Food: Top 3 best and worst

Top Best:
1st place I'll have to give it to the blue crab, I had some good hotpots while in Sichuan but the one food that stood out was the blue crab, I never had it before and I do love crabs, so one taste of this I could tell the meat was actually sweeter than the Vancouver or Snow Crab Im use to eating here in Canada. 2nd place goes to this thing call Crispy Fatty Cha Siu...never even knew there was such a thing but this pork meat melts in your mouth and the outter layer is sweet from it's sauce and crispy def one of the fav I had at my gf's restaurant in Sichuan. 3rd place goes to something quite simple the wonton noodle I had at this really small and shady street restaurant in HK, the line ups for tables was a good sign before I sat, and one taste of the noodle it's clear the noodles were by hand, very different than the store bought ones and the shrimps wontons were huge and juicy with they great think flavorful broth.




Top Worst:
At the top is the one and only pasta dish that got me instantly sick, I was puking and shitting all at once for an hour, good thing it was minor food poison. 2nd place is the crappy delay flight free lunch in Jiuzhai...there really was more rice than anything, there was a sad hot dog, soem cabbage and some brown pickle stuff, but hey at least it was free. 3rd place is pig brains...never tried it before so I did and it was like a creamy fishy tofu...at least now I can say I tried it but def not my cup of tea.

White Noise Records

On my last day I went hunting for the elusive White Noise Record my friend told me about, after a lot of walking around back and forth, I finally saw the little sign, I walk up this uninviting stairs and finally go into a door full of poster, post-rock fills my ears as I walk in, the air is cool and relaxing, the owner is hiding behind a counter doing his thing and not bugging you, so I walk in look around and see a collection if indie music, underground hiphop, japanese indie, post-rock, electronica, records, t-shirts, dvds, etc. After a long look I picked up the new Mono album and the new World's End Girlfriend, I almost picked up the Mono live dvd too but ....eeeh was short on cash, had a short chat with the owner cuz he could tell right away I wasn't local, sucks that his shop is so hidden, mainly because the music he is selling is not well known in HK and rent is quite expensive so all he can afford is this small shady place, but at least once you step in you feel like you are in a different world.

Last Day in HK

So it's been a over a month since I left home and experienced Hong Kong and partly Sichuan, although it was only 5 weeks long I felt like it's been months since leaving Canada, and during my stay in asia I learned many things about Hong Kong and China, from grandparents, my uncle, my gf's uncle, museums, and TV in HK. Although I'm chinese I was born and raised in South America and then moved to Canada I only knew Venezuelan and Canadian history never had any former education about asia, this trip has been a real eye openner and I've definately enjoyed this stay.

I picked a picture that best describes HK, and I think this picture on the mountain top at night really does it justice, even at nights the city is alive and bright, the vibe I got from HK is energy, everything moves so fast there is a lot of energy in the youth to keep them going on and on, yet calm enough at certain parts of the city for the old to live their lives like my grandparents. I will def miss it and I hope I can come back soon, perhaps even to work one day to have a change.

Jiuzhai Valley, Sichuan

Took a 3 day trip with gf to this place and saw some of the most heavenly scenery I ever seen. It really is a inspiring place to visit because I never knew such beauty was hidden in China.

Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Went to Chengdu to visit and see my girlfriend and to see her hometown, it's probably my first real experience in China, and thanks to my girlfriend and her family it was a pretty great experience, because I always been a little afraid of my motherland and also I can't speak mandarin and can't read or write chinese I can only speak cantonese. But overall I experienced, ate, and saw things I could never experience in Canada, so Im glad I got to go.

Oh yeah I got to eat the Sichuan Hot pot...and try brains and frogs, brain was meh, but frog was great!

Crazy Cool Toy Store

This was the craziest toy store I been in, all this toys are not toys at all they are collectables, so pricey some of them I felt awkward to walk around pretending I was interested in buying. Eventually I bought a little Snoppy figure for my sister, I woulda bought something if it was Monster Hunter related.

Hong Kong Food Market

To a westerner this food market can look pretty ghetto and unsanitary but to these people is everyday life, I found it very interesting how skillfully my grandma is able to maneuver through the busy market even in her 80s, the street is packed with people, vendors and delivery trucks all competing for that little space.

Funny Dog

While up there seeing the Buddha and the monestary where monks worship I saw this funny dog rolling around scratching itself...than it ran as it noticed me lol.

Epic Giant Buddha

Went up the mountain by cable car exploring this place myself, saw the epic giant buddha as I was going up and decided to check it out...the stairs up to the Buddha looked a lot easier to claim from far...but claiming the 80 or so steps at such high altitude wasn't fun, very awesome view up there though. Oh and cable cars and highwinds....not fun...

Recipe for Food Poison

So after all the things I ate in HK the thing that poisoned me was ....fake Italian food made by chinese people...looking at the pictures now it sure looks like maggots, I did like the Coffee Cola though.

After I ate this I pretty much puked it all out after 30mins later.

Cats and Dogs in HK

1st is a owner confusing her cat for a dog...I felt bad for that cat you could tell the cat wasn't cool with the idea at all.

2nd was the random dog in the street that kept on following me until we ran into a lady walking her small agressive dogs and a bark fest started.

3rd cat I found him at a store I was in thought he was quite interesting with 2 white feet at the back and different colors for the front feet, he seemed to like me.

Walmart in China

So Walmart in China is quite interesting, for starters the escalator as u go down on both sides you are surrounded by products you can pick up and buy on the way down, everyday things from condoms to klenex to maxi pads. When you get to the bottom level it suddenly turns into a asian supermarket complete with live fish and crabs, also strange and familiar drinks all with chinese names. Oh and did I mention there are some funny ass dvd movies? with bad Photoshop covers ripped from other movies?

A Century of China

Went to this exhibition and read up and saw some interesting stuff, weird thing they didn't let you photograph anything...not sure why you would think they'll want the public to learn more of China and it's Goverment's founding fathers.

First Time in China

So I went from HK to ShenZhen, after being born and raised in Venezuela and moving to Canada I never really ever been to mainland China, I went to this park called Spendid China/China Folk Culture Villages, quite a lot to see, I tried the lamb skewers and I did try this other thing I don't know what it's called but was great, one thing that caught my eye was...5 spice dog meat....sold openly...like beef jerky

Evolution of Power Rangers

While my grandparents watched the evolution of Hong Kong, I saw the evolution of power rangers, now there it's full of CG and special FX, quite awesome seeing how the power rangers I use to watch was the first one on YTV.