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Food is Good Thursday, June 18, 2009 12:40 AM

Beppu Edimae, Olympian City 2; West Kowloon, Hong Kong -- beef burger & udon in tomato soup.

Before I left for Hong Kong, I received a request to post food pictures during my trip (you know who you are!). I planned to post pictures as I ate those delicious meals (along with outfit photos), but as some of you are aware, I had internet issues upon arrival. So now I'm doing a mega post dedicated to some of the food I ate overseas.

Enjoy!

"Muk Mun Gay": Jordan, Hong Kong -- wonton noodles.

Mix; Central, Hong Kong -- Guava Slimmer. // Euro Go Go, Olympian City 2; West Kowloon, Hong Kong -- peach iced tea.

EXP, Festival Walk; Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong -- asparagus.

EXP, Festival Walk; Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong -- shrimp, mango & grapefruit on soba noodles in vinaigrette and spicy deep fried tofu.

Kings' Lodge; Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong -- shengjian bao, red bean sesame balls, jiaozi (potstickers), green onion pancakes.

Nathan Congee & Noodle; Jordan, Hong Kong -- assorted beef brisket & tendon in noodle soup.

Hui Lau Shan; Mong Kok, Hong Kong -- mango & pomelo sweet soup with mango sorbet.

Jioufen, Taiwan -- beef noodles.

Taiwan -- coffee sausage and iced blueberry tea.

Palm Trees Hot Spring Restaurant, Yelin Hot Springs; Taiwan -- cherry cheesecake.

Yunnan, China -- bendy cranberry popsicle.

Guanfang Hotel Lijiang; Lijiang, China -- fried fish.

Enjoying International Hotel; Kunming, China -- minced meat with spicy sauce on thick vermicelli in soup.

Guanfang Hotel Garden Villa; Lijiang, China -- breakfast.

Kukje Gallery; Seoul, Korea -- cheesecake, mango mousse cake, and peach iced tea.

MMMG Café; Seoul, Korea -- apple cinnamon milk tea and scones.

MMMG Café; Seoul, Korea -- scone and hot chocolate.

Rimini; Seoul, Korea -- mushroom salad and spaghetti carbonara.

Onesang; Seoul, Korea -- gamjatang (pork bone soup).

Gulgul; Seoul, Korea -- side dishes.

Gulgul; Seoul, Korea -- a dish we did not mean to order.

Café Somniloquy; Seoul, Korea -- egg salad sandwiches, coffee, and iced caffè latte.

Café Somniloquy; Seoul, Korea -- drinks. // Seoul, Korea -- tofu soup & rice.

tags: food holidays hong kong photos seoul taiwan travel yunnan

Comments (60)

Shen-Shen | 2009-06-18 01:40 AM | Reply

Uhhh, there was way too much deliciousness in this post, I don't know if I can process it!

greenjeans | 2009-06-18 01:45 AM | Reply

Seriously...my head and stomach both gave each other a double-take and then exploded. You just made me even more excited for the trip! I don't know how you took the pictures-I always eat first and then regret forgetting about my camera entirely.

yulanda replied to Shen-Shen | 2009-06-18 01:59 AM | Reply

It's a bit of a visual overload, isn't it? I thought about splitting it into two posts but it's way more fun in one :D

yulanda replied to greenjeans | 2009-06-18 02:01 AM | Reply

That's because I've taken so many food pictures that the people I eat with now ask if I brought my camera with me and if I want a picture of the food before eating!

Betty | 2009-06-18 02:12 AM | Reply

everything looks so delicious! Lovely photographs

fruchtzwerg | 2009-06-18 02:21 AM | Reply

the food looks so delicious! I'm so hungry right now and can't wait to check them out!

Alice | 2009-06-18 02:31 AM | Reply

mmmm, looks delish!

i had a sesame red bean ball yesterday! so good, but too greasy for me.

i have yet to try tofu stew here though!

Shay Wilson | 2009-06-18 03:01 AM | Reply

ok, I'm definitely hungry now.

adreamer | 2009-06-18 03:32 AM | Reply

AHHHHH food diaries kill me! SO MUCH DELECTABLE FOOD. !!!! thanks for sharing. i love food pics.

yellowgoat | 2009-06-18 06:31 AM | Reply

no wonder some of the food looks so familiar. ;D

The Popsicle looks so yum. I can so have one right now.

