Winter in Hong Kong is not much more than early spring in some countries, which makes it perfect picnic season from November through March before the rainy spring arrives.
Recent picnic days with my friends have
drawn my attention to my need of preparing a picnic pack so as not to forget
some essentials and make the trip more enjoyable.
Here’s a sneak peek into my picnic bag:
(In order of importance)
Item one: Picnic blanket
Most essential and fatal if forgotten – a picnic
blanket that’s big enough to accommodate all the food and people. Normally
people go for beach mats (giving another purpose to the summer mats in winter)
I opt for shower curtains. Yep, you
didn’t mis-read anything. Shower curtains are water resistant (against wet
grass), they have different and often cute designs and are the perfect size and
shape. (Squares for sharing rectangles for tanning, get it?)
Item two: Wet wipes
Where to find a washroom in the middle of a
nice piece of grass? Wet wipes solves your problems, from a wipe of hands
before and after snacking to clean-up of dirt and mud stuck on your shoes… Most
importantly, it clears grimy sticky fingers.
Item three: Cutting board (surface)
When you have something you would like to
share, a piece of fruit, cakes, cheese, slices of meat… You’ll be thankful you
got a small flat surface to work with other than fumbling with the container.
This also brings us to..
Item four: Cutlery/ Eating utensils.
Knives, forks, spoons or simply skewers. We
are civilized people and don’t eat with hands anymore. Welcome to the modern
world cavemen.
The things mentioned above are what I feel
to be the *basic essentials* but nobody’s going to stop you from bringing dainty
tea-cups and matching saucers. For the lazy people like me, I am happy with
only those items. Now that we are prepared to go out, let’s move on to the FOOD
