We decided against the full blown turkey dinner and decided to do Christmas 'local style' at Cheung Kee, our favorite local eatery. Readers who have visited us in HK have no doubt been there -- think of a big round table, a Peking Duck, Tsingtao beers, lots of individual plates and a roomful of cackling locals. It's located in Wan Chai which is a somewhat unsavory neighborhood, particularly on Christmas Day. It's historically been the red-light district with lots of bars, tattoo parlors and houses of ill repute.....all of which surround the restaurant and add local color. But the food is great and the Tsingtao flows like wine!
The waiters now know us so they've warmed up a bit from their normal stone cold austerity. Ingrid helps as they can't resist goofing around with her and cracking the odd smile. And they also no longer huddle as we eat and stare at Lizzie and I as we eat American-portions portions. It was Christmas but I didn't have the guts to pass out sheet music so they could re-create one of my favorite scenes....
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