The Foodie Heaven

Yummy roast pork belly dish (Mankit went there again with my mom's friend and took the picture)

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Foods in Hong Kong is certainly better. However, you need to know where to look. After meeting up with mom in the airport, we took the bus to the city center. While transfering in MongKok subway station, my mom asked me if I am hungry. Not really hungry since I carefully ate every single bite of my meal in the flight (my first meal of the day) but knowing my own mother, I nodded.

She bought me a drink (PS1) and made me wait at the corner at a crowded street. I was so bored because I finished my drink in one or two gulps. As I was counting how many people are crossing the street, she turned back from nowhere with 2 boxes. And we rushed home to enjoy the meals.

The roast pig belly was the famous dish in this local restaurant (永合隆). It seems like every one in KowLong knows about it. The box with the meat has got the hole on top, to let out the steam because the pork was just freshly out of the oven. If the steam is trapped in the box, the skin is going to be soggy. The skin was so perfectly crispy, while the meat is tender and fully of flavor. I almost wonder if I am eating a roast duck.

Perfect match with the Thai rice (PS2).

PS1. The drink was the specialty of Hong Kong. Cantonese thinks we need to constantly replenish our body and rebalance the ying and yang. Thus, the soft drink stores are very popular in Hong Kong. I was drinking the cold sweetened soup of some strange plant's root. It is supposed to cool down my liver.

PS2. It is very interesting that Hong Kong only import Thai fragrant rice. Very different from the rice in Taiwan, Taiwan rice is closer to Japanese rice, short grain and sticky. The Thai rice smell always make me think of Hong Kong.