6 Days in Hong Kong

Sunday:

Dinner in Soho:

SOHO SPICE

Monday:

1. Sheung Wan

MUST DO:

• Check out the local Chinese medicine shops

• Tea House – up the stair from Café O at 285 Queens Road Central. Tell them you would like to try a variety of teas.
• Man Mo Temple
• Wet Market (across from Western Market)
• Hollywood Road – antiques, etc.
• Grab a fresh juice at one of the street stands
• Go to a dai pai dong for a taste of my fav breakfast (Chuan Fan – rice noodles with spicy chile sauce)
• CAT STREET

WALKING TOUR: Sheung Wan

Western Market

Wing Lok Street (birds nest, shark fin, chinese medicines shops)

Man Mo Temple (Hollywood Road and Ladder Street).

You can grab a coffee or lunch at Classified/Press Room.

Upper Lascar Row- cross Hollywood Road away from the temple, go down the steps until you reach Upper Lascar Road and turn left into the antique market (Cat Street)

Walk down Hollywood Road and check out the antiques

2. Dim Sum

* Luk Yu Tea House CANTONESE -- The most authentic dim sum teahouse in Hong Kong is often so packed with regulars that mere tourists can't get a seat. Furthermore, trolleys with dim sum are pushed through the place only until 11am, after which there's an English menu with pictures but no prices (ask before ordering). Yet it's worth the effort to come here; try to bring along a Chinese friend to help you with your selections.

24-26 Stanley St., Central. tel. 852/2523 5464. Dim sum HK$25-HK$55 (US$3.25-US$7.15/£1.80-£3.90). MC, V. Daily 7am-5:30pm for dim sum. MTR: Central

* Maxim's Palace CANTONESE -- There's no better place for cheap dim sum than this enormously popular restaurant, located on the second floor of City Hall with good harbor views. It's a lively, noisy place, with dim sum still offered from trolleys, plus there's an English menu with photos and prices. It doesn't get much easier than this.

Low Block, City Hall, Connaught Rd. Central and Edinburgh Place. tel. 852/2526 9931. Dim sum HK$20-HK$29 (US$2.60-US$3.75/£1.40-£2.05). AE, DC, MC, V. Daily Mon-Sat 11am-3pm; Sun and holidays 9am-3pm, for dim sum. MTR: Central.

* Bo Kong VEGETARIAN -- Although there are at least a few dim sum vegetarian offerings at most restaurants, this simple Chinese restaurant with an English menu offers a larger selection than most, including a steamed vegetarian barbecued "pork" bun, steamed spinach dumpling, and deep-fried bean curd rolls with vegetable.

Times Square (12th floor), 1 Matheson St., Causeway Bay. tel. 852/2506 3377. Dim sum HK$10-HK$15 (US$1.30-US$1.95/70p-£1.05). AE, DC, MC, V. Daily 11am-4pm. MTR: Causeway Bay.

* Dragon-i

Trendy and good!

60 Wyndham St, The Centrium, Central

MTR: Central

3110-1222

3. Star Ferry to TST side

4. Go to a Tailor in TST: OUR FAV: Shaniel Custom Tailor

**tell them Shea and Andrew sent you

5. Purses: Call Winson to arrange: 9645-4211

6. Dinner – Lamma Island

Take the ferry in Central to Lamma Island (30 minutes) and head to Rainbow Seafood restaurant. The last ferry back to Central is at 11:00 or 12:00 – always check when you arrive.

Tuesday

1. Peak Tram and walk around the Peak (45 minutes)

2. Lunch

3. Shanghai Tang at Pedder Street

4. Upstairs shopping at Pedder Building

5. Reflexology at Happy Foot

11F, Jade Center

98-102 Wellington Street

Central

P: 2544-1010 (make reservations on weekend)

Dinner: PRIVATE KITCHEN

1. Mum Chau’s Sichaun Kitchen

37 D’Aguilar Street 8108-8550

2. Sichuan - Opera Singer/Chef

Da Ping Hua

49 Hollywood Road

2559-1317

3. CajunFav

Magnolia

17 Po Yan Street

2530-3880

4. Thai

Causeway Bay

9782-6227

Wednesday

Stanley Market

Stanley – BOATHOUSE for lunch

Horse Races in Happy Valley

Dinner: Thai Restaurant in Causeway Bay

*Hole in the wall and top Thai food. Go through alley by Times Square to where you would pick up the Stanley bus in Causeway Bay.

Thursday: Lantau Island

Nyong Ping 360 to Lantau

Lantau and the big buddah

Lunch at The Stoep (Med South African Cuisine)

* Lower Sheung Sha Village

*Tai O - take a taxi here and check out the village on stilts - worth the extra ride!

Red Bar for Drinks at IFC 2

Dinner Indochine

BAR TOUR: Feather Boa, Hotel LKF, Geikos

Friday

www.kayak-and-hike.com: 9300-5179

Ten Thousand Buddahs in Lamma Island

Drinks at Aqualuna, Dinner in Hutong

Star Ferry back to Central