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Plus 1 trip to Singapore day 3: death by chili
Hello Kitty wanted to have some of the famous Sri Lankan crabs while we were in Singapore, as she's heard about people having black pepper crabs. The reality, though, is that the national dish is in...
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Plus 1 trip to Singapore day 3: dinner with baba
I found out that a friend from KL was also in Singapore this weekend, and we agreed to catch up over a meal. When he suggested that we go check out a relatively new Peranakan restaurant for dinner, I...
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Plus 1 trip to Singapore day 4: remembrance of things past
I didn't have any firm plans for lunch today, as I was expecting to be by myself while Hello Kitty spent her day working. I was kinda thinking of getting my hae mee tng (蝦麵湯) fix, but the lunch place...
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Plus 1 trip to Singapore day 4: Fuk-ienese star
This was another itch I had to scratch. A chain restaurant serving Hokkien cuisine being awarded a macaron by the Rubberman. The temptation was simply too much, and I just had to check it out for...
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Occupy Amber: Amber x Central
About 2½ hours after our flight from Singapore landed in Hong Kong, we had refreshed up and gotten dressed up for dinner at Amber - a meal I have been eagerly anticipating for the last two months. The...
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Altaya at 15
Not having grown up here, I'll admit that I haven't known my friend Paulo for as long as many others in town. I met him in early 2001, at the very beginning of the formation of what would soon come to...
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Sine Qua Non toast, part 1
Tonight's dinner has been brewing for a few weeks. Knowing my fondness for the wines Manfred Krankl makes at Sine Qua Non, I was asked to join a few fellow aficionados for an evening where we delve...
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Local beef hotpot
Tonight we celebrated the birthdays of two good friends. Fergie and Cha Xiu Bao have their birthdays just two days apart, so they have a habit of doing a joint birthday dinner together. This year a...
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A fiery and sweet dinner
I needed to meet up with the Great One to hand over all the goodies we had brought back from Singapore - including some of her favorite instant noodles - so she roped me in on one of her reviews....
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BYOB(irds) dinner
After a few months' absence, I was back at my favorite private dining facility. The crew tonight was largely the same as this dinner last month, and most of us are already regulars here. What we were...
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Recovery lunch
It's December, and my friendly neighborhood prime broker has kindly arranged another lunch to close out the year. This year, they've decided to do the lunch together with another firm that we are...
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White truffle send-off
The time is finally here. My dearest godson Bear is moving away, and I would have one last dinner with him before he leaves. I'll see him next summer, but the next few months are gonna feel a little...
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Champagne wishes and caviar dreams, deluxe edition
A few weeks ago my caviar supplier pinged me and asked me if I would be interested in taking some belugacaviar. I've bought stuff from him sporadically for the last year and a half, and in all this...
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Plus 1 trip to Vietnam day 1 - long journey for Princess
After getting four hours of sleep after our evening of live wild-caught Atlantic lobsters washed down with Champagne and sake, our alarm clocks went off shortly after 5 a.m. We were taking a morning...
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Plus 1 trip to Vietnam day 2: hello, Buddha
After a pretty good night's sleep, we woke up early, took a quick dip in the villa plunge pool, and headed out to the restaurant for brekkie to begin our second day at Princess D'Ân Nam Resort and...
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Plus 1 trip to Vietnam day 2: dinner under the stars
I wasn't very hungry yet. After all, it's only been 4 hours since we finished our late lunch, and I haven't done very much other than getting myself a massage, and hanging out by the plunge pool of...
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Plus 1 trip to Vietnam day 3: a walk in the garden
It's our last day at the Princess D'Ân Nam Resort and Spa, and there were still places needing exploring. Unfortunately we woke up to the sound of rain, and it looked like we were gonna be stuck...
View ArticlePlus 1 trip to Vietnam day 3: the most ridiculous service ever
More than 4½ hours after leaving Princess D'Ân Nam Resort and Spa, with a detour to Tan Son Nhat International Airport to drop off the others, we finally arrived at InterContinental Asiana Saigon. We...
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Plus 1 trip to Vietnam day 3: dinner under the stars, part 2
After vowing never to return to Hotel Continental Saigon, we still needed to find a place to have dinner in Ho Chi Minh City, so we decided to walk over to the Rex Hotel. Cung Dinh Restaurant was the...
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Plus 1 trip to Vietnam day 4: unsatisfying breakfast
We kept waking up early in the mornings on this trip, which in theory gives us a head start on the day. We have a limited amount of time in Ho Chi Minh City, and I had already mapped out all of our...
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