Blog - HKG 2006 #2: Day 1 part 1
HKG 2006 #2: Day 1 part 1
On our first full day, we woke up fairly early and did quite a lot of things! We got train passes for the day (HKD$50 for unlimited rides) and were determined to use them as much as possible.
Dim sum
We started by going to Admiralty station where we had brunch at Metropol Restaurant (《名都酒楼》, 4/F United Centre, 95 Queensway, Central), a no-MSG dim sum restaurant where food is delivered on wagons. We had all kinds of dumplings, several of those containing shrimps, and it was all very good!
I asked one of the ladies if I could take a picture of her and her cart, and with her limited English she made us promise that we would send her a print. She even had small pieces of paper with her address on them, prepared for the purpose. This made me wonder if all the ladies at that restaurant do the same thing, and whether they do contest of who will collect the most photos! Good idea anyway!
On Lan street / Soho
We then went to Central station and walked to On Lan street, where is located the recently opened Maison Martin Margiela (18 On Lan). The interior was quite interesting! Across the street was another fashion shop with clothing from many brands. In a nearby alley was graffiti by Monsieur Andre.
We walked down to Soho where we entered a few shops including a location of the cool interior chain G.O.D, I'll get back to this one later at another location. Most interestingly in the area was a lot of graffiti to be found especially around the incline stairway-like street. I found several of Yok's traces, but unfortunately none of Yan for which I was on the look-out.
In the area we were also surprised to find a BNE tag (Japanese tagger) on the back of a street sign!
Sham Shui Po
Next we took the subway again to Sham Shui Po where's located Apliu street, an open market that sells electronic parts similar to the alleys in Akihabara, and the Golden Computer Center. This latter has two main floors full of small shops selling electronic goods. My main reason to go there was to get a new SD card since my poor 128MB was already getting full of photos. I found a 1GB card of a Taiwan make for about HKD$180 (about half the price of the cheapest found in large stores here)!
Larger photo sizes in my Hong Kong/Macau 2006 set at Flickr
Posted on September 7, 2006 at 23:41 | Tweet
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gaaaah
last time I went to HK i got 3 kgs fatter in 4 days. There's nothing much to do besides walking and eating, which is fine really. Have you noticed how even the crappiest dirty looking little places are unbearably delicious? Can't wait to go back again!
I hope Digiki will get a little fatter on his visit too!
Posted by chienloup on September 8, 2006 at 09:08
No matter the fact that I ate almost non-stop, I managed to remain on the low side of my usual weight range. Might be all the walking!
Posted by Patrick on September 8, 2006 at 09:35