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Another deep-fried birthday
I received a happy invitation to lunch today. We are here to celebrate The Man in White T-shirt's birthday, and Dada has asked Suzuki-san at Hidden (秀殿) to put together a special menu for us. It's...
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Getting creative with hairy crab
This Arrogant Prick has never been popular with PRs, so I very seldom receive invitations to tastings. But a couple of weeks ago, I received an email which seemed to have strayed into my inbox by...
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White truffle with VIP
My Favorite Birdbrain Cousin wanted to get her white truffle fix, so Hello Kitty promptly pinged Little Rabbit to figure out when 8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana might have a table during the very busy white...
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Very fine indeed
It's been a couple of months since the Film Buff and I sat at the same table, so we made plans to try out a new place while polishing off a couple of bottles. We eventually settled on Le Bec Fin,...
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Hare on fire
It's game season, and that means bunnies are on the menu at Caprice. I've been seeing Hairy Legs' bunny dishes showing up on friends' social media, and finally it was my turn to taste them. I knew...
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Thai food for lunch
I'm taking a rare day off work in the middle of the week, and of course I ended up working most of the day anyway. I did, however, allow myself a leisurely lunch with Hello Kitty - which is something...
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Memories of Spain
Following the footsteps of his bromance twin, Goldfinger has also decided to open up a new restaurant with the same restaurant group as financial backers. I am, as usual, in no hurry to check out...
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Dog day afternoon
We're in Sai Kung today to visit a shelter for rescue dogs, and for one reason or another didn't have time to grab lunch at a more reasonable hour. I was starving by the time we were free to eat...
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Peanuts for everyone
The Peanut Gang needed one more gathering before the end of this shit year, and this time we finally made it to our original scheduled venue for our last dinner together. Ren Ren Heping Restaurant...
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A strong lunch game
It's a rare occurrence when one of my friendly neighborhood broker wants to take me to lunch, but as it is getting close to year end, I guess it seemed like a good opportunity to do this kind of thing....
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Delicate dishes for a Sunday night
It has been much, much too long since my first visit to Yong Fu (甬府), so when it was suggested that we visit another restaurant with a somewhat repertoire, I figured we should come here instead. After...
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CC, our very own dogcow
After 177 days, we are once again a family of three. There is the pitter patter of little feet in the apartment. We spent the last 6 months grieving over our beloved asshole Kuma. 2020 has been an...
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Vanilla high
It's Ro Ro's birthday and we wanted the chance to celebrate the big day with her. It's been about a month since we last saw her, and we figured the thing to do would be to check out a place we haven't...
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Last lunch in the 'hood
It's been a while since I last turned up at my favorite restaurant in Hong Kong, so we decided we should try to squeeze one more meal in before closing out this really shit year. With government ban...
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Supporting restaurants: Christmas lunner
It's Christmas Day, and we're kinda recovering from a quiet night at home. I had been planning to take things easy and spend most of the long weekend at home, but seeing that we (clarification: Hello...
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Bling-bling Sunday
As this crappy year slowly comes to a close, we find ourselves once again gathering with friends at home due to the government's ban on dine-in service after 6 p.m. Chef DaRC very kindly hosted us at...
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Last star of 2020
It's Little Rabbit's last day in Hong Kong, and we were helping her check off stuff she wanted to eat before leaving. When we weren't able to get a table at Seventh Son (家全七福) for lunch, we figured...
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One last (last) star
It's New Year's Eve, and none of us can dine out after 6 p.m. So the same crew from Christmas Eve, when we also were barred from dining out, re-assembled for another quite evening at home. Tonight,...
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The best dishes I had in 2020
The year 2020 is one that many people in the world would like to forget, and that includes yours truly. On top of the global pandemic which halted travel and confined many of us to our own...
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Mono solo
It's the first Saturday of 2021, and I decided to treat ourselves to a nice meal. We are still banned by the government from dining in past 6 p.m., so it's gotta be lunch. I felt very bad about...
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