Seated with Paul and June, a retired ex aussie terrorism officer and teacher over dinner last night with a few interesting travel stories that would put the old man to shame ;) Both just came back from multiple safari's through Africa, staying tin the odd guest house and hostel.
Rolled in at Amsterdam after 12 hours at 6:30. Watched Blades of Glory twice and they were several poses that may even put Petey and I to shame.
Anyway, we both left HK with the firm intention of revisiting. Highly, recommended and the people are fantastic, friendly, forgiving, open and honest.
Yesterday was 30 with 75% humidity, today bordering on sleet in grey old Amsterdam. Will hit the showers then off to the rijksmuseum and perhaps a canal ride.
Cheers,
Hamish and Beth
Showing posts with label Hong Kong. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hong Kong. Show all posts
Sunday, 16 September 2007
Saturday, 15 September 2007
I thought I heard him say fish head?
Markets, markets, markerts. Ladies, western, food, clothes, electronics among others. All nice and enclosed to trap the sapping heat and smells. One shock was flicking through a few canvases finding the same painting, painted twice, noticeable differences included. I picture some poor aspiring painter hunched over an easel paiting the same picture over and over again. Still, it'll be sent in mail this afternoon. There was even one of Van Gough's sunflower.
Whilst at Danny Mung's, we'd noticed feasting over a single split hot pot, centered in the table, droping, cooking, and fishing out various morsoles of meats and vegies. On advice, we'd gone trecking for a restaurant about ten k's from the hotel, accompanied by an address in Chinese. Waiting in line to try the newly discovered fare, we observe the filleting, preparing, and serving of a live fish still mildy thrashing in shock of losing half it's body.
Seated, the well meaning supervisor tries to explain, but more successfully demonstrates , how and what to eat and bravely agree to his recommendations.
A variety of side dishes arrives, proscuitto thin steak, meat balls, and something we decided was the skin of a former animal? We prepared our own mixture of soy, chilly, spring onions, garlic / ginger / onion mix, and something else that was crunchy to use as a dipping sauce. Then, the main event, the hot pot, one side boiling with a beef style soup, the other white, with corn, tofu, a few unknown vegies, fish skin, and I think pig knuckle. Oh, and a big ole fish head. Although both a touch squeamish on the fish head, consumed and enjoyed. The meat balls especially tasty, with a garlicy buttered centre.
Hmmm, You'd think with all this talk of eating, all we've done is sample the local tucker?
Tonight, shopping, washing packing, then off to the peak for a night time view of HK and flying to Amsterdam and five past midnight.
Now, dim sum for breakfast :)
Whilst at Danny Mung's, we'd noticed feasting over a single split hot pot, centered in the table, droping, cooking, and fishing out various morsoles of meats and vegies. On advice, we'd gone trecking for a restaurant about ten k's from the hotel, accompanied by an address in Chinese. Waiting in line to try the newly discovered fare, we observe the filleting, preparing, and serving of a live fish still mildy thrashing in shock of losing half it's body.
Seated, the well meaning supervisor tries to explain, but more successfully demonstrates , how and what to eat and bravely agree to his recommendations.
A variety of side dishes arrives, proscuitto thin steak, meat balls, and something we decided was the skin of a former animal? We prepared our own mixture of soy, chilly, spring onions, garlic / ginger / onion mix, and something else that was crunchy to use as a dipping sauce. Then, the main event, the hot pot, one side boiling with a beef style soup, the other white, with corn, tofu, a few unknown vegies, fish skin, and I think pig knuckle. Oh, and a big ole fish head. Although both a touch squeamish on the fish head, consumed and enjoyed. The meat balls especially tasty, with a garlicy buttered centre.
Hmmm, You'd think with all this talk of eating, all we've done is sample the local tucker?
Tonight, shopping, washing packing, then off to the peak for a night time view of HK and flying to Amsterdam and five past midnight.
