H.L. Peninsula Restaurant

This is a new Cantonese restaurant. 8 of us went there for lunch on a Friday. Parking was easy. We were seated right away. Other than the usual dim-sum we ordered a steam live fish, which cost $70 a pound, and a crab dish. Dim-sum was about the same as other famous Cantonese restaurants. The fish and crab were good. The lunch was $500. Service was good.

Best (and only) whole King Crab I've ever tasted! They prepared it 3 ways: knuckles in egg yolk flour and pumpkin, legs in a light garlic sauce over glass noodles, and head in a delicious sauce over snow pea leaves (you can choose rice instead). The crab meat was so sweet and tender. I'm glad it was delicious because it was quite pricey - $700 for 10 pounds (MP $68 per pound). We also ordered a Dungeness crab in chili oil and that was also cooked to perfection. The texture was so juicy and flavorful. I've eaten a lot of really great crab yet I've never had it cooked so well. Other great dishes my family ordered that we enjoyed were the cucumber salad (very refreshing), honey walnut shrimp, crispy pork belly and the fried rice. They were very understaffed so although the service was painfully slow, we gave them grace for it since the restaurant has been open for less than a month and figuring things out. When we were attended to, the staff was very knowledgeable and kind.

This restaurant is spacious. There are many rooms and tables. Main hall is pretty noisy. But the taste is better than we expected. Shrimp dumplings and sticky rice are my favorite. We will definitely come to this restaurant!