More Food

You know that the Hong Kong blogging is going to be mostly about food don't you?

We LOVE food.

We particularly love Chinese food.

Actually we love all sorts of food but anything spicy, fragrant and Asian comes very high on the list.

We were walking along the road that the hotel was on - Jaffe Road - when we spotted another restaurant which we thought might assuage our need for dumplings. (Did I mention how much we like them?)

Can you guess what it was about this place that made us think we might like what they sell inside?

In we went. 

Because of our jet lag, yet again we were hungry at about 4pm! So the place was empty...

Unusually for Hong Kong, none of the staff spoke a single word of English - not that I expect them to - but when the menu looks like this...

...it helps if you can get someone to translate it!!!

So in we went and with alot of pointing and gesturing, we managed to order a bowl of noodle soup, and a couple of plates of fried dumplings. 

The manageress then gestured towards one of the order chits, one of the ones with dumplings on, and with much gesturing, she made us understand that there was a better option to the one we had chosen! I think we had chosen beef and chive, and she said no, go for the pork and celery! What could we do? Of course we went for her suggestion. 

When the food arrived, we were blown away, it was superb...

Her suggestion was right - the pork and celery dumplings were so light and fresh! Amazing flavour.

Needless to say, we had to have a sup of the local beer - well, Chinese beer anyway...

The TsingTao was about £2.50 for these enormous bottles - we'd paid £4.80 for HALF the size bottles in one of the bars on 'the strip' AKA Lockhart Road - where all the tourist bars were. Sleazy and expensive. So you can imagine how happy we were to find the Peking Dumpling Wong, where we had fabby food and cheap beer!

Whilst we were enjoying our dumplings, noodles and beer, the staff all came and sat in the restaurant to be fed in the lull after the lunch shift and before the dinner one. 

Whilst they were eating, the manageress came over again, this time with a plate of 'greens' in her hand, and basically told us through gestures and smiles that they were the best thing on the menu. You could smell how good they were. 

2 days later, we came back for another Peking Dumpling fix, This time we were clued up with what to have - pork and celery dumplings, and the bean shoots (greens) in garlic. 

 Check out those greens. The little white flecks are garlic, and they came in a smidge of very very tasty broth. They were SOOOOOOOO good - I'm a bit of a fan of the Chinese greens. Anything green. Pac choi, broccoli, random green leaves...check out the piles of green stuff on the market stall...

Anyway, back to Peking Dumpling Wong....

On our final day, we dropped in for a final plate of dumplings before we left, and ordered our usual bits and bobs, and were enjoying our final afternoon in HK, when the manageress came over and again, with the power of gesture and smiling, managed to convey the info that she was recommending one of the dishes as a great snack to eat when you're having a beer (we had the usual giant TsingTao!). It was described on the menu as pickled shredded potato, and, this is what it looked like...

It was very lightly blanched potato matchsticks, which seem to have been pickled in a light vinegar and a stack of garlic. Very savoury and, as she said, perfect with a beer!!!

We were very sad to say goodbye to our new friends at the Peking Dumpling Wong!!

Here are all the other posts on our Hong Kong trip