My “last few days in Hong Kong street food adventures” continue with another favorite I recently discovered in Mong Kok – the Japanese style octopus pancake ball called takoyaki. A nice escape from grilled innards and sketchy street meatballs, this Japanese delicacy is one I am definitely returning for. What originally drew me to it is…
As my time here in Hong Kong winds down and I realize I only have three weekends left in this culinary utopia, I feel pushed forcefully away Western restaurants and fast food joints (sorry, Subway Teriyaki Chicken Footlong with Honey Mustard, so perfect after a day on the beach…) towards rice porridge-arias, street food stalls,…
There’s a little bakery a block away from my apartment in Hong Kong, which over the last few weeks has become mine in a way a bakery on another side of the world once became mine as well. I’m talking about Bonjour Bakery on High Street and I’m talking about Las Calas on Montevideo y Libertador. What…
What did I do this past weekend? Slept in a tent for two days on one of the most beautiful white sand beaches I have ever visited with some recent but very good pals and a ton of Hong Kong locals celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival by eating mooncakes and lighting lanterns around campfires. How to get…
This past weekend I took part in Hong Kong’s Mid-Autumn Festival, one of the top 4 most important holidays in China. The festival is based around lunar worship and full moon watching and is traditionally celebrated together with family members and friends. I personally chose to get out of the city with a few friends…
Having tried and consequently raved about the wonderful signature porchetta at DiVino Patio during the restaurant’s first ever wine pairing dinner a few weeks ago, I absolutely had to go back for lunch to try some of their other dishes. DiVino Patio opened only a few months ago and received its alcohol license a few…
No trip to Washington D.C. is complete without a visit to the famous Ben’s Chili Bowl on U Street in Shaw. Founded in 1958 by Trinidadian immigrant Ben Ali and his American wife, the place has been serving chili, chili dogs, half smokes and milkshakes to a very dynamic crowd of people since then. The…
Last night I was lucky enough to attend a wine pairing dinner, part of the Langham Food and Wine Festival and held in the Star Room of the Langham, with Frescobaldi wines and creations by Chef Igor Macchia, Co-Owner and Chef of 2 Michelin Star Ristorante La Credenza in Piedmont, Italy. The dinner highlighted both…
Sometimes I go to a place unprepared but openminded and I end up stumbling on something delicious. And sometimes that doesn’t happen. My recent trip to Macau was an example of a food find failure, one that ended in my leaving the city unimpressed but, nevertheless, eager to try again. I had heard of the…
I’ve been in Hong Kong for a while now and I had been meaning to try the stinky tofu (chòu dòufu) but just hadn’t gotten around to it, especially because all the other lovely hawker stand street food offerings can be so alluring. But last weekend a gigantic street food stall (? inbuilt stall?) had…
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