tien yi

the peak, hk

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there is a huge mountain on hong kong island that overlooks the downtown skyscrapers. we took a tram up, which looked like a san francisco trolley, but this one goes up an extremely steep incline and you feel like you might fall out of your seat. at the top, there's a lot of touristy shops and tourist-priced restaurants with a view of downtown. we chose tien yi, the chinese restaurant. there were other cuisines, but we had learned our lesson from SML and decided to stick with chinese food.

tien yi is an appropriate name for this restaurant - it translates into "sky one". derek's mom requested a table with a view and as you can see, we had a great view of the harbor and downtown hong kong. what a light show! downtown new york seems so old and boring in comparison. oh yeah - there was great food too - soy sauce chicken with crispy skin, sticky rice wrapped in a lotus leaf, and sweet and sour beef rib. everyone else loved the chicken, but my favorite dish was the fried noodles topped with seafood. in the US, this is referred to as "hong kong style" or "cantonese style" noodles. and this version was the best i've ever had. it had just the right amount of sauce so that some noodles were softened and others still retained their fried crispiness.