You loyal readers out there remember my "post" about Corazon del Mar, the Faux Mexican restaurant that reminded me of Pam Anderson....essentially, "not real but who cares." Well, we went to another one of those places a couple of nights ago. It was located in the historic Jared Coffin House in downtown, which by the way belongs to Steven Karp who owns everything but particularly The White Elephant Hotel. Inside this fine old building is a restaurant called "Harbor Wok." When I first heard about it, I thought it was Harbor WALK and was another chowdah-lobster roll place. Au contraire. It is WOK and the food is Chinese. Well, not real chinese but rather New England Chinese. They had a couple of actual asians in the place, unlike the mexican-free zone in Corazon del Mar. The service was good, the ambiance was historic without Foo Dogs and other indicia of chineseness, and the food was most excellent. Because we were in an asian place, and to americans, all asians are the same, we ordered an asian beer. Saporo from Japan. It came in a can the size of a fire extinguisher that said 650 ml. A bottle of wine is 750 ml just for comparison. Pamela is about 850 ml. Intoxicating...the beer that is. At the end of the evening, after having two main courses and a large order of fried rice, two wines, two huge beers and a free-with coupon appetizer, the bill including tip was $100. This falls into the"practically free" category on this island. Bring lots of Yuan.
No photographic evidence of this feast?! Bah humbug. Sounds like a weiner.
ReplyDeleteChinese food tends to be colorless with a transparent gravy. The vegetables often lose their green and many, like onions and cabbage are colorless to begin with. Rice is rice. Not a great photo-op. Mediterranean food makes for a better picture, and to me better taste. I will write about the medical benefits of a Mediterranean diet in future posts.
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