Days (and nights) in Mongkok

. Bustling with activities all day and night, visitors can hunt down a hidden hip pub and savour the most creative drinks, or share on Instagram the coolest designs of retro bands on T-shirts from a vintage boutique.

To make sure you don’t miss out on the charm of Mongkok, here are five places recommended by the Hong Kong Tourism Board that Thai visitors with a passion for originality should check out.

• Mum’s Not Home is an exotic hideout where the owners offer goods personally designed and handmade by them, as well as bric-a-brac from their personal collection. While shopping, visitors can try their homemade drinks and desserts, especially Secret of Butterfly Pea Tea and Butterfly Pea Lime Cheesecake. It’s on the first floor of Shanghai Street, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon. Check it out at Facebook.com/mumsnothome.
• Broadway Cinematheque is a paradise for film buffs offering special screenings and film festivals. Located next to the cinema is Kubrick, a bookstore and a café where you can find all kinds of cinema-related publications, coffee and light meals. It’s in Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square Street, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon. See more at http://BC.Cinema.com.hk/
• Day and Nite by Master Kama is famous for its tempting lobster dishes, using Italian and Japanese cooking methods to create such signature menus as lobster sandwiches and lobster risotto with cheese. Other fusion dishes and special drinks are also offer.   It’s on the first floor, 50 Shantung Street, Mongkok, Kowloon. Like it at Facebook.com/masterkama.hk.
• Bana is a spaceship-theme fresh juice café, offering 26 kinds of fruits along with nutrition information to help create your own healthy drink. Customers can put their chosen fruit cubes into a spaceship and hand it to the cashier and will juice will be freshly made in just a few minutes. It’s at17A Yim Po Fong Street, Mongkok, Kowloon.
• Decorated with dried flower and plants, Pause Rewind n Fastforward teahouse gives a sense of a dreamy garden, serving a selection of pastries like Cherry Blossom Raindrop Cake, a translucent cake with flower blossoming inside. There’s a corner selling home décor furnishings.  It’s at 67 Soy Street, Mongkok, Kowloon

Upon arrival at Hong Kong International Airport, as well as at the Tourism Board Visitor Centre and various hotels, Thai travellers can pick up a free 20th Anniversary Coupon Booklets giving special deals.     

Find out more at www.DiscoverHongKong.com.