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20 Prince Edward
Exit C2
17. LOK FU
13 Kowloon Bay Exit A
14 Choi Hung Exit C1
The wet market here made this stop one
of our favorites. Step through the archway
onto Wah Chi Path, and you’ll find 富 源
(Foo Yuen Chiu Chow Delicacies).
From your table you’ll be surrounded
by loud street hawkers and crowds of
shoppers—plenty to keep you occupied
as you gulp back a 640ml bottle of Tsingtao.
Tip: share one.
A beer costs… $56
After the last few stops, Ruby Tuesday feels like luxury. Sure, it may be in the
manically crowded Telford Plaza shopping mall, but this large American diner
actually has lights inside, the menus aren’t sticky, there’s room to move around
and it sells comfortingly greasy food. Worm your way past the all-you-can-eat salad
bar and bag a seat at the bar—you’ll get served quickly and they’ll even dish you
up some sliders. Tip: watch the massive step as you descend from the bar area.
Although to be honest, 13 beers in you’re going to hit it no matter what happens.
Shop P26, Phase One, Telford Plaza, 33 Wai Yip St., 2376-3122.
15 Diamond Hill Exit C2
“WHY WERE WE A BRITISH COLONY FOR SO LONG
YET THERE’S NOT A BOOZER ON EVERY CORNER?!”
Yup, by beer 15 we’re at the ranty stage of the crawl.
There are NO bars to be seen, so we settle for another
Club 7-Eleven beer. Pluck your purchase from Plaza
Hollywood and mooch around the beautiful Nan Lian
Garden, muttering darkly to yourself.
A beer costs… $20
2 Ngan Chi Path, (entrance on Wah Chi Path)
Ngau Chi Wan, 2328-0683.
16 Wong Tai Sin
Exit B2
17 Lok Fu Exit B
A beer costs… $8.50
Shop G103, Plaza Hollywood,
3 Lung Poon St., Tsz Wan Shan.
Tucked into an alcove by Hong Kong’s Baptist
University, the Billy Boozer Pub is everything you’d
expect from a traditional uni establishment: it’s dark,
dingy, and stale beer permeates the seat cushions of
every booth dotted round the room. But the lowhung
wooden beams, gothic atmosphere and heavily
stocked bar are strangely comforting. It reminds us
of being students, and who didn’t enjoy those years?
Relive your youth, and then emerge blinking into the
gloaming, wondering if it was all a dream.
Happy hour is in full swing in this second branch of
Bar Pacific on our whistle-stop tour—kudos to these
guys for popping up just when we need them most.
This is a bigger space than its Ngau Tau Kok sister so
you can spread out on tables rather than hunch at the
back of the bar. Did we mention it’s happy hour? (We
may be repeating ourselves. That happens after
16 drinks.) Beers are $20 until 8pm, $30 thereafter.
Every little saving helps on this adventure.
A beer costs… $20-$30
18 Kowloon Tong Exit C2
Shop 20-22, G/F, Franki Centre,
320 Junction Rd,, 2339-0980.
Dive out of Exit C2 and you’ll find yourself inside
Festival Walk. There’s no point in fighting the good
fight—there’s nothing near the MTR on the outside.
Enoteca’s wine shop (free tastings on weekends,
4-8pm) is your best bet and it’s classy: grab a 375ml
bottle of Ca’ Di Rajo Prosecco, take a few cups from
McDonald’s (less classy) and pull up a pew by the ice
rink (well, you’ve gotta sit down). Just watch out for the
shopping center’s security guard—especially if you’re
heckling the skater who’s just taken a tumble.
31 Fung Tak Rd., 2320-6683.
A beer costs… $51
19 Shek Kip Mei Exit B1
Shop 20, LG1/F, Festival Walk,
80 Tat Chee Avenue, 2265-8115.
Shek Kip Mei is mostly residential so you’ll have to use
your time here wisely. Head towards Sham Shui Po,
take a pew at Ko Kee Beef ( 嵩 記 牛 什 ) and order a
bowl of beef brisket noodles and a beer. At this stage
in the game, no one will understand you, but if your
beef brisket noodles make it to you, you’ll find they’re
delicious and very necessary. Down your $8 can of
beer (it’ll be the cheapest you see in a while) and give
the owner a smile before stumbling back to the MTR.
A beer costs… N/A. Ca’ Di Rajo Prosecco, $88
A beer costs… $8
142 Tai Po Rd., Sham Shui Po.
The hybrid American-Chinese sports bar
Co Co Duck sits atop the MTR station so this
is a smart choice if you’re short on time. But
if you’ve planned this well, you can spare a
few minutes to race to Piss Bar II, if only in
recognition of the incredible name. The actual
story behind the name should sober you up:
it was named after Brussels’ Manneken Pis, a
little bronze statue of a boy doing a wee. Then
again, by now can anything sober you up?
19. Shek kip mei
20. Prince edward
18. Kowloon tong
A beer costs…$74 (Co Co Duck),
$50 (Piss Bar II)
Co Co Duck: G/F, 141 Prince Edward Rd.
West, 2391-2744; Piss Bar II: G/F, Hip Shing
Building, 214 Tung Choi St., 9097-1426.
21. Mong kok
21 Mong Kok Exit B2
22. yau ma tei
23. jordan
This is a classy stop which, considering you could now
be on drink 21, is a dubious move. But tuck your shirt
in, and ride the lift up Lion Rock in the Royal Plaza
Hotel—the floor-to-ceiling views over Mong Kok (and
supposedly out to Lion Rock), and the $70 cocktails,
are worth it. Far too much effort? Joe’s Billiards &
Bar may be more your style: neon lights, loud techno
and the unholy trinity of pool, darts and beer pong.
A beer costs… $60 (Lion Rock), $45 (Joe’s)
Lion Rock Restaurant & Bar: 3/F, Royal Plaza Hotel,
193 Prince Edward Rd. West, 2622-6167;
Joe’s Billiards & Bar: 5/F, Mong Kok City Centre,
80 Sai Yeung Choi St. South, 3188-3818.
24. Tsim sha tsui
16 HK MAGAZINE FRIDAY, august 15 , 2014