Hong Kong

I (C) was in Hong Kong and Thailand for the 3 week school break. It was a ton of fun, and I ate soooo much good food. Perhaps TOO much. Here are a few pics of some of the deliciousness that I got to eat while I was away. I hadn't had good Chinese food (...make that ANY Chinese food) since Christmas, so I was pretty much in heaven.

Also, it is pretty much essential to have someone who can read Chinese with you in Hong Kong. The best food is at those little teeny places on side streets or from the crazy street vendors.


Eating street food. Mom struggling with a burning hot octopus fritter.


We (sister, brother, cousin, and cousin's gf) went out for food after a night out in Lan Kwai Fong- a really cool area in HK where there are lots of bars and lounges). This place is called Tsui Wah. It's open 24 hours I think, and we got there around 3:30am. It is a really famous and popular restaurant, and has amazing food. I did have one complaint though- the bathrooms left much to be desired, as instead of toilets, they had those ones that are sunk into the ground....not going to go into details, but it was a tad traumatizing.

In the picture above is Hainan Gai Fan- Hainan chicken rice, Milk Toast (YUM) and Fish Ball Noodle Soup.Another bowl of Fish Ball Noodle soup with Fried tofu and Lai mein- hand pulled noodles.At one of the street vendors. Our favourite things were: curry fish balls, bbq squid, sui mai, and octopus fritters. There are also these little sweet waffle-y bites that are called Gai Dan Jzi (don't know the English name, and I just made up a spelling up for them, but we got them every time we were in Causeway Bay or Wan Chai.


This is a semi-scary looking dish (for those that don't like octopus/squid) that we got at a place called Hui Lau Shan. They serve dessert mostly- they're known for their mango ice cream/shebet/icy deliciousness. They have an entire menu of mango based desserts- mango+sago+pomelo, mango + coconut milk + sitcky rice, mango mochi balls, mango custard/jello and tons of drinks and smoothies. They have a few savoury dishes like this one, fried turnip cakes....etc.
This is some of the dessert we ordered. The front one is the mango ice cream stuff with coconut milk and coconut jelly, mango puree and fresh mango. the one behind is mango with tapioca, fresh mango and the ice cream/sherbert stuff.

I have lots more food to post on, but that's going to have to be in another post!