♥ 香港 DAYone xx

April starts with HongKong ; 

The airport express train which was so comfy and fast .
I was quite reluctant to get off at my stop .

Checking in to the hotel ;

4/F Block B , Wah Mei Building , 211 Portland Street , Mongkok , Kowloon , Hongkong

I've been looking for reviews on Sun Hotel , but to no avail . In fact , everyone online is asking for reviews and pictures on this hotel . The hotels in Hongkong are not exactly cheap at all but Sun Hotel's prices are quite reasonable . Since I went ahead to risk and book this hotel , shall share my experience there in details to clear everyone's doubts .

Pros -

1)  In the heartland of Kowloon . It is situated only a street away from Mongkok MTR . ( walking distance to all the major shopping spots )

I must say it is really convenient especially Hongkong's taxi rates are so expensive and most tourists would take the train . So staying near a MTR is a must .

2) There is Free WIFI in the room

so you can bring your laptops / Ipad . 

3) There is a desktop in the room . ( Apparently they stated that it is available in every room ) + internet access .

Was quite awesome since we could watch movies online or google anything .

4) The room looks exactly like the pictures shown online .

( which looks exactly like the pictures I took )

Cons -

1) Portland street is a district for sleazy KTV & pubs . ( There is one right below our hotel )

This is not really a con to me because when I reached the street , it felt safe . The surrounding is not really a big deal to me .

2) The pictures I took of the room may be exactly the same as the one shown on the internet . That is because you did not walk into the room to see it yourself . The wallpaper was peeling ( which was fine , I'll just pretend not to see it ) the toilet curtain was stained . ( I cannot pretend I did not see )

3) Room is small .

Everyone tells me that Hongkong's hotel rooms are all small . So I came prepared that the room would be small . But their layout is such that I could only open up my luggage on my bed instead of the floor . which is troublesome.

4) Toilet's heater is faulty .

I dont know if I'm unlucky or what , but initially for the first 10secs , it was hot water . Then , it was icy cold water . ICY COLD .

5) They do not allow the guests to hold their room keys .

You have to ask them to open your room door for you . Initially it sounded quite new to us , but it was not exactly very inconvenient unless you close the door and immediately you remember you forgot something . And speaking about safety , I was not worried at all if anything got stolen .

I cant remember if I missed out anything else , but the conclusion is we initially booked for 4 nights but we moved out immediately after the first night . The main reason is because I cannot bathe in icy cold water .

Thankfully for their desktop & the Ipad , we managed to find another hotel in no time . And the best part is , weeks before the Hongkong trip , every hotel's price was hiked up to 150$/night on the average . But when we were surfing for it the night before we check in , all the same hotels I was looking at previously were only 100$/night . -.-

Dinner ;

虾子捞面

These wonton noodles are nothing like Singapore's . Frankly , I never had a liking for wonton noodles . 

In Hongkong , their chewy noodles come in a really small portion which was good ( for me ) because I could try other dishes and would not feel too bloated from over ordering . And if you are hungry , two portions should be just nice . Their Prawn roe noodles was one of the highly raved dishes and yes , I love . 

Mak Man Kee Noodle Shop 麥文記麵家

G/F 51 Parkes Street 

Jordan , Kowloon 

Tel : (+852) 2736-5561

Open daily 12pm to 12.30am

Signature : Steam milk in two films

Dessert at a well known dessert place . We happen to walk past so we decided to give it a try . While I'm blogging about this , I'm salivating , wondering when is the next time I'll be able to eat this dessert again . 

Yee Shun Dairy Company 義順牛奶公司

63 Pilkem St , Jordan

Cheap yummy cold noodles @  approx. S$1.30

their one sized Gong Cha at Hongkong . This huge cup for only S$2.20 -.-
In Singapore , we pay for a small cup at close to $3 

Supper along the streets near our hotel ; 

Chives Dumpling on a stick & the boyfriend's favourite Enoki Mushroom in Bacon 

Thats all for Day One because we arrived Hong Kong only in the late afternoon and I was strolling around in the airport , wasting time looking for Prepaid 3G sim card & buying MTR cards . By the time we took our time to the hotel , it was time for an early dinner . Took a walk at their famous Temple Street after dinner and the entire street was still bustling with people at 12am . The night life is beyond amazing in Hong Kong .