A weekend of indulgences

Wow this weekend felt like a non stop round of eating. We started the weekend with a trip to the Gold Coast, no not in Australia, but the newly developed Gold Coast of Hong Kong. I had noticed in the papers that they were having a music Festival in their Piazza and this weekend it was all about Jazz. It has been a while since we have heard any live jazz, so after studying public transport routes, we set off for to Gold Coast which is situated in the New Territories. From the size of some of the boats in their marina, one can assume there is money around. The weather was just starting to warm up again, however in the shadows of the Piazza it was still pretty chilly. We spent the afternoon snacking on German food (not sure what it was about German food, but there seemed to be a lot of it around... I can only assume that there is a community of Germans living in the area.) drinking hot coffee and tapping our toes to the dulcet tones of local Jazz bands as well as guests from around Asia.

In the evening we joined another couple to discover a great little Indian Restaurant just across the harbour from us at Aberdeen. The ambiance of the restaurant was nothing to write home about but the food was great. What a fabulous discovery for us. The weekend was topped off by brunch on Sunday, this time we met up with a colleague of Richards from his time at MCKillop College in Bathurst, Australia. We decided it was time to check out the Jumbo Floating Restaurant. To get to it you need to catch a Sampan across Aberdeen Harbour. The floating restaurant was not as we had expected, once on board it looked nothing like a boat at all, it really was a huge complex with slate floors, massive staircase, shining banisters and a number of different restaurants. We were on the top deck at the seafood and champagne buffet, food was great with plenty of it, and the company and views made it a great lunch. As you can imagine we waddled home, lucky not to have sunk the sampan with all the food we have eaten over the weekend.