hong kong and the magic pots

apart from collecting my bag, hong kong was a happy blur of gluttony and excess. i've come to expect no less than that from a trip with my granduncle and grandaunt. they've some firm friends in HK who pulled out all the hospitality stops. from fetching and sending us everywhere, to booking us into the hong kong jockey club and arranging for one exquisite meal after another. they made me feel like royalty! happily allowed myself to be stuffed with the best bo lo bao and dimsum of every kind. when asked to pick a favourite, i really couldn't! it was all so yummy :) and, i popped my goose web cherry (disgusting as it sounds) and within minutes of being cajoled into trying the webs, i was sucking on the bits of bone and spitting like the churlish champ i am! yay me for being adventurous and up for anything...

haha.

also, while i didn't shop at all, save a flouncy blue dress i'm going to wear to all three weddings i'm attending this national day long weekend, i did come home with 10kg of cookware because a friend sells some pretty darn amazing pots!

"It should be an interesting evening of friendship mixed with sharing our mutual interest in' health care' that our Health & Lifestyle Channel www.hlctv.net  promotes and broadcast to Asia with a good Lineup of TV Programs with my vision for HLC to serve our people. In line with the 'health care' theme we are promoting 'safe cooking' with 'Blanc' the world's first white nano ceramic cookware - Introduction: -http://www.blancwok.com/en/blanctv/blanc-knowledge / www.blancwok.com . Blanc is non-toxic cookware unlike Teflon cookware that is very toxic." excerpt from friend's email

who'd have thought! not me, as i lugged my stash to the concierge in the middle of the night and plaintively asked them to tape the boxes up for me. and then i bumped into my very attractive neighbour who raised an eyebrow and no amount of explaining could convince him that i'm usually not that aunty in real life. note to self: when in nice hotel in HK with cute boys in the vicinity, don't go anywhere looking / acting like his mother. sigh :(

p/s an overzealous science tutor told me at 11 that teflon was the devil and i believed her. a decade later, turns out that she was right and i'm so glad to have a pot that gives me the benefit of non-stick cooking without the toxins from teflon. incidentally, betcha didn't know that teflon is originally white but has been dyed black so as to mask the flaws as the material disintegrates with heat onto the pot / pan!