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…
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…
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