Today is Sunday, I went to Tanyoto and enjoyed its signature dish at special price. On a regular day, the spicy fish costs HK$128, but today costs only HK$48 (US$6.2). Other than a good deal, it is a good way to keep warm in a cool weather. Be careful, it is extremely hot and spicy and will paralyse your tongue.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Sichuan Spicy Fish
Today is Sunday, I went to Tanyoto and enjoyed its signature dish at special price. On a regular day, the spicy fish costs HK$128, but today costs only HK$48 (US$6.2). Other than a good deal, it is a good way to keep warm in a cool weather. Be careful, it is extremely hot and spicy and will paralyse your tongue.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
A Classic Cantonese Banquet
Occasion: Anna’s company annual dinner
Number of People: 33
Cost: Don’t know, because I am not the organiser
Restaurant name: Lippo Chiu Chow Restaurant
Restaurant address: G/F Lippo Centre, 89 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong
Restaurant telephone: 852-2845-4151
Anna's comment: Though this is a Chiu Chow restaurant, but it also serves Cantonese cuisine, such as tonight. Because we have expacts in our group, we have requested for individual serving. However I still prefer the Chinese food culture of having the dish in the middle of the table, and everybody pick their own portion.
Semi Luxury Dim Sum Lunch
Number of People: 2
Cost: HK$260 (US$33.3), inclusive of 10% service charge
Restaurant name: Sportful Garden Restaurant
Restaurant address: 8 Fleming Road, Wanchai, Hong KongRestaurant telephone: 852-2258-7688
Anna's comment: I won some extra cash from a lucky draw last night. So today’s lunch is slightly more luxury than usual.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Shanghainese Fried Noodle
Fried rice and fried noodle are very popular Hong Kong fast food. Shanghainese fried noodle has lots of vegetables in it. I like it a lot and it is economic, only HK$30 (US$3.8), no service fee.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Classic Cantonese Fast Food
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Why I Set Up This Food Blog?
Do you believe a food blog author does not eat? Well, I do eat, but not much. I love eating, but just unable to eat. This problem started bothering me soon after I turned 30. Perhaps due to slow metabolism, but no one could explain the reason. There has been a serious conflict between my natural desire for food and my body’s saying ‘no’. However I have been pleasing my mouth, and ignoring my body’s refusal of food. So my stomach is always full to overload like an airborne balloon. In March 2006, just before I turn 50, I took an important step in my life as to change my eating habit.
Change of Eating Habit
Actually over the past 20 years, doctors, dietitians and friends suggested hundreds of ways to correct my problem. Somehow I found only one way work for me – fasting. At the beginning, I went on a 6-day juice fasting. I lost 6 pounds out of that. Over the course of the next six months, I lost a total of 20 pounds.
Loss Weight As A Result of Intermittent Fasting
After the initial compulsory fasting, I target for one meal a day. I set up a food diary to record my eating history. On average, I skip 18 to 23 meals in a month. In some days, I replace a meal by snacks, a fruit or a glass of juice.
A Food Blog Idea
For someone who is only able to eat one meal a day, every meal is very important in terms of what to eat, where to eat and with whom to eat. This has led to an idea of setting up a food blog to record all my favourite foods. On any day when I am totally unable to eat, I just look at my blog and review my food photos and gain some satisfaction out of them.
A side objective of my blog is that some expact friends told me that they found it difficult to look for Chinese food websites written in English. I have therefore decided to make my blog bilingual and including the restaurant names and how much I spend on each meal just to make additional sense to travelers.
Who Else Wants to Lose Weight the Easy however Scientific Way?
During the course of my intermittent fasting, my colleagues and friends consulted me for weight-losing tips when they noticed the change in my appearance. I can only produce one answer – fasting – intermittent fasting – this is absolutely an easy way of losing weight which is backed up by scientific research.
