Ubud. Only two hours away from Seminyak, yet the vibe is completely different. Gone are the bikini-clad tourists and loud techno music. Think museums, beautiful rice paddy fields and coffee plantatio...
Long overdue pictures from my trip to Bali with my favorite girls and ex-college roommates C & A! So what’s there to do there? Stay at the W Retreat & Spa Bali for your typical W experi...
These pictures are from my second visit to Locanda Verde and the restaurant is just as good as I remembered. The only thing I was less than happy about was the process of getting a table for brunch. ...
A month ago I was snorkeling and diving at some of the most beautiful islands in Thailand. A month later I am writing a post about the trip, stuck at home for the long weekend, face swollen and in pa...
D and I went to Thailand for Easter – it was a trip we’ve been waiting to go on for over a year ever since we redeemed our plane tickets. After a grueling 3.5 hr flight from HK to Bangkok...
I’m still alive! I know I’ve been absolutely terrible with blogging these days. While I’ve been busy working and traveling for the past couple weeks, the truth is I’ve lost my...
I was researching on local markets in London and I came across this article in Time Out London. I only had time for one market trip and the choice was down to two: Broadway Market or Spitalfields. In...
Finally got around writing the last of my London Feasts series. I know I know, it’s been over a month since my London trip, but you know the usual reasons…work, work, and more work. The l...
10 Reasons why I loved The Modern Pantry: 1. They change their menu on a daily basis. 2. They carbonate their own water. 3. I wanted everything on the menu. 4. They made the best omelette I’ve ...
We had a dinner reservation for The Ledbury after our epic multi-course meal at Gordon Ramsay (I wasn’t kidding when I said we went overboard). We were so stuffed from lunch that D and I spent ...
After watching Gordon Ramsay swearing and yelling on his numerous television shows, we had to check out his food for ourselves. Out of Ramsay’s gazillion restaurants in London, we chose his fir...
Since it’s Chinese New Year and all, I’m going to be festive and interrupt my London posts with a recipe for turnip cake, aka “Lo Bak Go” (蘿蔔糕). It’s common to have this...
D and I figured why not take a day off and turn my business trip to Italy into a short vacation? We had a choice between Milan and London, and London made the cut in the end. During the planning, wha...
…the glamorous side of it anyway. I was sent to Italy for the Fiera di Vicenza (Vicenza Fair) last week. The traveling was gruesome: 13 hr flight from HK to London + 2 hr flight from London to ...
For those who have lived in Hong Kong for some time, you would know it’s not often that we get blue sky days, thanks to Hong Kong’s best friend, air pollution. So, on the rare occasion wh...
Apologies for disappearing for the longest time! I’ve got to admit, I wasn’t out-of-town or anything…I just got a wee bit lazy with posting during the holiday season. (Okay, the tru...
Ever since my favorite yakitori (Japanese skewers) restaurant, Yakitori, closed I’ve been devastated. Where am I going to get my fix now? In terms of food, Yakitori was probably not the best in...
Ahh…Maldives. If only I were there right now. It’s been a crazy week at work, it’s starting to get chilly (for HK standards) and I’ve managed catch a cold from my dear friend ...
Boston. It’s not my favorite city in the US but I tend to get very nostalgic whenever I think of the place. Having spent a good three years living in Massachusetts as a prep school brat, some o...
November 23rd, 2010. Launch of the Lanvin for H&M collection in Hong Kong. How can I not want a piece of that? But I am not someone who can afford to (nor want to) start queuing up outside H&...
Europeans look forward to truffle season. The Chinese? Hairy crab baby! I’m not a crab fanatic or anything but for some reason I just cannot resist Shanghainese hairy crabs (大閘蟹). I never used ...
A month ago we read about this place that’s supposed to be one of HK’s hottest new restaurants. Mum’s birthday happened to be coming up so why not give it a try? I called to make a ...
Yesterday, I had the chance to tag along my parents for the opening of the already-sold-out River of Wisdom exhibition. The feature presentation is the animated version of the Riverside Scene at Qing...
Feeling hungry at 11pm? I suggest going to Tai On Building (太安樓). Located in Sai Wan Ho (西灣河), the ground floor level of this dumpy, shitty old building is relatively happening at night, with tons of...
October 30. The first themed (Halloween, duh) dinner party ever to be held at my place. It had to be good. I never realized how much work it was to organize a “proper” dinner party for 20...
There are some Cantonese dishes you rarely consider making at home on your own. For me, they are Dim Sum (點心) and Siu Yuk (燒肉), otherwise known as roast pork, Chinese style. While I still won’t...
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Pork and lard dominates the Chinese food scene in Hong Kong (Just think dim sum and the amount of pork use in those dishes). Needless to say, there must be restaurants where local Muslims can dine ha...
Bun Cha Dac Kim I found out about Bun Cha Dac Kim through those Chinese travel guides you find in Hong Kong convenience stores. The guide didn’t say much about the place, aside from the fact th...
This trip to Hanoi was my first time setting foot in Vietnam (I’ve been to Ho Chi Minh airport for a layover but I don’t suppose that counts?). Although we only had 28 hours, I was determ...
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