Another light lunch at work, though I'm sure the amount of thousand island dressing undoes some of the benefit of eating salad!
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Day 168 - Homemade Chicken Curry
Homemade curry for dinner on Sunday night. This was actually the second night that the curry made an appearance and, as is often the case, after a bit of extra marinating the curry was even better!
Monday, 13 July 2009
Congee Creams Comeptition
I wonder how long I can continue to come up with kitchy, poor-taste titles? What isn't unknown, however, is that Day 157, the chicken congee, took out last weeks competition, edging out Saturday's seafood.
As per before, because I'm late putting the poll up, I've extended the voting deadline till mid-night (HK-time) Saturday night. So it's time to go get your vote on! Quite a few good looking photos this week, if I do say so myself!
Saturday, 11 July 2009
Day 167 - McDonald's Big Breakfast
Not bad per se, but somehow even the McDonald's pepper is de-flavoured, with this much pepper barely providing any extra taste. Good thing I added tomato sauce as well!
Friday, 10 July 2009
Day 166 - Char Siu Fan
After climbing today, I headed to the Cha Chaan Teng (HK Style Cafe) to order Char Siu Fan (Chinese BBQ Pork and Rice) and Dong Yuen Yeung (Iced Coffee-Tea Mix) but today, unusually, got a free Chinese Soup as well.
Sik Fan, Yum Tong!~
Thursday, 9 July 2009
Day 165 - Garden Salad with Thousand Island Dressing and an Onion Ciabatta
Day 165 - Garden Salad with Thousand Island Dressing and an Onion Ciabatta, originally uploaded by JoeGray.
Just a light lunch today. The garden salad was mostly lettuce, but I like lettuce; the thousand island dressing would have been better as mayonnaise; and the ciabatta wasn't really chewy enough for my tastes, but overall quite good and quite filling.
Wednesday, 8 July 2009
Day 164 - Filled Omelette
For dinner tonight we each had individual Omelettes filled with tomato and bacon rice. Quite good, but a dash of tomato sauce made it.
Day 163 - Winter Melon Soup
Yum Cha for lunch and instead of one of the normal vegetable dishes that we order, we decided to go for the Winter Melon Soup. This is served by scooping out the soft melon flesh along with the soup. It was quite good but perhaps too big, with everything else considered, for only 6 of us!
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Day 162 - Pork Chop Hotplate
This dish is simply fantastic.
They bring out a little butane jet and hotplate and set it on your table. When the sauce in the bottom of the plate is starts to boil, you crack an egg, mix it a little and pour it over the dish. Just as the egg starts to cook you serve it. The egg and onion are soft and delicious, the Pork Chops pieces are tender on the inside and still crunchy on the outside... It's simply mouth-watering!
Sunday, 5 July 2009
Day 161 - Egg Tarts
Egg tarts are very popular in Hong Kong. I originally thought they were imported from Macau, where they were imported from Portugal (Macau being an ex-Portuguese colony), but Wikipedia tells me they may also have evolved from English custard tarts. No matter their history, they are rich, delicious and now, certainly part of Hong Kong culture.
Fresh Baked Blueberry Muffins Roast Competition
The Fresh Baked Muffins (Day 153) easily came out on top last week, beating the rest of the competition combined. The new poll is up and ready when you are. Vote on!
Saturday, 4 July 2009
Day 160 - Homecooked Seafood
Seafood at home! Chilli Clams, Whole Steamed Fish and Egg Coated Prawns. Yum!
Also pictured is Garlic Broccoli, Mince Pork, Choi and Soy Chicken.
Sik Fan!~
Day 159 - Curry Pork Chop Rice
Just a quick meal at my desk after a bit of climbing. The rice is in there... Hidden under my requested "lots and lots" of sauce!
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Day 158 - Greek Salad Pita
This was actually labelled a Middle Eastern Salad but let's see: Cucumber, Tomato, Black Olives and Feta Cheese? Sounds more like a Greek Salad to me!
