May 1: The residential complexes of South Horizons surround the Marina Square shopping mall. Anything and everything is available here, from electronic appliances to groceries to a fitness club. The high density neighborhood is an independently functioning organism, lacking only in source of bulk employment (which is readily accessible by public transit).
Joyce takes me to a local Hong Kong diner, 怡 庭 軒 Family Restaurant, on the outside of the Marina Square mall. I order the fast-grilled steak on a hot plate, smothered in onion gravy. The dish is a modification of a Japanese cooking method mixed with Hong Kong style marinade and American presentation (french fries on the side!).
“When you order this, it always attracts a lot of attention,” Joyce says. “It’s so loud.”
Our neighbors stare at the crackling steak, which arrives on a cast-iron plate shaped like a cow.
If you see “鐵 板" (tie ban shao) on a menu in Hong Kong, try it. The dish can come in the form of beef, chicken, fish or even mixed meats as well. At 怡 庭 軒 Family Restaurant, the meal with chicken broth soup cost $45 HK (just over $6 US).
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