & Fitch on Pedder Street. He bought some T-shirt there. Abercrombie have a good fabric for their T-shirt. Worth it to buy. While he was shopping,  Aurelia (my daughter) and me walked around the Pedder Street. And we found the cute dog statue ^^

This picture was taken by Aurelia

The Landmark isn't a large shopping mall like IFC mall and Harbour City, but it's full of branded store such as Manolo Blahnik, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, etc.

Landmark Atrium

We didn't take a long time at The Landmark. After that, we're going to 1881 Heritage. 1881 Heritage is a shopping mall that looks like a castle. The shops here are selling expensive jewelry, watches and high fashion clothing. Beside that, they also have luxurious hotel named Hullet House.

Why did i come here? Because they always have a beautiful decoration. Maybe once a month, they will change their decoration.

For today's dinner, we're going to Tsui Wah (again!!).  Can't get enough with their Fish Balls n Fish Cakes Soup. But this time, i'm trying their "Hot Milk Tea". 

For me, the "Cold Milk Tea" is much better than this one. If you order Cold Milk Tea, they've been mixing the milk tea with sugar before serving. But, if you order "Hot Milk Tea", they only serve the plain milk tea. So you have to put the sugar by yourself. I don't like to mix the sugar by myself, because I don't know the proportion to get a taste of delicious milk tea.

[Macau - Hong Kong] Day 4 : Bye Macau, Hello Hong Kong - Shop 'til drop at Tsim Sha Tsui

August 2nd, 2014

Today we had to leave Macau in the morning. We would take the first ferry to Kowloon. After checked out, we were going to west lobby. We were going to take Venetian shuttle bus to Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal. 

At Venetian lobby

West lobby for catch shuttle bus

There are 2 ferries to go to Hong Kong from Macau, Cotai Jet and Turbo Jet. They also have different ferry terminal at Macau. So you have to make sure which ferry you want to use. If you use Cotai Jet, the ferry will stop at Sheung Wan. But if you use Turbo Jet, you can choose the terminal between Sheung Wan and Kowloon.

I'll stay at Guang dong hotel at Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. So i chose Turbo Jet to Kowloon area. It only took about 45 minutes and we arrived at China Ferry Terminal. China Ferry Terminal located at 33 Canton Road and it also connected with The Royal Pacific Hotel and Towers.

Finished with the long queue at immigration, we walked out to the Canton Road and saw the crowd there. Peoples are walking with the shopping bags on their hand, and they are also wearing stylish clothes. Most of them using MCM backpack. Love it!!! Can't wait to go shopping at Hong Kong.

Canton Road,  Tsim Sha Tsui 

While in Hong Kong, we stayed at GuangDong hotel. Its located at Prat Ave, Tsim Sha Tsui. Not a big hotel, but it has a good location. After check in and put our luggage, we went to Tsui Wah for had a lunch. Tsui Wah is a famous restaurant at Hong Kong. You can found Tsui Wah everywhere and it always has a long queue.

Fish Balls and Fish Cakes with Flat Rice Noodles in Fish Soup 

Hainanese Chicken Rice 

Cold Milk Tea

Japanese Green Tea Ice Cream with Red Bean Fleecy 

The chicken rice is just so so. Not really good. I prefer like Singapore chicken rice than this (especially chicken rice at Takashimaya's food court ♡). 

But you must try Fish Balls and Fish Cakes with Flat Rice Noodles in Fish Soup. Seriously, its really good. Especially the fish balls and the fish cakes. Even i ordered 1 more just for eat the fish balls and fish cakes. 

I also ordered the famous milk tea at Tsui Wah. But I didn't try the hot milk tea. Because it was on summer, and the weather really hot in Hong Kong. So i decided to order "Cold Milk Tea". The waitress told me that they used the same milk tea for cold and hot. So they have the same taste. And I think the taste is really great!! Not too sweet and it has the strong tea flavor. Like it..

