MANDARIN ORIENTAL, HONG KONG WINS MICHELIN STARS FOR TWO OF ITS RESTAURANTS
HONG KONG 26 November 2009 – Celebrations are underway at Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong following the Michelin announcement that Pierre restaurant keeps its one star rating while The Mandarin Grill gains its first star. The results were announced at today’s 2009/2010 Hong Kong and [...]
There’s this section inside a new Starbucks on Duddell Street (just down the staircase from Ice House Street) that’s totally retro, designed by G.O.D. This 1950’s Hong Kong tea house design was done extremely well and is almost an exact replica of some of the older tea houses you can still find in Mongkok and [...]
A good friend of mine recently started Foodlink Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization with a goal to prevent food wastage and to generate a sustainable food-recycling system by collecting surplus food from various F&B outlets and delivering the donated food to shelters in Hong Kong.
How worthwhile is that? If any (free) advertising shall be done [...]
Gee, this blogging thing really is a full-time job isn’t it?
I just realized I haven’t written anything in about 2 weeks! A week into this “honeymoon” period, I was already feeling a little guilty … subconsciously, I wanted to see how long I can go for without updating Siu Yeh. The threshold is 2 weeks [...]
The Good Grape Wine Appreciation
HK$ 250 per person
7:00PM
Tuesday, 7th April 2009 at Zest
57 Wyndham Street, Central
Pinot Noir is one of the oldest grapes varietal used for making wine. Its complex nature creates full bodied and rich wines with intense flavours and aromas.
Learn more at this tutored Pinot Noir tasting session.
A special 4 course set dinner [...]
So I was invited to this wine tasting event that was co-sponsored by Zest, ASC Fine Wines and Culture Magazine. There were about 20-30 guests, all (or most) of whom are wine lovers, of course. The group is called “Good Grape” and apparently, they used to have this once a month and then it stopped [...]
I’ve always wanted to visit the Wine Room at the Sheraton for the Enomatic wine dispensing machines, but I still haven’t had the chance to make that trip across the harbour. Coincidentally, I was introduced to Tastings Wine Bar located in an alleyway on Wellington Street, which also has the wine dispenser I was looking [...]
Eating Contest at The Big Dog in Lan Kwai Fong, Central! That interesting … I wonder if Takeru Kobayashi would make a trip out to Hong Kong for this … but the prize actually doesn’t seem like much incentive.
Not to mention, the most wieners in 5 minutes for the final? Nathan’s allows 10 minutes (although, [...]
THE. BEST. STEAK. EVER. PERIOD.
Yes, it was better than Morton’s Steakhouse.
Yes, it was better than the Steak House at the InterContinental Hong Kong.
Yes, it trumped all my other experiences involving steak.
And yes, the bill also topped the list.
Dakota Prime is not your average Steak and Seafood restaurant. I went there tonight with high expectations (I [...]
I was finally able to try Nuke’em Wings last night
Long story short, I was going to go for the “You Must Be Mental” sauce, but I was urged to reconsider. So the chef took a toothpick, dipped it into the sauce and let me try. I dabbed the tip of the toothpick on [...]