The other day I had a great lunch at 798 Unit & Co. Bistro, a modest little neighborhood joint in the heart of TST. The restaurant is dressed up to look a bit like a Greenwich Village brasserie and its menu boasts a diverse range of traditional European classics with a twist. The bread rolls…
Last night I got to try the wonderful bimonthly wine pairing dinner at Le Chef, located on the mezzanine level of the Metropark Hotel Wanchai. Le Chef is a fantastically funky and unique fusion restaurant characterized by a chic yet creative decor (towering throne-chairs around the central table in the dining room, elegant decorative decanters and a…
No trip to Philly is complete without a cheesesteak and the battle about which cheesesteak-erie (Geno’s, Pat’s or Jim’s) is king rages hard among locals. There are about an even number of fans in each camp, maybe a bit more in that of Geno’s, the most well marketed and, thus, known among the three. I…
On my dad’s last night in Hong Kong, he knew exactly what he wanted to eat. His Asian favorite and truly the original comfort food of Hong Kong: congee rice porridge. I tried this stuff back in May and quite liked it, although personally a steaming bowl of porridge is not my strongest craving…
When my dad got to Hong Kong and asked me about dim sum places I’d visited and could recommend, with the underlying goal to convince me that HIS favorite is actually the best one, I had a big confession to make to him – that I’d never really had dim sum. I mean, I’ve had…
Another place my father and I randomly ventured into was Very Good Seafood Restaurant, located in the basement of 90 Nathan Road in TST, a restaurant accessible only by a very narrow and barely conspicuous staircase above which clings an even less conspicuous sign. The name of the place begins with “very good.” We were…
This place is truly a godsend, a perfect opportunity to get away from the Western World in the middle of the work day and pop into a Japanese ramen-ya to feel a little bit local for an hour. Conveniently located on Wo On Ln in Central, a 5 minute walk from the bustling brand-clad Queen’s Road,…
The Sheung Wan Cooked Food Centre is a truly menacing and shadowy looking thang towering over the entire Sheung Wan neighborhood and one which I have passed every single day on my way home from work, yet have never entered. I honestly don’t know why, especially because I loved the North Point dai pai dong I…
I was invited last Thursday to a wine tasting (their first one!) at DiVino Patio, the newest addition to the DiVino Group, located in Causaway Center, Wanchai. The place is like walking into an enoteca wine-bar in Italy – (mostly) Italian wines line the center wall, echoing the name of the place, while sexy hanging…
On the third floor of the IFC in Hong Kong there is a fantastic little place where the wine lovers of the city unite for a truly unique experience. It’s called Amo Eno. On the left, a wine shop with bottles suspended elegantly in beautifully lit cases. On the right, a large communal long-table with…
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