What shenanigans have I gotten up to this time, you ask? I guest blogged on the The World’s 50 Best Restaurants blog! Yep, that’s the website of the folks who release that (in)famous San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants ranking every year. This month they’re doing a Hong Kong Spotlight and I was lucky enough… [Read more…]
September 14, 2010
Pork cartilage braised in soy and grapefruit/yuzu sauce on wide noodles The title says it all. These al dente ribbons are about 2cm wide and go awesomely with a range of rich sauces/toppings, from the classic zhajiang mian (spicy mince, or what I call Chinese spag bol) to pork cartilage cooked in yuzu sauce (think… [Read more…]
August 13, 2010
If you’ve ever called/emailed/tweeted me about where to eat in Hong Kong, here’s more or less the list you would’ve seen. I’ve copied and pasted it here, with a little more detail added. I’ll try to update as often as possible/relevant. Note that I’ve tried to keep my notes short to keep it an… [Read more…]
July 13, 2010
The purpose of the trip was to go biking, so in case you were wondering whether I came close to a pedal at all – I did, and it wasn’t when I stood next to one of the many bike racks in town. Actually we went on a proper bike trail in Fengyuan (豐園), a… [Read more…]
July 11, 2010
For what seemed like the longest time, Hong Kong had only one dessert bar, Sift, that served “western” desserts – i.e. not HK-style mango puddings, black sesame sweet soup, tofu fa, or even Hokkaido milk puddings etc., but it seems this year is seeing a couple of new contenders to Sift’s monopoly. Recently opened are… [Read more…]
July 8, 2010
Beef and macaroni in tomato soup People ask why us Hong Kongers eat tinned tomato, instant macaroni and bicarb-marinated beef together. Like yuen yeung (coffee + tea + milk), it’s an acquired taste, but it’s just so Hong Kong – it’s a feeling, a collective nostalgia that even the most talented wordsmith would be hard-pressed… [Read more…]
June 10, 2010
Of course, when we were planning this trip, the task of researching places to eat fell into my hands, and after some digging, I came across 春水堂 Chun Shui Tang (nb. this is standard pingyin/romanisation, not the pingyin they use in Taiwan), said to be the teashop that invented bubble tea (or boba). Who would’ve… [Read more…]
June 4, 2010
The Taiwanese are passionate about their caffeine – there are tea shops every three steps, and coffee shops probably on every second street corner, some of which are sadly Starbucks, but there are treasures like Orsir amid the blah. Orsir is the go-to for coffee fiends in Taichung, and probably all around the island. They… [Read more…]
June 1, 2010
Lu shui from Da Lu Tong, Fengjia night market Before I left on this trip to Taiwan, it had been around 4 months since I’d left Hong Kong. Now, Hong Kong is a fabulous place, but for an incorrigible plane hopper, it’d been too long. When friends asked if I wanted to go to Taichung… [Read more…]
May 26, 2010
Poke. That’s what people do on Facebook, isn’t it? While I was stuffing my face and consequently trying to work it off on a bike in Taichung (<< click on Taichung for more on that…), my dad and one of my uncles joined Facebook and both decided to add me. I guess that’s what long… [Read more…]
September 27, 2010
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