Please understand…my blog is not to convince you to adapt my way of eating at all. Although I fast most of the time, but if I feel I need food…I eat. Fasting isn't about starving myself and it is out of my natural need for food. Of course this won’t happen overnight. I took time to build up this eating habit. Please don't eat this way until you have a deep understanding of the diet.
There is a book called Eat Stop Eat written by Brad Pilon. I was amazed that his intermittent fasting program is actually what I have been practicing since 2006. If you are interested in the scientific research behind the use of intermittent fasting for weight loss then you should find this book to be both up to date and accurate.
Brad Pilon is a nutrition professional. His graduate studies were about nutritional sciences specializing in the use of short term fasting for weight loss. Click here to check out Eat Stop Eat.
Hong Kong Chinese Food - Intermittent Fasting
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Afternoon Tea Set - Extremely Good Deal
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Sesame Balls Signifies Treasures Rolling In
Today is the third day of Chinese New Year. Foods that carry good meaning are popular dishes. Jiandui (sesame ball) in Cantonese means treasure rolls towards your house.
Friday, February 8, 2008
Home Made Chinese New Year Food
Today is the second day of Chinese New Year, as a tradition, we have a delicious home-made lunch. One important must-dish is a Vegetarian Platter. This in Cantonese means 'a good start'. In the afternoon, we felt not happy enough, so we went to the market and buy ingredients to make our own turnip pudding, which carries the meaning of 'growth'. These are the two most traditional Cantonese Chinese New Year foods.
Hong Kong Chinese New Year Food - Home Made Dishes
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Chinese New Year Dim Sum Lunch
Occasion: Anna’s Family New Year Gathering
Number of People: 15
Cost: HK$1,056 (US$135), inclusive 10% service charge
Restaurant name: Hoi Tin (Asia) Harbour Restaurant
Anna's comment: It is my family’s tradition of getting together on the first day of Chinese New Year. The name of the foods are given in a good sense the Cantonese way, such as:
* Fish – surplus
* Tongue – profit
* Knuckle – lucky money
* Oyster – lots of business
Pig's Knuckle in close up 橫財就手
Hong Kong Chinese New Year - Cantonese Dim Sum
Chinese New Year Eve Hot Pot Dinner 2008
Dinner date: February 6, 2008
Occasion: Chinese New Year Eve Dinner
Number of People: Two
Cost: HK$590 (US$75.6), inclusive of 10% service charge
Restaurant name: Tanyoto Restaurant Hong Kong Branch
Restaurant address: 129-135 Johonston Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Restaurant telephone: 852-2893-9268
Anna's comment: Hong Kong has been continuously freezing. We’ve decided to go for an authentic Sichuan spicy hot pot dinner on our new year eve, but had to book a week in advance. Nothing is better than a spicy hot pot dinner to keep warm. As the name of this Sichuan restaurant denotes – Tanyoto (Tam’s Fish Head) - we ordered the signature dish of fish head which was extremely smooth and yummy. Our five-course hot pot dinner menu included:
* Fish Head
* Sliced Fish Fillet
* Giant American Oyster
* Sliced Beef
* Vegetable
Giant Oyster 美國桶豪
Sliced Beef 手切肥牛
Hong Kong Chinese New Year 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Sichuan Fast Food
Cost: HK$33 (US$4.2)
My 2-course Sichuan fast food dinner costs only HK$30. I only pay an extra HK$3 for a drink of my choice. Weather has been continuously cold in Hong Kong, spicy food is a good way to keep warm.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Cantonese Fish Means Surplus
Everybody Go Hot Pot
Today Hong Kong has only 8°C. Everybody go hot pot. All hot pot restaurants are fully booked. We have therefore decided to DIY at home. Our electric rice cooker becomes our hot pot. Here's our five course hot pot dinner:
- Canadian Angus sliced beef
- Assorted meat balls
- Beancurd
- Vegetable
- Noodle
After all, we made a cup of Japanese tea. Nothing is better than something hot in a cold winter night.