;D

Thank you for the shop info, I found it, but it's out of my price range.

yulanda replied to Betty | 2009-06-18 08:28 AM | Reply

thank you!

yulanda replied to fruchtzwerg | 2009-06-18 08:30 AM | Reply

I just sent you an email!

yulanda replied to Alice | 2009-06-18 08:32 AM | Reply

I think it's time to get off the computer and go get some now :)

yulanda replied to Shay Wilson | 2009-06-18 08:43 AM | Reply

hee, sorry!

yulanda replied to adreamer | 2009-06-18 08:44 AM | Reply

haha, same here. I always look at food pictures at the wrong time though -- right before bed!

yulanda replied to yellowgoat | 2009-06-18 08:48 AM | Reply

Yeah, it's a little pricey, but luckily I had the Canadian dollar on my side meaning it didn't cost more then, ie. Gap.

atomica | 2009-06-18 10:16 AM | Reply

they all looked so gooddd... my goodness!
i'm hungry now :)

K-Line | 2009-06-18 01:01 PM | Reply

Lord, this stuff is divine! I particularly love the composition in the photo with the coke can and the asaparagus is making my mouth water.

miss woo | 2009-06-18 01:30 PM | Reply

hmmm nom nom nom, I get so hungry just from looking!

Kim | 2009-06-18 02:32 PM | Reply

I'm not even gonna try and pick a favorite photo! They're all so amazing, and delicious looking, too!

Corrie | 2009-06-18 03:52 PM | Reply

Whoa that was intense. Thanks for the serious craving for Korean food I'm having now. Yum.

Moni | 2009-06-18 04:16 PM | Reply

Oh, I shouldn't have looked at this before lunchtime... :)

Do you eat out a lot when you're at home too, or do you cook?

Victoria | 2009-06-18 08:16 PM | Reply

Nothings better than beautiful food.
Huge fan of the blog.

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SRR | 2009-06-19 01:19 AM | Reply

Yum...the first picture reminds me of the Hong Kong-style spaghetti I had when I was a kid, stir-fried with the tomato wedges.

What a great diversity of food and photos. The breakfast at Lijiang is huge. The arrangement of the penultimate picture is my favorite--from tall to small, all the little glassware are so cute.

julia | 2009-06-19 07:17 AM | Reply

what can i say... it all looks so good that i would love to taste everything!

and your pics- beautiful as always!

yes, i´m a fan!

xxx

Jenny | 2009-06-19 04:58 PM | Reply

Mmmm. Your picture of breakfast at the Guanfang Hotel Garden Villa looks like a photo for a Gourmet magazine shoot.

chicpanda | 2009-06-19 05:23 PM | Reply

This post is really making me hungry!! The noodles and the desserts - yumm!

yulanda replied to K-Line | 2009-06-19 05:38 PM | Reply

Both my friend and I were a bit disappointed by the asparagus dish :P

yulanda replied to Moni | 2009-06-19 05:39 PM | Reply

hehe, I always make the same mistake with food photos, except it's always before bed.

I usually eat out once or twice a week.

yulanda replied to SRR | 2009-06-19 05:41 PM | Reply

haha -- I didn't even notice that until you pointed it out! I wish I pushed the straw to the side though so the bent arm would face the camera.

yulanda replied to Jenny | 2009-06-19 05:44 PM | Reply

Aw, thank you! The light in that room was perfect, but it was also very dim so I was very happy when it didn't come out blurry (I shot on film). I don't usually do such wide shots with food but I love that photo.

yulanda | 2009-06-19 05:45 PM | Reply

Thank you everyone for all the wonderful comments & feedback! And sorry for making everyone hungry. teehee!

Amelia | 2009-06-20 12:47 AM | Reply

Mmmmm--that's all I can say. Wow!

maria | 2009-06-20 01:13 AM | Reply

*droooooollll..* Great photos, they all look really yummy :) I love the coffee mug from MMMG cafe.

bee | 2009-06-20 04:47 AM | Reply

aagh! my stomach is rumbling already... soup noodles are so delish. And I'm envious of your delicious China popsicles. Totally the land of strange yet intriguingly yummy popsicles- did you ever try the green bean kind? Green and red bean are NOT my favourite foods (thanks to being forced to taste odd Chinese desserts all my life) but in popsicle format they are so mouth-smackingly good.

