Tues 26 - Juk, Wong Tai Sin, Jap Lunch and Shirley

An earlyish start today - am begining to feel quite tired and in need of a lie-in but at the same time don't want to waste the time that I have in Hong Kong slobbing in bed. Last year I was forced to spend a day mid trip resting in bed due to a bout of food poisoning which overall did me good in terms of getting much needed rest and thus am thinking maybe a bit more rest would be sesnsible at some point.

Breakfast was at my favourite 24 hr Juk Deem/Congee Stall nr to Temple St. But first a sober reminder that Hong Kong is not a perfect society and that the distribution of wealth and the support infrastructure for the marginalised in society still needs to be worked upon.


Breakfast was the usual......

Chiu Yeun Yuk Yeung Juk (congee with pigs liver and meatballs) with Doughstick and a rather messey plate of cheung fun which I had started to chomp on. As usual the food was up to the standard of previous years. Strange to think that in the three years that I have been coming this place has never closed for business - not even for a single hour.

Onwards and Upwards I headed for Wong Tai Sin - that most colourfulof temples and where east meets west and ancient collides with the modern in a way that is unique to Hong Kong.



What follows is a littel pictorial tour of what was happening on the Tuesday when I was there at the temple:-












































After a couple of hours at the temple I had a late lunch at Beppu Ekimae Japanese restaurant located in the adjacent mall.



Eel Tempura Sushi - superb


Beef Sashimi


Japanese Scallop Sushi


Boneless cicken wings stuffed with wasabi


King Prawn Tempura - a trusty favourite but very nicely executed and cheap at less tha £3 great VFM

A bit of a slobby afternoon resting and a long hot shower saw me ready to meet my friend Shirley and a venture out for a Chinese vegetarian dinner which was at the New Lucky House, 13 Jordan Road, Kowloon, Tel: 2384-2833, Fax: 2332-7378 - we ate upstairs in the main dining room rater than in the ground floor jai da bin lo/buffet. The mealranged from the interesting to the truely amazing


Jai Ping Poon - all made from wheat gluten but tasing like meat - very very good


Birds nest with mushroomsand celery - good but notvery out of the ordinary


Fried noodle parcels tied with bands of seaweed for dipping and softening in a boiling stone bowl filled with a sort of thick creamy soup that was a cross between sate and curry - interesting - not sure about this one


BBQ Pork Ribs with the bone made from strip of loyus root - it looked more like chicken but it certainly tasked like the real thing


Mui Choi Kau Yuk - veggie belly pork with preserved cabbage - this was truely amazing the "meet and the fat" had the taste and texture of real pork but was in fact some form of pulse puree and agar agar concoction - stunning.

Desert was at the Hu Lui San chain of fresh fruit dessert cafes

Fresh Fruit and Mango Soup


Mango Platter

Ans so ends another colourful day in Hong Kong :-)