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Hong Kong BBQ
Hong Kong people like BBQ, probably as much as Australians, but what’s cooked on the barbie is quite different!
We were kindly invited to a home BBQ party at a rooftop of a 29th floor apartment. It was a very enjoyable Sunday afternoon/night The BBQ’d food included: cheesy cocktail sausages, capsicums, fish balls, meatballs, [...]
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Ma On Shan Park 馬鞍山公園
Like many HK dwellings, our apartment doesn’t have a garden (well, not our own anyway), nor do we have a balcony to grow decent plants For this reason, there are many gardens/parks in HK for apartment residents to enjoy, stretch their bodies, socialise & kids to play. Plants are well manicured, and rubbish [...]
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喜越 Vietnamese
喜越 is a Vietnamese restaurant chain in Sunshine City Plaza in Ma On Shan. Dishes are reasonably priced, most noodle & rice dishes are individual servings, but they have appetizers & set course to share.
Today I had afternoon tea special set with shredded chicken bun (mon? in Cantonese), a cold rice noodle dish with [...]
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漁米之鄕 Food Village
漁米之鄕 (Food Village), inside Sunshine Bazzare Shopping Centre, Ma On Shan)
Another of our regular eatery, it’s quite a big Cha-chaan-teng (Chinese cafe) inside a small shopping centre annex to a bigger shopping mall (Sunshine City Plaza). We love their 中式牛柳 (Chinese beef steak), so we usually go for that + sometimes their giant prawn egg [...]
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馬鞍山粥麺小餐廳 Ma On Shan Restaurant
馬鞍山粥麺小餐廳 Ma On Shan Restaurant
Looking at this photo, it reminded me of Seifeld’s restaurant… you know the one? The diners they go in for sandwiches all the time with ‘Restaurant’ signs from both sides? Well, you can have sandwiches, coffees (as well as noodles, congee, roast duck, fish etc etc) at MOSR as well! The inside [...]
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ろめのうと とロメモト 日粵精華 (CD)
I’ve been noticing this new CD box set for a while at CD/DVD shops & finally my curiosity got the better of me & bought it today (was $130 in Mongkok, but $105 in Ma On Shan). Obviously the Japanese title does not make much sense to Japanese people… How should I say this, it’s [...]
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Mid Autumn Festival 中秋節
Mid Autumn Festival, Moon Festival, Lantern Festival, all one and the same thing, was yesterday (3 October 2009). There’s lots of history behind this Chinese festival, from story of war-torn era with hidden secret slip inside mooncakes (George told me that yesterday) to legend of beautiful princess (hence the decoration on some mooncake boxes… again [...]
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一輝茶餐廳 (a.k.a. No.1)
Affectionately called No.1 by us, 一輝茶餐廳 is a local diner-type place & if we’re in MOS, you’re most likely to see us there, at least 1h everyday. Well, may be not weekends as we may explore other parts of HK (& Sundays get hell busy with families & takeaways as maids’ day off). Everyone there’s [...]
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Siamese fighting fish 阿紅哥
A tribute to our little A-Hong-a… (阿紅哥), our little Siamese fighting fish, our first pet in HK, the first inhabitant of our now flourishing shrimp tank. We’ll come & visit you again at MOS Park where there’s plenty of your favorite food, mosquitoes…, RIP from your parents at Suite 676…
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香港行山 HK Hiking
Hiking in Hong Kong, gets mentioned in guidebooks, but I don’t think many tourists do it (unless you’ve come well prepared, including choosing the winter months! & not too interested in other glittering pleasures of Hong Kong, such as shopping & dining).
This one is when we hiked from Ma On Shan to Sai Kung, not [...]