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| Pat, Eleni, Zoe and Stella on a Sampan in Aberdeen, Hong Kong. |
In May 2019, Stella's friends from church came to Hong Kong to visit. Eleni, Pat and Zoe did all of things to do in Hong Kong. They went to Beijing and saw the Forbidden City, Great Wall and Summer Palace as well. Finally, they shopped until they dropped in Hong Kong and in Shenzhen. Since all of those great places have already been amply described in our previous blog posts, this blog post will focus on another amazing part of their visit... the food!!!
Hong Kong is a foodie paradise. It has 63 Michelin starred restaurants, including seven restaurants with three Michelin stars. By comparison, Chicago has only 22 Michelin starred restaurants and only one, Alinea, with three Michelin stars.
Because Hong Kong is the financial center of Asia and a former British colony, it has over one million expats who have brought incredible food from every corner of the earth. During their brief stay, Eleni, Pat and Zoe had Dim Sum, Thai, Vietnamese, Indian, Chinese, Mexican, English, Greek, Spanish, French and American food. They had Peking Duck in Peking (now Beijing) and fresh food at home from the Hong Kong wet market. They had Dim Sum at a Michelin starred restaurant in the basement of a train station and brunch with free flowing Dom Perignon at the Ritz Carlton on the 118th floor of the ICC building, which is ten stories higher than the top floor of the Sears (now Willis) Tower in Chicago.
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| Cocktails before having Indian food on Eleni's birthday. |
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| Free flowing Dom Perignon at the Ritz Carlton in Kowloon, Hong Kong. |
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| Lunch in Repulse Bay, Hong Kong (HK Fusion). |
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| Summer Palace in Beijing with our favorite tour guide, Belle. Our our friends Sandy and Jan popped in from Chicago for the day. |
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| Enjoying our Peking Duck in Beijing. |
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| Hong Kong Park. |
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| Enjoying breakfast at a local English pub in the Athanas' neighborhood. |
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| Mr. Lu's house in Beijing. |
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| Temple of Heaven in Beijing. |
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| Great Wall of China. |
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| Enjoying a nightcap after a busy day in Hong Kong. |
