I can't believe it's been a week since I've returned from the Far East, I'm still trying to adjust to the reality, even though I'm back to work no problem and had no jet lag back to UK.
As you know I'm quite a Foodie, here's an insight of the amazing food I tried out in HK
Roast Duck a la Fancy presentation
Chicken and Won Ton Soup, could really taste the Chicken!
Beef in sauce, can't remember what sauce they put in, but the meat was very tender & great wrapped with the lettuce and cucumber
Rice cake with sweetcorn, very light, must know how to make!
Pineapple Fried rice in the Thai Restaurant
Star shaped fish tofu with noodles & a new found favourite fish skin dumplings (魚皮餃)
A Friend and I went to Tai Po Market for some street food, in this typical Chinese market, there's a food hall with many stalls/mini kitchens selling different types of food, from noodles, rice, roast meats quick and cheap! ^.^
HK Classic Fish-ball noodles and Ho Fun $12
HK Street food tried for first time fried sausage and Scotch egg-like, Thousand Year Egg (皮 蛋）with breaded minced prawn on the outside
One of my favourite drinks friends recommended me trying, Green Tea Latte ^.^
豆腐腦 Great Chinese Classic and a bargain in Sha Tou Kok, with a bottle of 500ml of Soya milk $10 bargain! Was so fresh and silky to eat
Popped into Charlie Brown Cafe in TST and tried the Mango sponge cake, was a bit sickly
(杨枝甘露 ) Classic Pomelo Sago one of my favourite desserts
Cream Puffs!!!!!! <3 <3
Typical HK Breakfast, cheap and cheerful, Congee (粥）& fried donuts (油炸鬼)
Jellyfish and thinly sliced pork, with a light sweet chilli sauce dip so goood!
Part one down, there's a fair bit of food I tried & photographed!
As I Arrived to Southbank, crossing the Embankment Bridge, I noticed some colourful huts lined up. How exciting, beach huts on the Southbank, something fun and create and maybe rented out during the Summer. I just love the different colours and designs of each hut, so unique and quirky, reminds me of Exmouth's old beach huts people rented by the seaside.... Hmm now I've got that seaside song in my head!!
Only opened on Sundays 10am-2pm, but people and the bargains don't roll in till 1pm. On very sunny days this is definitely the perfect Sunday activity, though yes typically being London the Market gets crowded, and buzzing full of tourists, local Londoners buying flowers and plants as gifts for friends or for the home
I found haggling for my lilies pretty hard as the boss wouldn't budge the price saying wholesale they were £4.75. In the end I keeled over & paid the £6 now it's learning to look after them!
Sunny days, you just want to bask in the sunshine and a nice ice cold drink in hand, my preference, cider! Preferably Koppenbery or Magner's pear cider ^. ^ Well shame no drinking buddies at hand, save it for Friday I suppose, Thursday's are still school night! After work I decided to take a stroll into Shoreditch with what's left of sun for the day, and across the road from the flagship store of All Saints in Spitalfields is a new Fish & Chip shop! Poppies' Fish&Chips was the place, sit in or take away. Sitting in the decor is very quirky and retro, with a jukebox in the corner, American inspired uniforms a bit dinerish fused with typical British sailor's life trinkets on the wall. I just loved the eccentricity of it all Food-wise, not too bad. Cost of a portion of chips £1.50 big portion too wrapped with old newspaper printed paper & boxes very nice. Fish ranges pending on the type you want from £5-£8 max but the portions of fish are big. Love British Fish & Chips <3
