Bob and I were invited by my theatre colleague, Stanley, to take part in a very local Hong Kong dining experience - the 'hot pot'. In the 'colder' months of the year, it's not unusual for families to partake in the hotpot every day. The table we sat at, has a built-in electric heater below the tabletop, and the pot is put on the table with a piece of wood under it, and we wait until the stock is boiling, and add ingredients; lamb, pork, seafood dumplings, mushrooms and chinese bok choy, then just keep stirring with your chopsticks, and help yourself as the food is cooked in the stock. We had one side a very spicy satay (lots of chilies!), and the other a generic chicken stock with lots of spices and ginger. No wonder they don't get sick in the cold season! We ate like kings, surrounded by a hundred other tables, good company, and great food!
Stanley and Jen, and the hotpot, waiting for it to heat up, with meat, cut in thin strips, ready to drop into the pot.
Bob adding pork - in seventh heaven!
The hot pot, with satay on the left, and chicken on the right, with tons of spices and flavouring. Sitting on the wooden board, heating from below.
Ingredients, beef, seafood dumplings, chinese mushrroms, and pork balls, yummy!
Talking through the steam and wonderful aromas around, and Tsing Tao, chinese beer.
The pot loaded up, just waiting for the meat to cook
Red chopsticks for picking up the raw meat, and stirring the pot. Black chopsticks for eating with. And chinese tea for digestion - what a great meal!
Bob and walked back to Times Square, and took some busy city shots on the way back to our bus home. Really busy on the streets, even for Hong Kong.
The display outside Times Square - a chinese artist, whose work (and sales) are dedicated to help women and children in China. Huge tree figurines, all painted white, with her 'characters' all around, and the cool 'totem' (green) in front. Hundreds and hundreds of people.
The taxi line up outside Times Square - we took a bus - way faster!
The weather is nice and cool here right now - like a cool summer's night on the Island, SO nice!
Enjoy the small taste of Hong Kong! Love, us xoxox
