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Closing day, part 1: that Chiuchow place
It's the day of the big reunion, so a number of old friends are back in town for the event tonight. But it happens to be my birthday, and I told the organizers long ago that I wasn't gonna spend my...
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Closing day, part 2: per aspera ad astra
For my "real" birthday meal, I chose to return to Ta Vie 旅 as it's one of my favorite restaurants in the world. I have followed Sato-san's career since the relatively early days at Tenku Ryugin (天空龍吟),...
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89-year gap
Although I enjoy an occasional light bullying of the Candidate - which usually involve forcing her to taste certain wines that are not to her refinedpicky palate - I do acquiesce to her demandsrequests...
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Back to la grande dame
Mr and Mrs Birdiegolf felt that my birthday would be a good excuse to meet up and pop open a couple of bottles, and somehow I steered the conversation towards The Peninsula Hong Kong. It has been YEARS...
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Teammates in the 'hood
It's been a looooong time since I last shared a meal with my old team, so I decided to take them to my favorite restaurant. That would be Neighborhood, for anyone who doesn't know me well enough. I...
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A little more sheltering
Everyone knows I'm an asshole. I didn't get called the Arrogant Prick for nothing, and I've got a few ongoing feuds with restaurant groups and chefs. Most PRs in the business have the good sense to...
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Woodcocks in the Valley
Some weeks ago I found that, much to my surprise, Bong Girl actually drinks wine that are not bongwater. Among the wines she posted was a bottle from Domaine de la Mordorée - a winery I had the...
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Stretched like a drum
We have a visitor in town wanting to visit a few restaurants, and one of the places on the itinerary is Flower Drum (鋒膳). I had heard about this place a lot from friends for a long time - in fact one...
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A different type of boozy lunch
Louise has a new chef in the kitchen with the return of Loïc Portalier, and Julien Royer came up to Hong Kong for a proper introduction. It has been some time since I was last at Louise - and in fact...
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Turks in East India
I'm back at Nine One for the third time in the two months since the restaurant's opening. A friend who is a big fan of Samaira's has rounded up a few fellow winos for a dinner, with the theme being one...
View ArticleThe DEI Olympics Opening Ceremony
It's that time again. The Olympics are back, and ever since the closing ceremony almost 3 years ago, I have had high expectations for the show that the French would put on for the world. In fact, the...
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Occupy Amber: vegetarian prima donna
It's that day of the year when we go out for a nice vegetarian dinner. For the fourth year in a row, I defaulted to Amber for the special occasion. We have always enjoyed our meals here, and I didn't...
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Chefs with hair
One of the best meals I enjoyed during my trip to Seoul earlier this year was at Eatanic Garden, where I was briefly introduced to Handsome Chef and also had been tasked with introducing Kutsuyama to...
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A bony and sandy dinner
It was an itch that was begging to be scratched. This place opened with such fanfare, with one of the most famous chefs in the world - whose flagship restaurant holds 3 Michelin stars and had taken the...
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A double cross evening
Our friend from the Big Apple is back in town, fresh off his wedding bash in Bali with his wife in tow. It's her first visit to Hong Kong so we kinda wanted to show her around a little. Our evening...
View ArticleThe Olympics we sorely needed
So the Olympic Games are finally over. Paris 2024 has provided us with more than 2 weeks' of excitement as well as a fair share of controversy. I think the overwhelming sense from many people is that...
View ArticleHikki in Hong Kong
After seeing Nakashima Mika (中島美嘉) in concert earlier this year and missing Misia later, we were pretty excited to find out that Utada Hikaru (宇多田ヒカル) was coming to Hong Kong. While Foursheets was...
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Pizza with birthday wine
When our Asshole left us 4 years ago, we started the tradition of celebrating his birthday with a bottle of wine from his birth vintage, and we also started to dine out for the occasion during the last...
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Nippon Italian
Our foursome has been busy traveling over the last few months, so it's taken us more than half a year to meet up after our last gathering. Ms. Hurricane had enjoyed her meal at Citrino da Yoshinaga...
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Bongwater and old school Canto
Bong Girl and I wanted to get together for dinner along with her friend who was escaping Paris for the summer, and we had originally planned to introduce a few people to a restaurant I used to love....
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