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Originally Posted by gargamel
Tim Ho Wan. Great dim sum for a very reasonable price. In fact, it's the cheapest restaurant in the world to have a Michelin star. The only downside is that the wait can be 1 hour +, but it's totally worth it.
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We went almost as soon as it opened and there was no wait (this was this past February). OMG, it was absolutely amazing. I still drool looking at the pictures from our trip there.
EDIT: Apparently I was on crack, we were at Din Tai Fung in Causeway Bay, not Tim ho Wan. We tried to go to Tim Ho Wan the first full day in HK, but they were closed for Chinese New Year. I totally mixed up the restaurants, sorry.
If you have time, take a trip out to Cheung Chau - it's a pedestrian only island about 40 minutes away from Hong Kong - take the train to Central, then walk over to the ferry terminals. The ferry runs about once an hour to Cheung Chau. it's a neat place and if you can, go early to avoid the crowds as it gets very busy mid-day.
We never did a trip to The Peak as it was cloudy/rainy almost every day we had a chance to go, but I hear it is quite nice. Go visit the botanical gardens on Hong Kong Island and the park there, it's quite nice. We had such a good time in Hong Kong, we stayed in an apartment in Yau Ma Tei, and were able to walk to TST or take the metro to other areas.
Have fun. It's a neat place - super busy and crowded, crazy amount of riches, but you can eat great for cheap if you want. (or you can spend a fortune!).