Paris Via Saigon Via Canton

Yesterday, DCist ran AC's review of Hong Kong Palace: A Feast Royale at Hong Kong Palace. Hong Kong Palace is a fantastic Cantonese restaurant in Falls Church that also surprised us with their French Style Steak, an amazing French Vietnamese inspired dish. As such, we count this among one of the most interesting Chinese experiences since our visits to Chinatown Express. Here's what we had:

The French Style Steak, a daily off-menu special, offers small chunks of steak sauteed in a light caramel sauce until crispy on the outside, sprinkled with crispy bits of garlic, and served with pickled vegetables in a fried rice-paper shell:




The House Special Chicken, a whole slow-cooked boiled chicken served in small bone-in chunks with a ginger-scallion sauce:




Sauteed Snow Pea Leaves, hearty greens sauteed with cloves of garlic:




Hot Sweet Beans Soup, a mucousy dessert soup that AC couldn't get enough of. It had tender mung beans and tiny, translucent pearls in a brackish yellow broth:




Enjoy French Style Steak at Hong Kong Palace:

6387 E. Leesburg Pike
Falls Church
(703) 532-0940

—AK & AC