Went to dinner last night @ Tai Po Market. Great local food. Tai Po market is a government building which has wet(fish/live) market on the ground floor, vegetables on the 1st and restaurants on the 3rd. As we went there for dinner the rest of the market was closed. There are stalls on either side of the seating areas, and depending on the success of the restaurant determines ownership of the tables. The restaurant we ate at is very well known for seafood, and owned about 20+ tables. What's great was how cheap it was, 2 bottle of San Miguel plus 4 dishes was less then $20USD.
Had a great deep fried chicken with lemon and honey, the some fried squid & oysters...biggest damn oysters I've had in a long time. And some greens with mushrooms, oysters mushroom like.
Off to Lamma Island now for a hike.
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Awake +13hours from home
well it's been 3 days since I arrived, and seems like I'm finally on China time. I did wake a little earlier then my norm this morning, 5am vs. 7am. As tomorrow is Saturday, I'll be heading out for some sightseeing, going to go to a research farm near my office - Kadoorie Farm. Maybe go to the outlying islands for a hike; but definitely plenty of photo taking.
I think my co workers will finally take me to some more local food places soon, been doing steak and sushi recently. Would prefer some flavorful HK food, so much better then most chinese food I've had. They say that most of the Chinese food is laden with tons of MSG as it's not that fresh, so that's why it all tastes the same.
I think my co workers will finally take me to some more local food places soon, been doing steak and sushi recently. Would prefer some flavorful HK food, so much better then most chinese food I've had. They say that most of the Chinese food is laden with tons of MSG as it's not that fresh, so that's why it all tastes the same.
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Hong Kong and barely awake
It's now my 2nd day in Hong Kong, I'm barely awake. Stayed up till midnight(as it was 11am back on EDT). Normally 7 hours sleep is about normal for me, but it was hard to get moving this morning.
Not too many caucasions working up towards Sheung Shui - I'd think there would be a group of people who'd live in HK and commute to Shenzhen, but I guess they may take the ferry as it's quicker.
to hear the comments, and too see how people are dressed...it's 60F here and I'm quite happy, as it was 32F back home. The local are wearing heavy woold or down jackets and talking about how cold it is. It's set to get up to 74F today, seems like Sydney - just about perfect.
2 more days and I should be wide awake hopefully
Not too many caucasions working up towards Sheung Shui - I'd think there would be a group of people who'd live in HK and commute to Shenzhen, but I guess they may take the ferry as it's quicker.
to hear the comments, and too see how people are dressed...it's 60F here and I'm quite happy, as it was 32F back home. The local are wearing heavy woold or down jackets and talking about how cold it is. It's set to get up to 74F today, seems like Sydney - just about perfect.
2 more days and I should be wide awake hopefully
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