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My 3,000-calorie dinner
Less than a week after my last dinner here, I'm back at Tenku RyuGin (天空龍吟) for another 10 courses. A friend is in town from Taipei and our host insisted on coming back for this dinner. Not wanting...
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Starry, starry night
OK, so we were sitting indoors on a cloudy night in Hong Kong, and Don McLean was nowhere in sight… but the evening was nevertheless filled with "stars". On this night, a small group of us gathered in...
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A Mexican Feeding
Even though I've already had my two cheat meals this week - and they were big meals, too - I left home today for a third, semi-cheat meal. I'm pretty determined to keep to my program, and the only...
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Shrinking Boy, after 30 days
So it's been 30 days since I went on my nutritional diet / weight-loss program, and I thought I'd do an update with my experiences and thoughts. Let's start with the headline number... Weight lost to...
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Lobster heaven
The Twisted Sisters are in town from Shanghai, and it's been over a year since I last saw either of them, and even longer since I saw the two of them together. I got the call last week about their...
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For years now people in Hong Kong have complained about the sanitary habits of their northern brethren. Starting from the first wave of Mainland tourists who arrived in tour buses heading straight for...
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The chef who smiles not
It's been a while since Fergie and I last met up for a meal, and I thought it'd be a good idea to meet up tonight - just hours before he's due to start a diet and exercise program for a second time....
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All's well that ends well
As I look back on this evening, I realized that I couldn't have hoped for a better ending. Some things just aren't meant to be, and life sometimes just has a way of working itself out. OK, I should...
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No photo no service, no go
I'm back in Taipei to spend time with family during Mid-Autumn Festival, and decided to take the opportunity to catch up with old friends. I missed the opportunity to catch up with Big Mac on his last...
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Lobster with Bird
I wasn't supposed to have another cheat meal so soon, but the little bunny typhoon messed up my dinner plans last night. I was meant to have met up with My Favorite Birdbrain Cousin and her parents,...
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Dinner with prince charming
I'm not a celebrity gawker, nor am I easily impressed by the titles carried by aristocrats and royals, but I was most happy to accept an invitation to dine in the presence of a prince tonight. My...
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Watchmaking for idiots
A few days ago I got a call from Tigger telling me to block out my schedule for this morning. Through his connections to Richemont, he had arranged for a group of us to attend a "watchmaking class"....
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Private dining, almost
I did something terrible that I haven't done for a long, long time… In fact, I don't even remember the last time I did something like this. I double-booked myself. Two weeks ago I had arranged to meet...
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Party with blackfoot
I'd been looking forward to this day for a while. After months of hard work (and lots of mullah being spent in the process), I Love Lubutin's new pad is finally ready. Given that it's also around the...
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Seventh on Sixth
Tonight's dinner was a highly anticipated event, as the venue chosen by the birthday boy was on the top of my list of new restaurants to try - Seventh Son (家全七福). As long-time fans of Fook Lam Moon...
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Shrinking Boy, two months later
Now that I've gone through two months of my nutritional program, it's time to do another update!Weight lost to date: 5.0kg. I'm a little annoyed, because just two days ago I had lost 5.8kg....
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Back to the usual
Today was a pretty busy day for me, both work-wise and cheating-wise. My friendly neighborhood prime broker hosted an investor conference for us, and I spent the day playing the role of a broken...
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The first of autumn
Remember that 3,000-calorie dinner (actually two within the space of a week) I had not so long ago? Methinks tonight's dinner definitely blew that away… by a very wide margin… The last time we met, my...
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Tim ho haam
Grandma and Grandpa Bear are back in town after a long trip abroad, and I haven't seen them in a while. Given their complaint about the lack of decent food on their trip, it's no surprise that they...
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A taste of national fortune
We had another full house at MSNC tonight. Fortunately for me, our host dispensed with his usual choice of venue and booked somewhere that was new to me, which also necessitated him to forgo wearing...
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