A few weeks ago I found myself back in a place that I had said goodbye to for what I had thought was forever… or at least a while. But life works in strange ways, and by a turn of fate I was given another chance to do something I had always regretted not having…
Back when I was living the good life in Hong Kong, I had a great little dinner at Nobu at the InterContinental, which I now realize that I wrote briefly about but never published an article on. Back then I was busy working on writing articles for the wine blog, and every once in a while the…
To this day I am haunted with one colossal regret about my life in Hong Kong. My Argentine roommate and I made a promise to ourselves on our 2nd week in this crazy city that we would figure out the traditional Chinese medicine and dry good stores that line the street of Sheung Wan and…
Ah Cheung Chau Island…. the perfect getaway from busy, noisy, polluted Hong Kong for a day of sunshine, fishing boats and awesome seafood. I went there on my last week in Asia, having checked everything else I had wanted to do off my list. I went there also because I needed a place to set…
Hong Kong is truly a city for food. It is a meeting point between East and West, and this results in equal availability of authentic, old school Cantonese favorites, Southeast Asian dishes and some pretty damn solid Western cuisine as well. Innovation is everywhere and the people, both expats and locals alike, are always on the look-out…
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…
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