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Lung King Heen - View of the Dragon - is the contemporary Cantonese restaurant at the Four Seasons Hong Kong. The food was exquisite! We started our meal off with the Peking Duck and they brought out a whole duck and sliced it in front of us. This crispy duck was served with the traditional sauce on little flour tortillas with sliced cucumber. It melted in your mouth and was hands down the best Peking Duck I have ever experienced.

Then the soup came out - double-boiled supreme shark’s fin soup with yunnan ham and brassica. To be honest, I have never tried anything as daring as shark fin, but I figured that it was mixed in with the broth. I kept eating thinking the soup had noodles and when I reached the end of the bowl my husband explained that the noodles were actually thinly sliced shark’s fin. It’s a good thing I didn’t make mention of it sooner! Sometimes you just have to close your eyes, plug your nose and dig in (not literally).

The next course was steamed lobster with egg whites and perigord truffles. I wasn’t such a big fan of this dish, only because of the egg whites. The lobster was presented on a small plate with with the uncooked egg whites as the base. I actually like lobster, but I just couldn’t bring myself to each much after the first couple of bites slithered down my throat.

I opted to skip the next course - one because I was getting quite full, and two because I don’t eat beef, but my husband and friend thoroughly enjoyed it.

And, finally, on to dessert - my favorite meal of the day. Back home in Milpitas, my husband and I like to visit this little dessert place in one of the Asian neighborhoods called Bolansa Dessert, or Healthy Dessert. We always get this drink with mango, coconut and sago - a clear jelly. So, we were very excited when we saw the chilled sago cream with mango and pomelo. We opted to share since our tummies were already getting quite full and loved every bite of it. We followed that up with a tasty little petit four served Hong Kong style. One was an orange flaked pastry with green marzipan swirled inside and the other was a pink and white marshmallow.

It was an amazing experience with succulent cuisine and impeccable service. To top it off, we sat overlooking the bay and the skyline of Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon. When you next visit Hong Kong, I highly recommend an evening at the Four Seasons View of the Dragon.

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