we're in Hong Kong let's go woohoo welcome to one of Asia's most dynamic destinations
there is such an atmosphere in the city Hong Kong is a perfect blend of century
old traditions modern and stunning City skyscrapers can't believe what the city
looks like bustling Street Markets and a Melting Pot of diverse cultures yeah yeah
yeah but what makes Hong Kong so special today we're going to be discovering some
hidden gems it's unbelievable and the Foodies that we are we are going to be tasting our way
through Hong Kong and we're going to be taking you along with us welcome to Hong
Kong good morning from arguably the most stunning Harbor I have ever been to I cannot believe that
we get to be here so we have spent the last few weeks traveling through Taiwan from north to
south eating lots of food riding bikes taking trains even going on fairies and then we took
a short flight from Taipei and have arrived in Hong Kong and I cannot tell you how excited we
are to be here there are probably a bunch more reasons but here are the main three number one
is a little over 15 years ago my dad visited Hong Kong for the first time and it's a city
that he loves so much so I just met my first friend yeah yeah yeah where you from what's
your name my name is sh oh nice to meet you nice to meet you too nice to meet you thank
you you live in Hong Kong no no no where you live from Harbin oh where's that China Harbin
oh you're from China yeah yeah oh nice to meet you thank you number two is Hong Kong is filled
with so many Traditions probably dating back to centuries and centuries ago so I'm really excited
to see how traditional Hong Kong really is and number three is before coming here a lot of you
guys told us that Hong Kong is super expensive we're going to be telling you all of our costs
on on this very short trip and I'm so sad that it is indeed a very short trip we're going to
spend about 4 days in Hong Kong which is sad as I'm standing by the harbor it is just towering
with skyscrapers this is a city like no other and we've been going to so many different cities this
year like Bangkok uh where have we been? and we've been to so many cities this year like Bangkok like
Kuala Lampur like Taipei where we've just been but this it is absolutely breathtaking another
friend where are you from uh you're Beijing you're from Beijing Beijing nice to meet you
FR nice to meet you both thank you you oh thank you bye-bye see you see you bye bye Hong Kong is
a jam-packed city of over 8,000 skyscrapers with 7 and a half million people packed into
this place making it one of the most condensed cities on the planet and just by looking at it
it kind of gives me a feeling like I'm in Monaco or something so maybe this is the Monaco of Asia
you'll have to let me know what you think about that Hong Kong means fragrant Harbor which is
so fitting and we've started here in Victoria Harbor on Hong Kong Island we're in Hong Kong
here I can't believe it I never pictured myself in a city like this it's absolutely fascinating
it's so like you know like it's I don't know I'm speechless when we first arrived
at this Harbor last night I had goosebumps everywhere so let's go explore day one of Hong
Kong first thing you notice as soon as you walk down any street is these
skyscrapers that are towering over the road that's how it feels so even though
we're walking on a pedestrian walk it feels like the tower is like going to fall on top
of us which is kind of crazy I don't think I've ever been to a city that is so compact
oh look the tram is coming as we've got onto the Main Street we're seeing all
forms of transportation like these double decker trams I've never seen this in any
other city and you've got an old style tram but they branded with new modern
Brands look how cool it is it's even open air so you can like watch you can see what's going
on on while you're cruising through the city we got these really old style taxis
they look like they're from the 1900s and then you've got modern Teslas you've got
electric cars you've got buses and all sorts of Transportation plus so many
people walking around on the streets there is such an atmosphere in the
city despite them looking cool we're going to actually need to figure out how to get
on one of those to head to our next place which is Causeway Bay I'm not sure if you
can actually take the tram there so we're going to have to figure that out it's day
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just click the link in our description below Wow this is madness there are a lot of people in Hong
Kong I don't think I've ever been on a crosswalk with so many people before and it's midday what's
happening so I've just seen that they stop in the middle cuz I was like they only use
the middle rails but there's a little stopping point there so I think we should go and catch
it over there let's do it my girl do it look how crazy the city looks behind you it looks like the
buildings are bending over the road it really does that gives you an idea we aren't sure how
to do this but we're going to figure it out so we've come to the center of the road and here
are the train tram tracks here it is I think we get on this one I think so I think so it
looks so cool there's a conductor hello we can go on anyone we like this one's full oh it says
look Fair adult three child one senior citizen one so three $3 there's so many which one to
choose let just stand over here comes one so here the tram tracks and he has our tram this
is it is this is this one our yeah I guess we go I guess we get on so you get on the back of the
track Wow this is so cool you can see the next
one so let me give you a 5 second tram tour the next is Street we're on the upper deck
