Sunday, January 25, 2009
Honeymoon Dessert
One of my favorite things about Hong Kong — Canto dessert. Check out Honeymoon Dessert's website here.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Cha Chaan Teng
Cha Chaan Teng is a traditional type of Hong Kong tea house. They serve both Western and Chinese cuisine. We had garoupa with corn and fried noodles topped with shrimp.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
O-B-A-M-A Inauguration
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Photographer:
ALEX HOFFORD
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Date created:
21.01.2009
Caption:
epa01606689 Supporters of US President Barack Obama cheer in a bar in Hong Kong's Lan Kwai Fong night-life district spelling out his name 'O-B-A-M-A' with their arms above their heads prior to his presidential inauguration, Hong Kong, China, 21 January 2009. Barack Obama was sworn in on as the 44th president of the United States, making history as the first African American to hold the job while taking control of a country facing a major economic crisis and daunting challenges abroad.
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Monday, January 19, 2009
Lai See Envelopes
Getting ready for Chinese New Year! So I think it works like this. Married couples and grown-ups give money in these red little envelopes to all children, and maybe even single people too. Can anybody confirm?
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Cantonese Cuisine
Julie's friend Henry was in town and we went out to dinner at a traditional Cantonese restaurant:
Snake soup! But it was mixed with chicken and fish, so you really couldn't tell what the snake was.
Sausages (am too lazy to rotate this.)
Crispy noodles with beef.
Snake soup! But it was mixed with chicken and fish, so you really couldn't tell what the snake was.
Sausages (am too lazy to rotate this.)
Crispy noodles with beef.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
The Ceremony
The bride and groom were seated at the front. I couldn't really understand anything.
They would get up, Kate would grab Dilip's scarf and he would lead her around the front in a circle.
They did that a few times in between the guy who lead the ceremony speaking and then they served all of us blessed food at the end.
Dress Code
The ceremony was Hindu and held in a Gurdwara, so all the women had to have their heads and ankles covered. I wore a long dress and a scarf over my head.
Meet Kate
I met Kate in my first class at Columbia, RW1. After that, we had a class together in 5 out of our 6 semesters at the J-school, so obviously we have the same sorts of interests. We talked about school, work, relationships and everything else on our subway rides from campus each night after we got out of class and headed back south. It was quite a coincidence that I was in Hong Kong for her wedding; she got engaged just as I was leaving New York and her then fiance's family is from here! Thanks to Kate, I experienced my first Indian wedding. I've always dreamed of going to one and she was such a beautiful bride! I'm really happy I got to share this special event with her.
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