So 82 hours and counting having arrived in The Yellow Land, I’m going to share my initial thoughts with you.. about food. Arriving at mid afternoon on Friday, I have since had late breakfasts at Cafe de Coral, Dim Sum lunches, teatimes at local cafes, dinners with Duck Skin Pancakes (片皮鴨) for only $1 extra, desserts at 11pm…
What you have to admire about this place is how much people revolve around food, food FOOD. Today I was in the washroom of the restaurant we were having dim sum in, and Middle Aged Woman #1 told Middle Aged Woman #2 how was was going to make steamed pork ribs with black bean sauce for her husband because it’s his favourite dish. It’s pretty standard chitchat for chinese housewives, let alone being in Hong Kong. Whilst having my haircut today, I flipped through magazines, and the last dozen pages were filled with new local restaurants and incredibly aesthetically pleasing photos of their house special dishes. There was one sectioin which was promoting a Salad Buffet. Gawk. “There are over 18 types of vegetables!” Enticing for the health fanatics maybe, but for me: double take and run away.
And now it’s 10.08pm and I’m waiting for my delivery of Beef meatballs with noodles in soup $17 (牛丸湯麵) and Fried Fish Skin $9 (炒魚皮) and also Sago dessert with pomelo shreds $20 (陽枝金露). Envy me now whilst I go and collect it at the door……
