Three Hong Kong fusion foods

Three fusion foods of Hong Kong

Just share three Hong Kong fusion foods with you.

Fusion dim sum - Baked Barbecued Pork Bun

Traditionally, Chinese steam the flour dough with different fillings to make our bun. 

The steamed barbecued pork bun (Char Siu Pao叉燒包) is a Cantonese popular signature dim sum.

Hong Kong dim sum chefs learn from the Western bakery to make the baked barbecued pork bun(Char Siu Chan Pao叉燒餐包). 

With the honey on the top, it is even sweeter than the steamed one.

Fusion main dish - fried Udon noodle(炒烏冬麵)

The relationship between China and Japan is not always very good. 

But the combination between the Chinese cooking style and Japanese Udon noodle is always tasty. 

Japanese eat Udon noodle with soup mainly. 

Hong Kong chefs just fry Udon noodle with meat / seafood and soy sauce. 

Traditional Chinese fried noodle is crispy. 

The fried Udon noodle is thicker and chewier.

Fusion dessert - mango pudding glutinous rice roll(香芒糯米卷)

The steamed flour roll with roasted pork or glutinous rice is the common dim sum. 

Hong Kong chefs just show their creativity by combining the flour roll with mango pudding to make a fusion dessert. 

The chewy flour roll and the sweet pudding make a memorable texture.

You can taste the above-mentioned fusion foods in Hong Kong’s local dim sum restaurants (further reading: 5 kinds of food you can taste in the Cantonese Restaurants).

We have private car tours with included local dim sum meals. For details, please browse:

Kowloon half day private tour

Full day Hong Kong Kowloon private tour

Full day round Hong Kong Island private tour 

Full day Hong Kong Lantau Big Buddha tour 

You can also contact Frank the tour guide for private tour planning.

Five Macau Travel Tips

Five tips of touring Macau

Lots of travelers want to go to Macau from Hong Kong. This blog post shares some tips of touring Macau with you.

Days to avoid

If you don’t want to enjoy the Macau Grand Prix in the third week of November, you may think twice before going to Macau in that period. 

The Macau Grand Prix uses the street circuit. 

The traffic control will cause serious traffic congestion in the city center. 

You should also avoid going to Macau during The Labour Day Holiday in May, Chinese National Day in October and Chinese New Year. 

Chinese guests will make Macau to be overcrowded.

Transportation from Hong Kong

Most people take the Turbojet to go to Macau. 

You can take Turbojet at Hong Kong Island’s Shun Tak Center and Kowloon’s China Hong Kong Ferry Terminal. 

Turbojet even offers the ferry service between Hong Kong Airport and Macau. 

Turbojet runs frequenter than the Cotai Water Jet and brings you to the Outer Ferry Terminal, which is in Macau’s downtown.

Of course you can take the helicopter to Macau by paying more.

In about 2018, you can use the Hong Kong-Macau-Zhuhai Bridge to go to Macau by car.

The bridge will make the Hong Kong and Macau full day private car tour, which covers the twin cities in one day, a possible option!

Identity document

As you (travelers from the Western countries) will ‘leave’ Hong Kong and go to another Special Administrative Region of China, Macau, please bring your PASSPORTS with the ARRIVAL CARDS. 

BUT you are NO NEED to apply the visa in advance.

Currency

You can use Hong Kong Dollar in Macau. 

If you don’t stay in Macau for long, you may just get some Macau Pataca as the souvenir. 

Please note, you cannot use Macau Pataca in Hong Kong.

Things to do

The Oriental Monte Carlo has lots of casinos of course. 

Apart from gambling, you can tour the Macau Heritage Center. 

You can have a happy family day, enjoy a spa and enjoy good food in the resorts. 

You can try the really traditional delicacies in the ‘OLD’ restaurants with long history for the locals . 

The ‘NEW’ restaurants for gamblers from different part of China charge you the extreme high price but the food quality is below average.

The last tips: If you want to have a hassle-free Macau private tour by private car, you may contact Frank the tour guide for private tour planning.

Also you may browse the details of Macau private car tour.

See you in Macau!

Pros & cons of the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal

Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, pros and cons

In 2013, you read our post, Old airport, New terminal, to learn the latest development of the ex-Kai Tak Airport. In Nov 2013, the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal welcomed the first big cruise. This post shows you the pros and cons of the new Kai Tak Cruise Terminal of Hong Kong.

Pros1 It is really BIG

The two berths at the end of the old airport runway can accommodate two large cruises at the same time. 

Celebrity Millennium (tonnage: 91,000), Sapphire Princess (tonnage: 115,875) and Mariner of the Seas (tonnage: 138,279) come a lot. 

