Christin and Jared in Hong Kong: Day 10

Having completed five days of pushing our territorial boundaries, it was time to reel things in for a more relaxed day closer to home. After all, today marked the Chinese festival of 冬至 - a day for food and family reunions (quite similar to Thanksgiving) - so we acted accordingly...

We wanted to make sure Christin and Jared had another dim sum experience before leaving, so we whisked ourselves down to Sheung Wan and picked a restaurant (nearly at random)...

A rather unassuming exterior...

...with an overtly wedding-themed interior (which isn't atypical for these kinds of restaurants)

粉果 (traditional Chiu Chow dumplings)

Chicken feet

Curried squid

Steamed rice rolls with beef

BBQ pork buns

Tofu skin rolls

Shrimp dumplings

Sesame balls

Sweet dumplings filled with custard and lotus seed paste

Custard buns

Glutenous rice balls filled with black sesame paste and rolled in ground peanuts

Following brunch, we returned home for a rest and decided it would be nice to go see New Moon (Katherine and I both enjoyed Twilight)...

A cute/funny/crazy party store ad we saw along the way

Right outside the theater (in Pacific Place), an unexpected lyrical ballet performance gripped us

House 1, perhaps the best screening room at Pacific Place

It was pretty empty on a Tuesday afternoon, but that suited us just fine

Following the film (which I found to be quite good), we visited the home of Katherine's parents for a holiday dinner...

Even Bear Bear, disguised as a giant bee, joined the family photo

Spring rolls

Chicken (and pork) satay

Lontong rice cakes

Corn egg-drop soup

A stew featuring sea cucumber, fish maw, dried squid, shrimp, and chicken

Rojak salad

Chinese sausage stir-fried with vegetables

Glutenous rice balls stuffed with coconut sugar and rolled in fresh coconut

Glutenous rice balls stuffed with black sesame paste in a ginger soup

Happy Chinese Thanksgiving! ;>