After a nice dinner at Yung Kee Restaurant and partying at Lan Kwai Fong during the new year’s eve, Lyn (my boo) and I needed to address our hunger pangs as we headed back to our hostel at Paterson Road. Upon dropping some party stuffs we picked up at Lan Kwai Fong, we popped over to Jaffe Road nearby to see what’s good. Sure, it was about two in the morning but hey…we were hungry.
One thing I love about Asian countries is the availability of food 24/7. I mean just take a slow walk down your neighbourhood right here in Singapore at about one in the morning and chances are, you will see a opened food stall serving food to a hoard of customers. Hong Kong is no different…Jaffe Road was bustling with food stalls serving interesting types of Hong Kong delicacies.
Haven’t really decided on what we wanted, we passed by a stall selling dumplings and some bite size food on sticks. Apart from the usual fishballs, meatball, tau poks (dried bean curds)..the list goes on, they have other interesting (what KP will call) animal body parts like big intestines and huge (I mean huge) cuttlefish. What makes the food even more unique is the spicy gravy they dip the sticks into, giving more flavour and adding a great deal of spice to it. Oh my..they were really spicy.
Left: Stall front | Right: Dipping them sticks into a pot of boiling gravy
Left: Intestines | Right: Our order ready to go
Not wanting to fill our stomachs as we want to continue our food adventure, we ordered a stick of intestines and another with fishballs. Although the food was piping hot and super spicy, they were welcomed with arms wide opened as we stood on the sidewalk freezing in the 10 degC (or so) blowing in our faces and munching away. Yes we were that hungry.
Left and right: My failed attempt at getting a macro shot of the fishball and intestines respectively
As we carried on our journey, still very much unsatisfied by the amount of food we had (although they tasted lovely), we decided on a typical Hong Kong cafe called Tsui Wah Restaurant located at Cannon Road. As such cafes go, the restaurant was bustling with fellow hungry customers with service staff running around fulfilling orders. We quickly decided on a plate of noodles (like maggie mee) with pork and another plate of noodles with ham and “abalone” (yeah right).
Left: Noodles with ham and erm…abalone | Right: Noodles with pork
I am not too sure if my palate has gotten used to the food at such Hong Kong cafes, but my view on their culinary dishes is either too salty or too blend…nothing in the middle…strange but that could be me. But that aside, I would still give half a thumbs up to the food at Tsui Wah. We were hungry and the service was good.
Left: The restaurant front | Right: Inside Tsui Wah
As we took a slow, cooling walk back to our hostel very much satisfied, we couldn’t help but wonder how we Asians tend to be smaller built compared to the Caucasians despite the availability of food everywhere..anytime. It could the the portion served, the healthier choice (although that is debatable) or simply our genetics. But whatever it is, all I can say is that I am sure glad I am Asian..that is coming from a person who lives to eat… 
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