Category Archives: Hong Kong

Wax Apples in Hong Kong

There are all kinds of new fruits in Hong Kong, including these wax apples. Wax apples do not taste like apples – they’re juicy like watermelons. So delicious!

The official name of wax apples is Syzygium samarangense

wax Apples in Hong Kong
bell-shaped wax apples in Hong Kong

In Taiwan and China, wax apples are known as lianwu (simplified Chinese: 莲雾; traditional Chinese: 蓮霧; pinyin: lián wù). Other names include love apple, java apple, bellfruit. water apple, mountain apple and rose apple.

These wax apples were red like typical apples but I read that some have colors ranging from white, pale green, green, red, purple, to deep purple or even black. The reddest fruits are the sweetest.

Around HK

Hong Kong had a snowflake theme for New Year's 2010-2011
Hong Kong had a snowflake theme for New Year’s 2010-2011

Roasted chestnuts sold as street food in Hong Kong, stir friedwith coals for that charred taste. I wasn't a fan.

Roasted Chestnuts were among the many street snacks I had in Hong Kong, along with Fish Balls, Cart Noodles, Wonton Noodles, and Put Chai Ko.

Most interesting street snack tried in HK: deep fried pig intestine, skewered on a stick

I did NOT attempt to have stinky tofu again (fermented tofu are cut, skewered on a stick, and then deep fried. It’s revolting!). That remains a black eye from my Taiwan night market experience. My nostrils are still recovering.

Hong Kong's subway
HK has a great subway system – easy to understand, quick to get nearly anywhere, and inexpensive. New York has a long way to go to catch up.
meat testicles in window
Please tell me that’s not what it looks like…
Snowflakes in HK
Snowflakes everywhere…
israeli security?
Apparently that’s who you hire when you need security for a huge event like NYE

Tod's storefront

My shop?