Hong Kong Day 1

Today was our first day in Hong Kong, after we both decided to finally get up at 1pm HK time we were greeted with torrential rain and thunder. Not being dragged down by this unexpected weather we decided to look for somewhere to eat as both of us hadn't eaten since the flight the night before. 

On our way around the central part of HK, we came across a few parks and the harbour, it wasn't very busy due to the poor weather but the parks created the atmosphere of a rainforest and it was quite beautiful. The harbour was pretty but it mimicked many other harbours around the world so we didn't spend much time getting to know it. 

For dinner, we decided to treat ourselves to some dim sum, it was something both of us hadn't really done before and typically we ordered too much but and for someone who is trying to become vegetarian it didn't give us many options. However, we ordered food we have never tried and all in all it was a success, the restaurant was called Din Tai Fung and we strongly recommend it to anyone staying in HK. 

After dinner we explored around the centre a bit more to get our bearings of the place, this ice cream parlour caught our eyes as we were walking home. We were curious on how nitrogen was involved in making the ice cream so we ordered some and watched, it was a very strange process and looked rather like a science experiment but the results were delicious! We had the Hokkaido milk flavour and we discovered that the parlour changes the flavours every two weeks to make it stand out from the crowd and we only saw a very short menu of four flavours when we first entered. 

Do you have any recommendations or good experiences of HK?

Love Tam xox