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Me, Myself and I, édition française
I’m back in Macau for the same work conference that I attended last year, and once again I decided to be anti-social and skip dinner with my fellow attendees. While the conference food at the Four...
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Casual Comfort
Harlan opened up his Harlan Goldstein's Comfort some time ago, and I've been seeing lots of people post pics over the last couple of months. Tonight I finally had a chance to check it out for myself,...
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Horsing around at dinner
I don't know nothing about equestrian events, despite having lived just a stone's throw from a race track for a number of years. I never had much interest in watching people dressing up and jumping...
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Meat no fish
It's Restaurant Week in Hong Kong, and that means many places in town are offering prix fixe menus for standardized, attractive prices. For some reason, I was never interested when the promotion was...
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Urban farming x charity
I'm a big fan and supporter of Feeding Hong Kong. It's not just because Tigger's one of the co-founders, but I really do believe that they're doing great things for this community. So when Tigger...
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The king of paella
Hours after meeting Tigger for lunch, here I am having dinner with him again. The Tiggers have been hankering to go back to On Lot 10, since Baboo really misses the fresh fish that David serves up....
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An evening of wine and cheese
This evening started early for me, as I brought along a couple of friends to a wine tasting at Hong Kong Wine Vault's newest storage facility. The Managing Director of Château Montrose, Hervé Berland,...
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Death by meat
I'm not a steak guy. As much as I love to eat, I never understood the notion - especially in Asia - that a big dinner out means a piece of steak. Not to belittle the people who cook a nice piece of...
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Fabulous trio of 78s
I first met Neal Martin at a dinner where we indulged in (naturally!) a selection of exceptional wines, and found him to be a soft-spoken and charming guy. The second time I saw Neal was after an...
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A simple Italian lunch
It's been a while since I met up with my evil twin, so I called him up while I was in Taipei for a short trip and arranged for lunch. To my surprise he booked us seats at Angelo Restaurant, opened by...
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Downgrading mom
It's mom's birthday and as is customary, I flew back to Taipei to take her out for dinner. Last year was a big one and we ended up at L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon, and I wanted to do something a little...
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Parfumé et bondé
It's been way, way too long since the last time I met up with a few friends, and I figured we need to catch up again. Someone suggested that we check out Le Port Parfumé, and since the feedback I...
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Quintessentially Hong Kong part 2: lunch with Uncle Six
It's been a while since I last caught up with my old friend Sheets, and I wanted to see how he's doing with his new venture. When I jokingly mentioned that I'd like to go to Lin Heung Tea House (蓮香樓)...
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Falling far from the tree
The last time Mo' Unni and I went exploring new restaurants together had been some time last year, so we thought it's high time that we resumed our tour. A few of my friends had checked out the local...
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The real 3 star Chinese
I'd been talking about doing a Macau field trip with some friends, as I really enjoyed my solo dining experiences from my last two trips. Going with friends would opening up more possibilities, both...
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Old school brekkie
There aren't many visits to Macau where I get to stay overnight, so despite going to bed late last night (or actually early this morning) I dragged myself out of bed for an early breakfast. There is...
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One for the road
A couple of hours after we walked around Macau and digested some of our breakfast, it was - strangely enough - time to eat again! As an alternative to some local Macanese joints, 娜姐 proposed that we...
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A couple of Turks
H-man and I have been drinking wine together for years, since the days when we used to work together for the same bank. We don't see each other often, as he's based in Tokyo and I'm in Hong Kong, but...
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Jiro
So the moment has finally arrived. The whole raison d'être of this Tokyo trip. Dinner at Sukiyabashi Jiro (すきやばし 次郎), with Ono Jiro (小野二郎) - the man whose mastery was documented in Jiro Dreams of...
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Drunken onion, episode 2
Given that we were booked for the 5:30 p.m. seating, the Wommer and I knew that we would be be done with dinner at Sukiyabashi Jiro (すきやばし 次郎) very, very early. He suggested that we could do a second...
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