48 Hours in Hong Kong

Where We Stayed

Let me just start by saying that I absolutely love Hong Kong hotels.

HK is perhaps the best hotel city in the world with a very wide range of luxury options, and a very high standard of both international and local brands to choose from. We stayed at the Upper House, and chose their Studio 70 room. This must be one of the best entry level rooms at any luxury city hotel - 70 square meters in size, a superb bathroom, great views (even if you don’t fork out for a harbour view), and beautiful interiors designed by Andre Fu. The refrained palette and use of natural materials throughout make this a warm and relaxing space, despite being fairly minimalist in design.

My OG hotel in Hong Kong is the Mandarin Oriental Landmark, where I’ve stayed many times over the years, from my first trip to HK as an adult. They did a refurb a few years back which refreshed the interiors, going from a minimal look and feel to a more maximalist and opulent aesthetic (liberal use of gold and lots of shiny surfaces) which, whilst very much in line with MO’s global hotel design palette, just isn’t as much my thing.

Where We Ate

Naturally we planned most of our meals in advance of the trip, doing our research on the best dim sum, Peking duck, and roast meat options in town.

Peking Garden for Peking Duck

There are lots of good places to go but this is one of the more reliable chain restaurants that will do a consistently good duck. My favourite place was Spring Deer, which was incredible, but has sadly closed down. I recently tried Mott 32, which is renowned, and is very good (not to mention expensive) but Peking Garden hit the nail on the head for me. Family style, not too formal, just really good.

Luk On Kui & Lin Heung for Dim Sum

These were both extremely good and quite similar in style, but you really have to work for your meal at both - fighting for a table, attracting the waiter, or getting the right trolley of steaming buns to pass by. Go to either, go to both, but be prepared to wait. It’s well worth it.

Kamcentre Roast Goose at Jardine House for Roast Meats

Kam's Roast serves some of the best Char Siu, Crispy Pork Belly, and Roast Duck, Goose (etc), that you can get. Their outlet in Basehall at Jardine House means that you can go large on all of the above, AND order from 10+ other outlets, mixing and matching your dishes with other cuisines.

7 Day Air Miles Adventure

Singapore Airlines First Class