Sunset Walk




                       Kelong walk                                                                                               creek walk   

Rather than the traditional way of eating 年糕 that is by pan frying with egg, why not try to sandwich the  年糕 with a slice of sweet potato and yam.

How about a al fresco dining, unique food and most importantly the price is not expensive(less than S$10 per dish). Yup, came across a moroccan restaurant @ bussorah street servicing tagine food (stews cooked in tagine earthenware).


                               Chicken Kebabs

                                                                                                               chicken tagine with potato



                     Lamb tagine with fries

Just put up some of the food trial @ Yuen Long, take the west rail line to 元朗 (yuen long) station then transfer to light rail to 大堂道 (tai tong road). Do email to me if you need a copy of this food trail map.

click to view map.

In Singapore during the chinese new year time, you must go to restaurants to eat this dish "Lo Hei/Yusheng" (撈起/鱼生). To me this is like a salad with salmon,radish,carrot,giner,chinese parsley,peanuts,sesame seeds, crackers, five spice powder ...etc the ingredients may vary with restaurant. Before you eat, you have to say some auspicious words to do the tossing and to mark the start of new year, higher you toss, higher is your fortunes.



Yusheng ( 鱼生)

年年有余  -  abundance - raw fish
和气生财  -  harmony and wealth - lettuce
步步高升  -  eminence - carrot
旺事如意  -  success - radish
招财进宝  -  prosperity - chilli
遍地黄金  -  prosperity - crackers
金沙满堂  -  prosperity - peanuts
鸿运当头  -  good luck - ginger
大吉大利  -  good luck - lime
五福临门  -  good fortune - 5 spice powder
福运年年  -  smooth life - oil
甜甜蜜蜜  -  sweet year - plum sauce

祝牛年心想事成

                                                                                   髮菜蠔豉燒賣
                                                    




                                            四宝滑鸡扎                                                               瑶柱灌汤饺

Went with my friend to this place for dinner, a 煮抄 (zhi-char) stall which is nice and reasonable. Actually I am quite surprised to find this zhi-char tucked inside the coffeeshop/hokkien association. You will be surprised to find many people eating there once you go to the back of the coffeeshop. They served dinner starting from 4 pm onwards and do come early, the parking space is limited.

                                             擔擔麵                                                              


                                                                                       蟹粉小籠包





                              牛肉餅                                                                    红烧肉

Another Hong Kong specialty food - 車仔麵 (Cart Noodle). This is something similar to what we have here which is 酿豆腐 (Yong Tofu), different is the toppings, in Hong Kong you can have 豬紅 (curdled pig's blood - NA in Spore), 豬大腸 (pig intestine), 蘿蔔 (radish), 燒賣 (siu mai) ...etc. This shop in 元朗 (yuen long) is famous for cart noodle, you can see that the queue is already forming even before the shop open. F.Y.I - the chilli is hot in this stall.

Had a seafood dinner with friends at Lau Fau Shan, it is just a small restaurant but I find the place is clean and comfortable unlike most of the restaurant where they tried to pack in as many table as possible. The must order dish is 椒豉大蝦 (pepper soya prawn), it has a unique taste and the prawn is big.



                                            蒸干贝                                                                                                 薑葱蠔



                                                                                                      焦鹽瀨尿蝦


                                清蒸海青班                                                                                               椒豉大蝦

                                                Hot, juicy 燒鵝(roast goose), especially the skin (crispy)




百花酒鵝肝 (Goose liver in wine) very unique taste but nice                       



                                                                                                          椒盐蝦(pepper,salt prawn) - good

城门水塘 (Shing Mun reservior) is situated in 荃湾 (tsuen wan), the western border lies in Tai Mo Shan, while Grassy Hill and Needle Hill mark the eastern margin.

 

One of the best 冰鎮奶茶, if you come across this food chain, do remember to pop in for Hong Kong milk tea, really good (thick and milky). Oh they are the one that first came up with this style of chilled milk tea, which is good as it will not dilute the tea.

Bought some interesting snacks from expo - 炸鱼皮 (Fried Fish Skin), it is like a chips and it comes in a few flavours such as pepper, seaweed, tomato, black pepper and original.

黃金海岸 is situated in 屯門 (Tuen Mun), one of the places to see sunset.