Magda | 2009-06-20 06:21 AM | Reply

this post made super hungry *_*

SRR | 2009-06-20 12:03 PM | Reply

Re: the straw--ah well. It happens. But I kinda like it where it is, since the little glass receptacle is in the same direction. It's almost like "connect the dots."

Becca | 2009-06-20 01:00 PM | Reply

this all looks amazingly delicious - wow

Stacy | 2009-06-22 09:38 AM | Reply

the smoothies and desserts look so good!

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Thérèsa | 2009-06-22 04:37 PM | Reply

this is making me so hungry, i havent had fried fish in ages, yummy... the mushroom salad looks delicious too.

yulanda replied to bee | 2009-06-22 10:52 PM | Reply

I'm not a big fan of green & red beans (although I do like red bean drinks with ice cream -- however, I leave all the red beans at the bottom of the cup, hehe!) so I generally stay away from those popsicles. Plus most of the time when I travel I buy popsicles because it's super hot and I'm super thirsty so I look for less creamy (which I generally find those bean ones are) and more water content!

The first time I went to the mainland (2004), we started off paying for $6 RMB popsicles in Beijing and by the time we hit Liuzhou they were $1 RMB. Crazy :)

sarah | 2009-06-23 03:41 AM | Reply

makes me miss hong kong all the more! i'll be looking forward to going back in august. (:

melly | 2009-06-23 08:29 AM | Reply

thank goodness i'm viewing this with a full stomach! the second photo of wonton noodles really really did it for me, oh oh oh what i would give for that right now.

Winnie | 2009-06-23 09:42 AM | Reply

Everything looks absolutely delicious. Man I miss HK!

plastiqgurl | 2009-06-24 03:21 AM | Reply

looks super yummylicious!

Eunice | 2009-06-24 09:52 PM | Reply

OH MY GOODNESS... what are you doing to me? I now want hong kong food and will not be able to satisfy my craving... mmmmmmmmm....

Eunice | 2009-06-24 09:53 PM | Reply

OH Olympian City is super close to my house :)

yulanda replied to Eunice | 2009-06-24 10:06 PM | Reply

I'm trying to torture you! >:D

Anna Pope | 2009-06-25 12:40 PM | Reply

Oh wow, I am suddenly more hungry than I was before. Yummy, the photos are great!!

KIRAFASHION | 2009-06-26 10:36 AM | Reply

wow! Delicious!
I am so hungry now :))

Gracie | 2009-06-26 10:19 PM | Reply

this is my first time visiting your blog, and i really like it.
it is very cute.
x

rain | 2009-06-28 07:15 AM | Reply

Wow...so much delicious food! I will used this when I am in Hong Kong! Thanks!

x

Heather | 2009-06-29 06:56 PM | Reply

Oh my. This is making me hungry, such lovely photos. I want to go to Seoul so bad and this only cements the desire.

I'm curious why is it called a coffee sausage? Is that the flavour( and if so how does it taste)or just a name?

Loved this post!

yulanda replied to Heather | 2009-06-30 12:14 PM | Reply

The sausage was infused with coffee. I bought it at some rest stop off the highway. That area in Taiwan is known for growing coffee beans. I could taste a bit of coffee, but otherwise it mostly tasted like a regular sausage.

Elizabeth | 2009-07-03 10:28 PM | Reply

Ahh! I want to go back to Korea and eat food! I even miss the dorky napkins with random English phrases on them.... *sigh*

Charlotte Drene | 2009-07-22 05:52 AM | Reply

It pays not to come onto your blog with an empty stomach...

Freddie | 2009-07-22 08:22 PM | Reply

oh man, what a good looking (and tasting too I'm sure) post!!

Kat | 2009-08-03 06:03 PM | Reply

Yummy food! Nice blog.

Sher | 2009-08-04 11:03 PM | Reply

hey there! I stumbled upon your blog just now and had to leave my mark :) I am loving all these food photos! they all look delish!

deborah | 2009-08-08 05:28 AM | Reply

oh god everything looks delicious!