there's one seat on this side two seats on this side and it's completely open
air so we can stick our hand or our head out the window woohoo and there's open
Windows the entire way around so we can see out the back and we can see out the
front wow this is awesome we're in Hong Kong let's go woohoo I honestly think I would do this all day
long just go back and forth up and down these lines and you can see how many people there are
everywhere so the tram cost $3 Hong Kong dollars per person and it goes all the way
Along on these train tracks and it's so cool cuz you can see all the trams are lining up
I can even see them lining up all the way there in the front this really shows you
what I was talking about you've got these giant buildings behind us and then you've
got these old style trams in the middle of the streets they all have different
advertisements on and it's so much fun I can't believe how affordable it is so
we're slowly ticking off and seeing what is Affordable and what is expensive here in Hong
Kong this gives you an idea of how many trams there are all lined up so we're
stopped kind of in a tram traffic jam we're in a tram Jam a tram Jam a tram
Jam these trams are actually called ding-dings because of the sound that
they make so they make a sound like ding ding and then you know the tram's
coming I've never taken a transport like this before no this is the first time and
it's right between the buildings and you can just stick your head out you get the
fresh air also these are totally electrical so really carbon carbon conscious carbon conscious
very green the next street is paterson street I can't believe what the city looks like it's
unbelievable and just like that tram trip is over we're going to have to do that again thank
you okay okay okay that was so seamless so easy so fun one of the best experiences
I've ever had in fact it's such a really good first impression of Hong
Kong things to know about the tram get on on the back you pay when you
leave and you just have lots of fun that's it you just enjoy the
ride okay I think we are officially entering the modern more designer shopping streets so
this Causeway Bay is known as sort of the retail heart of Hong Kong there's Chanel
there's Hermes there's all the popular brands I even see jollybee there's even a jollybee to
all my Filipinos there is a jollybee in Hong Kong and this is definitely a more business
centered lots of people inform formal attire business wear and it's very very
busy
this is crazy now this is next level this is probably one of the most insane shopping strips
we have ever been on there's Alexander McQueen and Balenciaga behind me we definitely don't fit
in here I think we fit more into the orange green and red if you know what I mean do you know what I
mean oh no 7eleven that's where we were last that's our place $1 meal I don't
even want to know what these things cost all I know is I can afford is seven eleven
so we found one of these high-end Brands I have no idea how to pronounce it gucky
Goosey so we're going to go and go inside Goosey and we're going to try and how are
you doing there with a straight face I'm so curious to know what something costs in the
Gucci store here in Hong Kong so I'm going to go in and I'm going to find one thing and I'm
going to tell you the price of it and then I'm going to walk out Okay so we've been walking
in and out nothing has a price on that's when you know you don't want to know the
price the architecture of these buildings is something like I've never seen before they are
perfectly symmetrical and normally when you go to other cities each building has a different shape
where here every single one is exactly the same hundreds of perfectly long square shaped commune
buildings and apartment buildings I see the harbors over there so maybe we can go and check
it out I don't know what it is about water and buildings being together but it's really really
nice to just see and relax and oh they have coffee here you want to get a coffee sorry sorry what we
actually like to do in every country is talk about a coffee currency so we compare the price of the
coffee in every country and then we can kind of decide if that's an expensive country or not the
cappuccino here is $36 Hong Kong dollars is that expensive can you do a conversion quick math yeah
I think we can do it okay so how much is it 36 I only know in Thai Baht okay what is this in Thai
Baht our brains work in Thai Baht because we used to live in Thailand for 2 years 180 180 Baht Okay
so we've worked out it's 4 American us or 4 and a half right that is an expensive coffee we're used
to maybe one or two maximum $3 for a coffee let me introduce you to something called Girl maths if we
take a cheap mode of transportation that cost us three cuz we would have been saving on all
of that transportation we have enough money for coffee makes sense to me also if your boyfriend
pays it's free girl math is that true my girl yes okay hello you want to eight oz what's on
us um eight please thank you so not only is it a coffee shop but also a really beautiful Boutique
so far $3 on a tram and 36 on a coffee the rest of the dollars on a coffee we have no more that's
it we got the coffee shop and boutique but it's right on the street and this is the only chair
we get to look at the cool atmosphere and drink a very expensive coffee worked hard for my coffee
coffee is strong here it's really good I think it's safe to say that it was worth
putting money in the coffee pot it's nice to like taste the coffee in each country
that we go to Hong Kong good coffee I just realized that the coffee cup says
beautiful ladies on I guess that makes sense since we're at a shop called her
