[Macau - Hong Kong] Day 6 : Shopping at Causeway Bay part 1

August 4th, 2014

This is the day where I would shop as much in Causeway bay. Actually, today we're planning to go to Disneyland. But, it was raining in the morning. So we cancel it. I had a bad experience with a rainy day at the theme park :(

We're going out from our hotel at 10 am. The first place is Fashion Walk . I came too early so I only found a few stores that have been open.

Bally store at Fashion Walk

Actually, there are so many stores at Fashion Walk. But most of them are open at 12 pm. So, if you want to see the "real" crowd of Fashion Walk, just go in the afternoon. 

We didn't take a long time at Fashion Walk. After that, we're going to Windsor House. Its located in front of The Park Lane Hotel, not far from the Fashion Walk. If you have children, Windsor House is a place you should visit. At this place, you can found over than 20 stores who selling kids clothes, toys, books, and other stuff for babies. 

Next to the Windsor House, you can found Causeway Place. This isn't the big shopping mall who sells international brand. Its just a mini mall with boutiques that sell local, Korean and Japanese fashion, toys and cosmetics. The price is not too expensive but also not cheap. This is a good place to check out the best of local trends.  In addition to Causeway Place, there are two other mini mall that you can find in Causeway Bay: Laforet and Island Beverly Center.

Tiger Clutch Bag at Laforet 

For today's lunch, we're going to Chuen Cheung Kui. This is one of the Bib Gourmand restaurants in Hong Kong 2011 Michelin Guide. Chuen Cheung Kui opened several decades ago and offers quality traditional Hakka cuisine at affordable price. This restaurant located at 7th & 8th floor Causeway Bay Plaza 1 , 489 Hennesy Road, Causeway Bay. Actually, i'm not a big fan of Hakka food. But i'm so curious with the Salted Baked Chicken. Every people said they have the best chicken. And i loveee salty food. 

Baked Salted Chicken

People said this is the best salted chicken. For me, it's not!! It's not salty as i thought. And i don't like the texture of the chicken,  because they're using broiler chicken. In Jakarta, i always eat salted chicken that using village chicken. Its more delicious....

Braised Pork Belly with Preserved Vegetables 

But this pork belly is really amazing. I really like its flavour. I can feel the saltiness from the preserved vegetables. Everything on this food are cooked very well.

The other foods i ordered are sauteed kailan with garlic and a tofu dishes. I forget the name of that tofu  but that's really delicious. It cooked with meat and red bean. 

Enough with the yummy food, its time to continue our shopping time ^^ The next place is World Trade Center (WTC more). This Causeway Bay mall is housed on the former site of the Palace Theatre cinema. It’s located at 280 Gloucester Road, next to The Excelsior hotel. It's best known as a top spot for mid-priced youth fashion. With its 14 floors, WTC more is the right place for trendsetters, fashionistas, and style fans. One of my favorite store in WTC more is Spur. Spur is a brand for Korean handmade shoes. They have a very comfortable shoes. You also can found a large and well stocked Muji store in here.

My comfy shoes from Spur

Around that area, there's a place who sells Hong Kong street food snack named Ying Heong Yuen. But i'm not looking for the snack. Because i want to eat the best street food at Mongkok another day. Now, i'm looking for coconut sago. This a very very tasty drink i ever had beside Hui Lau Shan. 

The last stop is SOGO. SOGO is a department store from Japan. You can find anything you want in here, such as clothes, make up, food, etc. But for now, i'm not going to buy any clothes in SOGO. I'm looking for the famous wife cake from Hang Heung Cake shop, which located at the basement of SOGO. I never eat wife cake before. So this is the first time for me. In my opinion, the cake is not as good as people say. Its not sweet and the texture is too dry. When i ate that, i only can feel the plain taste of the pastry. Big disappointment for me. 

At this floor you'll found so many shops are selling cake, cookies, snack, ginseng, tea, even Godiva!! Looking at Godiva, make me want to buy the chocolate ice cream again. But i saw the other interesting beverage at Godiva. It was White Chocolate Matcha drink. They said this was limited edition. So i tried it. I'm a matcha lover ♡ The main drink itself is composed of green tea taste rather than the rich white chocolate. Drink it consists of green tea flavor than rich white chocolate. Not sweet at all, in fact it feels a little bitter. Perhaps of flavor caused by matcha.

White Chocolate Matcha 

Still at the same floor, there's another interesting food, Morozoff. They're selling cookies and another snack, most of them made from nuts and chocolate. My favorite is the feuillage. It is thin snack with a thin layer of chocolate in it, and they also mix it with a sliced of almonds, so it is very crispy.

Morozoff at SOGO Causeway Bay 

Cookies and feuillage

Before we ended this day, we had a dinner at Yoshinoya. Not like at Jakarta, they have a pork menu here. I ordered a rice package with pork belly and beef. The beef is too salty and not sweet like at Jakarta. I don't like it. But the pork belly, is really tasty. The sweetness and the saltiness from the sauce is perfect. (Sorry, i don't have the picture. Because my battery was low at that time).

[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 :)