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Plus 1 trip to Vietnam day 4: password is... porkbelly
As someone who really enjoys fine dining, I was spending a lot of time looking into options at the higher end in Ho Chi Minh City. Unfortunately there seems to be a dearth of fine dining options when...
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Plus 1 trip to Vietnam day 4: Monday night lights
We hung out for a little while in the afternoon, as the weather had turned a little and there was some drizzle. We finally ventured out of our hotel when the rain stopped, and walked over one block to...
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Plus 1 trip to Vietnam day 5: phở and bánh mì day
It's our last day in Vietnam, and our last chance this trip to hit all of my planned stops in terms of sights and eats. And yes, we woke up early once again... without the need for an alarm clock. So...
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Beef and red wine
I'm back in Hong Kong, and it was time to do a year end catch-up with Rice. We wanted to go somewhere simple where we could just open a bottle or two, and after much procrastination - with the two of...
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A very lobster Christmas
Continuing with the tradition of cooking at home on Christmas Eve, we ordered another shipment of live wild Atlantic lobsters from Nova Scotia, and our lobster supplier picked them up at the airport in...
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The last of the fortysomethings
It's Christmas Day, and that means one of MNSC's own is celebrating his birthday... and it's a big one this year. As one of us noted tonight, the eight of us are now finally all in our forties - but...
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Late lunch with the boss
The boss is in town for a surprise visit, and while staying at the Langham Hong Kong, discovered to his surprise that there's a 3-star restaurant in the hotel. He decided to treat the team to a nice...
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A winter's feast for foodies
The year end holiday season brings with it lots of visitors from around the world, and among them foodies who come to see what Hong Kong has to offer in the way of dining options. As I had done last...
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The best dishes I had in 2016
I've never had the urge to follow in the footsteps of others to do these year-end "best of" lists, neither for restaurants, meals, nor dishes. Heck, I haven't even done a "top 10" list of my favorite...
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Expensive goose
Quick lunch at my favorite Yat Lok (一樂燒鵝), probably my last this year.Rice flour noodles in soup with roast goose drumstick (馳名脆皮燒鵝脾瀨粉) - this is my go-to item here, but I suffered from sticker shock...
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BYOB(eef) dinner
A couple of friends and I had planned a special dinner for tonight, but due to logistics issues we had to reschedule that particular theme. So I was expecting a week of clean living as I reboot my...
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Diet chicken
Hello Kitty wanted to lunch at Yat Lok (一樂燒鵝) today, as she has been missing their fantastic roast goose. I, however, am on a diet. This means that goose is out of the question for me, so I revert...
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Beijing without Peking duck
I'm in Beijing for an annual conference, and decided to stay at the Imperial Mansion, Beijing since it is just on the block next to the Grand Hyatt Beijing. Not knowing exactly when I would arrive in...
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(Nuits-Saint) Georges at the Georg
I usually try to meet up with Mr. QLI whenever I'm in Beijing, and this time I relied once again on his knowledge of local restaurants for our dinner together. Having had Chinese food when we met for...
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Killing Hello Kitty with kids
It's been a while since the last time a whole bunch of us got together for a meal, and our organizer figured that this was long overdue - and it's been years since we've seen the kiddies. I was very...
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Palate killer wine dinner
Due to scheduling issues that are becoming more and more of a problem for us, we had to postpone one of our MNSC dinner from 2016 and push it into 2017. Juliano chose The Chin's (中華匯館), which had...
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Fish cum? Not on your life...
A mere two months after we met up in Singapore, L was back in town for another business trip. This time she again requested that the Great One and I take her to Ta Vie 旅, since Sato-san was away when...
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Cult Burgundian evening
Champagne Princess is in town, stopping by for a few days on her way to her true homeland. She wanted to get together with Rice and I at Neighborhood, so I found myself back there after a 2-week...
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The seal claps still
We were graced by another visit from the King, who is in town for a few days for an event. A few of us were around to catch up with him, and guess who got to pick the restaurant? Well... I was trying...
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Droning Boy: the virgin flight
Hello Kitty surprised me this Christmas with a present. I had briefly talked about my curiosity in drones, but didn't think that a guy who sucks big time at video games and can't handle a joystick...
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