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Deep-fried Friyay
Big Mac pinged me 2 days ago. He managed to snag a booking at a (relatively) new restaurant where booking were (supposedly) difficult to come by, was feeling generous, and wanted to see if I would...
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21 months
I last visited the joint serving my favorite Cantonese roast goose some 21 months ago. Back in the last few months of 2019 I was pretty busy traveling around... globetrotting for work as well as...
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525,600 minutes
A year ago today, we lost our beloved asshole Kuma. He should have had a few more years on this earth, but it wasn't meant to be... and he crossed the rainbow bridge to join other beloved members of...
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Cherry-popping, 2021 edition
The Great One has a monthly booking at The Chairman (大班樓), and this time she has graciously asked if we wanted to join her as she introduces the place to a couple of first-timers. I was asked to...
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Separated at lunch
I had occasion to take a business lunch today, and somehow found my way to Sushi Sase Hanare (鮨 佐瀬 はなれ), now in their new location not far from my office. My last visit to their old location was more...
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The replacements
Sankala was faced with a dilemma. Her lunch meeting was being postponed, but she was loathe to cancel her reservation at Le Bec Fin - having already done so once 2 months earlier. So I agreed to join...
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New guy on Sunday
It's Sunday night and a bunch of us have made the trek from the Island up north for dinner. Our destination is Sun Hon Kee Restaurant (新漢記), a restaurant in Fanling serving up Hakka cuisine. The Man...
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Spicy cotton
Time for another Peanut Gang dinner, again arranged by our friend KC. Tonight we would be checking out Mián (紅棉), which has taken over the space vacated by Guo Fu Lou (國福樓). Our convenor has made...
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In the Realm of the Senses
Sankala and I were having such a good time at MONO a few weeks ago that we felt the Birdiegolfs needed to join us for another round. I expected to repeat a number of dishes tonight from my last visit,...
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1/2 no niku
At our last gathering, I promised a group of friends from my high school that I'd introduce them to Nikushou. We were talking about yakiniku, and while there have been a number of places in town...
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No winter warmers in summer
The Zhongmeister was dining at my favorite private dining facility and asked whether Sankala and I would like to join them. It has been months since I last dined there, and we figured Big Mac should...
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One seat difficult beg
In the age of pandemic social distancing and reduced operating hours that is 2021, a seat at certain restaurants in town have become so difficult to secure at it requires booking months in advance....
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Dining with the rich and famous, episode 2
It has been quite some time since I last paid my friend Uwe a visit, and certainly not since the arrival of the Chef Romain Dupeyre at Petrus. I figured it was high time we returned and checked out...
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Double birthday
The Landlord and I decided to celebrate our birthdays together this year, and of course the venue would be none other than Caprice. We had the Chef's Table for the night and, as it turns out, almost...
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Ladies who lunch
As if my feeding schedule weren't busy enough this week, My Favorite Birdbrain Cousin insisted on buying me lunch. And she wanted to do it on a day when I already had a big dinner scheduled for an...
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The second stuffing
A mere four hours after lunch, I'm sitting down for another meal big - this time at my favorite sushi restaurant in town. Our last dinner here was a few months ago, and I was happy to be back at Sushi...
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All my favorites for Sunday
After the big meals from yesterday, I was hankering for something simple and classic. We hadn't been back to Ho Hung Kee (何洪記) since late last year, and I kinda missed the classic dishes. What was...
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8 stories
It's been years since I last treated my friendly neighborhood prime broker to a nice meal, and with the help they've given me lately, I felt it was high time I did something nice for them. I wanted...
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Not.One.Less.
I haven't seen Babu in over a year, what with everyone being extra careful during the pandemic. After having to reschedule a couple of months ago, it was finally our turn to check out Shikon by...
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5 bottles for Friday
While I have seen Belo a couple of times over the last couple of months, this particular foursome hadn't sat down at the same table since our fabulous wine dinner 3 months ago. Belo had recently been...
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