Sai Kung!

Hi all,

This post is dedicated to Jessie McComb and Schwab, who called me out on not keeping up with Hong Kong Journal since I began working. I really owe you all a post.

This past weekend was Rob's birthday. When I asked him what he wanted to do for the big day, he said he wanted to go to Sai Kung to eat fresh seafood. And this is what we did.

We went to a small fishing village called Sai Kung to celebrate and eat some fresh seafood. I can't wait to share pictures with you all. The restaurants and their respective tanks of live seafood line Sai Kung's port/boardwalk. It is an experience to walk around and check out the freshest and largest tanked prisoner. The selection, size and price of the seafood in Sai Kung was remarkable. Rob and I were able to order lobster, crab, fish and a pre-historic-looking lobster called "squilla mantis" for about $50 US dollars.

We also filled the weekend with lots of other eating--but I will save that for later! For now, here's a photo journal of our trip to Sai Kung:

Goofing around in the MTR station on the way to Sai Kung

Sort of like Ugg boots for tropical climates. This girl knows how to have her cake and eat it too.

Red Wine Zone...keepin' it classy.

This little guy was SO cute with his Puffin backpack. Had to show you.

Puffin Backpack from a distance.

Sai Kung Boardwalk! This photo actually shows you the smog coming over from China. In person the atmosphere looked much brighter than this, though.

Tanks of live seafood

These are live Squilla Mantises. They are freaky looking things in the tank, but once cooked they are mighty good.
Tastes kind of like a more delicate lobster.

Hello Big Fish

This Grouper is over 100 lbs. We had a staring contest.

Standing under the threshold, about to walk into a restaurant to try Squilla Mantus

Crab with a random toy boat resting on top

Elderly Chinese woman preparing Sea Urchin for the restaurant next to her.

Standard issue peace signs before we dive into lobster served over linguini 

Fish in ginger sauce. Was not my favorite, but the other dishes made up for this one.

Ginger and Garlic infused fried Crab. Amazing. The whitish things are huge pieces of ginger.