Slowly Eating our Way Through Hong Kong

In the transcript of my life, this trip is technically an official business trip.

But in reality, we've been eating and window shopping, (and a bit of shopping) most of the time!

Every night, me and my business partner, google the commute to our errands, AND THEN
google the list of foodie hunts my friend Zee recommended!

Today, we visited another friend who goes to SCAD, an American art school in Hong Kong.
(deserves a seperate blog entry on its own!)

Otw to SCAD we had the yummiest sausage sold on the street for only HK$8!!!!
It was as huge as a Hungarian Sausage, and the skin was slightly toasted, with a sweet, smokey, barbecuey taste! YUMMEH!!!!

Then off to Tim Ho Wan!

Tim Ho Wan

It is the cheapest Michelin-starred restaurant in Hong Kong! Starred twice! What does it mean to be a Michelin star awardee mean exactly? Kinda like saying it's one of THE yummiest places to eat in the world!

If you look at it closely, there's a list of the "last called" number.
At 3pm when we got there, it was on 101

Our number 131!

People line up to eat here for hours! A girl we talked to said they were there since 12pm! Her companion had a heated argument with the man by the door at some point! It was scary-funny! She had wild hair and girl-we-talked-to had to hold her back literally! When they finally got in, girl-we-talked-to apologized to the door man, and even made a "she's-crazy" gesture! Haha!

Lucky us, my friend Zee advised us to come either before 10am or 3:30pm. We were there at 3pm, got our number before 3:30pm and got in a little before 4pm! LUCKY US!!!! The people next to us 6 Malaysians, (who we became friends with, there is camaraderie in hunger!!!) got there around 12pm and was told to come back at 3:30pm! The 2 Singaporean girls before us have been waiting 3 hours! Hihihi. Thanks for the tip, Zee!

And well, we were too hungry, enjoying the food waaaay too much to take photos but here's what they're super popular for!

PORK BUNS!!!!

And OH MY GOD! The most perfect, yummiest pork buns I have ever put inside my mouth in my entire life! No joke! Gaaaaaaaaaaah the filling was soooo flavorful and saucy, the buns, just the perfect crisp on the outside and soft and warm in the inside! Grrrrrrar!

Individual reactions:

Induces heartbreaking deliciousness 

Incredulous humility "can't believe this is soooo good" 

Ohrgahsmic sarap!

So yeah, definitely worth the wait! And the drama pre-feeding!

ex. Our number got called, but I was stopped by the door "for 2 only, you wait!" 

While my dining mates Ella & Kat were inside, taking a photo of hungry me behind the glass door, on the street, laughing all along at my misfortune! Sob!

They did find us a table for 3 a few minutes later, but it felt like the gates of heaven suddenly opened, and you got rejected at the door! Haha!

Ate some baked spareribs in oh-so-delicious oiiiil. Sticky rice dumpling, had to close my eyes to chew this! So many textures! Vermicelli noodles with beef, Shrimp Dumplings or hakaw its wrap so translucent, the shrimp succulent and flavorful! And Sticky Rice with pork, chicken, sausages and shitake mushrooms wrapped in lotus leaf, and to clear our palette, refreshing flowers in gelatin. Haha! Forgot the name it was just soooo yummeh!

Bill wasn't bad at all!

Like HK$65+ each for a Michelin-starred and we had take out, 2 orders of pork buns for breakfast tomorrow! Bwahaha!