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[universe]

i've went to HK twice
1st in 2005 december for 5 days
2nd in 2006 december as well for 10 days

yousendit cannot have comments for the photos leh...
just tried yahoo photos, quite 'troublesome' for the comments...trying out their upload tools to see if it's better

 

[hwaa]

Long ago The price is about the same as those in town, so its not that expensive. Note that Jumbo is closed for maintenance till early May, so you better check if its already open. The neighbouring Tak Pak ( or something like tat ) floating restaurant is open though, so you can always try that.

its open for business

 

[hwaa]

where is this restaurant located? not bad...very high res, can see the menu and prices..haha

yea morning can go restaurant to loot their dimsum, quite cheap one ... me and my fren loot until damn full only hkd 120.

went to tao heung restaurant think its spelt something like that ... got a few branches .. one at causewaybay 3 kwang tung road, opposite harbour city hehe. 3rd lvl, packed with pple!

 

[universe]

the one @ citigate also not bad

 

[qqspot]

qqspot,

Can u advise me on which airline ticket/hotel to get?

Hi Cavin755, please kindly check your PM and contact me...

 

[takuyazzz]

the one @ citigate also not bad

u mean dim sum?

btw, are the dim sum there only cheap during breakfast or throughout the day also same price?

 

[qqspot]

can i know the taxi rates from the Airport to Kowloon area?

Should be around HKD280 - 350 + 20 for your luggage at the back of the trunk of the taxi.

if you have a share cab or call cab might be cheaper.

Sometimes you never know MTR is much faster then cab.

 

[qqspot]

i went to this place at causewaybay mtr exit A, walk around and came upon this cha chan ting selling egg tarts, bought one and omg its damn freaking nice!

i dunno how u guys gonna find this cafe but the egg tarts is realy nice! took a pic of the cafe

Normal egg tarts, you must try the shop at Central where the past few English Governor had ate their Eggs Tarts since 80's

Freshly bake from the stove.

 

[qqspot]

>> anyone eaten at that Jumbo before? It is so famous I would really like to give it a try for my next visit there. But depends on pricing. Anyone knows?

There are many better restaurants in town eg Golden Baihinua at Wan Chai HKCC.

there are better resturant like

http://www.openrice.com/big5/index.htm

 

[qqspot]

For those who are going to Hong Kong.

As you may want to try this Hotel

http://kingshotelhk.com/

 

[hwaa]

Normal egg tarts, you must try the shop at Central where the past few English Governor had ate their Eggs Tarts since 80's

Freshly bake from the stove.

wah lao! dint' know.

i walk down the st all packed with cafe one, jus random choose 1 and went in.

but i choose those got abit of crowd one.

price varies and some no menu one.

hk egg tarts ish really super nice.

 

[hwaa]

Should be around HKD280 - 350 + 20 for your luggage at the back of the trunk of the taxi.

if you have a share cab or call cab might be cheaper.

Sometimes you never know MTR is much faster then cab.

ya is ard this price, and if convert back to sgd is ard $60 ... is hell of a expensive ride.

 

[universe]

u mean dim sum?

btw, are the dim sum there only cheap during breakfast or throughout the day also same price?

they charge different prices for different times...
normally, they charge by 4 types
xiao(small)
zhong(medium)
da(big)
ting(supposed to means best, but frm my experience, not really the best)
for S,M,L say BF they charge 4.8, 7.8, 9.8 HKD
then for lunch they might charge 5.8,8.8,10.8 HKD something lidat..can't really remember the actual pricing, but the idea is BF is the cheapest follow by tea break at around 3-5pm
ting is special pricing stuff...which can be more than big, or somewhere in between big to medium pricing or even cheaper than small pricing....
tt's why i say that ting is not really best (thou in chinese it is)

 

[universe]

ya is ard this price, and if convert back to sgd is ard $60 ... is hell of a expensive ride.

bo bian mah...the distance is far...
not like singapore, everyplace also near cause small...

 

[jerriez]

I am going to HK coming 22-25 may.

is there any bookstores to recommend?

thanks!

 

[s7460597]

I am going to HK coming 22-25 may.

is there any bookstores to recommend?

thanks!

What kind of books you interested in?

 

[alo]

The shows... are "extras".

It's a 10-20 min walk from the skyrail. Including walking up the stairs.

I went to Tai O after Giant Buddha. It's just a bus ride (21 or 23 forgot). But the way from Tai O back to Tung Cheng took me 1 hour, due to construction works on several knolls. Still quite fun to see a natural side of HK anyway.

tat sounds like a good plan for a day.. intend to do so but wonder hows the queue like for the skyrail on a weekday..

after tat prolly have some shopping at citigate.. anyone has any idea what bus to take from Tai O to Tung Chung?

 

[hwaa]

tat sounds like a good plan for a day.. intend to do so but wonder hows the queue like for the skyrail on a weekday..

after tat prolly have some shopping at citigate.. anyone has any idea what bus to take from Tai O to Tung Chung?

the skyrail que is ok when u take towards ngong ping, but the return u haf to share with other passengers, there's que lar but not so bad.

when i go that time, my ride to ngong ping - no que.

ride back que less den 5 mins.

 

[jerriez]

What kind of books you interested in?

I am looking for design (web related/ print media etc ) and photography books (not 'xie zhen ji').

 

[alo]

the skyrail que is ok when u take towards ngong ping, but the return u haf to share with other passengers, there's que lar but not so bad.

when i go that time, my ride to ngong ping - no que.

ride back que less den 5 mins.

thanz for ur info!... so i reckon u took the skyrail to and fro.. but i am thinkin of walkin to tai o from ngong ping as suggested by some of the bros here.. hence checkin for the bus no to take from tai o to tung chung MTR..