Tasted pretty good but I was still a tad hungry afterwards.
Day 157 - Congee
A Chinese staple, Congee or Tzuk is rice that has been boiled until it becomes a sort of porridge. It normally contains standard ingredients such as peanuts and spring onion with a choice of meat (this one is the Chicken variation). Best of all, it is often served with a mouthwatering stick (or two!) of fried bread.
Sik Tzuk!~
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Day 156 - Soup Noodles with San Choi, Turnip and Beefballs
This is a choose-your-own-flavour type lunch meal. You pick the type of noodles you want and three ingredients from a long list. I was considering the wanton, but the garlicy and black-peppery beefballs swayed me.
Sik Mein!
Day 155 - Ham, Lettuce & Tomato Sandwich
Another sandwich for lunch, this time I went with the ham version. For me, this was slightly better than the roast chicken.
Strangely, they only offered me mayonnaise for this. I would have preferred mustard, but a slice of cheese would have beaten both. Next time, I'll remember to ask!
Sunday, 28 June 2009
Day 154 - White Rice and Thai Green Curry
More than 150 days now and I don't think I've had a single photo that shows the stable of my diet: plain white rice. It's good but it's better with a little Thai Green Curry!
Day 153 - Fresh Baked Blueberry Muffins
This were still warm out of the oven and delicious and moist in the middle. Yum!
Roast Chicken Sandwich puts the squeeze on the voters!
In a surprise to me, Day 142 - Roast Chicken Sandwich has walked away with this week's extended voting. It did taste good, but I didn't think it had enough photographic taste to carry it over the line. Shows what I know!
Let's Eat!~
Friday, 26 June 2009
Day 151 - Chicken Caesar Salad
Just a quick lunch at my desk today as I was a little late after my lunchtime run.
Overall quite good but could have done with more cherry tomatoes.
Thursday, 25 June 2009
Day 150 - Sandwich in a Bowl
Day 150! I originally wanted to go for a B&W shot here, but despite the high contrast of the Sandwich in a Bowl the image just didn't work. So instead, I went for a few tweaked curves.
This is the tuna variation of Sandwich in a Bowl. Very tasty, but I think the amount of dressing somewhat undoes that healthy feeling that I get from having a salad for lunch!
Let's Eat!~
PS. I'll post the B&W shot that I was originally going for in the flickr comments. Head here to see it.
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Day 149 - Tofu and Fishmeat Snacks
It doesn't sound that delicious but these are great. Ground fishmeat and tofu sandwiched together and deep fried. We also had a version that substitutes the tofu with capsicum. Also delicious!
Steamed fish and Broccoli in the background.
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Day 148 - Take-Away Curry Chicken Rice
Once again, I opted for the safe but delicious Curry Chicken Rice for lunch. Eating at my desk today because I spent the first half of my lunch-break climbing!
Day 147 - Delivered Pizza
Seeing as it was Father's Day in HK on Sunday we had to wait more than an hour and a half for our two pizzas to be delivered!
This is a "Mediterranean" pizza. Somehow that involves corn but no salami? Pazzo!
Char Siu Fan Grills Competition
A very clear out-right winner last week! Char Siu Fan ran away with the contest with a total of 8 votes.
Due to my lateness in posting the new poll, voting will be open an extra day: till midnight on Saturday. Vote away!
Due to my lateness in posting the new poll, voting will be open an extra day: till midnight on Saturday. Vote away!
Sunday, 21 June 2009
Friday, 19 June 2009
Day 145 - Chicken Tikka
Quite good and a little spicy but quite a big lunch considering I'm trying to diet!
Day 144 - Teriyaki Chicken with Cold Noodles in Sesame Sauce
In fact, the description that accompanied this dish was "cool noodles", which I originally thought was either the colloquial meaning or the specific type of noodles used. I was a little surprised that the noodles were cold, until I realised what they meant by "cool noodles"!
Still very good with just enough sauce to coat the noodles without over-powering the sweetness of the Teriyaki.