Now, dim sum for breakfast :)
Organised Chaos
Fast, dynamic, massive, but unbelievably in sync. Everyone seems to have a purpose, no matter that be dull, boring, difficult, or complex, the job get done and done well. Whether in a museum, park, restaurant or eating some slush called black sesame everyone is eager to help a giant white boy and his tall, by local standards, wife, with buffuddled looks on their chevy chase hovering over a map.
It may just be lust, but I have fallen for HK!!
The food is sublime, eating dim sum last night, similiar to yum cha, the restaurant supervisor proudly shows his aussie 10c, 20c, 50c, $1, and $2 slamming it down on the table. After a brief chat, I gave him (Beth's) 5c and $5. All of a sudden, we are Danny Mung's new best friends :) Free deserts, drinks, peanuts (not for Beth), choclates, and half priced box set of moon cakes. btw They have a aquarium full of the biggest baby killing (alaskan) crabs I've seen.
Especially proud and shocked, yesterday, after long walk around hong kong island, meandering around the edges of town found this ram shakle of an eatery on a dodgy side street. No guessing the missus wasn't keen until bam, of the five words the owner knew, one was dumplings. Next thing you know, Beth and I are sitting on a stool in a tin shed and she is all in for desert too, a bowl of blackish sludge; Consumed and enjoyed. 20 of your best backpacker points to Beth please.
Runs on the board:
Kowloon bay light show - I was a touch skeptical rocking up to the nightly version of safm's skyshow, but I kid you not, literally 80+ skyscrapers synchronised with music, lasers and lights across the harbour, awesome.
Habana express (photo's to come in facebook)
Me - "Are these all cubans?"
Staff - "Yes sir, they are"
Me - "Oh yeah....."
Walking and riding through Hong Kong
Cathay Pacific
- Reasonable food and your personally video / gaming system. All of sudden it's 1988 as Hamish is playing arconoid for about an hour.
Danny Mung 35 - 37 Hankow Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
Room 31 - 22
Best view of the harbour. "It's all downhill from here"
Lost wickets:
Picked out by the local monks for a donation.
Siting in an english bar listening to your best 80's rock. Cat's in the craddle and a Silverspoon, little boy blue and a man on the moon (I know it's a cover song)!
Lost after a visit to the botanic gardens.
It may just be lust, but I have fallen for HK!!
The food is sublime, eating dim sum last night, similiar to yum cha, the restaurant supervisor proudly shows his aussie 10c, 20c, 50c, $1, and $2 slamming it down on the table. After a brief chat, I gave him (Beth's) 5c and $5. All of a sudden, we are Danny Mung's new best friends :) Free deserts, drinks, peanuts (not for Beth), choclates, and half priced box set of moon cakes. btw They have a aquarium full of the biggest baby killing (alaskan) crabs I've seen.
Especially proud and shocked, yesterday, after long walk around hong kong island, meandering around the edges of town found this ram shakle of an eatery on a dodgy side street. No guessing the missus wasn't keen until bam, of the five words the owner knew, one was dumplings. Next thing you know, Beth and I are sitting on a stool in a tin shed and she is all in for desert too, a bowl of blackish sludge; Consumed and enjoyed. 20 of your best backpacker points to Beth please.
Runs on the board:
Kowloon bay light show - I was a touch skeptical rocking up to the nightly version of safm's skyshow, but I kid you not, literally 80+ skyscrapers synchronised with music, lasers and lights across the harbour, awesome.
Habana express (photo's to come in facebook)
Me - "Are these all cubans?"
Staff - "Yes sir, they are"
Me - "Oh yeah....."
Walking and riding through Hong Kong
Cathay Pacific
- Reasonable food and your personally video / gaming system. All of sudden it's 1988 as Hamish is playing arconoid for about an hour.
Danny Mung 35 - 37 Hankow Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
Room 31 - 22
Best view of the harbour. "It's all downhill from here"
Lost wickets:
Picked out by the local monks for a donation.
Siting in an english bar listening to your best 80's rock. Cat's in the craddle and a Silverspoon, little boy blue and a man on the moon (I know it's a cover song)!
Lost after a visit to the botanic gardens.
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