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No zebra for me
I first got to know Antimo Maria Merone's cuisine at L'Altro, the Italian restaurant near my old office. They had themselves a macaron for 2 years, and I used to go there occasionally for lunch. I...
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Earth Hour 2021: 13th year
This was the first year in quite a few where we are spending Earth Hour without our beloved asshole. We've brought him out to the waterfront in Tsim Sha Tsui a couple of times, where he was pretty...
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Years of the Ox
It's April Fool's Day, and a few wine lovers decided to get together and pop open a few bottles. Someone suggested that as a theme, we bring wines from vintages which were Years of the Ox. This...
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97 in the hood
DaRC and I have been planning a tasting of 1997 Napa cabs since last year, and now that the situation with the pandemic has stabilized somewhat, we figured this was a good time to finally get it done....
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Shrinking Boy 2.0: 1 month in
So... it's been a month since I re-started my nutritional diet program, and other than my cheat meals - of which there have been quite a few - I've been pretty good. So let's look at what I've...
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A night of surprises
The MNSC boys are trying to get back to a more regular schedule for our gatherings, and The Ox very kindly hosted us after flying back into town for the Easter holidays. The last time I had a proper...
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Friday night party crasher
Tonight wasn't supposed to turn out like this. Sankala took her second Covid vaccine today. We had planned on her developing some reaction to the vaccine, and we were meant to have a quiet evening at...
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Cheating with comfort food
Hong Kong is a pretty tough market in terms of F and B, what with painfully high rents and fickle customers who seem to always be looking out for the next new thing. That's why it's amazing that Kichi...
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The hidden sushiya I never knew
Last month I made two bookings at Godenya (ごでんや) in quick succession, once Goshima-san confirmed to me the approximate dates for the very short season for sansho flowers (花山椒). This is why, 3 weeks...
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More than meets the eye
Thanks to the ongoing pandemic, it's been a long, long time since we organized a social event for the team. In fact, only half of us are currently in Hong Kong... and we look forward to the day when...
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Big Seven night
Chocolate Ball has been helping me with some sake purchases over the last few months, and it may be a while before I get to see DaRC over a meal again, so I figured we should take this opportunity to...
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Disappointing Bastard
For all the buzz around Bâtard ever since it opened, I was never eager to go check it out for myself. The dishes which helped the restaurant become popular were, primarily, dishes first created by...
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Three Burg night
We've caught up with the Fergies a few times this year, but haven't dined out with them too much. After discussing a few options, we ended up choosing Roganic for dinner tonight. I've had two pretty...
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First Man: Wah!
Ninja's back in town and finally out of quarantine, so we arranged to meet up over a Cantonese meal. I have been curious about Man Wah (文華廳) after their much-ballyhooed renovation, and since none of...
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Second Man: Ho!
I'm dining out at a Cantonese restaurant located in a hotel for the second night in a row. This time, though, the dinner was organized for the Peanut Gang... and I finally got a chance to see for...
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Shrinking Boy 2.0: 2 months later
Another month has passed since I restarted my nutritional diet program, and the last month had been a little harder than the first. So it wasn't surprising that I didn't make as much progress compared...
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Reunion in the 'hood
One of the places Ninja wanted to hit while she is in town was Neighborhood, and as it turned out LCKitty had been wanting to go there with us for a while. So gathered the troops and turned it into a...
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Three in a row
I had been missing some decent sushi, which is rare for me. Back in February I asked My Favorite Cousin if she'd like to go to Sushi Saito (鮨 さいとう). Since she had this thing about not eating carbs at...
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Three stars, zero gold
It's been a while since the Landlord and I caught up over a meal, and much longer since we last had some wine together. For us there is no better venue to dine out than at Caprice, so I asked Hairy...
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70s disco boogie night
Sankala had an itch she needed to scratch. Having left in the middle of our lunch to attend a work meeting on a Saturday, she felt she hadn't gotten a full taste of what Mono has to offer. We finally...
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