Wednesday, 17 June 2009
Day 143 - Spaghetti with Bacon and Mushrooms
Another spaghetti dish this week, but this time home-cooked. Very garlicky but quite good.
Day 142 - Roast Chicken Sandwich
Some semi-sundried tomatoes would have really made it, but they're hard to find and quite expensive in Hong Kong. It was pretty good anyway.
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Day 141 - Spaghetti Carbonara
at Amaroni's Little Italy in Festival Walk. A (just about literally) "table-sized" Margarita Pizza in the foreground here.
Portions in this restaurant are completely over the top: two of us unable to get more than half-way through 2 mains and a shared starter. Not really the best idea to go with only two people... it's a pity I like the food and atmosphere so much!
Sunday, 14 June 2009
Day 140 - Family Dinner
A fairly standard dinner tonight with vegetarian, meat and vegetable dishes.
Weekly Photo Contest a tie... again!
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Who would have guessed? Another tie! Well, at least, I'd personally pick these as not bad photos: Day 129 - Pork Chop with Curry Rice and Day 131 - Tempura Prawns.
Day 139 - Club Sandwich
Lunch today at Orchid Garden Restaurant in Causeway Bay. The place had a really nice atmosphere and decor but the food was definitely not quite up to scratch!
Friday, 12 June 2009
Day 138 - Cornflakes and Banana
I'm a big cereal advocate. I love it. Perhaps not as much as Jerry Seinfeld, but it's the way I always prefer to start my day.
Day 137 - Dinner Smorgasbord
So many great dishes in one meal, it's impossible to diet! Thai Green Curry, Chips (which by the way were delicious dipped in the curry!), Fried Noodles with Ham, Roast Chicken, Vegetables, Shredded Pork with Preserved Mustard Green and Baked Ham.
Day 136 - Char Siu Fan
I decided on something safe and delicious for lunch. Also, I'm working on not making all my photos look so homogeneous!
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
Day 135 - Braised Chicken with Spicy Sauce on Rice
Despite the Szechuan type sauce, this dish wasn't all that spicy and was smaller than I would have liked... I was still a bit hungry afterwards!
Monday, 8 June 2009
Day 134 - Sandwich in a Bowl
A rather entertaining idea, but as you can see the proportions of bread to lettuce wasn't that of a typical sandwich. Good thing I like lettuce so much!
Day 133 - Garbanzos Con Chorizo
Dinner at Ricos in SoHo was quite good. This was the tapas dish that I ordered, but everyone shared, so I got to try a lot of different things. Nothing really stood out for me, but certainly nothing was bad either.
Vamos a Comer!
Sunday, 7 June 2009
Sunday Sundae Steals Show!
Yes-sir-ee, the McDonald's Sundae (Day 119) won last week's voting! If you're not a fan of McDonald's (and I know many of you aren't), I recommend you get in and vote for what you do like!
Saturday, 6 June 2009
Day 131 - Tempura Prawns
A great dinner at Watami Japanese Restaurant at APM. We also had the Seafood Rice Au Gratin, Okonomiyaki, Pork Chop Salad and Seafood Pizza. Delicious!
Thursday, 4 June 2009
Day 130 - Home-cooked Pork War-Tip
Add a little chilli-soy to these dumplings and you've got a winner!
Day 129 - Pork Chop with Curry Rice
Instead of the normal Japanese style curry this was more similar to an Indian style and was also slightly spicy, which I was pleasantly surprised with. A lot of Hong Kongers don't like spicy food, so often dishes like this are very mild.
Tuesday, 2 June 2009
Day 128 - Fried Curry Rice with Chicken
A huge serving size... just what I needed after my lunchtime run.
This was advertised as "Japanese", but somehow the peanuts and sultanas mixed in didn't seem that Japanese. They did seem delicious however.
Day 127 - Yum Cha
Again! Please head over to flickr (by clicking the photo) to see all the types of Dim Sum tagged!
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