So, the three2tea gang headed off to Hong Kong for a mini holiday, the idea was that we would update regularly with food posts whilst we were there, but due to limited internet access and not being in a lot, that idea never happened! So,instead I will just post a summary of all the delicious foods we ate out there!
Definitely not for people who are on a diet! I came back really fat haha.
We spent 4 days in Taiwan and ate a lot of great tasting food, foods that we've never tried before and were traditionally Taiwanese food. Unfortunately, I do not know the names of these foods, but if you recognise the dishes then please let me know what they are called!
The first night we ate at a market, where we had an Oyster Omelet, Stinky Tofu and Deep Fried Crab! Stinky Tofu was a new experience for me, it wasn't as bad as I expected it to me but I don't think I would eat it again, it's not a flavour I love haha.
The second day, one of my relatives sister took us out for a day trip and we had this noodle dish that was wrapped up in tofu. It was actually really nice, but very filling. We were given a fish ball soup as well to eat at the same time. Needless to say, we were pretty full at the end of this meal!
She also took us to eat "Dau Fu Fa", which is a Tofu Pudding in sweet syrup, we added toppings to ours, the one pictured in the far right column, 2nd row down, is the one containing Black Pearls, the same pearls found in Bubble Tea.
On our tour group, we were taken to a Ninja Themed Restaurant, where all the waitresses there cos played as ninjas. This restaurant is definitely aimed at males! Whilst in there we ate Deep Fried Bananas wrapped in Bacon! Now that was a first and something that I would like to try myself someday. It was really yummy!
For dinner, we went to a traditional Taiwanese restaurant, where they served us traditional Taiwanese dishes. three2tea actually really liked all the dishes because they were flavours we've never tried before and it's always good to discover new foods especially if you are on holiday in a certain country. What annoyed me in this dinner was that other members of the tour group were complaining that the foods "were not to their tastes" and they kept on and on about it. Why bother going on holiday to a different country if you are just going to complain about their food that is native to them? Would you rather eat the same old foods you get to eat all the time in your home country?!
Enough ranting, three2tea were very happy with this meal and if I could recreate some of these dishes, I would!
The final day, we were taken to a Spring Onion Farm! We were shown how to make the Spring Onion Pancakes and we got to eat them fresh on the day. This again, was delicious, myself tho, I would have added some meat inside it because I'm a meat lover haha. Again, ppl were complaining because it was deep fried in oil. Come on now, one little oily pancake is not going to damage you too severely :P
Our last lunch was in this ridiculously, abstract designed restaurant, it came complete with a mini pond inside with real live fish! Here we had Sweet Potato Rice as well as various other dishes including Chicken, Deep Fried Mushrooms, Tofu Dishes etc. Good meal again, but too much food! It was impossible to finish it all!
Last but not least, one final Bubble Tea at the airport before we head back to Hong Kong! Full of calories, but we'll worry about that later haha.
Satsuma-imo.
