More about our Hong Kong trip

Incense Coils in Man Mo Temple

Day 2
On Saturday we took a taxi downtown and went to a fancy restaurant in a hotel for Dim Sum. Dim Sum is basically getting a bunch of appetizers. They usually bring it out on little carts and you point to what you would like, but this restaurant we had a paper menu that we wrote our order on. Dave and I ordered wantons with shrimp in sweet and sour sauce. Now when I think of wantons I think of meat wrapped in a fried wanton, but instead we got plain fried wantons and then the shrimp was in a bowl with mixed vegetables in sweet and sour sauce. I normally don't like sweet and sour sauce, but it was delicious! We also got pork-filled dumplings, and spring rolls. It really was better than any Chinese food I've ever had. Yay for MSG! (Probably).

Lyssa at Man Mo Temple

Next was to Man Mo Temple. I've never seem any buddist temples so this was pretty interesting. They are so colorful and full of incense. It was pretty smoky in the building. Saturday was Qingming, which is the Chinese Day of the Dead, so everyone was burning incense and papers to their ancestors. Not only were people lighting insense sticks, but there were insense coils hanging from the ceiling. They looked like beehives.

Dave and Christian in SoHo

We walked along Hollywood Road, the first street in Hong Kong that was full of stores selling Chinese statues and decorations. We stopped for smoothies and headed to SoHo, where I bought a cooking brush at a kitchen store. Dave and Christian took pictures while waiting outside.

Looking toward Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island

Then we went to Victoria Harbor on the Kowloon side to get a view of Hong Kong island. There are so many skyscrapers in such a tiny area. It's amazing.

We decided that we better get some dinner. We decided to eat at a Pakistani restaurant. I got Chicken Tikka Masala, which was excellent. Dave got Lamb Vindaloo. Our friends were worried that we wouldn't like the place because the area was kind of seedy. But it looked like anywhere in downtown Doha, so we were totally fine with it.

Heading to Temple Street

Then we went to Temple Street to the night markets which were full of cheap souvenirs. I got a fan and Dave got a game called Mahjong. The markets were full of knock off purses and clothes. I had a lot of fun.

By that time we were exhausted and realized we had been out for ten hours and it was time to get back and get to bed. We took the subway back home.