Random eats in Hong Kong

Was going through my pictures (some people play Spider Solitaire or that bubblehead-shooting game during downtime in class; I browse my Picasa or review Chinesepod PDFs hahah) and wanted to share some good eats I had in Hong Kong.

Fun idea :) These didn't actually taste like beer, but they were still good. Maybe they're just supposed to go with beer, because even on the box it says "black and white pepper." If only I could read the rest of the Japanese.

These next few dishes are from W and I's favorite Sichuan restaurant in HK: San Xi Lou in the Midlevels. It has awesome spicy dishes. Here is their Shui Zhu Yu (水煮鱼)... I think it means "water cooked fish" but really it's fish cooked in hot oil and chilis. So there are pieces of fish fillet underneath all that firey red chili pepper goodness! See below...

So they serve it and then take out a good portion of the chilis before you dig in. I LOVE ma la spiciness... it's a sort of numbing spiciness, rather than a mouth-on-fire spiciness. I think it's the kind that I can handle the most. I've found it in the SGV but it's not the same.

These were so awesomely delicious. They are huge prawns cooked in this egg yolk batter. Heart attack central, but worth it.

Shui zhu yu is W's favorite, but this is mine. It's a spicy pork short ribs dish that is cooked in a pumpkin. The flavor gets into the pumpkin meat inside, so both the short ribs and the pumpkin itself is sooo good. Kind of like the clam chowder in a sourdough bowl concept :)

Of course we have to enjoy some Beijing Olympic Tsing Tao while watching the Beijing Olympics! Lame yet so super fun ^_^

Last but not least, Mangosteen! OK I actually discovered these in Singapore first, and they are really more of a Southeast Asian fruit, but why have a separate post for that? Now that I know what they are, I've seen them randomly here and there in LA, but they still remind me of my time in Singapore/HK.

The best way that I can describe these garlic-looking little pieces of fruit are that they are like a delicious cross between lychees and soft white peaches/donut peaches. Mmmm they are appropriately referred to as the "Queen of the fruits" (Durian being the "King of the fruits"-- more questionable... haha). Tasty AND whimsical-looking? Definitely one of my favorite fruits.

That's it for now! I'm hungry... rarr

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While looking for info on Shui Zhu Yu, I came across this Chinese pop song that basically goes, "I love you like I love eating Shui Zhu Yu"... there's some Chinese romance for you.