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.
到现在我都不敢相信，我在香港见到Ned，是真正的Ned，不是在照片上或者视频里。昨天晚上偶然得知Ned来香港出差一周，而这一周我正巧也在香港，所以立刻和Ned约好了一起共进晚餐，所以今天的Miss Delicious由我和Ned一起来介绍，因为Ned很好奇中国的饺子，所以我们选在香港的市中心---尖沙咀的鼎泰丰。刚到的时候，鼎泰丰还没有开始营业。这个口是餐厅的外卖部，非常方便饺子就送到家啦。我特意选择了窗边的位置,这里望出去的景色非常好好。我非常激动迎来了Ned，能在香港碰面也是一种缘份呢，并且明天我们就都离开香港了，所以不早不晚，我终于见到Ned。想到由于签证问题没能去阿姆斯特丹参加Steemfest非常遗憾，这次也是一种弥补，好了，我圣诞节的愿望算是实现了。Ned本人非常亲切，虽然第一次见面，但感觉就像见到了多年的老朋友。拍照的时候我抱起一笼屉饺子，Ned竟然也非常配合我，抱起饺子。吃饭的时候我们聊了很多轻松的话题，聊起Steemit的将来，有着无限发展的空间，聊到我们早期的用户，守护着Steemit，一起陪伴着Steemit成长并越来越好，Steemians队伍也将越来越壮大。而Ned就像一个团队的核心人物，为团队带来坚定的凝聚力，鼓舞着大家的信心，真的很感动。鼎泰丰以小笼包闻名，2010年被评为米其林1星餐厅，也曾被《纽约时报》推荐为“世界十大美食餐厅”之一。透明玻璃的厨房，厨师们忙碌的做饺子。这是有趣的小笼包吃法的指导。Ned非常喜欢吃小笼包，并且他非常会用筷子，当然也不需要这个指南啦。下面一起来看看我和Ned的美食探险之旅：干煸四季豆/原味水晶火腿肉/凉拌黑木耳/绍兴醉鸡/鸡丝虾仁春卷/黑松露小笼包/香菇素饺。之后我们去参加了香港的Steemit meetup。每个人都对于Steemit有非常大的热情，不得不说，真的是非常愉快的夜晚，和Steemit，和Ned。