Thu 8 Sep 2011
Photo Essay: Feed Me, Hong Kong!
Posted by llworldtour under Food , Hong Kong , Photography[14] Comments
Eating and traveling. Traveling and Eating. The more I travel, the more I learn about food, the more I love to eat. I love everything about it – the background on where it came from, the smells, the preparations, and of course the flavors rolling around in my mouth. It’s been an ongoing learning process for years now as my taste buds and waistline continue to battle it out.
When I’ve traveled on a budget I’ve had to let go of the idea of being able to try lots of ‘hip’ restaurants or pricey ‘in’ places and just enjoy cheap street food eats which, as I’ve mentioned are often even more tasty and authentic.
But this visit to Hong Kong was completely different. I was being treated to some of the best food around – even going on what was dubbed a “Culinary Journey” at the Island Shangri-La Hong Kong. Or what I like to call the best restaurant crawl…ever. We indulged in seven different courses at the hotel’s six different restaurants in one night – starting with flutes of Veuve Clicquot and an amuse bouche in the lobby bar and ending with dessert and live music at the Lobster Bar and Grill with amazing morsels of sushi, savory dim sum, succulent rack of lamb, and fresh seafood, in between.
Between the eating and drinking with every course, it was a decadent night to say the least. I loved every course – and by the end I was stuffed, sated, and sleepy. I loved the fact that all I had to do is take the elevator up fifty floors or so to my plush room and climb into my thick king-sized bed and doze into a fat and happy slumber.
Renowned as the culinary capital of Asia, Hong Kong has more than 11,000 restaurants, according to the Tourism Board. Many of these offer some of the best Cantonese and regional Chinese food in the world. Local must-try dishes are dim sum (tasty Chinese ‘tapas’ or ‘snacks’ including dumplings served steamed in bamboo baskets) and amazingly fresh seafood.
Disclosure: My trip to Hong Kong was provided by the folks at Cathay Pacific & Shangri-La Hotels. All views, writing, and photos are my own.
September 8th, 2011 at 11:58 pm
I love food. I love to travel. This looks like heaven! Stuffing yourself then sleeping in a fluffy bed-ahhh. Pure bliss. Kinda like me stuffing my face at the food stalls in Chiang Mai, then finishing off with a banana/raisin honey pancake and coming back to my cozy apartment and passing out happy, knowing I could do the whole thing all over again tomorrow. Traveling and eating is so much fun right?
September 9th, 2011 at 7:39 am
Those foodie photos have me hungry!! Delicious post, though probably best not to read before lunch; I didn't make it to Hong Kong and had some so-so eating in China, but these photos have me sold that perhaps I should give it another shot when I head back that way
September 9th, 2011 at 10:02 am
And here I thought the food court at my local shopping mall was a culinary Mecca! You have so much to teach and I have so much to learn. Take it a little slower though, would you? Where are the best cheese fries in the world?
September 9th, 2011 at 11:22 am
Wow, these pictures are fantastic! I love the food in HK!!!
September 9th, 2011 at 9:37 pm
Gorgeous photos! It all looks delicious!
September 11th, 2011 at 7:02 am
Wow – that does sound like the best restaurant crawl ever!
September 20th, 2011 at 2:17 pm
OMG- yum! I want to eat dim sum now!!
September 28th, 2011 at 11:45 pm
Sounds like we'd get along!
September 28th, 2011 at 11:46 pm
Thanks Shannon! We were spoiled!
September 28th, 2011 at 11:46 pm
Ha ha! That I can't teach you, Kevin. Not much cheese happening in Asia!
September 28th, 2011 at 11:47 pm
Thanks Andi! I was lucky to eat well and not have to think…just chow!
September 28th, 2011 at 11:47 pm
Thanks Joya!
September 28th, 2011 at 11:48 pm
Sherry…I was so stuffed and tired after…I barely ate dessert. Wine parings with everything knocked me out! Good thing the bed was so amazing!
September 28th, 2011 at 11:48 pm
Thanks Jade!!