You can’t blame me for taking this long to finish up my Hong Kong post, I’ve been working a lot I almost couldn’t catch up on my sleep.
We moved from 99 Bonham at Sheung Wan to Icon Hotel at East Tsim Tsa Tsui, another side of Hong Kong.
We choose Hotel Icon for aesthetic reason and also the distance between Belinda’s (Fatty’s sister) hostel and our hotel.
#1 Hotel Icon is a very new hotel built in 2011, founded and owned by Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
#2 Not only does it look nice and clean, Hotel Icon smells really good too.
#3 Vertical garden growing along walls that will make you stop, stare, and admire.
#4
Service was A plus, friendly and helpful.
#5 We booked Icon 36 Harbour for RM980 including breakfast and they upgraded our room to Club 36 Harbour for us. :)
And here’s what you get if you book a Club 36 Harbour room :
*36 square metres *Satellite, i-cable and NOW TV channels *Twin or King bed *Blu-ray disc player *Complimentary in-room bar & snacks (replenished daily) *Nespresso coffee machine *Complimentary WiFi within hotel area *BOSE sound dock *WiFi phone with free local calls *3-in-1 printer *40†high definition flat screen TV *Complimentary digital newspapers and magazines on personal tablet or smartphone (Choose from 2,000+ newspapers and magazines)
Everything from the bar is free, including beers and snacks! They really know how to win their customer’s heart.
#6 Si Pendek.
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#8 The only thing I dislike about Hotel Icon is their room carpet. That jigsaw carpet really really looks ugly to me. Not ugly meh?
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#10 Mad love their toilet design!
It seems like a bad idea after all when Fatty created this interest in me to try out hotels because I will always end up saying ‘Next time our toilet we do it this way ah!’ or ‘I want our house to look this way next time.’
But of course, he cant really be bothered about all my next-times and I-wants.
#11 The best damn thing? Watching tv while bubble bathing!
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#13 Room’s harbour view.
After checking out our room, we met up with Fatty’s sister for lunch.
We were supposed to have our lunch at Caprice, Four Seasons Hotel but turned out people who lives in Hong Kong do their lunch at a 3 Michelin star restaurant like it’s a kopitiam or something. It was fully booked on a Monday lunch time. Mmkay.
We were actually deciding between Caprice and L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon because both were given 3 stars but since Caprice was full, we headed to the latter.
#14 There’s a distinguish difference between the two restaurants. L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon setting is more to casual and contemporary dining while Caprice has a grander setting.
#15 Complimentary bread, they were really cute and mini.
#16 Amuse bouche that whet my appetite.
#17 My main; lobster risotto.
#18 Really really good apricot dessert. I don’t normally go for dessert during fine dine unless it comes with a set and even if it does comes with a set, a rarely like it. This was different, it was really good with cinnamon and vanilla ice-cream without being too sweet. Just perfect.
Belinda and I ordered three course each while Fatty ordered four course.
Three course set lunch is price at HKD568 and four course is priced at HKD668. I think the bill came up to about Rm900+ for the three of us.
Although the food was good (as per all the fine dine I’ve tried), I sincerely do not think that what I was served that day deserve a three Michelin star. Bistro a Table was just as good, in my opinion.
After trying Hong Kong’s one Michelin star dim sum and now three Michelin star French fine dine, I’d say the Michelin star given to these Hong Kong restaurants cant really be trusted. I’d expect a 3 Michelin star to give me a wow factor but that wasn’t it.
Belinda went to her class after our lunch while Fatty and I went back to our hotel to enjoy the most out of it.
#19 Meet up again after that to eat MORE at Hung Hom area.
#20 Mammy pancake (kai tan zai) at Hung Hom, heard it’s famous among the students.
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#22 It tasted really good and crispy, I sometimes crave for it.
#23 We then head over to a famous dumpling shop called 上海飽餃店 for some hot and steamy dumplings.
#24 Menu on the wall. It’s really nice to have a boyfriend who can read chinese or else I’ll be so lost.
#25 Scallion pancake, not quite my thing.
#26 Xiu long bao.
The ‘sang zin bao’ was really good but Fatty told me that day it wasn’t as good as the first time he tried it.
Sometimes we have our bad days don’t we.
I wanted to go to Avenue of Stars after our meal so off we went.
#27 Lots and lots of meat and the uncle asked Fatty if he’s visiting his mother in law and if he wants to add any dishes lol.
#28 Avenue of stars.
#29 I watched Symphony of Light while the two Tays waited for me cause they weren’t interested haha.
#30
#31 Oh why so blur!
#32 Demonstrating how robot stands, haha. Awkward, awkward.
#33 The Tays.
#34 You just cant stay away from food when you’re in Hong Kong. Or in my case, I can never stay away from food wherever I am. Mak’s Noodle, famous for wantan mee.
#35 Oh hi there.
#36 Wantan mee with wantans hiding underneath the mee.
#37 Shrimp roe noodles or ha zi mee as the Hongkies call it.
Never had such an expensive wantan noodles, about Rm20 per bowl. T_T
#38 Last stop for the night at Aqua Spirit for drinks.
#39
#40 Fatty’s drink and my Bailey which I shared with Belinda. I drank less than one third and passed it to her because I don’t want to get tipsy. Sometimes I wonder, why cant I drink? Why my body cannot tolerate alcohol pfft.
#40 :)
Hotel Icon
Address: 17 Science Museum Road
Tsim Sha Tsui East
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel:(852) 3400 1000
Fax:(852) 3400 1001
Email:info@hotel-icon.comL’Atelier de Joël Robuchon
Address: Shop 315 & 401, The Landmark, Central, Hong Kong
Tel : (852) 2166 9000Mammy Pancake
Address: Shop 2A, G/F, Whampoa Street, Hung Hom, Hong Kong.上海飽餃店
Address: G/F, No. 6 Ming On Street, Hung Hom, Hong Kong.
Tel: (852) 2802 2266Mak’s Noodle 麥奀記雲åžéºµ
Address: G/F, 77 Wellington Street, Central, Hong Kong.
Tel: (852) 2854 3810Aqua Spirit
Address: 29 & 30 Floors
One Peking Road
Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
T: +852 3427 2288
E: aqua@aqua.com.hk