Comments on: Eating in Hong Kong II http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/20/scenes-eating-in-hong-kong-ii/ My boyfriend likes Astronomy. I prefer Gastronomy. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:11:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: ayuko http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/20/scenes-eating-in-hong-kong-ii/#comment-2182 ayuko Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:15:56 +0000 http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/20/scenes-eating-in-hong-kong-ii/#comment-2182 Food trip should always be in the travel activities list. You tried a lot of cakes there. I envy you. T T It seems every street corner of Hongkong has a bakery. Pastry sellers are all over the place. They mushroom everywhere. \(^ ^)/ Food trip should always be in the travel activities list. You tried a lot of cakes there. I envy you. T T
It seems every street corner of Hongkong has a bakery. Pastry sellers are all over the place. They mushroom everywhere. \(^ ^)/

]]> By: Kim Kim http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/20/scenes-eating-in-hong-kong-ii/#comment-1971 Kim Kim Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:43:14 +0000 http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/20/scenes-eating-in-hong-kong-ii/#comment-1971 Hi Aunty Lolo Where exactly is the Hang Heung in Yuen Long? Near Yuen Long MTR? I m going to HK this wk & really want to get my mouth full of the wife cakes :O Hi Aunty Lolo
Where exactly is the Hang Heung in Yuen Long?
Near Yuen Long MTR?
I m going to HK this wk & really want to get my mouth full of the wife cakes :O

]]> By: Aunt LoLo http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/20/scenes-eating-in-hong-kong-ii/#comment-1171 Aunt LoLo Fri, 23 May 2008 14:30:29 +0000 http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/20/scenes-eating-in-hong-kong-ii/#comment-1171 Oh, good heavens...I used to live in Hong Kong (my husband is Chinese) and I miss everything about Hong Kong...except the smell and the heat! Those little dried fish are used as a flavoring/ "sung" (a dish that's eaten over rice). Just before the rice is done steaming, you add a few of those dried fish to the top. They plump up a bit and give a salty fishy flavor to the rice. But I have to say...I'm SO disappointed you didn't make it out to the New Territories to Yuen Long - the Hang Heung (I don't know know how to spell that in English!) wife cakes are THE BEST IN THE WORLD. There are two shoppes up there...one that sells them prepackaged, probably like you bought at Wing Wah. Around the corner, down the alley, is a little shoppe that sells the same wife cakes, but fresh out of the oven. TO DIE FOR. I don't know how many Chinese people got a good laugh out of me, a little white girl, sitting at the train stop, eating a wife cake like a hamburger, getting crumbs everywhere...with my eyes rolled back into my head. They are THAT good. The pastry is tasty, and flaky, and the filling isn't too sweet, and isn't too dense. It's also not too much, to overpower the pastry. Oh, good heavens…I used to live in Hong Kong (my husband is Chinese) and I miss everything about Hong Kong…except the smell and the heat!

Those little dried fish are used as a flavoring/ “sung” (a dish that’s eaten over rice). Just before the rice is done steaming, you add a few of those dried fish to the top. They plump up a bit and give a salty fishy flavor to the rice.

But I have to say…I’m SO disappointed you didn’t make it out to the New Territories to Yuen Long - the Hang Heung (I don’t know know how to spell that in English!) wife cakes are THE BEST IN THE WORLD. There are two shoppes up there…one that sells them prepackaged, probably like you bought at Wing Wah. Around the corner, down the alley, is a little shoppe that sells the same wife cakes, but fresh out of the oven. TO DIE FOR. I don’t know how many Chinese people got a good laugh out of me, a little white girl, sitting at the train stop, eating a wife cake like a hamburger, getting crumbs everywhere…with my eyes rolled back into my head. They are THAT good. The pastry is tasty, and flaky, and the filling isn’t too sweet, and isn’t too dense. It’s also not too much, to overpower the pastry.

]]> By: Gastronomer http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/20/scenes-eating-in-hong-kong-ii/#comment-1158 Gastronomer Wed, 21 May 2008 08:46:57 +0000 http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/20/scenes-eating-in-hong-kong-ii/#comment-1158 <strong>Sari</strong> - Vietnam isn't totally obsessed with being thin yet, but being white is a chief goal among women. <strong>Tia</strong> - Nice! Let me know how that goes. I'd like to see a Floridian egg tart! <strong>Tanglethis</strong> - KC's pastries? That place is fully of awesome (and cheap) Chinese desserts. <strong>Trinh</strong> - Thanks! ;-) I try my best to excel at eating. <strong>Bern</strong> - what are you talking about? Sari - Vietnam isn’t totally obsessed with being thin yet, but being white is a chief goal among women.

Tia - Nice! Let me know how that goes. I’d like to see a Floridian egg tart!

Tanglethis - KC’s pastries? That place is fully of awesome (and cheap) Chinese desserts.

Trinh - Thanks! ;-) I try my best to excel at eating.

Bern - what are you talking about?

]]> By: bern http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/20/scenes-eating-in-hong-kong-ii/#comment-1153 bern Tue, 20 May 2008 22:17:53 +0000 http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/20/scenes-eating-in-hong-kong-ii/#comment-1153 My phylocsophy: "If it’s on the plate it’s food, if it moves off the plate, kill it and put it back on the plate. " My phylocsophy:
“If it’s on the plate it’s food, if it moves off the plate, kill it and put it back on the plate. “

]]> By: thisistrinh http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/20/scenes-eating-in-hong-kong-ii/#comment-1152 thisistrinh Tue, 20 May 2008 17:51:25 +0000 http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/20/scenes-eating-in-hong-kong-ii/#comment-1152 egg tarts and a variety of roasted meats, that my friend is just awesome! egg tarts and a variety of roasted meats, that my friend is just awesome!

]]> By: Tanglethis http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/20/scenes-eating-in-hong-kong-ii/#comment-1151 Tanglethis Tue, 20 May 2008 12:38:09 +0000 http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/20/scenes-eating-in-hong-kong-ii/#comment-1151 Mmm, egg tart... I bought an egg bun with a chewy pastry in Philly's Chinatown once; it changed my life. I spent the next several months trying to find that bun or at least that bakery again, but still haven't remembered where it was. What a loss! Everything looks delicious. This put me in the mood for noodles. Mmm, egg tart… I bought an egg bun with a chewy pastry in Philly’s Chinatown once; it changed my life. I spent the next several months trying to find that bun or at least that bakery again, but still haven’t remembered where it was. What a loss!
Everything looks delicious. This put me in the mood for noodles.

]]> By: Tia http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/20/scenes-eating-in-hong-kong-ii/#comment-1150 Tia Tue, 20 May 2008 12:13:46 +0000 http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/20/scenes-eating-in-hong-kong-ii/#comment-1150 Fantastic post! I've never been compelled to try an egg tart, but I think I'm gonna stop by the Chinese bakery to pick up a couple today. :) Oh, and that wife cake looks glorious. Fantastic post! I’ve never been compelled to try an egg tart, but I think I’m gonna stop by the Chinese bakery to pick up a couple today. :) Oh, and that wife cake looks glorious.

]]> By: sari http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/20/scenes-eating-in-hong-kong-ii/#comment-1148 sari Tue, 20 May 2008 08:54:50 +0000 http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/20/scenes-eating-in-hong-kong-ii/#comment-1148 The "Sliming Programme" advertisement is really an integral part of every media in Asia nowadays. In addition to that, is the "Whitening cream" ! So scarry!!! The “Sliming Programme” advertisement is really an integral part of every media in Asia nowadays. In addition to that, is the “Whitening cream” ! So scarry!!!

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