Friday 7 May 2010

Peak tram, dim sum and more

Whether you decide to travel to Hong Kong to participate in the 7th World Congress of Conductive Education or not I thought you might like to know about some interesting places to visit. The Peak tram takes you up to Victoria Peak. It is a breathtaking journey amongst the lush vegetation with an ever-expanding view of Hong Kong as the train gently clatters to the top.
If you like you can have breakfast, lunch or dinner at the 'Pearl on the Peak Restaurant' depending upon which lighting you prefer to see Hong Kong below while you are dining.
I think tasting some dim sums is a must. I prefer the ones filled with prawns. It is quite hard to get prawn-filled dim sums without pork so watch out if you don’t eat red meat like me. You can also have it for breakfast. If you wake up early and walk on the early morning streets of Hong Kong you can see them being cooked on street corners and people are buying them on the way to work. If you are a visitor I would recommend that you buy them in a restaurant.


The Jade Market


Please be aware that genuine jade is rather pricey and if you don't know much about jade it is hard to distinguish them from replicates.


Stanley Market and Temple Street Night Market are also worth a visit.


Rainbow Finley March 2010.

References:

http://www.ce-congress2010.org/CE/

http://juditszathmary.blogspot.com/2010/05/7th-world-congress-on-conductive.html


http://www.thepeak.com.hk/en/home.asp


http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/dining/dim-sum-guide.html


http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/attractions/kln-jade-market.html


http://www.12hk.com/area/SouthIsland/StanleyMarket.shtml


http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/attractions/kln-temple-street-night-market.html


All photos from Google Images.

2 comments:

Susie Mallett said...

Judit, thank you so much for posting these snippets about Hong Kong, especially the train journey!

The Hong Kong guide book has been on my kitchen table for a while now and is consumed over muesli at breakfast time, but it is so much nicer to have these tips from someone who knows.

Thank you for whetting our appetites in this way.

Susie

Judit Szathmáry said...

Susie,
You are very welcome. I hope that you will have a wonderful time in Hong Kong.
Judit