W Hotel, Hong Kong (Day 2)
Another 6AM wakeup call due to jet lag is such a pain – but I love the gym at the W Hotel. The FIT Gym is located on the 73rd Floor and at 6 AM its extremely quiet. After a quick 45 minute cardio as well as a shower/steam, I was refreshed and ready for BREAKFAST!
Breakfast is served in the KITCHEN and contains a wide variety of cuisine (e.g. Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Western and etc). Kitchen is located on 6th floor just slightly behind the set of elevators and you will have an excellent view of Hong Kong harbor. I love hotel breakfast in Asia due to the wide variety as well as the quality.
Dim Sum Corner as well as noodles
Noodle Bar
Condiments for Chinese Congee
Yogurt
Little bit of Japanese
Little bit of Japanese
Weestern
Bread Section
Bread Section
Bread Section
Freshly pressed juice - my personal favorite is the Mango!
Indian
Chinese
Chinese
Salad
Fruit
After breakfast, wife and I took a couple hours of just relaxing at the hotel and met my friend at Upper House Level 49 Café Gray for brunch. With my education in the UK as well as living in Hong Kong for 13 months, I’m extremely fortunate to have numerous friends from university and work living and residing in Hong Kong.
Café Gray is a contemporary European restaurant with a great view of Hong Kong.
We ordered:
- Pesto Parpardelle Bolognese
- Grilled Red Snapper, Rutabaga, Avruga
- Garganelli with Prawn, Scallop, Clams and Baby Squid
The food wasn’t amazing but the view that you have from the restaurant is unbeatable.
After a quick brunch, we took an uber up to the VIctoria Peak. There are several ways to get Peak and one is taking the Peak Tram but with 3 individuals Uber ended up being cheaper and a lot quicker. After we reached Peak Tower, we took a quick walk around and snapped some photos.
Victoria Peak - sadly its always filled with tourists 
After a quick tour, another uber right down to PMQ. PMQ was formally a Hong Kong Police residential building and now contains local shops and restaurants.
A short walk away from PMQ was my favorite egg tart bakery – Tai Cheong. The egg tarts are to die for – the pastry is buttery and flaky and the inside is warm and creamy!
My wife's hand
With all the walking around – we became extremely hungry and decided to hit one restaurant that I ALWAYS end up going to Hong Kong – Under Bridge Spicy Crab in Wan Chai. Their specialty is their spicy crab which can be around $700 HKD or $100 USD (depending on the weight). The crab they serve here is similar to Singaporean Chili Crab. We went little bit overboard and ordered:
- Large Crab
- Chinese Crispy Belly Pork
- Manila Clams
- Water Spinach
- Steamed Razor Clam
The crab was fried and was covered in garlic, spring onions and chili pepper. The saltiness of the condiments as well as crab was perfect pairing with rice!
The fried garlic and green onion is salty and perfectly pairs with rice and/or a bottle of beer!
The manila clam was extremely fresh and was stir fried with black bean sauce and a bit of pepper.
The water spinach is probably my go-to chinese vegetable dish. The crunchiness of the water spinach adds perfect texture and it was perfectly stir fried with garlic.
The steamed razor clams were extremely fresh and flavorful. They topped it off with chopped garlic, scallion and glass noodles with a bit of cooking wine + soy sauce.
Lastly the Crispy Belly Pork is my go-to Chinese BBQ. It’s the belly of the pork and the skin is perfectly dried and crispy and goes excellent with beer.
All of this cost circa $900 HKD and/or $120 USD. We arrived at the restaurant at 6PM and the restaurant wasn’t at full capacity. We left at 7:30PM and the a huge line started to form outside the restaurant. So please go early!
With our stomach full and happy - we bid our goodbye to our friend and headed back to hotel. All day of walking around Hong Kong (even in March) was a bit exhausting and needed shower/clean up before our night drinks at the Ozone at 12AM!