May 10: The R66 Revolving Restaurant, located in the Hopewell Centre, once sat atop the highest building in Hong Kong (the Hopewell Centre held this title between 1980 and 1993).
Dinner buffet costs $300HK, and the lunch buffet costs $100HK. We arrive at R66 for the lunch/tea buffet, which starts at 3:00 p.m.
The view is amazing. Buildings huddle all around us, and I’m amazed to think that most of the city stretching toward the harbor USED TO BE Victoria Harbor. The buildings stand on reclaimed land, including Hong Kong’s current tallest building, the Two International Finance Centre.
R66’s floor rotates so that we see all of Hong Kong Island, Victoria Harbor and the green mountainside leading up to the peak. Through the hazy sky, we can see most of Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon. I imagine that the night view is spectacular. The view during the day certainly is.
Unfortunately, the food is not… nothing especially noteworthy, with a small-to-medium variety of choices. Even so, it’s well worth the price for the scenery.
I join Joyce and her second brother to meet with an old friend visiting from Japan.
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