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…
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…
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