My friend Laya’s uncle from Belgium came to visit her this weekend. Laya invited me to have lunch with her and her uncle which was very sweet of her. Her uncle was originally born in the Ivory Coast but moved to Belgium with his wife and kids to provide further opportunities for himself and his family. We ended up going to a Lebanese place in Central which had very good reviews.
We ordered hummus, fattoush (a Lebanese salad), baba ganoush, and various kebabs. I thought all of the food was good, but I particularly liked the baba ganoush, which is an eggplant dish made into a dip like hummus. I also really liked the hummus, but I was not quite used to having ground beef as a part of the hummus so it took some getting used to.
In Central, there is a very famous series of escalators which took us from the bottom of Central to high up in the mountains. My mom told me to check it out because it is the longest series of escalators in the world. It was quite nice to see the difference between old and new Hong Kong. Central has a vast network of older cultural buildings and newer skyscrapers and businesses. However, the escalators did not take us to the true top of the mountain. We had to either take the famous tram, or the bus.
We did not know how to get up to the top, so we started walking from the top of the escalators to the tram. At some point we must’ve gotten lost along the way because we were hiking up the mountain before we eventually gave up and got a cab to the top of the mountain. At the top was one of the best views of Hong Kong, and they’ve even managed to build a small mall at the top as well. I thought it was quite funny to see a big monopoly statue as a showcase for one of their pop up shops.
Taila