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- DrBombay
In 3 weeks I am going to Hong Kong for 2 weeks. Besides eating everything in sight and trying to hang out with Jevad, anyone have any suggestions? I am going to Macau and Shenzhen for one day each, but otherwise will be spending most of my time in the city. Thanks.
- 20020
Say hello to Chan Ho Nam
- jruggs0
cliche but i dig it...Tsui Wah Restaurant
- pixellette0
Get the best dim sum and amazing tea, a super traditional HK tea house - Lin Heung Teahouse:160-164 Wellington Street, Central
I loved walking around at the night markets to people watch.- Great thanks, My hotel is 2 blocks from Temple Street Market and about a mile from Mong Kok.DrBombay
- nice! have a lovely time. i m jealouspixellette
- 20020
Anthony Bourdain
Eat, get a suit etc.
- eficks0
http://www.openrice.com/english/…
this place should be close to you. i don't think they serve chinese food but it's great. one of the reasons i love hk so much is that you can find places like this, spanning over a few levels of a tall, skinny building, down the side of an alley.
- e_p0
AQUA restaurant / bar
http://m.aqua.com.hk/I love it there. jevad hates it. they have a great view/ great food drinks.
good night time fun. hot girls. I been to hong kong 31 times. and aqua is a must for me.- Great view, great food, hot girls...no wonder he hates itPeter
- e_p0
miramar shopping center has a dope giant robot Toy store.
- e_p0
Shenzhen train station mall #1 knock off anything and everything imaginable. bring a calculator to haggle for best price on anything you want.
Shenzhen has 2 of the worlds tallest buildings. on the top of the taller one (the one that changes colours every 10 seconds) has a great Japanese fusion restaurant. go there for some tempenyaki.
also goto club ABC. for some fun time smoky smoky.
- BuddhaHat0
Usual things like taking the tram to the Peak, doing Macau etc are nice activities if the weather is right.... I spent a whole shitload of my time walking around with a camera, hitting cool shops and restaurants (Cantonese is imo the best kind of Chinese food by a long way).
My favourite day in HK was probably the day I walked around Lamma Island. There are no roads on the island, there are only bikes or walking, to walk the whole island is about 3.5 hours, and there are incredible restaurants on both sides of the island, and it's a calming, beautiful walk if you get good weather. About 40 minutes by ferry from Kowloon.
I don't know what the deal is with American citizens, just make sure you get any visa stuff for Shenzhen and Macau sorted before you start heading for the ferry.
You might want to check out Guangzhou or Sanya (for the beaches) as well if you're going to hit Shenzhen, there's a really interesting mix of foreigners there (Brazilians, Americans, Japanese etc), so the things you can find to do and eat are pretty varied (for China at least). Also, fakes in HK have been banned for a while now and shopping is nothing like it used to be. If you want fake shopping, the mainland is a million times better.
If you don't like walking around the markets being harassed by sellers shouting 'Mai shenme!?!?', www.taobao.com is chinese ebay and it is incredible. If you can befriend a native speaker with a bank account, you can get shit delivered in 2-3 days. Don't bother trying yourself, it's too damn hard.
Have a great time Rick!
- fxone0
Sent this to a friend so I 'll just copy/paste
DRINK & PARTY
—Of course, Barhopping in the mythical LAN KWAI FONG (LKF) Area where all the drunken expats and locals unite!
—Barhopping in the other Bar Area... SOHO !
—A trendy little club in SOHO that i used to like where my friends DJ from time to time. YUMLA http://www.yumla.com/site/
—Drink a nice Mojito in the terrace of the awesome PAWN SHOP bar in Wan Chai http://www.thepawn.com.hk/
—Play some pool in Central at RACK'S http://www.racksmdb.com/
—Drink at the Fringe Club terrace in Central
—Drink and dance overlooking Hong Kong harbor at PIER 7 CAFE & BAR at the Star Ferry TerminalEAT
—Eat a Delicious and DrUnKeN 3am Cantonese dinner at Hong Kong's most popular chain... TSUI WAH !!!! anywhere but there is one in LKF.
—DIM SUM!!! http://www.cnngo.com/hong-kong/e…
—Coffee at the weird the Cafe de Goldfinch (one of the places from IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE by Wong Kar Wai) in Causeway Bay
—Eat amazing Sushi with AMAZING HK Harbour view at Hong Kong's Robert DeNiro's NOBU in the Intercontinental hotel ( $$$ ! ) http://hongkong-ic.intercontinen…
—Other Dinners with a View include OZONE at the Ritz ( highest terrace in asia ) and AQUALUNA ( on a boat! )
—Sichuan cuisine at Da Ping Huo! yum...
—Eat at M at the Fringe, really good little french restaurant in Central
—Eat a PIGEON at the famous Han Lok Yuen 'Pigeon' in outlying Lamma IslandPLAY
—Go to Big Wave Bay Beach ( The waves should be good right now! ) and rent a a shitty bodyboard or longboard !
—WAKEBOARDING in in Tai Tam !!! http://www.wakeboard.com.hk/inde…
—CHUNGKING MANSIONS in Tsim Sha Tsui... Where Wong Kar Wai's Chung King Express was shot... An interesting place to say the least... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu…
—Check out the Peak, amazing HK View...
—I loved going to the Botanical Gardens to chill out
—Find old Chinese posters, books, prints and opium pipes and stuff at Cat Street near Central
—Mongkok Ladie's Marketsss
—Temple St. Night Market
—Trek to TAI LONG WAN in Sai Kung.... amazingly beautiful location
—Launtau Island Big Bhudda trip
—GAMBLING in Asia's Las Vegas... MACAU!
—Get a Drink at the IFC Rooftop
- mutanthands0
Why limit yourself to just HK? If you are going to Shenzhen I assume you have a visa for the mainland, in which case I'd recommend checking out Guangzhou for a few days. You can get a bus or train, it's around 3hrs from HK. Really fun city and the food (imo) is nicer than what you find in HK (comparing like for like that is).
- mutanthands0
Ironically I'll also be in HK & GZ in around 3 weeks time, hurra!
- DrBombay0
great advice, thanks!
- ********0
2 weeks in HK you'll die man.
This city is like a drug fix, if it's too long you have a bad trip...