Hong Kong food/drink can be a bit strange.
Having sat in a coffee shop that ranked No1 in the WHO "dirtiest coffee shops in the world" we discovered a shop in Kowloon proudly promoting...
"Meat Floss Croissant"
In Cantonese it is known as Sum Yuk.
The Blogs passed up the opportunity.
Later in the Botanical Gardens we stopped for a snack. The cafe folks said they could do a ham and cheese sandwich, just the sort of food we felt we could trust! Mr Blog waited for the order and watched bemused as the chef made the sandwich and then stir-fried it in a wok until it was luke warm. The chef looked very happy so we just ate it without further comment.
According to Tripadvisor one of the top restaurants to visit is Ho Lee Fook. Given our food experiences so far we decided to check out the website first. The landing page boasts...
"Cantonese and proud of it, the tone is an opulent night out, faint memories of wild nights out in Hong Kong, the smell is just as familiar as Mom's dumplings"
The Blogs passed up the opportunity.
Dinner found the Blogs retreating to western food (in our defence it was the nearest place to the hotel and we were flagging).
"Pizza Express" in Kowloon needs to change its name to "Pizza sometime before we close". It also needs to get the Michelin inspectors round because anywhere that charges £78 for two ham and cheese pizzas ought to be thinking about how many stars they're aiming for.
Thankfully the food, like the taxis, got better when we made it to Japan
PS Pizza Express Kowloon doesn't have any Michelin stars
