Contrast in Food --- Chinese and Western

The traditional cuisine's tool setting

If you are a foodie in Hong Kong, Tai O should be a place that is familiar to you. The best part about this local fishing village is the traditional Tanka seafood. The signature dishes are fried rice with shrimp paste and fried egg with white rice fish. With the great variety of ingredients like shrimp paste, salted fish found in Tai O, it is the most local and freshest food that I have tried. The foreigners nearby are so amazed by eating at a round table and sharing dishes. They really looked confused in using the chopstick. If you have never tried traditional Chinese food, I really suggest you starting from Tai O.

The Chinese Restaurant

Fried rice with shrimp paste, really delicious!!!

Fried egg with white rice fish

       

wonderful snacks---mochi!!!

look at the fillings. Yummy!!

the tofu budding.

Here is a little reminder: don’t eat too much in the lunch. Leave some space for the delicious local snacks in Tai O. The one I like most is the peanuts mochi. It is stuffed with fillings .The fillings is not sweet but very crunchy. Another recommended delicacy is the tofu pudding. Don’t underestimate these snacks, some of which are so popular that grannies can sell hundreds of them daily since they are really traditional that I, even a Chinese, have rarely see.

   

zaks restaurant- the no.1 popular restaurant from openrice.com

candles on table outside---really romantic!

the Baby Back Rib

the relax atmosphere

For the dinner, I have been to the Zaks restaurant in Discovery Bay. From Tai O to Discovery Bay, I just like traveling across the world, from the east to the west. In the dinning zone of the Discovery Bay, there are restaurants with international cuisines in alfresco setting. Eating with the breathe-taking sea view and nightly Disneyland fireworks, I have relaxable meal there. The signature dish of the restaurant is the Baby Back Ribs. With different settings like long wooden benches, sun chairs , love seats and family areas, I think this is the perfect hangout at all time of the day.

The excellent fireworks from Disneylan

If you really want to experience the busy atmosphere in Hong Kong, you can have your dinner in the foodrepublic in the Citygates outlet. With some fast-food and a canteen-like design, you can finish your dinner with not more than half hour. For a shopaholic like my friend, this is the best place for her dinner in saving time for shopping without missing a feast on the sense.