The brand new Ovation of the Seas (Tonnage: 168,666) will even use Kai Tak as its home port.

Pros2 Spectacular view

You can go to the roof top garden of the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal to see the amazing Victoria Harbour view from a different angle. 

Or some private shore excursions (full day Hong Kong Kowloon tour, full day Hong Kong Lantau Big Buddha Island tour) can let you take the local ferry to take a photo for your cruise from the sea. 

That photo should get lots of likes in Facebook!

Pros3 Do everything indoor

You will do everything, embarkation, disembarkation, get back your luggage, wait for your private guides, board the transports etc., indoor. 

The sun and rainfall outside cannot disturb you. 

Plus Hong Kong's efficiency, embarking or disembarking the cruise at Kai Tak should be the easy experience.

Cons1 It is really REMOTE

You can see the beautiful view of Hong Kong from the cruise terminal, but it is difficult to 'touch' them. 

It is because the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal is at the remote end of the runway of the old airport. 

It is the first completed redevelopment project of the old airport area. 

Most of the areas nearby are under construction.

Cons2 Poor transportation

There are only two links between the city area and the port. 

When they can get enough businesses in the city center especially on the weekday morning, the taxi drivers don't want to drive a long way to go to Kai Tak. 

So there are long queues for the shuttle buses, which are arranged by the nearby shopping malls. 

When the guests want to go back the cruise from the malls, they face the same problem.

Cons3 Poor supporting facilities

Kai Tak is far away. 

So there are not enough choices for the guests to do shopping and dinning. 

As most cruise passengers want to 'jump' to the city center at once (that is normal and sometimes that is really better!), the business for the restaurants and mall in the cruise terminal is not good. 

The Chinese restaurant, which can accommodate about 800 guests, can only rely on the local wedding party business. 

The mall fares even worse. The boss owes the staff months of salary. 

Cruise passengers, you may contact Frank the tour guide to plan your easy private shore excursion.

We can pick you up at and send you back to the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal by our private car.

You can have the easy and enjoyable private car tour in Hong Kong.

You may browse our different private shore excursion options.

See you in Hong Kong! 

Four tips for sightseeing in Hong Kong

Four Hong Kong sightseeing tips

We share four tips for sightseeing in Hong Kong with you.

(1) 'HILLY' RELIEF IN CENTRAL

Apart from the tall buildings, you can find lots of heritage buildings and art galleries in Central. 

It is good to have a walk in Central. 

BUT PLEASE BEWARE OF THE HILLY RELIEF THERE.

The old Central was built on the hillside. It takes you lots of energy to walk up and down the steep street and steps.

(2) 'NO' SERVICE IN LOCAL RESTAURANTS (CHA CHAN TENG)

After the walk in Central, you may want to have the lunch in the local restaurants, i.e. Cha chan teng). 

PLEASE BEWARE OF THE 'NO' SERVICE THERE. 

Waiters 'force' you to share the table with the unknown others. 

Waiters talk to you loudly when they take your orders. 

Waiters 'throw' the dishes to you.  

Actually they are not impolite. 

They just show you Hong Kong commoners' life style.

(3) CHOOSE YOUR RIGHT DECK BEFORE TAKING STAR FERRY

After having lunch in Central, you can take the famous two-story Star Ferry. 

PLEASE CHOOSE YOUR RIGHT DECK BEFORE BUYING THE TOKEN because you cannot go upstairs or downstairs at will when you are taking the ferry. 

You can take picture easily on the lower deck. But the natural AC, i.e. the wind, may make you feel cold in winter. 

You can enjoy the artificial AC on the upper deck in summer.

So its ticket price is higher ($2.7 HKD on weekdays or 3.7 on holidays, which are nothing) (Star Ferry Wan Chai <> Tsim Sha Tsui Route just has the upper deck).

(4) OVERCROWDING PROBLEM ON THE OUTLYING ISLANDS 

You may want to go to Hong Kong's outlying islands to experience the Ngong Ping 360 Cable Car Ride on holidays or the Bun Festival in May. 

PLEASE BEWARE OF THE OVERCROWDING PROBLEM.

Most people take the Cable Car to see the Big Buddha due to traffic control and bad transportation. 

It can be extremely crowded on the sunny holidays.

Apart from the travelers, lots of locals want to know more about the folk culture. 

So during the Bun Festival, about 60,000 people go to the small and densely populated Cheung Chau (2.46 km², with 22,000 population)! 

Hot and wet weather plus the crowd near the ferry pier may make you feel dizzy! 

You may contact Frank the tour guide to plan your easy and enjoyable private tour in Hong Kong.

You may browse different easy and enjoyable private tour options.