After a very long day at the office last week I decided to treat myself to some snacks and a glass of wine with a friend. We were in a tapas-y, small plates mood, looking for a place with a casual, cool, open atmosphere where we would be able to relax and chat and feel…
I love when a place that I randomly chance in on turns out to be one of the most famed and cherished gems of a city. This happened recently with Yung Kee restaurant, located at 32 Wellington, just a few steps away from my office. I was brought here because it was the closest place…
FINDS (FinnishIcelandicNorwegianDanishSwedish) is a really cool Scandinavian restaurant, located in the Luxe Manor Hotel in the TST neighborhood of Kowloon. The place represents a juxtaposition of traditional, though reinvented, Nordic cuisine (the brainchild of award-winning Finish chef Jaakko Sorsa) with innovative, molecular mixology, within a sleek, comfortable setting. It also happens to be the only Nordic…
How to end an already perfect day of tanning on the beach, racing starfish found in the water, jumping off of cliffs and then showering under a waterfall? By grabbing a delicious bite of seafood at Chuen Kee, located on Sai Kung’s “seafood street” near the pier. The storefront of the place is dominated by…
A beautiful, sunny day in Hong Kong. Before setting off on our 40-minute hike to one of the most beautiful waterfalls and beaches I’d ever seen, we popped into this Hong Kong style bakery, called the Golden Chariot Cake Shop, in Sai Kung for some snacks to munch on at the beach. The array of…
The other day I had drinks with a friend after work and she suggested this place because of the happy hour special that goes every day til 8. Everything is 2-for-1 and there is an unlimited buffet of creative little finger food that comes complementary as well. When she first mentioned this I was a…
There’s a place hidden deep within Hong Kong’s financial district which reminds me a little bit of home (by that I mean Boston, this time). It’s a cross between an Irish bar and a Belgian Brewhouse called Frites. Huge projector playing sports (by that I mean The Olympics, this time), 70 Belgian beers on the…
Street food is one thing. Thai street food is another. It was, in fact, a book about Thai street food that perked up my interest in visiting Thailand in the first place, a wonderful heavy, huge, hard-cover book with beautiful photos, aptly named “Thai Street Food” by David Thompson. I received the book as a…
Lunch time in Central. Soup, salad, sandwich. Which of the s’s I choose depends mostly on my mood, the weather and how many emails are waiting for me back at the office. Recently I’ve decided to stop going to Pret a Manger and 360 (food court in my building) for lunch and to, instead, try…
A last night together with some old friends in Thailand. We needed to find something GOOD for dinner, and we did. Alongside the water, on Thawi Wong Road, can’t remember the name but it was 2 restaurants north of a place called Bikini Bar. We had some delicious farewell mai thais and banana daiquiris there…
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