Day 4 of our trip is purposely scheduled as a free and easy day. We planned to roam around Hong Kong towns to experience the local cultures here. So we woke up slightly later that day, recovering from the tiring Disneyland trip the day before. We walked out from hotel to a nearby porridge stall "Ocean Empire Food Shop" nearby the Wan Chai MTR station for late breakfast. Wilson ordered pork and century egg porridge and I ordered rice roll with shrimp. Both are Hong Kong's must try and yeap, we tried.
- The rice roll was not that good anyway.. ours are much better -
We then hopped onto the MTR towards "Sham Shui Po" or they called it the wholesale fashion outlet streets according to the Lonely Planet travel booklet. But I was really disappointed as the clothing here was very much fit for the more mature ladies instead.
- Sham Shui Po, Fashion Outlets -
We then walked towards Ap Liu Flea Market, supposed to be a flea market selling second hand electrical items and funny funny stuff. We were just curious and simply roamed pass the street looking at the shops with piles of old television and recorders with many locals trying to find some good deals there. It does looks like our Petaling Street at some point.
- Sham Shui Po attraction signs, we always look for these signs for clues -
After Sham Shui Po we walked towards Wong Kok for lunch. Found a stall which looked interesting and quite full with customers, "Di Di Xiang Noodles". They are famous for the fish ball noodles, so we ordered 2 bowls of noodles, both dry and soup noodles and also fish cake as appetizer. Turned out this was really nice! The fish ball were so spongy and tasted great. Just that we realised Hongkie food are less salty compared to our food.
- Di Di Xiang Fish Ball Noodle @ Wong Kok -
- Roaming around Wong Kok -
- Gold Fish Street; generally just a street selling fishes and aquarium -
- Fa Yuen Street; more like our Petaling Street selling much teenagers and pop styles clothing -
We then hopped onto the MTR towards Tsim Sha Tsui station. Our plan was to walk towards the Avenue of Stars at the Tsim Sha Tsui Waterfront Promenade overseeing Victoria Harbour. By nightfall, it is a popular viewing place for the Symphony of Light display. On the way towards the promenade, we had a quick walk in the big malls e.g. Sogo etc. We had a simple convenient dinner in Sogo.
- Avenue of Stars -
After watching the light show, we moved back to Wan Chai across the sea by MTR. We then roamed around Wan Chai area, walked along the streets. Before we knew it, we walked all the way reaching Causeway Bay already! Well, before heading back to hotel, I dropped by a hawker stall to buy supper to munch back in Hotel. I bought the famous curry fish balls, octopus, siew mai and also "Kai Dan Chai".
- Me buying supper -
We called it a day after munching those suppers, the curry fish balls were indeed yummy. Really enjoyed the day very much, simply free and easy tour around most renowned places in Hong Kong, before heading back to Macau and then home, the next day.
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