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A pair of 70 year olds
I'm in Taipei for an early celebration of mom's 70th birthday. It's a big one, and I was lucky enough to pick up a very special bottle of wine at auction for this occasion. I've been waiting...
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HK Chowmeet part 1: Above Kowloon
Two years on, a bunch of foodies gathered in Hong Kong again for a meal. For a select few this has been a tradition going back to 2008 (or was it 2007...), over a meal which I was unable to attend at...
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Stop and smell the (osmanthus) flowers
I've been back in Hong Kong for almost 6 months now, and thanks to the generosity of Tigger's family, I've been holed up in the boonies while I took my sweet ol' time thinking about what to do about my...
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Monkey see, monkey do
It's been a while since I last had some kushiyaki (串焼き). In fact I can't remember the last time I had some decent stuff on skewers. I was getting together with a friend who wanted to try out Three...
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Will work for food
After a particular long and stressful day, I Love Lubutin sent out a distressed call. Apparently she was craving for the fried glutinous rice with preserved meats (生炒糯米飯) from Fook Lam Moon (福臨門), and...
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Earth Hour and the message behind it
Tonight the world celebrated the annual Earth Hour, an hour-long period during which many people and organizations turned out the lights around the world. I've been taking part annually since 2009,...
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An American in Hong Kong
In a casual conversation a couple of months ago, a friend and I discussed the idea of going to American Restuarant (美利堅餐廳) for some old-fashioned Pekinese food. It's an institution in Hong Kong that...
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Love and dishonor
A year after my first (and second and third) meeting with them, I had the pleasure of seeing Ann Colgin and Joe Wender again. They were back in Hong Kong for a few days, and hosted a tasting of their...
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Dinner with Ferran
How do I even begin to describe this evening?! If my birthday dinner at elBulli was not the apex of my culinary experience, then tonight certainly would have been. What exactly am I raving about?!...
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The elBullicellar
A bunch of friends have been poking fun at me for the last few days, saying that I've become a stalker of Ferran Adrià… Yes, I was most fortunate to have dined with him and his business manager Ernest...
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The Demon's new lair
A few days ago I received an invitation for dinner tonight, extended by a restaurant PR through a mutual friend. The thoughtful friend had double-checked with the PR to make sure that they really...
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A doughy and jammy afternoon
My friend Susan the Great hosted a "cooking party" at her residence today, and there was a small gathering of those who of us who are perennially hungry. Fortunately for our hostess, she didn't do all...
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A belated introduction
I was discussing dinner venues yesterday with Mrs. Tigger when she suddenly wondered why I haven't ever brought them to On Lot 10, especially given that it's one of my favorite restaurants in town....
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Nom nom nahm
If there's one thing glaringly missing from my normal diet (and this blog), it's spicy food. I grew up with ZERO tolerance to spicy food, since there was never any at home, and it took me a long, long...
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Golden comfort
I was supposed to be a good boy tonight. I was supposed to have a session with my personal trainer, who was gonna kick my ass thoroughly. Then I would have staggered out of the gym to have a bowl of...
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Gagnaire x Jadot
I rarely find myself responding to invitations to wine dinners, since I'm a cheapskate and usually find the cost of those dinners to be too rich for my blood. Every once in a while, though, I'll spot...
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Dragon of the northern mountains
Tonight we celebrated a birthday in the sky. It's been a few months since my first visit to Tenku RyuGin (天空龍吟), and I took this opportunity to treat the Tiggers to this dinner. I was really looking...
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Garden pickings
For reasons that are completely unknown to me, Mandarin Grill + Bar is one restaurant that doesn't get a lot of love from me. The food itself is of a very high quality, and Uwe is a very talent chef...
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Red, red prawn
When I went back to Gold by Harlan Goldsteinlast week, I needed my dose of wild boar ragout tagliatelle, and as a result surprised Harlan by not choosing something else he knows I love. At the time I...
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Poodle kitchen
It's been a while since I caught up with a friend over a proper dinner, and I miss opening up some interesting wines with him. For convenience's (and old time's) sake we ended up at The Legend...
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