The Girl Who Ate Everything

Looking down from The Peak.

Last February I went on a press trip to Hong Kong (along with Rachelle Lucas and Cynthia Drescher) sponsored by the Hong Kong Tourism Board. I meant to blog something about it sooner—perhaps, saaaay, last year—but I figured I'd wait until I was finished writing about it on Serious Eats.

And I just did. Finish writing about it. This month. Erm. Well. Better late than never? That's the delusion I buy into so I don't hate myself.

Here's a list of all the posts I wrote:

Snapshots from Hong Kong.

• Roast Goose Leg and Roast Pork from Yat Lok
• Egg Waffle Goodness from Lee Keung Kee North Point Egg Waffles
• Gold Coin Chicken, aka Cholesterol Sandwich, from Manor Restaurant
• A Tour of Mongkok Wet Market
• Prosperity Burger from McDonald's Hong Kong
• Snapshots from Hong Kong: Photo Tour of 7-Eleven
• Red Bean Pie from McDonald's
• Breakfast at Hokkaido Dairy Farm Milk Restaurant
• Boiled Coke with Ginger and Lemon
• Head to Ngau Kee Before It Closes on Sunday
• Vegetarian Lunch at Po Lin Monastery
• Dim Sum at Tim Ho Wan, aka the World's Cheapest Michelin-starred Restaurant
• Steamed Milk Pudding from Yee Shun Milk Company
• My 14 Favorite Sweets
• My 10 Favorite Bites

That's the greatest number of posts I've ever wrung out of a press trip, although in an ideal world it would've been more. I didn't eat as much during the trip as I would've liked—it wasn't primarily food-focused—but I did well with the schedule I was given and the limitations of the Chinese New Year holiday, thanks to the help of a handful of awesome people.

MEET THE AWESOME PEOPLE!

I took a trip to Taipei from October 3 to 9...2011. Um. Yeah. Why am I writing about it over two years late? Because better late than never? Not because I've been wasting away on a diet of Netflix and Candy Crush? Sure, let's go with that. Read my introduction about the trip, a recap of the first day, and a recap of the second day.

Taipei 101, lording over its people.

This is a bit of a cop-out, folks. Not much happened on this day of my Taipei trip, so I'm going to focus on the photos and pair them with forgettable blurbs. It'll be like I'm showing you a slideshow of my vacation! People looove vacation slideshows!...no, wait, vacation slideshows are commonly reviled for being long and boring. But I'm not forcing you to watch, so do as you please. You're your own woman. Or man. (Or neither. Or both.) And you have the power to do what you want. ...[puts on serious face]...Within the law.

If you want to read more of my words with fewer photos, you can check out my recent posts on Serious Eats, published for your mild enjoyment (and because Max made me write them, which is good because, as you can see, without someone telling me what to do I do very little). Here's me talking about my love of stewy foods with rice and rambling about bringing Kåre to a Chinese buffet.

Continue for photo splodge time: