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Canto-Malaysian evening
I'm out for a third night in a row, and it was pouring down hard again. I walked the exactly same route as I did last night, only tonight I stopped just a little short and went up to Celebrity Cuisine...
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A heavier second nibble
Very few of my meals are work-related, but I had occasion to lunch today. After going through the usual process of picking the restaurant with Mo' Unni, we eventually settled on Duddell's. I had only...
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Beach cleaning
I'm currently staying at my summer home on the beautiful south side of Hong Kong Island, which puts me pretty close to Fergie. When I pinged him about his plans for this weekend, I was thinking more...
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The usual canteen stuff
It's been a while since our last birthday gathering, so the troops were rounded up for another dinner. It came as absolutely no surprise that no one wanted to pick the restaurant, and the inevitable...
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Sometimes, less is more
A couple of good friends were interested in checking out the seasonal summer tasting menu at Pierre, and invited me to join them for lunch today. As it's been quite a while since my last visit, I...
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Japanese collage
A friend was kind enough to invite me for dinner tonight, and was even kind enough to choose a restaurant with "light" fare to accommodate the fact that I had a big lunch today. Japanese was the order...
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Afternoon delight
I first saw announcements about a Pierre Hermé Infiniment Citron Aternoon Tea a few weeks ago, and thought it looked pretty interesting - especially since I'm a big fan of the Fat One. But somehow it...
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I had another occasion to lunch for work today, and chose to take our client to Sun Tung Lok Chinese Cuisine (新同樂魚翅酒家) since it's nearby. It's been a while since I've had dim sum from Sun Tung Lok,...
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The speakeasy next door
A week ago fellow bloggueurGary pinged me and asked me if I had any interest in joining a dinner that was being organized at a private dining room. Well, I was completely plastered when he pinged me...
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Food that don't work with red wine, episode 3
Two years after his debut performance, Curry once again hosted his MNSC dinner at Megan's Kitchen (美味廚). There's no question that the MNSC boys all love the food here, but the reality is that many of...
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Mooncake tasting with mom
It's customary for me to bring home a haul of mooncakes for Mid-Autumn Festival. For a few years I was buying them from Lung Hing Heen (龍景軒) at the Four Seasons Hong Kong, simply because Last Minute...
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Smoky kaiseki redux
I'm in Taipei hanging out with family, and that means spending time with Last Minute Uncle and... you guessed it, making last-minute plans for dinner. Sporty Cousin's birthday is coming up, and he had...
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Send-off lunch
Babu is making a stopover in Hong Kong in the midst of her globetrotting, and I had a chance to meet up with the Tiggers for lunch and spend a few precious moments with my godson Bear. Not...
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Hot in the city
It's been YEARS since I last got together for dinner with a couple of friends, and they decided that it was high time they went out with their "foodie friend" and get some benefits out of eating with...
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Ex-boss at the Boss
The ex-boss was in town with his family, and no surprise that the responsibility of choosing where to have dinner fell on my shoulders. Given this was his kids' first trip to Hong Kong and a request...
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Out on the Town
Those who know me well know that I am never in a hurry to visit new restaurants, as the probability of "stepping on a land mine" is incredibly high. Usually I wait a few months - sometimes up to more...
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Quickie business
The boss is in town and we needed a place to lunch and catch up. L'altro happens to be close to the office, and I figured the boss would want a change from the usual Chinese, so we went for an Italian...
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No fook mee on the menu
I did it!!! I went into Ho Lee Fook (口利福), ate a full dinner, and came out alive and unharmed!!! Allahu Akbar!!! Ever since word came out that someone was opening a restaurant with the very cheeky...
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Typhoon birthday
I'm back in Taipei again for a short trip this weekend, this time to hang out with dad on his birthday. But with me being the "typhoon magnet", this also turned out to be the weekend when Typhoon Fung...
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Gaga for Gaggan
It's been almost six years since I began my boycott of Thailand - for their government's inhumane treatment of the Rohingya which began two administrations ago. Given that I haven't stepped foot in...
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