Since I’m in Hong Kong for work my ability to actually sightsee has been rather limited. However, today for lunch I got to experience some local flavor by going to Kowloon for dim sum.
If you like to eat, then dim sum is the way to go. The selection is huge and it feels like an endless supply of bite-size delicacies.
For the most part I had eaten similar items when I’d gone to dim sum in San Francisco and New York, but there was one item they served that was a true first for me: chicken feet.
While I had seen chicken feet as a menu item before, I had never had the courage to try them. Using a “when in Rome” line of reasoning, however, I decided to go for it this time and in all honesty can say they’re not bad.
The gross part was sucking the skin (?) off the bones and having different bits and pieces of who-knows-what disintegrating in your mouth (my technique was poor to say the least). If nothing else, the locals that I was sitting with seemed to be proud of me.
In closing, here’s a shot of a local Hong Kong resident. Something tells me that he didn’t dress himself…
If you like to eat, then dim sum is the way to go. The selection is huge and it feels like an endless supply of bite-size delicacies.
For the most part I had eaten similar items when I’d gone to dim sum in San Francisco and New York, but there was one item they served that was a true first for me: chicken feet.
While I had seen chicken feet as a menu item before, I had never had the courage to try them. Using a “when in Rome” line of reasoning, however, I decided to go for it this time and in all honesty can say they’re not bad.
The gross part was sucking the skin (?) off the bones and having different bits and pieces of who-knows-what disintegrating in your mouth (my technique was poor to say the least). If nothing else, the locals that I was sitting with seemed to be proud of me.
In closing, here’s a shot of a local Hong Kong resident. Something tells me that he didn’t dress himself…
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