Jaunted - Hong kong

Inside Dragonair's G16 Lounge at Hong Kong International

juliana — 2012-02-06T16:20:01-05:00

We've given you a glorious tour of the unbelievable Cathay Pacific airport lounges at the Hong Kong International Airport from The Wing to The Pier but today we're taking you inside the less-exciting G16 Lounge of Dragonair, a regional carrier of Cathay Pacific.

Located at, as its name indicates, Gate 16, the lounge overlooks the gate area up on high—sort of like a Loft Lounge. The seating areas are very traditional (no Solus pods here) although plentiful. The self-service refreshment counter features plenty of drinks and finger snacks (both Western and Asian, alcoholic and non) as well as coffee and cappuccino.

There's also a kitchen with an on-site chef to prepare Hong Kong specialties like fishball noodles. (We were hoping for some Dan dan noodles like the ones we ate at SFO but alas, we were out of luck.)

Hong Kong Airlines Will Also Birth a Baby Budget Carrier in 2012

jetflyboy — 2011-12-01T08:40:02-05:00

Asia seems to be the breeding ground for LCCs with announcements about Peach, Scoot, and Jetstar Japan. Last week the chief at Hong Kong Airlines announced that they'd be doing a regional subsidiary as well. Hong Kong Express will be re-branded and operate as a low-cost carrier to compete with the slew of budget airlines popping up all over the region.

The full transition will take place middle of 2012 and flights will serve mainland China, South Korea, Japan and southeast Asia. Airbus A320s will hit the skies, but what the livery will look like (or even the airline's name), we can't yet be sure.

In-Flight Cocktail of the Month: Cathay Pacific's Pacific Sunrise

JetSetCD — 2011-01-07T17:01:16-05:00

As many already know, we have a serious obsession with airline cocktails, and so much is our passion that we've created a whole first-Friday-of-the-month feature called In-Flight Cocktail of the Month, which highlights the special concoctions that flight attendants whip up with only a cocktail shaker, some tiny liquor bottles and a whole lot of hope that it won't make you drunk and unruly.

For January, with the New Year and all, we're thinking champagne! Specifically the Pacific Sunrise, one of a few specialty cocktails offered up on many Cathay Pacific flights, but especially long-haul.

Inside Cathay Pacific's The Cabin Lounge at Hong Kong International Airport

JetSetCD — 2010-12-24T13:47:55-05:00

Our lust for the wonders of airport lounges is far from a secret. Thus, during our recent trip to Hong Kong, we spent the time right before a 15-hour flight not chilling with a book and a tea, but running all around the ginormous terminal, hitting all three of the Cathay Pacific Business Class lounges.

Finally, after taking you inside both The Wing and The Pier, we're now inside The Cabin the newest and shiniest of the lounges, as it only just opened in fall 2010. We shot all of the pictures either right as the lounges were closing or opening, so just know that you'll rarely ever see them this empty.

Right Now: Inside The Cabin lounge at HKG.

Inside Cathay Pacific's The Pier Lounge at Hong Kong International Airport

JetSetCD — 2010-12-24T09:05:57-05:00

One of the many sitting areas in the lounge

Finishing up today, we'll show you all we discovered in Cathay's The Wing, The Pier, and finally—the newest and shiniest—The Cabin. We shot all of the pictures either right as the lounges were closing or opening, so just know that you'll rarely ever see them this empty.

Right Now: Inside The Pier lounge at HKG.

Inside Cathay Pacific's The Wing Lounge at Hong Kong International Airport

JetSetCD — 2010-12-23T09:45:21-05:00

The lounge entrance

Over the next couple days, while everyone endures the cramped and frantic holiday travel season, we'll show you all we discovered in Cathay's The Wing, The Pier, and finally—the newest and shiniest—The Cabin. We shot all of the pictures either right as the lounges were closing or opening, so just know that you'll rarely ever see them this empty.

Right now: Inside The Wing lounge at HKG.

Foreign Grocery Friday: Hong Kong is a Treasure Chest of Exotic Potato Chip Flavors

JetSetCD — 2010-12-10T12:45:51-05:00

When we travel, one of our favorite things to do is to pop into a local grocery store and check out the food products and candies we'd never find anywhere else. So we're trying out this new feature, Foreign Grocery Friday, where each week we'll feature some of our (and your) favorite overseas treats. Got a recommendation? Let us know!

There's a world of potato chip flavors out there, and although we consider ourselves pretty well traveled through the exotic flavors, we realize there's still more to be discovered on grocery shelves around the globe...like Mongkok-Style Roasted Sausage Crisps. We picked up a bag of these magical things in a small market in Hong Kong's Causeway Bay neighborhood the other day, and it began a day of splurging on junk food, because Hong Kong has a little bit of everything and we want to eat it all.

The Taste: We ended up with the above variety of chips. From top left, clockwise: Mongkok-style roasted sausage, soy sauce-flavor shrimp chips, MUJI pumpkin chips, Roast Ox chips from the UK, "firecracker lobster"-flavor chips also from the UK, Unagi Kabayaki (eel) chips, and Shichimi-flavor shrimp chips. Right after snapping this photo, we devoured the Mongkok bag and can comfirm that yes, there was a roasted meatiness to it and yes, it makes us crazy excited to dig into the eel-flavor crisps.