Eating around HK

Hong Kong Park

We've had some interesting experiences, and some delicious food in the past couple of weeks.

Somebody told us about a hole-in-the-wall in TST (Tsim Sha Tsui) which claimed to have the best Indian food in the city. We rushed there the very next weekend (with images of Crystal, Marine Drive, in our heads) and had some super strawberry ice cream soda. The food on the other hand was nothing much to write home about though. I walked out wondering, "if this is the best Indian food available then there's not much hope for other places in HK".

Ice cream soda at Branto's, TST

After the heavy lunch at Branto's we decided to walk around TST and ended up exploring Kowloon Park. As the dark and gloomy weather did nothing to improve our mood, we soon moved on to Elements Mall and to the beautiful Civic Square for an early dinner. Had some absolutely gorgeous mussels and a couple of delicate cocktails.

Mussels at Grand Central Bar & Grill, Elements Mall

After making it a point to cook at home throughout the work week, we decided to bring in the weekend with some super spicy crab on Friday night.

Crab at Under the Bridge Spicy Crab, Causeway Bay

Saturday was spent walking around Mid-Levels, visiting the Zoological and Botanical Gardens, Cheung Kong Park followed by the gorgeous Hong Kong Park right in the middle of the busy busy city. A visit to the Tea museum at Flagstaff House obviously brought around a thirst for some fragrant fairy flowering orchid tea and vegetable dimsums.

 Tea and vegetable dimsums at Lok Cha Tea House, Hong Kong Park

A Saturday morning spent walking led to a visit to the Peak and dinner and intense conversations with clients visiting from Shanghai.

 Austrian handmade pasta at Lily and Bloom, LKF Hotel, Wyndham Street

Sunday saw the husband in office for the better part of the day and ended with cricket (India v South Africa) and dinner/ drinks at one of the few places which show cricket in HK.

 My favouritest carrot cake at The Globe, SoHo

Monday saw a lunch overlooking the Wanchai Harbour with visiting clients and ended on a sweet note with a few bites of chocolate puffs from my colleague's plate (do note the will power here - I ordered for coffee and ate her dessert. Ha!)

Dessert selection part of the buffet lunch at Assaggio, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Wanchai

Here's looking to another great week in Hong Kong! As somebody said, Monday is just another day closer to Friday! :)

P.S. - Besides eating, I also managed to walk an average of 5kms per day over the week and around 13 kms over the weekend so rest assured, the calories are getting burnt too!