1 April 2025
Already only 5 photos?
To Tsim Sha Tsui and back
Tonight I did not go far at all. Tsim Sha Tsui is just one subway station away.
I wanted some wonton noodle soup, the places all had lines, and then I got turned away from one as I was a party of one. Hong Kong is where I first experienced the no lonesome losers policy of restaurants, and I have experienced it here many times, it seems that trend continues. Japan is superior in this respect, with most of the casual dining places specifically designed for friendless failures.
Anyway, I did not manage to get my wontons, so that will have to wait another night, I think I actually saw a Michelin starred wonton place, but the line for that place looked like an hour wait minimum.
Now I am back in my room early, researching tomorrows hike, for which I shall get up very early.
When you cross the road in Hong Kong, you often have to wait in the middle for a while. Maybe 10 minutes. Despite there being no traffic and only 2 lanes of road to cross. They do this to give you extra time to look at your phone while you hope the double decker busses turning at you actually get around the corner.
Here is the temple street market. I might as well show all the markets even though I have no reason to look at things in the market.
This is a mascot invented by the infamous Hong Kong police. It is a purple grape, apparently in Cantonese 'the little grape' sounds similar to 'beware of liars', and it therefore helps inform the elderly that at all times, they are being scammed. The explanation of the mascot is perhaps more complicated than any scam the elderly might get involved with.
Instead of wontons, I had beef slices in spicy sour soup with pickled vegetables. There are noodles in it too. I think normally this bright yellow soup is done with fish slices, but not at this place. It was neither very spicy or sour, but it was very yellow.
And for my final of only 5 photos this evening, here is the best bit for walking along Nathan road, due to the very wide footpath. Slow walking is the new plague.