We Soothe Your Every Hong Kong Complaint
We’re fed up of people whining about all of the city’s shortcomings. You’re wrong, wrong wrong! And we’re going to prove it to you.
“I want to have sex but my flat’s too small!”
Calm your quivering loins, friend. The city has a wide selection of love hotels for all budgets and inclinations. One of the classiest is the Mingle at the Eden (148 Wellington St., Central, 2850-6289), which has rooms of varying sizes—including one with ceiling mirrors, and round beds—that are available in two- and three-hour blocks ($360 for two, $450 for three). You even get a free condom. Another location in the vicinity of Lan Kwai Fong is the Linn Hotel (3/F, Block B, Winner Building, Wing Wah Lane, Central, 2810-8166) which gets the job done at $450/two hours.
“The price of transport keeps going up!”
You can probably still afford it; Hong Kong has some of the cheapest public transport in the world. But if you’re a cross-harbor commuter then get an MTR City Saver card: it’s $415 per month, covering an area of pretty much everything south of Kowloon Tong. If you live in Kowloon and commute to Central, it pays for itself.
Not so, beer snob. The last few years have seen a flowering of the city’s craft breweries. Check out the brand new 65 Peel (65 Peel St., Central, 2342-2224), which specializes in Hong Kong craft beers, from breweries including Black Kite, Moonzen and the Hong Kong Beer Co.
“I can’t get my favorite American food here!”
Yes you can. Gateway (2/F, Unicorn Trade Centre, 131 Des Voeux Rd. Central, 2545-0338) and A&M (three locations including 12/F, Manning House, 38-48 Queen’s Rd. Central, 2548-8280) supermarkets stock all the Twinkies, Kraft Mac’n’Cheese and Fruit Roll-Ups that your heart could ever (inexplicably) desire.
