Jup’s Pintoh

I’m back — finally. My “break” from blogging took longer than expected and “one week” turned into two, then three, and now it’s been half a year since I last wrote anything…long enough for me to forget the basics of blogging. Oh well, I’m just gonna blame it on Akon.

Anyway, back to Hong Kong. This trip was actually spontaneous so I’m really grateful to Kenna and Manesh for sacrificing their weekends on short notice to take me to eat local delicacies. It was also very long ago so I’m going to do a picture commentary for this one.

Street Sweets: Egg balls that weren’t too sweet and great for munching on while window shopping.

Pulled by Tentacles: The smell of this mouthwatering grilled octopus tentacles wafted through the air, pulling us towards the stall.

Tofu’s Revenge: The stench of this stinky tofu will have you wondering what you did to piss it off. I’ve heard loads of stories about how the stinkier the better it is but personally, I thought it tasted just like normal fried tofu…that left your breath smelling like rotten dead cats.

Golden Balls: I was intrigued when Kenna ordered these glutinous golden balls during our Hong Kong hot pot meal. She called them salapao but they didn’t seem like the typical pork buns I was used to. I finally understood what she meant when I took a bite of these boiled balls and the barbequed pork filling came tumbling out of the rice flour wrapping. Mmm, delicious…I must’ve devoured 6 of them in all!

Soy milk

Got Milk?: Not just any milk, mind you. This is the famous Hong Kong soy milk, not the sugary sweet stuff you get in Thailand.

Hong Kong Must-Try: You haven’t really been to Hong Kong until you try the dim sum. This har gao, filled with whole shrimp that bounces in your mouth, is so fresh I envy the people who get to yum-cha every weekend!

We have fried white radish cakes like this in Thailand too and I’m normally not a fan of it but the Hong Kong version is so much nicer and it doesn’t smell bad like the ones in Thailand.