My first visit to Hong Kong was five years ago. I remember not being all that impressed with the city. Granted, I was just stopping through after 3 glorious weeks of eating in Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand, but I remember leaving the city feeling a little bit let down. I knew that Hong Kong was … Continue reading »
Tag Archives: Chinese
XLB at Crystal Jade x 2
I think I mentioned it before, but Hong Kong is a food frustrating city to me. I know there’s good food out there, but from my experience it’s not that easy to find it. Granted, because I was in Hong Kong to compete in a dragon boat festival, I was more careful not to put … Continue reading »
Michelin starred Dim Sum at Tim Ho Wan
When I hear Michelin stars, I think of The French Laundry, Jean Georges, Le Bernardin. I think of white table cloths, shiny place settings, impeccable service and above all, flawlessly executed food. In my experience, they all serve really expensive meals. When I started researching a place to go to experience dim sum in Hong … Continue reading »
Discovering Hong Kong
I have been so busy lately that I have almost forgotten about food. What? Me, forget about food? What could be so important in my life that would bump food off the top of my priority list? Dragon boat. My dragon boat team made the huge decision to go race in Hong Kong and the … Continue reading »
Quick Bite – Peaceful Noodle House
I met up with Ben and his crew for lunch today because I heard they were going to Peaceful Noodle, which is one of my favorite noodle houses. Almost every dish I’ve tried there is good, but it’s hard not to order the “same old, same old” when they’re so good! We started with the Peaceful beef roll, which is … Continue reading »
Food Fancy – Pork & Oyster Congee
Ben says I have an addictive personality. In terms of food I like to think of it as having food fancies, and when I’m food fancying something I have to have it over and over again. Right now my food fancy is the Minced Pork and Fresh Oyster Congee from the Congee Noodle House. I’m … Continue reading »