Yin Yue Lou on a Saturday morning was quite a rip off. It costs about 50% more than any other weekday and we only realized it when we have already entered the restaurant. In order not to ‘Su Seh’ at this high class dim sum restaurant, we decided to order a few dishes and then come back again on Monday to have a feast here. The usual way we try to save money. The dim sum was really quite good I must say.
Festival Walk (a shopping centre) at Kowloon Tong was our next destination. Upon arrival, we saw the walkway towards Hong Kong City University. As the Dim Sum was insufficient for our stomachs, a brilliant plan struck our minds. The first thing we went to look for in the school was…. The Canteen! Food at school canteens are usually cheaper and we were right about it. They had a unique way of buying foods whereby they had a common counter to order food for all stalls. All you had to do was to bring the receipt to the respective stalls to collect your food. Its efficient for the queues and also a clean way for the stall owners to prepare the food. At 17HKD each, the pork baked rice had an enormous portion and we were all extremely full at the end of it!
Festival walk is a resemblance to Singapore’s Vivo City, filled with branded shops and household names. And of course being budget travelers, it wasn’t our kind of shop except for Song whose mind was set on buying the AX shades.
We were supposed to walk Stanley Market thereafter. We did, but not for long. Just beside the sea was a street soccer court and guess what happened next. We had a 5 a side game with the Hongkongers for nearly 2 hours! Imagine wearing jeans, polo-t and a sweater, under the cool chilling winter of Hong Kong. A game of soccer out of the blue was really cool and it was great to have a kickabout with the locals whose standard was nearly the same as ours. Oh by the way, Stanley market is a street of shops selling shirts, bags and stuffs, all at bargainable prices like any night markets.
In order to save cash yet again, we decided not to take the peak tram to the peak. Instead, we shared a cab up and saved more than 50% of the cost. And again, the night scene of this bustling city is really a sight not to be missed, certainly one of the must dos in Hong Kong.
Lan Kwai Fong, a street of pubs and clubs, is really busy and happening. It felt much more livelier than Clarke Quay in Singapore too. Loud music everywhere, pubs and clubs filled with Caucasians with liquor and beer the dominant drink up and down the slopes of this street built on the hills. Settled down at a pub and chilled our night away..
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