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saturday, october 23, 2004

this post is filed under Cuisine - Chinese, Location - Hong Kong

Peking Garden

Sorry for the week off... I just got a new PC and actually built it myself. It's pretty awesome. I got a Shuttle small form factor case, which is really cool. Anyway, here is Peking Garden in the Star House complex in Tsim Sha Tsui. This was a multiple birthday big family meal type of thing. I'm almost done with Hong Kong now.

noodle guy hand-pulling our noodles in front of us

That's cool isn't it? The guy came out right after we ordered to pull the noodles we would be eating later, right in front of our table.

veggie rolls

steamed (?) chicken with soy sauce

cold sliced pork with chili sauce

deep-fried shrimp with sweet chili sauce

scallion pancakes

Good stuff all around. The veggie stuff was surprisingly tasty. Chicken was nice and tender. Dave would love the shrimp dish; it's almost like General Gao's shrimp!!! Haha. The scallion pancakes were superb. Cakey, fluffy, crisp, and delicious.

peking duck

sea cucumber with vegetables

egg white with chicken

minced pork filling with pastry buns

chinese veggie

Mains were good. The Peking duck was the more meaty variety, which I also like. Sea cucumber is something I don't like very much, but hey it's supposed to be good for you. The sauce is always great though. Egg white with chicken was yummy, as is anything with egg whites (usually crab I guess). Goes wonderfully with rice. The minced pork + who knows what was also great; then again I'll like almost anything wrapped in those pastry buns.

steamed veggie dumplings

pork dumplings

fried hand-pulled noodles

mango cake from Cova

The starchy stuff was definitely a strong suit here. The steamed veggie dumplings are some of the best veggie dumplings I've ever had, and as you might imagine I'm not a big fan of veggie dumplings. The skin was a perfect texture, and the filling was pleasant. Pork dumplings were also great but not as outstanding. Noodles were delicious - you can tell it's freshly pulled when the width of each noodle is different than the last. There was a ton though, and we were all really full, so we didn't even come close to finishing. The birthday cake was from the Cova bakery in Harbour City, and it was just right... Not too sweet, which is so often the case here in the US.