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Adrift with the fish
After some delay due to our conflicting schedules, I was finally able to meet up with a friend for dinner tonight. Mo' Unni decided to forgo revisiting Catalunya, and wanted to check out Ronin...
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The peachy summer dragon
Twenty-nine days after my last visit, I find myself back at Tenku RyuGin (天空龍吟) for dinner with a friend. It's been so long since I last saw him… our last meal together was more than 6 months ago! He...
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Stars and celebrities
I got together with a few friends for lunch today in advance of an event in the afternoon. As the event itself would be held in the Miramar Shopping Centre, we figured it would only make sense to have...
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Old and French
Having attended a few fantastic birthday dinners over the last couple of months, it was now my turn to return the favor by throwing one of my own. I had struggled to come up with a wine list that...
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Amber in the sky
Last week while we got together to watch his movie, Gru Tigger told me to "save next Tuesday's lunch" with him. When I asked him why, he just replied cryptically that it would be "something quite...
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Bling-bling Krug
Besides my love of food, there is a reason why the Growing Boy keeps growing - my group of kind and generous friends, who for reasons unknown to me seem to enjoy dining with me. Some of them are...
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Hodgepodge Japanese
After an evening of stuffing myself, I got together with the Specialist and BFF for a casual dinner. Any gathering with the two of them meant some serious drinking, and we ended up at Nadaman (なだ万)...
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Another stuffing session
Just 3 days after completely stuffing ourselves at our last unplanned gathering, the old gang met up again for the dinner that was planned a few weeks ahead of time. I had booked a room at Megan's...
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Just ain't the way it was
At long last, something we have been dreading for a while is about to happen. Chef Vincent Thierry - who has overseen the kitchen of my beloved Caprice ever since its opening - is leaving Hong Kong...
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Don't wanna grow no mo'
When I first started this blog, I called myself a "growing boy" in reference to a line from Die Hard which listed out all the ingredients of a Twinkie and called it "everything a growing boy needs"....
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Another smoky evening
It's no secret I'm a big fan of David Lai and his restaurants, but one outlet which I've never been to has been Kushiyaki Beco (串焼 べこ), the JV between David and Satoru Mukogawa of Sushi Kuu (寿司喰). So...
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Shrinking Boy, day 1
I woke up a little earlier than planned on the first day of my nutritional program, and tossed in bed a little deciding that I should kick start my metabolism earlier. I had shopped for the...
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A lunch worth cheating for
A few weeks ago I heard from my contact at Fruit Media again, and the reason for the call was a little surprising. Apparently the PR person responsible for a restaurant had wanted to invite me for a...
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Île Saint Jacques
I'm having the first of my three "cheat meals" this week, and for most of the afternoon all people could talk about was whether the typhoon was coming close enough to Hong Kong to warrant the raising...
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Principal Atherton
It's been 2 months and we're overdue for another MNSC dinner. The date for the dinner was chosen months ago, and as it turns out, this was the one night when Jason Atherton was playing guest chef at...
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Like A Boss
A few months ago someone from the office picked up a flyer/coupon about a new restaurant near the office named The Boss (波士廳). They were impressed by the pictures on the flyer, and the claim that the...
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A perfect Sunday afternoon
A few weeks ago I was pinged by Felix from QLI as he prepared for his trip to Asia. We had discussed some time ago about getting together for a meal, and he suggested that we do lunch at Amber....
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Bespoke diet lunch
I'm having lunch with the neighbors today, and On Lot 10 was suggested as the venue. In all these years I don't think I'd ever been there for lunch, and given Scubagolfer's pretty positive review not...
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Lukewarm and weak
It's Friday night, and time for another cheat meal. The Alcoholics were having a mini-gathering in honor of a guest from out of town, and we picked Bistronomique for some of David Lai's yummy food....
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Comfort kaiseki
I haven't seen the Tiggers for over a month, and I finally got a chance to see them today. As I had already been naughty last night, and was about to break my diet again tonight, I reluctantly turned...
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