Being Hongkie, even for a day.

This post suppose to be published before Disneyland post, but because due to overwhelming response for Disneyland, I delayed my other part of Hong Kong experience. Please remember that everything in this post happened before Disneyland. :D

We stayed in Metropark, Mongkok, where there's pros and cons about this hotel (reviews from Tip Advisor):

• Its very cheap to stay here but then again you get what you pay for. The hotel is OK but looks very old. The view from the rooms facing the backside of the building is horrible. You can see all the fishbone TV antennas and people drying their laundry on clotheslines. The rooms have old beds and furniture and are tiny. For those who plan to travel by bus to mainland China, the buses are literally just downstairs so thats the biggest selling point. There are plenty of restaurants nearby and the busy Nathan road is just a block away and the Prince Street metro is also a block away. Transportation is very good from this hotel.
• This hotel turned out to be the cheapest one I could find from a travel agency. Needless to say, I didn't expect much from this hotel considering the price. I didn't care too much for the quality either as I knew I would spend most of my times outside. But this hotel surprised me. Bottles of shampoo and shower gel are normal to be had in average hotels but you don't often get the facial tissues and disposable slippers and this hotel provided them. The message system was pretty cool. There's a red light on TV that kept flashing until you turned on your TV and it will tell you the subject of the message and that you can pick the full one up from the reception.
  
  The only complaint I could have is the lobby, it has only one sofa that can fit five people(if you know each other and are willing to sqeeze in otherwise it's good for four people). Once you get up, others are surely going to jump in.
  
  The location of the hotel is alright. The only purpose of this trip for me was to shop and everything I needed just seemed to be within walking distance or a short hop on a subway.
  
  Overall, I would not hesitate to stay here again on my next visit to Hong Kong.
• We got the A21 airbus from the airport which dropped us right outside.
  
  First impressions - nice tidy reception. Easy quick check in. But got to the room - shockingly SMALL - especially room 633 (refuse any room ending 33 if they give you - they are the smallest rooms in the hotel on all floors! Look at the floorplan!).
  
  Myself and my partner didn't believe all the rooms were that small, and it was true - when visiting our friend's rooms, they were bigger. We just got the short straw. We tried to change but reception simply said the others had an upgrade as there were no available rooms - LIE. All the rooms are the same size except the end rooms i.e. X33. Either way we figured we didnt want it to ruin our trip, and we'd be out most of the day anyway, so we put up with it.
  
  Good things about this hotel: the location. Only 5 mins walk to Mongkok and the shopping area, including ladies market, Langham etc. And Prince Edward station is just across the road (back entrance). 7/11 and McDs just across the road too, and laundrette right next door - got home and no laundry to do - bliss! Cake shop within the hotel - yummy fresh buns for the morning. They even sent a birthday cake and card to one of us - nice little surprise. We had a night flight back to UK, and leaving our luggage with them through most of the day was fine.
  
  Overall good, but dont get the end room!

As for me, I would stay there again for my second trip to Hong Kong as everything is within walking distance - from dim sum restaurant, 24 hours convenient stores, shopping complexes, Ladies Street, boutiques, arghhh basically anything! :) I love it!

All dressed up for Hong Kong, baby!

The all-famous "put chai gou" which were always mentioned in TVB dramas. The taste? Bland. Not up to my expectation. Which were sad enough.

OMG, "put chai gou" is so delicious wtf.

As we walk and walk, we tried on any local foods that caught our eyes. That's the way to experience the locals' lifestyle! And we find it so much fun.

Local biscuit stall selling Wife Biscuit ("Lou poh peng") and Almond Biscuit ("Hap tou sou"). There are others more, but it was sold out. :( Luck's not on our side.

Yeah, you got it! It's the all-time-famous Stinky Tofu! :) It's smelly alright! But it was hell-yeah-delicious!!! I ate those stinky tofu and I would love to have it again. :)

Yeah, it's THAT smelly!

As out hotel were very close to popular landmark, all we did were walk. Walk and walk and walk as our heart desires. In the end, our trusty foot bring us to Langham Place, which were located in Mongkok district and "it's a 1,800,000 sq. ft. 3-in-1 mega development, comprising a 15-storey shopping mall, a 59-level Grade-A office tower and a 665-room 5-star hotel". Wow... :D Amazed!

First thing first: SHOPPING!!! :D Woohoo---!!!

Here I am in H&M, doing what girls does best: shopping!

How I wish H&M would be available in Malaysia... That would be dream come true! A bliss to all Malaysian girls, including me of course. ;) I got myself a pair of glove, a large handbag and a leather belt. Nah, I didn't able to get any clothes as it was winter season and most clothes weren't suitable to be worn in hot and sunny Malaysia.

After I have done my round of shopping, off we go to the main attraction in Langham Place: the Xpresscalators!!! Now... what's that??? :) Xpresscalators is "The longest escalators within a shopping mall in the territory. A pair of them is located on the 4th floor leading up to the 8th floor, and another pair leads to the 12th floor. These long escalators have been designed to reduce the "horizontal drift" of shoppers, thus keeping them in the mall".

WOW! The xpresscalators!


Be afraid, be very very afraid!

We went through the first xpresscalator, that brought us from 4th floor to 8th floor. Coming right up the the second xpresscalator, that will bring us from 8th floor to 12th floor!

Xpresscalator to heaven wtf.


We've reached the heaven wtf wtf~ Choi choi.


We're going aaaallllll the way down. Scary huh?


Bye-bye 11th, 10th and 9th floor...



Bye-bye xpresscalators... :( You are indeed fun.

Apart from Sasa, you must go to Bonjour for great deals on perfumes and skin cares. You would be spoilt with choices and low price! Guaranteed.

I experienced the longest escalators and also the shortest one. Wtf! ;)

Morning snacks? Check.
Shopping? Check.
Fooling around with escalators? Check.

Lunch? Oh-ooo~ Nearly missed it!

Before heading to our next destination, Disneyland (woohooo!!!) we filled up our stomachs with noodles from local shops. This shop is located somewhere in Mongkok, a very small shop, yet packed with customers.

We ordered Pork Noodle in Spicy "Ma Lat" Soup and Wan Tan Mee in clear broth. Extremely yummy! Part of it because we were overly hungry. ;) Anything taste good when you are hungr

After lunch, we head on to Yau Ma Tei MRT station and off we go to Disneyland... well, which I have already blogged earlier hahahaha why am I blogged the other way round? Lol... Disneyland has higher popularity amound readers~

Ignore my ridiculous pose, please. :o

That's the boots I bought from Shenzhen for a very small price. I love boots dearly but I definitely could not wear it in Malaysia. :(

For continuation on where we are heading next, read this post and you would be in the picture.

Sorry for my lack of updates. :( I'm really sorry. Cupcakes took most of my time, which I enjoyed making, creating and delivering love to customers. Despite being packed, here am I promising to myself and you that I will update whenever I can. Won't neglect this baby of mine. Promise! :k