Hong Kong - Part 1

After 2 days of travel across several continents and four countries we arrived in Hong Kong yesterday afternoon. We checked in at the Sheraton Hong Kong, which is on the Kowloon side. The hotel is very nice and the room is ultra-modern and extra-posh! The bathroom/shower is quite the experience. Our room also has a harbor view, looking across to Hong Kong island. In fact, here was the view from our window last night-



When we were settled into our room, we went downstairs and had a late lunch at the Celestial Court, a highly rated Cantonese restaurant. We were served jasmine tea and ordered Steamed Shrimp Dumplings, Braised Beef Brisket with Glutinous Rice Dumplings, Steamed Pork Buns and Egg Custard Tarts. All in all, a very satisfying luncheon.

We returned to our room and caught up on our sleep until about 7pm. We got ready for dinner and watched the light show from our room.

Dinner was at Mask of Sichuan (Szechuan style food). We sat outside right on Salisbury Road and watched the passersby as we enjoyed some authentic Szechuan food. I ordered the Fried Beef Strips with Egg Pancakes, nice and garlicly with just enough heat. Rick ordered the Kung Po Chicken and when it arrived I could look at it and tell it was fiery. There were dried chili pods throughout. He enjoyed it greatly and I even had a few bites. For dessert we ordered the house special dessert which included Guava Ice Cream, Sweet Potato and Rice Cakes with Red Beans and Jellied Lotus Seeds with White Fungus. Yum...actually the Ice Cream and Rice Cakes were good.

After dinner we walked around briefly and even found a Circle K, where we got some waters for later. Then it was off to bed to get ready for our tours on Saturday morning.

More tomorrow!