Flying Pigs in Hong Kong

Flying Pigs
Hong Kong

We haven’t reviewed a Pimlico eatery for a couple of weeks because we have been avoiding the worst of the British Winter with an escape to Honkers. Needless to say that we were in hog heaven as far as foodie opportunities were concerned. The time passed too fast to get nostalgic for the tastes of home but if we ever did there is always Stanley where you can find good chips and a lovely cake shop called Saffron. We were staying in Kowloon which is virtually a food mall for fantastic Asian food. We pigged out at noodle bars, Vietnamese, Thai and Indonesian. There were many and varied foodie adventures eg Meaty eating vegetarian (and enjoying it) at a Buddhist monastery. We also had some seriously memorable meals – the cruise and dine at the Peninsular is on until March 2011 so we were pleased to get our snouts in that particular trough and highly recommend it. But my piece of piggy heaven was when we went to a wonderful dim sum restaurant on Observatory Road – it makes me realise what a pale imitation everything we’ve tried here has been. Yummy! We owe that lovely treat to our erstwhile Pimlico neighbour who we hope to welcome back to SW1 for a bit of guest reviewing before too long. HP.

Indeed there was food for all and at exceptionally reasonable prices. The noodle bar on Granville Road was such a success we went back twice. You can order your type of noodle, what veg you want in it, how sour and how spicy. I went for very medium spicy which is a nice way of saying 7/10 on their scale. If I went hotter I would have lost colour vision. The dim sum was divine. So many excellent examples of tasty parcels I would go back in a heart beat. Now, to get to the food mall as HP puts it on Hau Fook Road we went through a little alley way that served up frozen yogurt with ‘house crumbs’ as a toping. I will post a picture. The Peninsula was a stunning evening of a harbour cruise and a three course meal that was just lovely. What HP did not say was that we went down to a hotel bar for some drinks. In a mad decision I choose a ginger gimlet. HP had a strawberry on the rim of her cocktail glass and I had some exotic fruit. I chomped on the fruit in only to discover that it was no fruit but a peeled slice of raw ginger. I am certain my liver, or kidney or some other essential organ will benefit…my tongue sure suffered. MP