A few days ago I was walking down the Avenue of the Stars in TST, enjoying a sunny afternoon with my dad and gazing at the Hong Kong skyline from the boardwalk, when I came across one of these squid stalls. Now, I’ve seen these around before. They pop up in places like Disney World,…
The other night I was wandering around Jordan with my dad, Ladies’ Marketing and showing off the bartering skills I recently perfected (no really…perfected) in Shenzhen when we both got kind of hungry. As always with my dad, we were looking for local and weird. We found one of those two…
….on a Rooftop in Hong Kong The past few days I’ve had a pretty difficult decision to make: go to the Philippines or not. On the one hand, I don’t have much to do this week, it’s only around $250 roundtrip to get there and I’ve heard some wonderful things about the country in general…
Last night I was invited to a tasting at Black Stump, the Chiram Group’s newest restaurant, located on Stanley Street in Central. I was first drawn to the place by their DiningCity Menu which seemed to offer a pretty decent meal (salad, steak or fish, dessert) for a reasonable price. Specializing in Australian steak and seafood,…
A recent feeling of motivation to get to know the dining scene of my own neighborhood (well, for two more weeks…) brought me to this place the other night. Taco Chaca is a cool, hipster-friendly neighborhood taqueria, located on Second Street in Sai Yin Pung, just a few minutes’ walk from my apartment. The place…
A few days ago I had the pleasure of making a shotgun trip to Macau in order to sort out some of the bureaucracy behind my Hong Kong visa. As I had meetings that day which I couldn’t cancel, this was not the exciting day-trip I was planning for a few weeks from now. It was…
After our garlicky meal at Temple Street Spicy Crabs last weekend my friends and I were in the mood for something sweet. Specifically, we were searching for the soft tofu with ginger syrup that we had in Sai Wan during our camping trip there. What we found, instead, was this place. The colorful photos of desserts I’ve never seen…
Last week I was fortunate enough to sit through a 6 course tasting of the debut a la carte menu of Spasso‘s new Executive Chef, Antonio Totaro. What a resume this guy has! Having started out at Don Alfonso – 1890, the highest Michelin-rated restaurant in Southern Italy, his background is in traditional Italian, and…
As my time in Hong Kong winds down to only 2 more weekends, I realize I have never been to Temple St. night market for the food. So, as soon as some friends suggest going there for dinner and a cold one after a long day of watching soap box cars drivers dancing pathetically to…
This lady (lower left) is truly a champ, as she runs one of my favorite street food stands near the Ladies Market in Mongkok and WITHIN that stand makes one of my favorite little numnums in Hong Kong, pan-fried chive dumplings. They are perfect every time. As much as I love the sense of adventure…
That Best Bite 