Today was our first real day in Hong Kong, China!! We started off the morning by having mimosas at a local bar, complimented with omelettes & toast (a little western, but we ventured out later). I wasn’t very down for a rice-theme breakfast. Especially being slightly stomach-quesy from the night before. 

  Group Photo, First Night, May 10, 2015. 

Around noon we caught the Star Ferry to cross us to Hong Kong Island. We vistited Victoria Peak and had an entire view of the island. It was breath taking!! 

 Star Ferry, Hong Kong, May 11, 2015.  
 

  

Nikki & I overlooking Hong Kong from Victoria Peak, May 11, 2015. 

  Frogs in China, Victoria Peak, Hong Kong, May 11, 2015. 

  Incredibly beautiful city. 

 

Lunch was scrumptious with Porabello Sliders and a White Shark wheat beer from New Zealand. Mmm Nikki definitely picked better than the American Pale Ale I originally chose. Chinese beer is also delicious, we drank “Tiger Paw” last night. Amazing! 

 Portabello Sliders  

   

After eight hours of walking and discovering Hong Kong, it was time to take a nap. Talk about extremely jet-lagged, my God. Never been so sleepy!! 

Tonight’s dinner was amazingly…different to say the least. The taste was amazing, but eh the texture really gets to me hahaha we had Shrimp Dumplings, Shao-Mai, fish cake rice noodle, and jasmine tea! 

 Jasmine Tea, Fish Cakes, and Noodles  

 Shao-Mai Dim Sum Dinner (fish cake uneaten)

The theme of our dinner is a dish called “Dim Sum” which are little sticky dumplings with scrumptious treats inside. Shao-Mai is dim sum with pork belly and shrimp. It was by far the prettiest roll, the fish cake, yikes. Not so much. I couldn’t get far past their appearance, a fried, grayish looking dish. 

 Up Close & Personal  
  Menu from Caterking Dim Sum

Finally we finished with desert with some friends we met at Caterking!! I wish I remembered the names of the dishes, but they were quite interesting to say the least. A mixture of puddings, shaved ice, and a traditional Chinese dish 

   Shaved Ice, Chocolate. Garnished with the see through vegetables (right) mentioned below, bananas, and mini rice balls (left)
  Yogurt-ish Dish

  Grape Flavored Shaved Ice 

 

The flavors were all so interesting, but again, it was the textures that really got to me. Especially the see through vegetables that were in all of the dishes. No me gusta !!! But apparently they’re really beneficial for digestion. The mini rice balls were delectable, however, nice and sticky with a bland flavoring accented by the chocolate ice cream in which you dip them. 

Day 1 was exhausting, yet exhilarating and very successful. But now it’s 1:30 AM and time to go to sleep. Tommie is a big day, starting at 8 AM. Cheers for now!