Smoked Pork Trotters in HK

Hope you guys are enjoying this series I’m writing up! =D What I have for you today is surprisingly not an asian dish. It is actually originated from Germany, and is known as smoked pork trotters. There is a strong taste to it, and it never ever feels oily or salty. The crackles (pork skin) are almost as crunchy as chips, and it’s a pretty popular dish you can find in German style restaurants in HK. It’s well worth a try, I think it was roughly 120HKD for it. 🙂

HK: A Foodies Guide – Series 3!

Hong Kong

What I have for you today is a popular HK fast food. They call it “rice boxes” there, and basically is a lunchbox. In the picture shown here, it is a combination of roast pork, and steamed chicken. There are many HK BBQ’s around in Brisbane that serve the same dish, just that they just don’t do it the same as the one shown here.

The chicken itself, combined with the ginger and shallot (on the right) makes for a delicious taste. Without it, the chicken doesn’t have too much taste to it. The pork is split into the skin and the meat. The red slices are the pork skin which are very crunchy and is kinda like chips, but heaps better! The meat itself is actually pork belly, and is marinated in various herbs and spices. All in all, this was a tasty meal for a small 5 AUD (roughly)!

PS – Sorry guys, I’ve been a bit busy, but will continue to try and make weekly entries for you regular readers! =D

HK: A Foodie’s Guide – Series 2!

Only In HK

As simple as this is, I still haven’t found anywhere in Brisbane that can make this “soup noodle”. I bring you won ton noodles! For some reason all the won ton’s here in Brisbane only contain pork and feel like pork meatballs wrapped with the won ton pastry. The ones in HK actually have heaps of prawns as well as tasting really good. In terms of noodles, these ones had a springy feel to it. It’s probably my first time having this, and it was so worth it for about 7 AUD I think. So next time you’re in HK, give it a go, many places have it, and it will be well worth your money!

HK: A Foodie’s Guide – Series 1!

Common starter in HK cuisine.

Hey guys! How’s everything going? Well this blog has finally come back from hiatus, to bring you a series of great food, that range from different styles, all from the city of Hong Kong. To start off, I have for you a cold dish known as “Lou Sui” in Cantonese, being a special soy sauce marinade, that is a little sweet, with a bit of salty taste to it.

Pictured here includes boiled egg marinated with the sauce after boiling, duck wings, duck breast, and duck giblets I believe. It makes for a great appetiser to share with everyone, but is also great to serve with rice too! Personally I prefer my mum’s version of it – if I have the chance I’ll post that up sometime too!

Thai food! =D

@ Thai Orchid on Mission St, Santa Cruz

@ Thai Orchid, Santa Cruz

Interesting stuffed prawns for an Appetizer @ Thai Orchid

Thai Orchid food

Haha, omg, I have been soooo lazy….sorry guys =P USA is pretty fun I must say, and now with all exams over, I have no excuse not to blog. =P Anyways, in this post, I will bring you as authentic Thai food that you can get from here in Santa Cruz.

We started off with an interesting appetizer, the Dancing Prawns. It is basically stuffed prawns with pork and some other things as well. It was different, but it tasted pretty good. =D

The highlights of this meal would probably have been the Pineapple fried rice, and the Green curry. I dunno, I always just love green curry, it tastes really good! Unfortunately I have yet found out the secret to making it though. I’m not exactly sure if pineapple fried rice is actually thai food, but it just tastes pretty good. =) All in all, a good recommendation for authentic enough food. Go check it out!