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Dinner on the Horizon
One of my clients very kindly invited me out to dinner tonight, and grabbed a couple of more guys to share a few bottles of wine together. As it turns out, my client is an old friend of Sheets', so I...
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Number one grandson restaurant
Another long-awaited gathering, and this time our organizer has chosen Kam's Restuarant (甘飯館), the new restaurant opened by Kevin Kam (甘崇軒), eldest son of the late Kinsen Kam (甘健成), whose father opened...
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Pork, pasta and more
I was thinking of keeping things simple and low-calorie for dinner tonight when I got a call from Fergie as I was finishing up in the office. He was bored, had time to kill, and just happened to pass...
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How to live to be 100
Tonight mom's side of the clan celebrated the 100th birthday of my maternal grandmother. Much like the gathering of dad's side of the clan last year, everyone flew back to Taipei - including my...
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Kyoto, Taipei
It's been a while since I last caught up with a couple of friends, and lunch was planned for today. One of us looooves Japanese food, and had initially suggested that we go to Shoraku (匠楽)....
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L'Idiot 2.0
It's been a while since my friends closed down L'Idiot, and I was really excited to find out that they were reviving the place - this time inside their family's flagship hotel. So I rounded up a...
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The Pearl Kong Chen menu, part 1
My annual birthday dinner with my group of wine friends is long overdue, and an earlier gathering had to be rescheduled due to a business trip. But this delay turned out to be a blessing in disguise,...
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The stony summer dragon
A few weeks ago I ran into Chef Sato from Tenku RyuGin (天空龍吟), and we chatted about the new Shoun RyuGin (祥雲龍吟) that Chef Seiji Yamamoto (山本征治) is opening in my hometown Taipei and how excited I was....
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Holycow
When I had dinner with 娜姐 last week, she mentioned that Neal Martin was coming back to town... and would I be interested in joining them for a casual dinner? As Neal is an easygoing guy and it's been...
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The Pearl Kong Chen menu, part 2
It's been 6 days since my first dinner at One Harbour Road (港灣壹號) with the first of two special Pearl Kong Chen (江獻珠) menus, and two days ago we received the devastating news that she had passed on....
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Stop the Press
It seems that more and more restaurants are closing or moving because of rent hikes or other issues with space, and this has been a global phenomenon - affecting even places like wd~50 and Union Square...
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Swatting flies with el cheapo Burgs
I was invited to join a friend for dinner tonight. I was initially a little hesitant because it was to be a table full of strangers, and I wasn't really sure what to expect. We were opening some...
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Fish and meat and a whole lot more
L was in town on a layover. She had pinged me in advance and requested that I take her to On Lot 10 - thus fulfilling my duties as ambassador-at-large for David once more. She had seen me rave about...
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Penthouse dining
It's been a while since I last met up with Ninja for a meal, so we made plans to catch up tonight. I narrowed it down to a choice of 2 restaurants, and Ninja decided to go for Penthouse by Harlan...
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Stuffing Malaysian-style
Today I found myself in the rare position of attending a "media tasting", and it wasn't exactly your run-of-the-mill restaurant promotion, either. For some reason I received an invitation from the...
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Quando, Giando, quando
For various reasons which are fair or unfair, certain parts of Hong Kong are treated as culinary "deadzones" by my pea-sized brain. I just simply don't think of those areas whenever I'm looking for a...
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More fans for Dutchy
Mere hours after I had the pleasure of enjoying the company of two ladies over lunch, I found myself at a table with three ladies for dinner. The occasion? Well, besides the fact that this turned out...
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The 12-year old
I'm back at On Lot 10, again, with the aim of introducing a few friends to my new favorite beef. Last month I visited my friends' restaurant and saw that they were dry-aging their own beef, and I...
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The search for General Tso
No, this isn't about the documentary that I'm absolutely dying to watch, although I'm borrowing the title because it fits. I remember getting some culture shock when I first moved to the US to start...
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The Chairman in red (rain)
It's been a while since I last caught up with a friend, and we arranged a gathering at the Chairman (大班樓) - one of his favorite restaurants in town. As it's been a long time since I was last here, I...
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