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This evening we went out with Clara's parents for a Korean meal. The restaurant was called Korea Garden Restaurant and is situated in Central. We took a taxi to the restaurant and got out outside the Wing On department store (Clara calls this the Pearsons - a department store in Enfield - of Hong Kong). The restaurant was located on the first floor and apparently there are two restaurants with the same name, but the one on ground floor is not as good! When we were seated in the restaurant the table had a small grill in the middle. Clara had told me that Korean food is BBQ and this grill can be lifted to reveal a small gas BBQ on which you cook your own food. We started the meal with many small dishes of vegetables, fish balls and small pancakes as well as some that were very spicy such as spicy cabbage in chilli sauce. Next came three plates of meat, one of beef, one chicken and one squid. The meat is marinated in sauce and then it is up to you to place the meat on the BBQ and then eat it when ready. You get two pairs of chopsticks to do this, one for raw meat and then one to eat with - this gets a bit confusing at times and you have to think about it quite hard! Served with the meat was a large pot bowl of fried rice, this was Korean style rice and this was given to us in a small bowl each.
The BBQ was very nice and quite different from many meals I'd had before. One problem with the meal is that apparently after you come out of the restaurant you smell of the BBQ smell, but its too difficult to smell it on yourself! Finally after all the meat had gone we finished with a pancake with vegetables inside, served on a pot plate - like the ones they serve Fajitas on in restaurants. After the meal myself and Clara took a walk up to Lan Kwai Fong where we were going for a drink with Angel and her husband Andy. We met them and went into the Fong bar that we had been in the other night with Sunny and Grace. This time we went upstairs where you could have comfier seats and the bar was quite empty for a while. Eventually things started to fill up including one table of about 10 Chinese people who took about 30 minutes to work out what to order from the menu - maybe its becuase the menu is all in English?! It is obvious that people want to be seen in Lan Kwai Fong, as it is the trendy area so one table of nine Chinese ordered one bottle of red wine and nine glasses, each one only got about half an inch which they didn't drink until just before they left! They obviously didn't have the money to support the lifestyle but want to be seen in these bars! After a few drinks we left the bar about 11 to go home. We took a taxi up the hill and for less than 2 pounds we were home. We went straight to bed as tomorrow we are off to Ocean Park to see the animals and maybe even go on some rides... |
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