I feel incomplete without putting a review about The Royal Pacific Hotel & Towers, the place that accomodated our 2 night stay in Hong Kong as I already made a brief commentary about Sofitel Ponte 16 . Say HKD 1,000 is the benchmark, and let's see what kind of quality lodging you are likely to get in Tsim Sha Tsui, yeah, the land that made of GOLD!
This DOLPHINS are the landmark of The Royal Pacific Hotel & Towers, stand on the waterfront are picturesque architectures that light up the charm of Victoria Harbour.
Before and after dark of the 13-storey hotel (shooting from the suspension bridge that linked it to Kowloon Park). Gorgeous, isn't it!?
Base on the waiting time we underwent, we estimated this lobby is ten times busier than Sofitel Ponte 16.
Now, let me show you the ROOM! Size of the standard room ranges from 22 to 25 sq/m, you may wonder how big it is? Just imagine, you get to touch the bed after walking 3 steps from the door................ 
Moon said she stayed here before, it was MANY MANY years ago..... All remaining in her mind is the vague image of the gold color glass building, the Kowloon Park and the happening ambiance of Tsim Sha Tsui.
Seriously, this hotel need a thorough makeover, everything is so dated....
If you were to ask me, is there a value for money staying in this hotel!!?? Ironically, I think the accomodation fee we paid is neither for the service nor the room, it's solely the location itself!
Anyway, shall you plan a short trip to Macau and Hong Kong, be reminded to avoid staying in Macau for the weekends, coz the hotel's prices would be more than double of the weekdays', and value for money will definitely drop.
The restaurant was designed to create the ambience of traditional Chinese Palace, splendid yet comfy!
Scanned through the menu, just some usual stuff, pricing was a little dear....decided to sample some dim sum! ;-)
Total 8 of us, some of us had wantan mee soup with dumpling...... Oh, I regret I didn't keep a photo of the dried wantan mee, a patch of oyster sauce topping the plain wantan mee, from the way it looked, I doubt.....hmmmm........
some of us including myself took the porridge.....smooth....
Moon ordered 2 plates of 
For dessert, it was 
Not that I am fussy about food, with the fame and this high price (how much you guess!!?? 1 piece of YELLOW note in exchange of 2 RED notes, pricey right!?), contrary to our expectation, the food quality wasn't that parallel with the amount of money we paid, that's the least satisfying one among those we visited in Hong Kong so far!
Moon's cousin Ben purposely arranged the dinner at Tao Heung Super 88 for its convenient walking distance from our hotel, very considerate of Ben! 
Upon arrival, we could see a long long queue of diners waiting outside, luckily Ben had his booking made in advance. As you can see from the pic, the restaurant was exaggeratedly cramped and we saw waitresses bustling around. Guess this inconceivable phenomenon found nowhere except this Pearl of Orient! 
The dinner was absolutely joyful, what's more, Moon's 80 year-old grand uncle was a guest at table!
Basically there are 3 methods getting here.
We took MTR to Tung Chung Station and bought a round-trip cable car ticket (HKD96) as we regarded this was the less troublesome way at the same time gave us an opportunity to appreciate the scenic vista of Lantau Island from high above. 
There was a counter selling coupon for vegetarian lunch near the entrance. Visitors may choose from either deluxe or standard. We opted for standard package and paid HKD60 per head count. Ahead of us, there are 268 steps of staircase leading to the Lotus platform of the Tian Tan Buddha. We took a deep breath and started to move on. 
Closer to the statue, the feelings of tranquility had increased ever more. 
The Giant Buddha sits on a lotus throne surrounded by eight smaller bronze statues. He raises his right hand and his left hand is resting on his lap. The coupon for vegetarian lunch we bought at the entrance entitled us a free admission to the three halls beneath the Buddha statue namely The Hall of Universe, The Hall of Benevolent Merit, and The Hall of Remembrance. 
Coming down from the Lotus Platform, it's already lunch time. the vegetarian restaurant was packed with diners.
For the past few days in Hong Kong, we had been pigging out like carnivore, it's time for an intenssive detox course.... 
Stewed mushroom, spring roll, vivid color of sautéed veggie, Ma Po Tofu and etc, this vegetarian lunch was unthinkably scrumptious. I always had a perception that vegetarian food was flavourless with limited seasoning, culinary art of this lunch did change me ! 
New Island Café is a typical Hong Kong style Café aka Cha Chan Teng 茶餐厅 that serves typical Hong Kong style breakfast set.
Instant noodles served with beef brisket. 
Noodles laden with gigantic fish ball. That's the only goodness we discovered in this shop, springy and BIG in size! ;-P
She led us to a little alley in between two shops where I could see a row of stools being lined up, she gesticulated to sit there and wait to be seated. I saw a poster of Bill Clinton plastered on the glass door, I scrutinized the Chinese wording on the poster"Bill Clinton loves Guangdong Siu Mei 广东烧味!", Tricky huh!? The word "Siu Mei" implies Chinese style barbeque while Guangdong literally means Canton. since Siu Mei is part of 
Waited for approximately 20 mins before the lady called us in. Typical Hong Kong Cha Chan Teng茶餐厅 layout with no room to swing a cat!
A mixed platter of 
What is this!!???Like chicken like duck.....Nah, nah, it's a PIGEON
Of course, we definitely need some vege to keep us healthy, this choy sum菜心 was the only GREEN dish on our table, sadly, this culinary method was not exactly what we asked for, plain and way too soft that close to "fibre-LESS"!!!
Could not find any seats, we walked straight to 1st floor.
Let’s see what we had.
2.) Bird's nest on sago with pamelo & mixed fruits (杂果燕窝杨枝金露）
3.) Black Glutinous Rice Pudding With Taro (香芋紫米布丁）
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