Talkkok

On the 3rd day morning, we wanted to try out some dim sum in HK as many know this is a haven for best dim sum in the world. So, we set out to Hong Kong island’s City hall. The DIM SUM restaurant is operated by Maxim, the Hong Kong’s largest food & beverage corporation and restaurant chain.

To get there, we took the century old Star Ferry (天星小輪) to Hong Kong island. It is a passenger ferry service operator which carries passengers across Victoria Harbour, between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.

The fare was only HK$2+ for the 8 minutes journey. From the ferry, one can take in the famous view of the harbour and the Hong Kong skyline.

Finally, we reached Maxim but no sign of dim sum was being sold there. After much queries, we only came to know Maxim offers a diverse range of food outlets, including bakeries, fast food shops, and restaurants offering a variety of Chinese, Japanese, Southeast Asian and Western cuisines. And the one we came to is the fast food outlet. The DIM SUM restaturant is located inside the CIty Hall and they only start business at 11am. Since the day was still early then, we settled on the fast food outlet instead.

Well, I liked this fast food restaurant,unlike our typical Burger & French Fries dominated fast food outlet. One thing kept me wondered why this company didnt want to copyright their name as another American magazine is also named Maxim,not the educational magazine of course:

It’s kinda confusing,isnt it?

Ok, after breakfast, we went uphill to The Peak. At first, we wanted to take the Peak Tram to the Peak but it was down for the whole morning thus we took the taxi instead. Our taxi driver was a jovial and nice fella…he was wondering where we came from,asked us if we can speak Cantonese and smiled at us continuously,like we were first time to HK…True enough, this was our first time…When we told him we are from Malaysia, he was estactic,asking us if we know the tycoon from Malaysia,Robert Kuok. I replied of course…..the journey to the Peak was a brief but fun one as this driver really entertained us for the whole journey.

We reached the Peak soon. The fare was about HK$ 150,pretty worthwhile for 4/5 persons. The weather was still very cold then.

Since it was pretty cold outside, we went to indoor attraction first-the Madame Tussauds:

Everybody said Bruce Lee is unbeatable thus I wanted to challenge him:

After 15 mins fight with Master Lee, he was still standing straight,giving no sign of backing off….He was really unbeatable!!!

Other VVIPs that we met up with in the museum were following:

After Madame Tussauds, we went to the top of the Sky Terrace at HK$20/pax:

We descended from the mountain hill in the afternoon,this time not by taxis as the Peak Tram was back to service by that time.

Ok…It was time again for food…..Let’s see what we got:

Mind you, the sales girl told us Shu Qi comes to this outlet very often…but unfortunately she wasn’t free that day when we called her to come. !@#$%^&*

Instead of Shu Qi, we met Ah Ma on the way to the restuaurant.

Finally, we reached the restaurant-Lin Heung Tea House.

This is the typical old styled Hong Kong restaurant,the waiters wear white uniform and black pant and carrying a hot kettle around.

After dinner, we went to check out the world’s longest escalator in HK. It is called The Central-Mid-levels escalators (中環至半山自動扶梯). It is the longest outdoor covered escalator system in the world. The entire escalator system covers over 800 meters in distance and elevates over 135 meters from bottom to top. It was constructed in 1993 to provide a better commute by linking Central and Western District on Hong Kong Island.

The Central-Mid-Levels escalators were also used as a location for the Batman film The Dark Knight. Filming took place there from 6–11 November 2007.

The other unique thing about this escalator is for every morning till 10am, the escalator is going down for the people convenience,from 10am onwards,it is going up to the mid town. That’s why we were going up!

After this, we adjourned to the famous night spot-Lan Kwai Fong.

Lan Kwai Fong is perhaps Hong Kong’s most popular and well known area for a night out. Boasting numerous bars, pubs, clubs and restaurants, it is a popular choice for the well-off locals, expatriates and tourists.

Visiting on a Friday or Saturday night you may be overwhelmed by the enormous crowds that fill the streets (which are closed for several hours to vehicular traffic), with all bars having only standing room.

The crowds during special occasions such as Halloween or New Year’s Eve put the place at a literal standstill with the large numbers. Police control is guaranteed, to manage the crowds. As that day was also New Year’s eve, lotsa police were stationed there to control the crowd:

Because of this, we left this place earlier to join the countdown at other place. We went one shopping mall in Kowloon as TVB was holding special countdown event with the stars and singers:

After all, this place wasn’t interesting enough as the Stars performing are not the A list types thus some of us changed place again for the countdown. We went to the Star’s Avenue:

It was an unforgettable experience for all us to countdown in HK , fabulous!

That’s was the end of our 3rd day in HK. To be continue….The last moments in HK.