By the time that my third day had arrived in Hong Kong, I was lost when it came to what to eat and where to eat in the city. In Kowloon, where I was staying, the local food was well, too local! So what I thought would be a smart decision – filling myself up at breakfast – proved to be a very bad and terrible idea. As that, combined with a deep-fried dinner resulted in me getting sick for the next couple of days.
The hotel breakfast buffet included both American and Chinese dishes. I decided to have both! I didn’t want to miss out on the scrambled eggs and sausage, and at the same time I wanted to experiment the authentic local cuisine.
My third day trips included a visit to a legendary Chinese temple, a renowned nunnery and a magical garden. I spent my time at the temple performing all sorts of prayers, making wishes and throwing coins at a fountain for good luck. First, I did the fortune-telling prayer using the numbered sticks and had my lucky number translated at the palm reader’s stall. Where I also had a palm-reading session. Next, I spent some time walking around in the garden at the back of the temple and exploring the rest of the place. I found a lot of inner-peace while sitting in that temple. The general atmosphere brought a sense of serenity and calmness. And I didn’t want to rush to leave and end my time at the temple so quickly. While I was walking around and watching the locals perform their prayers and make their wishes surrounded by the smoke from the burning incense, I came across a designated area where three statues stood connected to one another. I went up to the lady in charge and asked her what this was for. That’s when she asked: “are you married?” and I replied with: “no, I’m single.” She then directed me to the statues in front of us and said: “you can make a wish at the Chinese GOD, and then tie the thread at the man statue.” And there I went tying the bright red thread around my fingers as she showed me and faced the GOD statue to make my wish for a prince charming to make his way into my life. But then, when I attempted to tie the thread around the pole connected to the man statue, I was surprised to find out that the thread is too short for the pole, and I panicked for a few moments, worried that all my sincere wishes to bring a perfect match into my life had gone to waste! Luckily, the lady directed me to tie it at any part of the GOD-male-female figure, and so I did; relieved that my wishes hadn’t gone to waste, and excited about what these prayers could bring 🙂
I decided to keep the fortune teller’s reading to myself after a wise friend advised me not to reveal her translation on my blog. But instead, I could tell it to my close friends and the people who I trust. So, in following my friend’s valuable advise, I will just let you in on one piece of information that she said about my future: “you will be happy from age 40 and over.” That means that I still have a long time to go folks! I am currently 32 and a half years old for those of you who are not aware of my age…Which makes sense as I am still going through a transitional phase in my life. So I can totally understand the upcoming years of extra suffering 🙁
My next stop after the wishes-packed temple visit was to the Chin Lin Nunnery. I was told by a security guard at the garden opposite the Nunnery that it was now closed for praying, but the door is still open for sight-seeing. Now I’m not sure where he had the idea that I would be going there to pray. Was I dressed like a Chinese monk? did I look like a Buddhist lady? or was there an invisible halo surrounding my head?I explained to him that I just wanted to have a look inside and went off to the other side of the road to visit the Nunnery before it closed its doors for the day.
It was compact, not much to see. Which surprised me a bit. I took a few pictures before going back to the Nan Lian Garden. It was already dark, but luckily the garden didn’t close early. I was also glad that I arrived there at night, because the lighting and the whole garden looked more beautiful at night. I also found some particular spots very romantic and saw a couple just standing there admiring the view from one of the scenic areas.
After snapping a couple of photos and wishing that I was there with someone special instead of by myself, I headed to a nearby mall to have dinner at a food court that I saw earlier.
After making a round at the different restaurants at the food court, I decided to go for the Hong Kong cuisine for two reasons:
- Simply because I was in Hong Kong and should be trying the local cuisine.
- I thought that it would be the most affordable option, since I was still not sure at that time if the cash I had with me would be enough for my whole trip.
Not being able to eat using forks or knives and having to rely on chop sticks was not the problem. The problem was that I didn’t predict or think for a moment that my local cuisine dish of deep-fried fish would give me a terrible stomach ache and would make me miss out on my friend’s mother invitation for dinner at her home…in addition to a strict diet of a banana for lunch and a yogurt cup for dinner for most of the the rest of my trip 🙁
I didn’t feel anything odd while I was having my authentic local dish. The uneasiness settled in hours after I had my dinner. And continued on to the next day, which led me to visiting a pharmacy at the posh Pacific Place mall in Hong Kong Island and asking for a medicine to cure my upset and painful stomach ache.
Luckily, the pharmacist spoke fluent English and was able to clearly understand my condition and prescribe the suitable medication. And I later found out from my local friend after showing her the pictures of my meal and asking her about the dish, that it is deep-fried fish in a sweet corn sauce and it is called: sweet corn fish. The funny fact is that the batter covering the fish was more than the fish itself!
I will continue my Hong Kong trip stories in another post. For now, have a look at some of the pictures that I took on my third day in the city…
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