but this is what I've been drinking pretty good though it's my kind of shop sorry for
just to like be in this world and fully immerse ourselves in Hong Kong has been so
great we haven't really been doing much and to add on to that there's so many different
levels to Hong Kong so let me show you what I mean so we have the ground floor beneath us is
the Metro then we have shops here there's restaurants there then apartment buildings
so not only do you look where you're going but you need to be looking above you below
you there's so much to see all in one place like you just got to keep looking it's like sensory
overload when you hear that sound you know it's time to cross it's the sound of Hong Kong yeah
that is the sound of Hong Kong we're crossing we're crossing got to watch where you're going
watch where you're going which way are we going this way East we are we going
east
it's actually Madness what's going on here we got buses we got trams people everywhere below us is
the Metro right now where are we girl I was just thinking about when my dad was here probably close
to 20 years ago and I remember seeing pictures of the same taxis but yet I'm in the most modern
Metropolis ever it's like a city that's trapped in the 1920s and also 2050 a total contrast but
it kind of works in one city that's kind of amazing actually so we've been playing this
game which is like count the Teslas just because we've seen so many here so many electric cars in
total and oh there's another one as I say it and we just saw some lady get out the back of
it with her pet this is crazy obviously you can get Uber black which is more of a luxury car but
you can also get Uber pet if you want to go in a luxury car with your pet in the back you can
we're hungry right now and it's lunchtime we want to go and get some some food so instead
of taking the tram maybe we can get an Uber black or a luxury car to take us to lunch did you hear
him correctly he wants to get an Uber Tesla to go and have lunch which is a 10-minute walk away I
think that's what Hong Kong does to you it just makes you want to like do Luxury things this is
not in our budget I'm just saying and Uber black is hundred Hong Kong dollars for like
a 4 minute ride oh that's insane that is insane that is crazy okay can I just say that we've been
walking the entire day because we did not want to take a taxi and now Dev's like we should just
take an Uber Tesla what there's something wrong with us Hong Kong does something too do you see
all the cars then you're like I want to go in one of them we've never been in a Tesla and Elon Musk
is from South Africa where we're from so you can choose what level of conversation you want
the driver to talk to you and you can choose what temperature you want your ride to be I'm going to
book one I'm going to book it you're crazy he's really doing it I'm nervous confirm pickup where
are we um here I'm here okay we got one it's 1 minute away Tesla Model y okay I feel a little
bit silly for doing this but what an experience we've never ever been in a Tesla before and now
we just get to take one as an Uber for a whole 5 minutes and it costs a lot but I think it's
worth it it's happening I don't know how to open the door how do you how do you open the
door hello wow this is
crazy I can't believe what we're doing right now but I think it's a worth the experience
it's really clean and there's like a big screen you can see what cars are next to you you can see
the car behind you smells great we've never been in an electric car before it's really
cool bye bye is it okay if I take a picture thank you so much thank you wow that was
an experience wow that was crazy this was all right yeah this was all right it's so
beautiful bye-bye am I dreaming did we just do that my mouth hurts because I was grinning the
whole time like 10 out of 10 experience it lasted 5 minutes but it was so enjoyable we
could have walked here but worth it I'm sorry it was worth it oh this looks nice oh wow what is
this W yummy food one two w it has seven Michelin stars okay it's obviously a no brainer we have to
eat here right um well everything is in Chinese but it looks like they have soups they have have
dumplings well if everything's in Chinese and it's local and Michelin guide it's an no brainer we
have to eat here we really have stumbled upon this we just asked the Uber driver to take us
to a area and he literally dropped us there and we just decided to walk through some construction
and this is where we came to Mai yummy food okay let's do this I don't know what we're going to
be in for I'm sure it'll be delicious we've just stumbled upon the most hole in the wall
inconspicuous restaurant that's casually got seven Michelin stars it's such a tiny little
restaurant very simple they got a counter here wooden table and chairs and they're making dimsum
and pot stickers right behind me we get to see the whole process okay so let's have a look at
the menu um thank you the entire menu oh wait it's got English hey okay so now we know what
to order so they've got pot stickers they've got Xio long Bao they got steamed dumplings wontons
they got spicy sour noodle soup we decided to get the pot stickers dumplings with chili oil and the
spicy and sour noodles what is oh my goodness what did you order what is this we have just
received our Michelin star worthy seven times worthy lunch we've got the pot stickers over
here which are like normal dumplings with pork inside and then you can see they're really pan
fried at the bottom and then we have our monster noodle soup I think it's got pork blood in here
it's got mushrooms it's got tofu and then over here we've got the Mala chili oil dumplings it's
got chives it's got that lovely dark Mala paste we can actually see them making the dumplings in
the back it's putting the pork filling inside and this is what comes out first things first I have
to go in on the hot and sour soup kind of sticky and tangy and I can already tell it's going to be
sour ooh M super flavorful with the noodles are kind of like rice noodles and then the tiny sauce
has like a really salty sweet sour flavor it's really really yummy next up we're going to have
the chili oil and the Mala noodles and I'm going to get a little bit of minced pork a little bit
of chives and one massive dumpling this is going to be a big bite that is an explosion of flavor
for some reason my mouth is tingling and I don't know why but I've got this weird sensation it's
like my lips and tongue are numb I don't know what that is we're going to have to Google it
the filling is super soft and flavorful and not spicy just like kick starts this explosion in
your mouth like a bomb now I'm just going to add a little bit of soy over here going to dip
my little hand fried pot stickers in my soy perfectly flavorful pork in the middle and a
pan fried crispy outer layer is Heavenly dimsum actually originated in the south of China which
is where we are right now and dimsum actually translates to touch of heart one of my favorite
food I can totally understand why this place has seven Michelin stickers outside its window
because the pot stickers alone deserve those seven Michelin stickers we paid $84 Hong Kong
dollars for all three meals not too bad for Michelin food $10 Michelin food we'll put
the link to this restaurant in the description below that was an unbelievable meal there is a
spot here that's missing so I think it needs a 2023 sticker Michelin where you at because that
was hands down one of the best meals I've ever had so now I think we're going to take a train
ride to a different part of Hong Kong which is called mongkok and we're going to see the
street night markets we're going to see what the vibe is like in a different area so we're
going to take the metro for two lines to get to mongkok and we have to leave Hong Kong Island
and go to the mainland which is amazing that there is a Metro from an island to the mainland
mindblowing the Gap and the
platform we've just arrived in mongkok this is a different district and we've
just seen this double story Adidas building and we were talking about
price earlier we just saw a pair of shoes for 3900 Hong Kong dollars so we didn't buy
them just the feeling I'm getting with all the cars giant screens behind me it kind of
has a New York feeling I've never been to New York but this is what I would imagine it to be
like giant highrise buildings and big screens you always see the big screens in New York so
is this what New York is like when was the last time you saw a telephone booth that is so crazy
here's all the giant Billboards it looks like New York there's some street food with some
dark and then boom telephone wow it's busy it's busy everywhere this is the busiest we've ever
yeah my so we've somehow stumbled into a night market I'm not sure what's down here but lots
of people people are going down and what's really special is I told my grandmother today that we're
in Hong Kong and she sent me a picture that she was here in 1984 39 years ago she came to Hong
Kong and now we are here we're going to experience it the street just like goes on and on and on lots
of bags on this side we got some jewelry toys every single Street in Hong Kong is busy very
good what have we stumbled upon here our favorite pastime we were just in Taiwan
and the claw machine craze is crazy so we got hooked he's on the edge we can get him
we can get him but this is like a really cool one yeah this is like look at these guys so
tempting this street is called sneakers street because it has all of your normal Brands Adidas
New Balance Nike there's only sneakers look at all the brands Puma Adidas Nike Converse
New Balance so after roaming the streets for a little while we ventured all through Sneaker
Town and most of those stores were so tempting we had to like pry ourselves out of the store to
not buy anything but the other thing that Hong Kong is famous for egg tarts so we're going to
try and look for some to see if we can end our day on a very sweet note found them ooh they
look golden and toasty and yummy can I have one egg tart yeah yes okay thank you look how
beautiful this note is sh thank you thank you egg tart secure it cost us 8 Hong Kong
dollars look how glorious this looks and it smells even better $8 of Heaven oh I wish you
could smell this so you may already recognize this egg tart because we all maybe know it as
pastes danata which is a Portuguese egg tartt and if you didn't know this Macau
which is right next door was colonized by the Portuguese so that's why this is super
super famous here as well in Hong Kong in Macau they caramelize the top and here they
don't so we're going to have to maybe see if we can go to Macau maybe no spoilers
but you're going to have to subscribe to see if we go to Macau or not I'm going to
have to bite it it's literally so fresh it's about to like disintegrate in my hand holy
cow Lamborghinis and egg tarts it is so crispy the bottom pastry is super
flaky the inside tastes like heaven we have had the most unbelievable first day here in
Hong Kong the next video is going to be super special as well we might be
heading to a place I have dreamed of going subscribe for that if you
enjoyed this video please let us know in the comments if you're from Hong Kong please say
hi and I guess we'll see you in the next video in Hong Kong bye with the egg tart