Hey everyone. As promised here are a few shots of some of the tasty food we ate while touring through the Orient. Sadly, I didn't take as many pictures as I originally thought, but here goes.
We only had time for one meal in Beijing, but we made the most of it, by getting some shrimp potstickers and a huge serving of double-fried duck breast, served with tiny sesame buns. It may not have been a great idea to have heavy fried food after 20 hours of traveling, since my stomach was a little angry afterward, but it was totally worth it.
One of the first meals we grabbed in Hong Kong was dim sum at a tiny hole in the wall called Tim Ho Wan. Tim Ho Wan is the cheapest restaurant in the world to have earned one Michelin Star, and it's famous for its baked pork buns. It won't win any awards for service (when I asked for something to drink other than tea, they told me to get up and go across the street to 7-11), but it was pretty tasty.
Supposedly the best place to eat with a view in Hong Kong is up on Victoria Peak. We were able to get a reservation right around sunset, and had an amazing view of the city as all the lights started to come on. Plus, the Indian food wasn't too bad either.
When we went to visit the Bid Buddha statue on Lantau Island, we also stopped by the Po Lin monastery, which is famous for its vegetarian restaurant. Not usually my thing, but they had some really tasty food, including deep-fried spring rolls.
We tried to eat every type of food we could find in Hong Kong. That included Peking Duck at one of the best restaurants in the city, high tea at the ancient British establishment The Peninsula Hotel, and spicy Szechuan food on Hong Kong Island. This was a plate of spicy orange beef that we got at the Szechuan restaurant Red Pepper.
And best part of all, it only took me a week and a half, but I finally managed to use chopsticks. Yay!
