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10 days in 3 cities day 2: the elegant Dragon
It was morning and Hello Kitty wanted coffee. And Portuguese pasteis. That was a sign that she was showing improvement from her condition last night. So I rounded up The Dining Austrian and headed...
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10 days in 3 cities day 3: eight is not enough
The Dining Austrian's eating tour continues, and tonight we took him to Neighborhood. I initially rounded up a couple of people to join us, but in the end we became a party of eight nine with a last...
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10 days in 3 cities day 4: flavors of spring
The primary reason for The Dining Austrian's trip this time around was, not surprisingly, to visit two restaurants which had been promoted to three-star status. That meant Caprice was on the...
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10 days in 3 cities day 5: no saures lüngerl in Hong Kong
I'm trying to show my friend Uwe Opocensky some love, so while my friend originally wanted to check out a certain new restaurant which got themselves two macarons recently, I managed to persuade him to...
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10 days in 3 cities day 6: 3 stars in Bangkok
We're off to Bangkok for the third leg of the tour, but The Dining Austrian had to delay his departure from Hong Kong by a day. This meant that Hello Kitty and I would be on our own tonight... which...
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10 days in 3 cities day 7: casual Ice for lunch
Since our last trip to Bangkok, Hello Kitty has become a big fan of the southern Thai cuisine served at Baan Ice Restaurant (ร้านบ้านไอซ์). The fact that we dined there again the day after our first...
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10 days in 3 cities day 7: no sauers lüngerl in Bangkok
When we started planning the Bangkok leg of the trip, The Dining Austrian listed Sühring as one of the places he wanted to hit. This wasn't surprising, since the restaurant had moved up to the No. 4...
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10 days in 3 cities day 8: delicious Thai without the heat
I blame PR8. We had pretty loose plans for lunch today and were choosing from a list of local Thai restaurants, when The Dining Austrian suddenly asked about Paste. Apparently he decided to ambush my...
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3 cities in 10 days day 8: 25 more emojis
It was gonna be another long night. Dinner was due to start at 9:30 p.m., so naturally we started our evening 8ish at Wet, Vladi's new baby next door. My friend has finally realized his dream of...
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10 days in 3 cities day 9: home cooked curries
Of all the meals that I've planned on this last leg of our food tour, surely this had to be the one I looked forward to the most. Hours after enjoying dinner at his eponymous restaurant, my friends...
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10 days in 3 cities day 9: tongue on fire
Dinner tonight was another highly-anticipated event on our trip. Sorn (ศรณ์) is the new, fine dining outlet from "Ice" Supaksorn Jongsiri - the man behind Baan Ice (ร้านบ้านไอซ์) - with Chef Yodkwan...
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10 days in 3 cities day 10: Ciao! 'niga!
It's our last day in Bangkok and we wanted to take things easy. With a late afternoon flight out of the city, we have just enough time to enjoy one last lunch before heading out. For me the obvious...
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Friday the 14th
A few weeks ago Mrs. Birdiegolf pinged us to let us know that there was a dinner tonight featuring sake from Juyondai (十四代). Since the dinner was held at the Hong Kong Country Club, I figured the...
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Why I don't go to brand new restaurants, episode 2
Mikacina is in town for a few days, and we figured we'd take her out for some Cantonese food. The Great One had two new places she needed to review, and suggested that we tag along with her....
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Golden anniversary
I'm back in Taipei once again for the Parental Units' wedding anniversary, and I have been making it a point to celebrate with them for the last 10 years... starting with their ruby anniversary. This...
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My precious
Little Uncle has been staying in my pad for the last few months while on assignment, and wanted to take me out to lunch as a token of his appreciation. When my first two picks didn't work out, the...
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Neighborhood killer
Mr. OAD is swinging through town after putting on his big event in San Sebastien, and he wanted to catch up with a few of his Facebook friends. Naturally over a few meals. One of those dinners would,...
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The Opinionated Chairman
I'm back helping Little Meg entertain Mr. OAD, this time at The Chairman (大班樓). Given that the restaurant is currently listed at No. 5 on the OAD Top 100+ Asian Restaurants list - and the highest...
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Champagne and suckling pig lunch
It's the last meal for Mr. and Mrs. OAD in Hong Kong, and it was meant to be a gathering of a few people who participate in the survey. Mr. OAD had visited Fook Lam Moon (福臨門) on his previous trip to...
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Rhone rocks
I can't believe it's taken till the end of May for the MNSC boys to get our act together to have our first tasting of the year. The Ox stepped up and hosted us at the Grill Room at the Hong Kong...
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