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NuRmami
NUR was always a restaurant I would have loved to trash for a number of reasons. First, the PR machine made a big deal out of Chef Nurdin Topham's time at Noma - where he staged briefly, then spent a...
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Flavors of Niigata
The latest victim I chose to skewer review for the South China Morning Post this month was Ebi-no-Hige (海老の髭) - the first Hong Kong outpost of a hospitality group from Niigata (新潟). The izakaya...
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Chef Talks: sustainable consumption
Tonight I attended a talk at the Fringe Club organized by Slow Food Hong Kong. It's part of a whole series of talks featuring prominent chefs in town, and tonight there were two featured speakers - my...
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Neighborhood madam
I had the pleasure of entertaining someone special tonight. Big Sister Madam has been out of town for a while, and I felt pretty privileged when she agreed to let me take her out for dinner over a...
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The end of a chapter
At a dinner earlier this month, I received word that Chef Hideaki Sato was leaving Tenku RyuGin (天空龍吟), a restaurant much beloved by myself as well as the Tiggers. This came as a big shock to me, and...
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100-point Porn
Us MNSC boys are a disorganized busy bunch, with a few of us being out of town on a regular weekly/monthly basis, so as the years have gone by, it has become increasingly difficult to pin everyone down...
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Speedy goose
A quick dinner at Yat Lok (一樂燒鵝) before crossing the harbor for the Bolshoi Ballet, at the request of my friend. Given her penchant for the roast goose leg, and the fact that there were two of us, I...
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Repetition at the speakeasy
For the last 6 months, as I have been raving about the private dining facility that I have been privileged to be introduced to, more and more of my friends have been asking me to take them there....
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It's that time of the year again, and for the seventh year I participated in Earth Hour. While I stayed away from Victoria Harbor last year and simply jogged under the stars, this year I decided to go...
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I'm lucky to have friends around me who love performing arts, and they always manage to take time out to book tickets for sought-after shows. Last year my friend Ninja booked tickets for us to go see...
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A very Good Friday
It's the first day of the long weekend, and I had the privilege of being the "plus one" (and brought along a "plus two"...) of my friend as he hosted a winemaker over lunch. I had briefly met Etienne...
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Pasta dinner
A friend and I were getting together for dinner over a bottle of wine, and as usual we were racking our brains trying to choose a venue. Wanting something simple, the choice eventually came to...
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Out in the 'hood
Hello Kitty felt that some flag-planting was long overdue, and decided that she would not let the opportunity slip by again. Since she has never been to any of Chef David Lai's restaurants, she...
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Que pasa
Following our last successful expedition to NUR, ILove Lubutin decided that she wanted to hit another restaurant with me. Neither of us have tried Quest by Que, although we've both heard good things...
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Where everybody knows your name
I was planning to work late and have a simple dinner on my own, when a friend pinged me. Was I busy tonight? No. She needed a pick-me-up. Could we go to David Lai's Neighborhood tonight? Well, I...
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Deep-fried nobodies
Another month, and another review for the South China Morning Post. Interestingly, when I received the list of suggested restaurants for me to check out, there was something from my hood. Since very...
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Casual Filipino eats
This morning my friend Susan Jung from the South China Morning Post put up a link to her review of Lab Eat, a new Filipino restaurant and bar. She had raved about the place a few days ago, telling us...
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Friday night excursion to Macau
For the longest time, the Great One has lamented about the fact that she has never eaten at The Eight - the Cantonese restaurant in the Grand Lisboa Hotel with three Michelin stars. Her routine for...
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No fork day, part 1: 2-star lunch
A couple of weeks ago I received an email from my friendly neighborhood prime broker, inviting me to a lunch session with a couple of their senior managers from head office. I gotta admit that the...
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No fork day, part 2: 1-star dinner
Despite decent-but-no-magic last visit, I'm back at Akrame tonight with the Great One... at the kind invitation of Chef David Lai. Apparently Chef Akrame Benallal was back in town, and I was invited...
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