Hong Kong 20 - Lan Kwai Fong 蘭桂坊 and Flower Trump(?) Restaurant with Wesley

I'm reunited with my long-lost uncle Wesley. We go out to Lan Kwai Fong, 蘭桂坊 the happenin' nightclub scene in Hong Kong, followed by a visit to the strangely-named and mediocre Flower Trump Restaurant. In my opinion the highlight of the meal was the 紹興酒 (Shaoxing Rice Wine), a fragrant, full-bodied yellow rice wine served hot. Flower Trump's menu was eclectic (with dishes ranging from all over China) and they end up being a jack-of-all-trades and master of none. Our first course was Long Jing Shrimp 龍井蝦仁 from Hangzhou in Eastern China, freshwater shrimps whitened with cornstarch until they have a silky, slippery consistency and then stir-fried with Long Jing (Dragon Well) green tea. Our second course was 水煮魚片, "water-boiled fish", a spicy dish from Sichuan region in the southwest that is one of my favorites. This version, although it contained a beautiful spotted fish, was insipidly-mild and poorly executed. We finished with 北京烤鴨 Peking Duck two ways, the first being the classic preparation of crisp duck skin served with flour pancakes, raw scallion and cucumber spears, and hoisin sauce. The second course of the dish was the meat of the duck, stir-fried with bean sprouts and wrapped in fresh lettuce leaves. Good, in a generic Peking-duck sort of way, although we were pretty sloshed on rice wine by then and didn't care one way or the other.

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