HONG KONG: From the best city view

No doubt, Hong Kong is the home to one of the best city views in the world, encompassing some of the greatest architectural designs all within this small cosmopolitan city. Dining while overlooking this magnificent view is one of the few luxuries that you cannot get enough of. For those of you who've been, for those of you who's heard of, Peking No. 1, 29th floor, Aqua-Tokyo. Aqua-Tokyo is a fusion Japanese Restaurant with a bit of an Italian mix as they also have an Italian kitchen on the same floor. There is also the Aqua-Spirit(the bar) up above, the view is absolutely breathtaking, when you're standing up there, basically, you feel like you have conquered the world. Yes, I may have exaggerated just a tad bit, but honestly... it is truly amazing to have such a view in such a tiny city.

You can expect to be served by English-speaking servers as the crowd there are mostly westerners. We were seated by the windows(score!), adjacent to the private rooms (double score!), overlooking the beautiful night view of Hong Kong island.

Our experience at Aqua was not as impressive as the view, I regrettably admit. The servers all spoke English but unfortunately were not too attentive and not too friendly. The music was a little on the loud side so don't expect to have a nice quiet romantic dinner. Romantic view and romantic furniture, romantic almost everything *but the ambiance.

The dishes were decent, some more impressing than others. The sashimi platter was pretty plain except for the delicious piece of foie gras sushi.

The presentation of all their plates were just as their restaurant's decor, elegantly trendy. I love the presentation of the black cod, although the texture was not as tender as I had expected, it was flavorful and juicy

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The tiramisu at the end was pretty bad. It didn't look nice nor did it taste very good. The presentation looked like it was made in a rush, and the chef made a mistake and loaded on the cocoa powder to cover it up. The sponge part of the cake was dry and there was way too much cocoa powder, making a mess everywhere.