are all coffeeshops in HK always crowded and congested?

and must sit next to strangers?

I just finished my 5 days HK tour

Touched down yesterday

Not enough. Need 7-8 thousand HKD. Haha.

Must break denomination. Later taxi and cha chan teng will *diew lei mah* for throwing big change.

Bro..
7-8k inclusive of wat? Only food and transport?

And hotels as well

Me stay 2 star hotel $400 a night

ohh...i tot makan so exp now. 

Generally have to share table during peak hours depending on the shop specialty, can be morning breakfast or afternoon lunch or tea breaks / dessert or dinner. Or if the shop is full of tourist all the time.

If go during off-hours, possible to have whole table to yourself.
Off hours breakfast 9:30am-11:30am
Off hours lunch 2pm or 2:30pm onwards

My most recent trip last month trying something else on top of some regular ones I always go
Kwan Kee Claypot Rice 坤記煲仔小菜 near Sai Ying Pun MTR
Start queue at 5pm for dinner, open at 5;30pm, done by 7pm+ but look at the queue.


Next trip will try other new stuff already in list.

how's the claypot rice? better as expected?

i am flying off this weekend to hk for 2nd time and i missed out claypot rice during my 1st time there

are all coffeeshops in HK always crowded and congested?

and must sit next to strangers?

Done a 5 days trip to HK. Nice cold weather 10-15C

Our TouchNGo/Alipay is useless in HK. Outlets there only accept AlipayHK. It is not totally cashless economy, like Aussie or SG. Still many mom & pop F&B outlets accept cash but not Visa. Street markets all cash sahaja.

MTR tickets also cash.

Quite disappointed in this respect.

Pricing wise, everything super mahal after convert to MYR. Didn't buy stuff, only makan.

Mainland chinese are coming back. Lots of filipinos too. Saw a few malay families. Wonder what they gonna eat since difficult to find halal food?

Pricing wise, everything super mahal after convert to MYR. Didn't buy stuff, only makan.

Mainland chinese are coming back. Lots of filipinos too. Saw a few malay families. Wonder what they gonna eat since difficult to find halal food?

HK has their own QR payment called FPS
and is only linked to thailand's promptpay only....it's not linked to any other country's QR payment

and hongkie don't really trust QR payment..yet

Just back from HK 2 days ago, this week start temperature drop. Day time with Sun still hot, evening time macam Cameron Highland.

Some experiences to share for 5d4n chill trip since I been to HK 5 years ago..

Day 1: Landed HKIA - Walk around TST new shopping mall - Avenue of Stars & A Symphony of Lights
~get on-loan Octopus card at HKIA MTR to get some small notes change, on-loan charges only $11
~probably you can take their Airport bus if your accommodation is near to the bus station. For eg: I'm staying at Jordan, the bus stop to my accommodation walking distance just 2 min, better than MTR

Day 2: Ngong Ping 360, Big Buddha, Citygate Outlet, Mong Kong street market.

Day 3: Cheung Chau, Central
~If you lazy like me, rent a bicycle for $40 full day, some shop charge $40 for 3 hours, just need to find the right one.
~黎恩記 congee quite nice.

Day 4: Ocean Park
~Short queue on a weekday, Hair Raiser roller coaster is awesome with nice view.

Day 5: Random walk around Kowloon Park, flight back to KL

~Claim your HK night treat $100 cash voucher to spend on meal. https://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/deals/...hts-treats.html
~Enjoy $20 night bus tour https://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/deals/...t-bus-tour.html
~Australia Dairy Company food yoyo... First day visit Scrambled egg was so good, last day visit the egg taste salty, not consistent. Their cold milk tea is nice.
~Kai Kai Dessert traditional mango dessert with pomelo quite nice, cost $39 for a small bowl..

Thinking of going a solo trip to HK & Macau next year (Spring), how many days and budget are recommended?