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Meet the Fockers: long dim sum lunch
The Parental Units are here for a few days, and we decided to have lunch with Hello Kitty's extended family. Trying to find a venue for Saturday lunch on a Friday afternoon is no easy task, and I...
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Meet the Fockers: Cantonese fine dining family meal
It's been too long since the Parental Units' last stay in Hong Kong, and I have many, many places I would love to take them to. A nice Cantonese dinner is a given, and I decided to use this occasion...
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Meet the Fockers: VIP birthday
This would be the first time that dad is spending his birthday in Hong Kong, and I have the rare pleasure of taking him out to a nice restaurant. While a number of restaurants in town could have done...
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Plagiarism and social media part 2: jfkhndwine/jamescavs is a FRAUD
After finding out a couple of years ago that a person by the name of Jo Soo-Tang - a marketing professional and socialite who is currently the Chair of the Board of the Hong Kong Adventist Hospital...
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A happy introduction
As unbelievable as it sounds, I still have a number of friends who have never been to Neighborhood. So once again, a couple of us regulars were tasked with initiating a couple of newbies. We were...
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Snake and reptile season starts
The Hungry Tourist is back in town, and I made a booking at my favorite private dining space a couple of months ago. As we have now passed Mid-Autumn Festival and the weather has actually cooled down...
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Writing the dissenting opinion
A few weeks ago I received a kind invitation to a media tasting of a "collaboration" between Chef Agustin Balbi of HAKU and Chef Matsuo Hideaki (松尾英明) of Kashiwaya (柏屋). Being a "freebie preview",...
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Durians and truffles
A friend was in town for a short trip and in need of a good meal. After debating over a few restaurants, the choice was eventually narrowed down to - where else? - Neighborhood. Given that we only had...
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Losing at the Derby
I had missed out on the last MNSC dinner due to the Parental Units being in town, so I was really looking forward to dinner with the boys tonight. Unfortunately I managed to catch myself a cold a...
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Monster white Burgundies with tarts
It's no secret that a few of the chefs in town do their best to pamper me, and I feel very loved when that happens. My friends, of course, realize that they're likely to get better food when they dine...
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Swedish durian
It has been a looooooong time since I caught up with a certain friend over a good meal, and he's never even had occasion to meet Hello Kitty. After multiple rounds of attempts, we finally managed to...
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Peru in the Valley
A few weeks ago I received a message from The Specialist. She had received news from the Hong Kong Jockey Club about their next guest chef, and wanted to know whether it was worthwhile to go. As soon...
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GG x2
Over the last few months, Hairy Legs and Bilbaobab and I have been talking about going to Neighborhood together - and yes, they wanted make their first visit with me... even though they have already...
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Sushi Tuesday
It's been another few months since I last attended a gathering with a group of old friends, and tonight we celebrate (belatedly) a couple of birthdays. It's been quite some time since I last had...
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Nice, but no WOW
The Locusts are back in town again, and we decided to catch up for dinner in order to discuss our plans for Peru 2018. After going through rounds of elimination, we ended up booking a table at...
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Dark Side surprise
We're having lunch with Hello Kitty's family, which usually means a venue on the north side of Victoria Harbour. When the overriding requirements were dim sum and stir-fried glutinous rice, the one...
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More reptiles for dinner
The City Foodsters are swinging through Hong Kong for a day, and Chef DaRC arranged to take them to our favorite private dining facility. He very graciously asked me to come along so that we could...
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Steak for a quick lunch
I got a call from my friendly neighborhood prime broker yesterday, asking whether I would be free for lunch today. Given my coming eating schedule this weekend, I was originally planning to take it...
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Wine-y Macau trip day 1: la nuova Casa
I'm off to Macau for a quick "media fam" trip at the kind invitation of Grand Lisboa Macau. We had a little bit of time to catch our breath after checking into our rooms at the Grand Lisboa Hotel, and...
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Wine-y Macau trip day 2: German riesling with 3-star Chinese
I actually got pretty drunk last night - much to my surprise - and ended up having insomnia. After getting some much-needed congee to calm my stomach for breakfast, we retired to our room to rest up...
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