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Hong Kong Desserts

Hong Kong has some of the best light desserts I’ve ever tasted. They also love to eat fruit – mangoes are very popular along with red bean and grass jelly.  Here are two of the best dessert places we visited!

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Hong Kong Street Food

There is no better way to experience a new culture than by diving into the local street food. You get to see what sort of flavors, meats, and cooking styles they use and it’s usually on the cheap. It’s even better if you have a local as a friend to find the best of the best ;)
On a street corner in Causeway was a vendor selling kebabs with exotic-looking meats and little bowls of shumai and stewed meats. We got some shumai, cheese dogs (little cocktail wieners bursting with cheese),  and some barbeque grilled octopus coated with a shacha sauce. If only we had the tummy space to taste everything!
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Toi Hokkaido

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After a loooong flight, we had a wonderful welcome dinner here. Located in Causeway Bay, this place specializes in Japanese rice pizza.

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Babbo

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Last week we celebrated our 5th year Anniversary…of dating, people, not marriage ;) Now, we’re both huge Mario Batali fans and we’ve been wanting to come to Babbo ever since we landed in NYC. Babbo was one of his earliest restaurants in NYC and opened in 1998. Located in Greenwich Village, it’s a little cozy (read: small). Reservations have to be made 1 month in advance! Rob snagged a 5:30pm dinner res and ordered the $75 Traditional Tasting menu. This consisted of several dishes:

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