Food Stories :: 02 :: Yummy Yellow Things !

Next week my sister and her husband will go to Hong Kong for their vacation.  When we are talking about the plan, my memory of the time when I was there working for 6 months relived.  Regardless of good and bad times that I had over there, one thing that I always remember is food.  Every week, the team manager would take us out for dinner at different places.  She said that food was a good way to learn one’s cultures.  I am totally agree with her.

My breakfast was very normal liked other all the locals there–an egg sandwich and soy milk, which I got them on my way walking from subway to the office.  I would stop by the same shop until the owner recognized me.  The very first day that we met, she talked to me in Chinese and I could not understand any Chinese then.  Later on, after she learned that I was a foreigner, she talked to me with her gestures, lots of smiles, and a calculators.  When time passed, I picked up some Chinese words from her as well.

Lunch time was very hectic and not so fancy since we would have only one hour or one and a half hours max before heading back to work.  Normally we would walk to the fast food section at the nearby shopping mall or some times we had our lunch at the food shop on the street.  One common thing was that every place would be extremely crowded.  Many times, we had to wait in line for almost half an hour or even stood by tables waiting for others to finish their meal otherwise we would not have our seats.  We had the usual meal like the locals such as noodles, fried rice, or rice with different toppings.  By the way, there were couple times that we had dim sum.  All I could say was that it was very delicious!

Dinner was what I look forward to.  Why?  Because we would out somewhere different and tried some new food.  That’s the time I discovered my favorite food–an egg tart and a mango pudding.  There were all in yellow.  The yummy yellow things!  :-)  During the period that I stayed in Hong Kong, both dished were not popular in Thailand and not many Thais knew about them.

The first time that I had a mango pudding was at one of the big restaurants out of the city (sorry that I could not recall the name) and the manager said that so far it was the best in Hong Kong.  And I, again, had to agree with her because after that I still could not find one as dilicious as the one I had at that restaurant.

For the egg tart, my malaysian friend who I knew at the project took me to one of the bakery shops where we had to order and pick it up in the evening.  This shop was on our way between my working place and the hotel.  And I had to tell you, it was the best of the best.  I had egg tarts about 3-4 days a week.  I ordered them in the afternoon for my evening dessert that I could enjoy after long working days

When I finished my project and moved back to Bangkok, these two dishes were gradually coming into the Bangkok area.  I tried them but none was satified.  They were not as dicilious and original as ones in Hong Kong.  My Yummy Yellow Things!  :-)

There are still more food stories in Hong Kong but I rather keep them for the next times.  Hope you all are stay healthy and eat well.  Later then.