Haven't written my blog for a while, time for update but I
would like it to be a bit different from the past, more pictures less words to
make my blog followers (if there are any?) have more visual pleasure J
Those from Hong Kong would know
the above photo is the Kowloon Mosque and Islamic Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui (九龍清真寺暨伊斯蘭中心), where I passed by when I was on a bus heading to Kowloon Shangri-La
Hotel on December 2, 2015.
Looking at this photo reminds me of a Muslim friend who
always supported me when I was very down in my life. Now he has already left
Vancouver to his home country, I sincerely wish him safe and happiness forever.
Invited by my friend Charles, we had an enjoyable lunch buffet in Shangri-La Hotel on a Wednesday afternoon J
Once we stepped into the restaurant, we saw mouth-watering
desserts including mini cakes and Häagen-Dazs ice cream.
Since Christmas was approaching, we could see nutcrackers as
part of the decorations.
Different sections provided different kinds of food -
Chinese, South Asia and Southeast Asia, etc.
The ones that really grabbed my attention were the marinated
salmon. These were something new to me - beetroot marinated salmon, wasabi
smoked salmon and coffee marinated salmon.
Have you seen the salt in different favours? Charcoal, lime,
green tea, lavender and orange? I recall I had tasted green tea salt in Okinawa
J
I guess this was South Asia cuisine. But the lemons made me
think of Iranian food since I had lunch in a Persian restaurant in Vancouver
downtown before my trip to Hong Kong.
Here were my dishes!!! The first one was a presentation of
veggie garden with marinated salmon, second was fresh sashimi. Third one was a
bowl of green noodle in soup. Last one
was Christmas dessert with fruit. Some
people might think the portions were too small, actually this was pretty good
enough since the green noodle was super filling! Most importantly, I would be
able to have an enjoyable chat with Charles in a relaxing and quiet environment
J
It seems to me people in big cities like Hong Kong know very
well how to taste the food, thus love to criticize the quality. Recently I started to appreciate all the food I have
every day no matter they are tasty or not. Let me tell you the trick, this good
practice of appreciation is very easy to do. When you go to YouTube or internet
and watch or read about the famine crisis in East Africa and Yemen, seeing more
than 20 million people starving with no food and water. Then imagine Hong Kong
has a population of 8 million, Vancouver has a population of 5 million ...
together is 13 million, still much less than 20 million. After that, you will
be satisfied with your meals.
