royal plaza hotel
for this hong kong trip 10-14.1.2016, we looked at hotels in tsimshatsui but they were expensive. the one i stayed often when traveling with wife was kowloon hotel, next to peninsula.
this time it was expensive though, & really the rooms were small & it’s 4 stars. so were other hotels at tsimshatsui, small & expensive.
the last time i traveled with sister, we stayed at royal park at shatin.
it was excellent 5 star hotel, & it was just HK$754+/night.
and you can take airport bus A41 direct to royal park hotel, just 2 stops, 50mins & HK$22.3,
but it was a little less convenient traveling tsimshatsui & hong kong island etc.
this time, after considering various options we decided on royal plaza at mongkok east, at HK$1260+/night.
one friend traveling with us had his family of 4 with him & they had a tsuishatsui airbnb apartment for 1 week. we decided not to stay at tsimshatsui but at least staying at royal plaza, it was easier to co-ordinate & meet.
the considerations for royal plaza-
- 5 stars, room is huge 33m2, 2 queenbeds, very comfortable.
- royal plaza located right at mongkok east mtr station on the east rail line, and is connected by covered walkway to mongkok mtr station on tseun wan line, and in between there is street markets, and many nice eating places.
- & since this time we were going mainly to tsimshatsui, central, central pier & dragon’s back, the mongkok location was quite perfect for our purpose.
- there were 6 of us so getting to royal plaza by taxi was quite fine, 2 taxis of 3pax, costing about HK$260, not much different from taking airport express.
must say that though royal plaza is located alongside sun hung kai property’s MOKO Mall, we did not bother to look around the mall itself.
view from our 9F hotel room
the view from our royal plaza 9F hotel room, nothing much to talk about. 🙂
indo maids at covered walkway mongkok on a sunday 10.1.2016
we arrived on a sunday 10.1.2016. after checking in, we went to look for fu kee congee 富记粥品 at fa yuen street 花园街.
first time we were there but we read about the roast goose & congee. we were NOT disappointed. in fact we went back 2 days later for another go. ^^
it was quite easy to look for fa yuen street 花园街, though the first time, we were quite lost trying just to get out of MOKO mall. once we saw the direction signs, everything was quite straightforward.
indo maids at covered walkway mongkok on a sunday 10.1.2016
as it was a sunday, the covered walkways to mongkok mtr station & fa yuen street 花园街 enroute was filled with indo maids. i guess in the same way as filipino maids filled up kowloon park. anyway people do need a place to gather & socialise.
street food
after our excellent dinner at fu kee congee 富记粥品, we walked around fa yuen street 花园街 & neighbouring streets.
first we past the fa yuen street market 花园街街市.
the we walked round the street night market.
street food
we stopped by one of many skewer stalls.
street food
actually we were attracted by stinking tofu臭豆腐aroma. 🙂
street food
& we took out a beef offals too 牛杂. 🙂
selling ornamental fishes
they have the instant ready-packed way of selling guppies & other ornamental fishes. maybe they do that in singapore too these days? not sure.
we liked the royal plaza location. i think i will stay there again my next visit to hong kong, of course subject to price, other options & the convenient base to visit the places we want to go.
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