HONG KONG (CHINA)
Peninsula Hotel
*****

Salisbury Road, Kowlon,
Hong Kong
China
Phone: 8 522 920 28 88
Fax. 8 522 722 41 70
E- mail: pen@peninsula.com
Web page: http://www.peninsula.com/hotels/hk/hk.html

THE LAST MEAL OF THE MILLENNIUM
Appetizers
French champagne cocktail
Iranian caviar in small blini with sour cream
Variety of hot stir-fry
The meal:
Baked sea bass with chef's sauce
Feast of the "seven dishes" (various greens)
Roast goose with bearnaise garnishing
Veal filet with wild mushrooms and green onions
Desserts:
Fried and crispy ice cream flambéed with whiskey liqueur sauce
Exotic prepared fruits
Finger cakes, truffles and biscuits
Wines
White: Chateau Filhot 81
Red: Chateau La Marzelle 1994
Champagne: Charles Heidsiek

THE PARTY
Grand gala dinner and all-night ball.

PRICES
For meal and room pricing, call 8 522 920 28 88 or send e-mail to pen@peninsula.com, since they will not be provided without a prior request for reservation.

THINGS TO SEE AND DO NEARBY
As with Paris, London or New York, travelers arriving in the city for the first time have no idea where to begin getting acquainted with it, not even superficially. The Chinese megalopolis, up until a few years ago a British colony, is a universe in itself, making it hard to choose which way to go when you leave the hotel. Like New York, Hong Kong also has its island. The "Hong Kong Manhattan," where the large skyscrapers coexist with humble fishing neighborhoods and the most foul-smelling wharves, the large banks and luxury buildings with the miserable shacks of the poorest neighborhoods, is a spectrum of contrasts. Taking a walk through the Wanchai district ("the world of Suzie Wong"), where most of the city's nightlife is located, will be full of surprises. It's also worth taking the funicular to Victoria Peak, from which you have a view of the entire city, which is quite a spectacle; then take a trip through the old Chinese shops in Des Voeux Road Central, a group of side streets where tourists can see the most typical, picturesque and exotic side of Chinese business in Hong Kong; and stroll along Hollywood Road, home of antique shops and known as "The Thieves' Market."

Leaving the island by ferry, and once you reach the Kowloon area, you can visit the Space Museum and the Hong Kong Cultural Center, see the unusual Nathan Road, the "Golden Mile," which runs from North to South Kowloon, three uninterrupted miles of glittering signs in Chinese characters and English, where you will find the electronics paradise of the world.