Chinese Restaurant Dinner

After Lupe dropped me off back at the backpackers after lunch, I hung out for a bit, and walked around to explore the deserted town on a Sunday. But as soon as I left it started pouring, so had to wait it out under some awnings and go back to get a rain jacket.

Had some Australian Cadbury chocolates that Lupe sent me home with. Ones that we don’t have in North America and very yummy!

After it started to get dark, I decided to venture out to find the only restaurant that was open on a Sunday: Emerald Chinese Restaurant. As it’s forbidden to work on a Sunday in Tonga, only the Chinese restaurants are open, I don’t know how they get around the rules, but this one was part of a hotel, and had a few people eating dinner on a rainy Sunday night.

I was excited to see Hong Shao Rou, braised pork belly, on the menu. I first tried this dish with Tamsyn and Matisse at their favourite Chinese restaurant in Montreal and now look for it on every Chinese restaurant’s menu haha. Not as good as the one at Chez Chen’s in MTL but still yummy with lots of ginger and just the right amount of spice. It was nice to be dry from the rain and treat myself to a nice meal out with food that I’m used to haha.

Didn’t finish the big portion so got it to go and finished it before bed, as the backpackers had no fridge haha. But this is the last night here, sleeping at Lupe’s tomorrow!Read more