Sensory overload: eating my way through Hong Kong (in pictures)
Please enjoy this photographic "food porn" collage that accurately - and chronologically - depicts my culinary journey through Hong Kong and Macao. Each picture is captioned with pertinent information and a description.
A more detailed re-cap of my vacation will be coming very soon!
Pre-flight meal at Wolfgang Puck's joint in the food court at JFK: breakfast pizza with scrambled egg, cheese, bacon, and red pepper
Cathay Pacific: outbound meal #1
Cathay Pacific: outbound meal #2
Cathay Pacific: snack time = ramen noodles!
First street snack in Hong Kong: homemade waffle topped with margarine, peanut butter, and sugar
Dinner at Din Tai Fung: watching the dumpling-making-magic through the window at Din Tai Fung
Dinner at Din Tai Fung: le menu
Dinner at Din Tai Fung: world's best soup dumplings
Dinner at Din Tai Fung: shrimp & pork dumplings
Dinner at Din Tai Fung: steamed pork buns
Dinner at Din Tai Fung: handmade noodles topped minced pork & tofu
Dinner at Din Tai Fung: dessert bun w/ sesame paste
Breakfast fruit plate: note the dragon fruit (white flesh w/ black seeds)
Snack at Victoria Peak: sesame gelato
Lunch in Mong Kok: sweetened, iced milk-tea
Lunch in Mong Kok: Portuguese egg tart (dessert)
Dinner at West Villa: spicy beef with noodles and curry
Dinner at West Villa: the infamous "hairy crab" (note the hair on his legs) that was NOT all-that
Fresh produce stand: Mui Wo Cooked Foods Market
Fresh tofu: Mui Wo Cooked Foods Market
Dinner at Crystal Jade: cucumber salad
Dinner at Crystal Jade: soup dumpling
Dinner at Crystal Jade: steamed pork bun
Dinner at Crystal Jade: prawns with spicy tomato sauce
Dinner at Crystal Jade: red bean pancake (dessert)
High-tea at The Peninsula Hotel: le menu
High-tea at The Peninsula Hotel: sweets/petit fours
High-tea at The Peninsula Hotel: savories
Breakfast served aboard the "Turbo Jet" ferry to Macao
Lunch at "Red 8," Wynn Macao: dan-dan noodles
Lunch at "Red 8," Wynn Macao: soup dumplings
Lunch at "Red 8," Wynn Macao: fried noodles with pork
Dinner at Fernando's, Macao: Portuguese bread
Dinner at Fernando's, Macao: garlic shrimp
Dinner at Peking Garden: note “sea blubber” and “ice cold jelly fish”
Dinner at Peking Garden: tablescape
Dinner at Peking Garden: "Peking Duck" - note the charred beak
Dinner at Peking Garden: sliced Peking Duck
One final lunch at Din Tai Fung: sliced cucumber with chili oil and garlic
One final lunch at Din Tai Fung: fried rice topped with fried, sliced pork chop
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Until we eat again,
Lindsay, The Lunch Belle