Right now I'm in disbelief, I met Ned in Hong Kong, the real Ned, not his picture or him in a video. Last night I found out by chance that Ned was in Hong Kong on business for one week, by coincidence I was on my travels and happened to be at Hong Kong for this week too, so we arranged to meet for a meal. So, today's Miss. Delicious will be introduced by myself and Ned!
Ned said he was really interested in trying out dumplings so I knew I had to take him to Hong Kong's Din Tai Fung in Tsim Sha Tsui.
When we first arrived, Din Tai Fung was just getting ready to open.
This entrance is where the take away service is, isn't it so convenient to have tasty dumplings delivered to your doorstep?
I chose a table by the window for a nice view of the area. As you can see, the scenery was great.
I was very excited to meet Ned for the first time here in Hong Kong, the chances of meeting randomly are indeed very slim, especially since both of us are leaving Hong Kong the next day. It's like fate worked in our favour. But anyway, it's better late than never right?
Because of my Visa expiring, I was regretfully unable to attend Steemfest, and I guess meeting Ned this time makes up for it a little. My Christmas wish was granted!
Ned is such a sweet guy in person, even though this was the first time we met, it was like meeting an old friend. When taking a picture of the dumplings, I held a basket of dumplings up and Ned was quick to cooperate.
As we ate, we talked casually about a lot of things, of course, Steemit was the headline subject and he was happy to share his views of how the site will grow in the future, how limitless it could be. We also spoke of the early adopters and how they are like guardians of Steemit, contributing to it's growth as the the site gets better and better and of course how we look forward to more Steemians joining the ranks.
Ned is like the nucleus of us all, helping to keep us steady and cohesive, boosting morale and confidence. I'm very moved by that.
Below, lets take a look at the menu of Din Tai Fung
The stuffing's of the buns and dumplings are illustrated with pictures of the meats inside. Prawns, beef, pork etc.
Din Tai Fung is most well known for it's Steamed Dumplings, in 2010, it was given a 1 Star rating in by Michelin and was also recommended by the New York Times as one of the world's 10 most defining gourmet restaurants.
Through the transparent windows, you can see the kitchen and the chef's busy preparing the delicious dumplings.
Here, you can see an interesting guide on how to eat the dumplings. Ned absolutely loves dumplings and clearly knows how to use chopsticks very well. I don't think he really needs this guide to be honest!
Below lets take a look at me and Ned's gourmet adventure:
String bean with minced pork. It tasted a little bit crispy, Ned really liked this one.
Home made ham jelly
Black fungus with vinegar sauce
Drunken chicken in Shaoxing rice wine
Deep fried chicken and shrimp spring roll
Steamed Black Truffle and pork dumplings. The stuffing and soup are wrapped inside the dumpling, tastes fabulous. Ned said he wished he could eat this back in America.
Steamed mushroom vegetarian dumplings
After dinner, we headed off to the Steemit meetup hosted by Bitcoin HK
Everybody was really passionate and enthusiastic about Steemit, it seems like there were endless things to talk about. I must say, it was a very magical and breathtaking night, with Steemit and with Ned.
