Monday, August 01, 2005
Jogging in Hong Kong
Not much blogworthy happened this weekend. Pretty much all work and no play. The best thing was a dinner on Saturday at Fook Yuen Seafood Restaurant 馥 苑 海 鮮 酒 家 in Millbrae. I ordered 無 錫 骨 mou4 sek6 gwat1, a braised pork dish served in a hot pot. It comes with a sauce that resembles sweet and sour but not as sweet. 無 錫 (Wuxi in Mandarin pinyin) is a city near Shanghai in Jiangsu Province 江 蘇 省 in China. I assume that the dish originated there, but I'm not sure. Anyway, the 無 錫 骨 that I ordered at Fook Yuen was tasty, not too fatty, and ample in quantity. 幾 送 得 飯.
Today (Monday), I went trail jogging over lunch hour with my friends B and A. Lately, I have been thinking about the jogging or trail jogging possibilities in HK. When I was in Macau last year, I found a great place to jog--a paved path that circles the hill where the Guia Fortress and Lighthouse 東 望 洋 山 堡 壘 are located. Not only were the views of Macau and the water spectacular, but there was a good mix of local joggers. Afterwards, when I went to HK, I was looking for a comparable jogging route near my hotel in Tsimshatsui 尖 沙 咀. First, I looked at the path that runs along the waterfront, but it looked too crowded. I ended up jogging around Kowloon Park 九 龍 公 園, but it also was very crowded and did not have a convenient circular route. Besides, I saw only one other jogger during my loop around the park. I'm hoping to find something better when I go to HK next year. Perhaps Shatin 沙 田, with its hilly terrain and pretty parks, will offer something better. ¶ 7:47 PM
Today (Monday), I went trail jogging over lunch hour with my friends B and A. Lately, I have been thinking about the jogging or trail jogging possibilities in HK. When I was in Macau last year, I found a great place to jog--a paved path that circles the hill where the Guia Fortress and Lighthouse 東 望 洋 山 堡 壘 are located. Not only were the views of Macau and the water spectacular, but there was a good mix of local joggers. Afterwards, when I went to HK, I was looking for a comparable jogging route near my hotel in Tsimshatsui 尖 沙 咀. First, I looked at the path that runs along the waterfront, but it looked too crowded. I ended up jogging around Kowloon Park 九 龍 公 園, but it also was very crowded and did not have a convenient circular route. Besides, I saw only one other jogger during my loop around the park. I'm hoping to find something better when I go to HK next year. Perhaps Shatin 沙 田, with its hilly terrain and pretty parks, will offer something better. ¶ 7:47 PM
