I had a night to remember last night. It's not often a young mummy gets to go out on the town, but last night off I went with Yvonne (Julian's mum) and her sister and mother who are visiting from the US and UK respectively.
We started in TST (Tsim Sha Tsui) with a walk along Nathan Rd. There are lots of 'helpful' Indian men patrolling the road there trying to offer you the best deal on 'copy handbag, copy watch' - They actually promote it as a copy!! We had fun looking at some shops there but avoided the 'copy' places (I want the real thing! LOL!).
The main event was dinner at Hutong with Yvonne's boss, Helen, who treated us to an amazing meal! Hutong is situated on the 28th floor of 'One Peking' (1 Peking Rd, TST) and has a spectacular view of the Hong Kong side harbour. At 8pm there is a light show on that side of the harbour so it was fun to finally see it after living here for nearly a year. The food just kept coming and tasted different and amazing.
I am sure you're all wondering about the Frog Ovaries... well... that was dessert. It was hilarious. Yvonne ordered this yummy sounding soup, Double boiled coconut and hashima soup. Trustingly she didn't ask about what hashima actually was until she'd eaten quite a bit of it. The conversation that followed with the waitress via Helen was quite hilarious!
Yvonne: "Helen, can you ask what this nice jelly stuff is?"
Claire: "Do you think its sago?"
Helen asks the waitress in Cantonese
Waitress: "Um, it is an organ of frog"
Yvonne: *eyes popping out of her head* "An organ? Of frog?"
Waitress: "Yes, the part that keeps the eggs. That saves the babies"
Yvonne and Claire: "... the .... ovaries?"
Waitress: "Yes"
I laugh hysterically and then realise that I have, in fact, tried some of it too.... "Oh no..."
Needless to say lots of frog jokes followed all night and I don't think Yvonne will live this one down for quite a while!
~Our Menu~
Hand Shredded Salty Chicken
Mixed vegetable spring rolls
Wok fried prawns with egg yolk puree
Crispy deboned lamb ribs in Hutong Style (wrapped in pancakes similar to Peking Duck)
Crispy eggplant with minced prawn and lotus root
Vegetable dish
Braised mandarin fish fillet with preserved vegetable sauce
Shredded beancurd with ham
Double boiled coconut and hashima sweet soup
It was such an experience to dine with Helen - she knew what she was doing and helped us all with our chopsticks! It was a very special treat.
Being a girls night out, it couldn't just stop there so we all hopped into a taxi and went on to The Lobby at the Peninsula Hotel for coffees and then on to Felix for cocktails. I had a Venus cocktail : Orange vodka, Cointreau and Orange Juice - way to easy to drink - at Felix.
We arrived home at midnight - a wonderful night out enjoying this City we live in.
1 comment:
Oh dear.... Frog Overies!!!
Well they say that you have to kiss a few frogs before you find your prince.... Hmm...
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