Enough with the great lunch, we decided to go to Harbour City. Today we just want to explore Tsim Sha Tsui. But before that, we bought PCCW-HKT Tourist sim card at Cameron Road. Its located in front of the "MTR Exit B". I chose the unlimited package for 8 days. It only cost HKD 96. You also can choose the package for 5 days (HKD 69).

Harbour City is a large shopping mall at Tsim Sha Tsui. It comprises several parts: Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel, Ocean Terminal, Ocean Centre, the Gateway and the Pacific Club Kowloon. It always has a beautiful decoration. When i was in Hong Kong, they decorated with Snoopy. They are really cute.

This is a perfect place for shopping. I bought some lip colors from Chanel and Dior (I'm a lip color addict at that time ㅋㅋㅋ) I also bought Laneige Water Sleeping Pack. Actually i never use Laneige product before. But i read that Laneige product is really cheap in Hong Kong. So I decided to buy it just for add my collection ^^

While i was walking to Ocean Terminal, i saw Pierre Herme. This is one of the famous macaroon beside Laduree. Even some people said Pierre Herme is more delicious than Laduree.

I only bought 6 pcs and tried the best flavour. But i don't like the taste. Its too sweet and has a strange flavor. And I think the price is not worth it for this macaroon.

We continue our shopping time and the next stop is LCX. Its located at level 3 Ocean Terminal. This is my favorite place to shopping. There are so many beauty products and korean clothing store such as Stylenanda, Aland, etc.

Totoro at Donguri Republic LCX

2 hours shopping at LCX didn't make me feel tired, but my family did. So we had to go back to hotel and take a rest for a moment.We're going out from Ocean Terminal gate, and we saw the beautiful skyline.

On my way to hotel, we saw Hui Lau Shan with a long queue. I told my family that is the famous healthy dessert in Hong Kong. Who doesn't love dessert? Especially if it's made from mango.

Mango Mochi

I have no idea why people like it. For me, it's not a delicious dessert. Its not sweet and tasteless. Second time feel disappointed with mango dessert after Mango Tango at Bangkok.

After finished, we walked out and i see still there's a long queue in front of Hui Lau Shan. Most of them just buy a mango drink. I think the drink taste better than the dessert that i ate. Gonna try it later!!

Tonight, we want to go to Granville Road. Its not far from our hotel. But my daughter will not following. She just stay at hotel with her granny. She feel tired follow me to shopping all the day. Sorry dear :(

Granville road known as a shopping street at Tsim Sha Tsui. It's not too crowded like at Causeway bay, but there's Monki there!!! That's my purpose at Granville road. Before we reached Monki, we're going to Rise Shopping Arcade. That's really a small place for shopping. But they have great stuff for sale. Clothes, accessories, beauty tools. The price is also worth it, not too expensive. 200HKD for a good quality T-shirt for man. But, there is one thing that makes me not like to shopping there. You can not try the clothes. They don't have fitting room and they are afraid if we try, we will make the clothes become dirty.

Not far from Rise Shopping Arcade, we found a store selling egg waffles. Snacking at night?? Why not?? :D

The taste is really good. Its crispy and sweet. Just now I'm craving for this food T_T 

I also found Hui Lau Shan at Granville road, it almost 11pm but they still have a long queue. All of them just order the drink. I'm getting curious with that so i decided to buy it.

I forget the name of this drink. But this one taste really amazing.. It contains coconut sago at the first layer, mango, and aloe jelly at the bottom. Mix it, and drink it. You can feel the sweetness and chewy of the jelly at once. Must try when you're in Hong Kong.

At 11pm, we walked to Monki. I worried if the store is already closed. Luckily, its still opened. I like to shopping at Monki. Because they have clothes with XXS size. I'm so happy on my first day at Hong Kong. I got all i want. But my shopping trip isn't over yet. Still there's another day and I'll share with you :)