An night on the town...

The past few weeks have been so busy for us that we really haven't been able to venture beyond our little corner of Hong Kong Island. On Friday, though, we decided to put everything on hold, take a breather, and spend some time in Causeway Bay. Inevitably, that means food!

We decided to head to a place, just behind the SOGO department store, famous for its buffalo milk desserts. We'd been there once before, and quite enjoyed it, but neglected to photograph the event. We wouldn't make the same mistake twice. :>


Katherine dives in to her bowl of soup noodles, which look like...


On the left you see tender beef brisket, in the center you see a few tiny abalone, and on the right you can see the ho fun noodles peeking out from the broth.


My bowl consisted of goose liver dumplings (right) and balls made from beef tendon (left). Both were delicious, despite what you might be thinking. ;>

After dinner, we did a bit of shopping in Times Square and then visited a dessert shop we'd been eying (but had never set foot in before)...


Sometimes I get so excited that I skip the spoon and just plant my face right in the food. I'm sure you understand, especially since we shared...

Durian-stuffed sticky rice rolls, sprinkled with coconut.

A special variation of yeung zi gum lo, my favorite Hong Kong dessert, which contained iced mango pulp in addition to the standard chunks of mango, pomelo, and sago in a coconut milk + mango juice soup.

Bananas rolled in pastry shells and baked, then sprinkled with powdered sugar.

After dessert, we went to IKEA and picked up a coconut tree (yes, IKEA sells plants too :>) for our living room. As soon as we got it in the door, Fui Fui became very excited, lunging at the broad leaves...

Through the eyes of Fui Fui, all things are toys. :>