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Rough Guide DIRECTIONS ROUGHGUIDES Hong Kong & Macau [...]... Ocean Park Hong Kong s first theme park, complete with pandas, marine aquarium and terrifying rollercoaster P.85 Ī HONG KONG ISLAND: THE SOUTH SIDE AND EAST COAST Contents Ideas ̆ Boat trips Taking a boat – whether across Hong Kong harbour, on a tour out from Aberdeen, or ferries to the outer islands or Macau – gives an insight into the maritime trade that built Hong Kong s wealth P.51 Ī HONG KONG ISLAND:... towers P.51 Ī HONG KONG ISLAND: CENTRAL AND THE PEAK ̆ Shek O beach One of the nicest stretches of sand in Hong Kong, overlooked by a beautiful granite headland P.90 Ī HONG KONG ISLAND: THE SOUTH SIDE AND EAST COAST ̄ View from the Peak Almost all of Hong Kong is visible from Victoria Peak, with a staggering view north across the harbour, Kowloon and into the New Territories P.59 Ī HONG KONG ISLAND:... noodles or fishball soup – try Hong Kong s Tsui Wah restaurant P.62 Ī HONG KONG ISLAND: CENTRAL AND THE PEAK ̆ Vegetarian Chinese cuisine has spawned a sophisticated vegetarian offshoot, served in Buddhist temples, Hong Kong s Light Vegetarian and Macau s Macau Vegetarian Farm, featuring imitation meat dishes made from gluten and tofu P.101 Ī KOWLOON: TSIM SHA TSUI P.145 Ī MACAU ̄ Cantonese The local... halls range from the glitzy to the decidedly downmarket P.141 Ī MACAU Contents Ideas 33 ̆ Horse racing Join the crowds of eager, hard-bitten punters for a night at Hong Kong s weekly horse races P.78 Ī HONG KONG ISLAND: WAN CHAI, CAUSEWAY BAY AND HAPPY VALLEY P.114 Ī THE NEW TERRITORIES ̆ Hong Kong cinema Despite its small size, Hong Kong has the world’s third-largest film industry, with cinemas everywhere... ensure that their ancestors are well cared for in the afterlife – you can see this at Hong Kong s Pak Tai temple P.75 Ī HONG KONG ISLAND: WAN CHAI, CAUSEWAY BAY AND HAPPY VALLEY ̄ HSBC headquarters Hong Kong s own bank is housed in an amazing building that is actually raised off the ground and partially hollow P.56 Ī HONG KONG ISLAND: CENTRAL AND THE PEAK ̆ God of Wealth Many local businesses sport a small... harbour and temples P.129 Ī OTHER ISLANDS ̄ Lantau Hong Kong s largest, most rugged island with isolated fishing villages, steep peaks and the famous Po Lin Buddhist Monastery P.121 Ī LANTAU Contents Ideas Recreation 32 One of the most popular forms of entertainment in Hong Kong and Macau is gambling, either at one of Macau s casinos, or at horse races in Hong Kong For more in the way of local culture, there’s... tower China’s national bank building in Hong Kong forms a striking, knife-like profile against the sky – even though this offends the laws of feng shui P.56 Ī HONG KONG ISLAND: CENTRAL AND THE PEAK Contents Ideas 29 ̄ IFC2 tower Hong Kong s tallest tower overlooks the harbourfront, and is immensely impressive when the top disappears into low cloud P.54 Ī HONG KONG ISLAND: CENTRAL AND THE PEAK ̆ Spirit... Ideas ̆ Antiques Shops specializing in Chinese antiques and reproductions line Hollywood Road, in Hong Kong Island’s Mid-Levels P.71 Ī HONG KONG ISLAND: MID-LEVELS AND WESTERN Food and drink 24 The Chinese use eating and drinking as a way of cementing social relationships, meaning that meals in Hong Kong and Macau are always memorable Cantonese is the local Chinese style, specializing in fresh, lightly... manner P.144 Ī MACAU ̆ The Chippy The British may have relinquished Hong Kong, but their culinary influence remains in nostalgic servings of battered cod ‘n’ chips at The Chippy P.61 Ī HONG KONG ISLAND: MID-LEVELS AND WESTERN Contents Ideas 13 ̆ Yung Kee Smart but not especially formal Cantonese restaurant in Central, famous for its roast meats – especially the crispy-skinned goose P.62 Ī HONG KONG ISLAND:... P.51 Ī HONG KONG ISLAND: CENTRAL AND THE PEAK P.85 Ī HONG KONG ISLAND: THE SOUTH SIDE AND EAST COAST P.127, 129 & 131 Ī OTHER ISLANDS P.134 Ī MACAU Colonial Macau 16 Macau has ̄ São Francisco barracks Nineteenth-century military headquarters, whose classical exterior is painted an unlikely violent pink a quarter of European architecture dating P.142 Ī MACAU back several hundred years to the heydey of . Rough Guide DIRECTIONS ROUGHGUIDES Hong Kong & Macau