Edit: New Entry on Dakota Prime (December 5, 2008)
The talk of the town last night was the grand opening of Dakota Prime, a steak house … that apparently isn’t really a steak house. Their slogan is “Hong Kong’s first ‘Anti-steakhouse’ steakhouse” and when I asked what that really means, the simple answer I got was: [...]
I think many of us here were really excited when Krispy Kreme came to Hong Kong about 2 years ago. I’ve been a regular ever since and I would visit any of their branches at least once a week. Unfortunately, unlike the US, Krispy Kreme here did not pass out free donuts while you line [...]
I finally got a chance to dine at one of Robuchon’s restaurants and the experience was every bit what I had imagined, if not MORE.
We chose to sit by the open kitchen, or the by the “bar” so that we can get a good look at the action by the teppanyaki grill. The surrounding area [...]
Whenever I need my daily fix of excess profanity and needless racism, Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmare never fails to deliver.
Having watched Kitchen Nightmare S5E1 a while back, it inspired me to look for the best fish n’ chips joint in town. Afterall, Hong Kong was once an English colony and I refused to believe there [...]
Had dinner at Lin Heung Tea House for the first time. My previous visit (also my first) was during lunch time where they serve dimsum and tea (in traditional cups) and it was a much better experience.
Dinner wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t exactly good either – except for the last dish, the crispy chicken we [...]
Time for another siu yeh recommendation!
After a long night of clubbing and drinking at Lan Kwai Fong and you feel like something other than Chinese food for supper (or siu yeh), try Beyroth’s kebabs at Lyndhurst Terrace.
Here, my buddy had the hummus (also spelled hamos, houmous, hommos, hommus, hummos, hummous or humus) with lamb with [...]
Next time you’re looking for a place to have breakfast around Lyndhurst Terrace in Central, look no further – I have just the place for you. It is called Lan Fong Yuen; a small restaurant, which serves local Hong Kong-style food such as “Western Toast” or “French Toast” (I know, despite the name, its authentically [...]
Not exactly a food blog, but an interesting find nonetheless.
I was walking along Hollywood Road and decided to walk up the stairs on Shing Wong Road when I came across this old-school “Shanghainese” barber shop. Wash, cut and shave for some HKD 50 dollars. The shop had 2 seats and as you can see in [...]
One of our clients (clients from my REAL job) gave us a box of cupcakes as treats – who am I to say no to that?!
Over the last 3-4 years, cupcakes have taken Hong Kong by storm. Complete Deelite was the first to establish, followed by Babycakes and a few others and they seem to [...]
Hong Kong is known to be a Gourmet Paradise (????). In fact, if you Google the term in both English and Chinese, the first hit is almost always “DiscoverHongKong – Gourmet Paradise” – its probably commissioned by the city’s tourism board (HKTB) to have the results rank so high.
There’s an abundance of seafood, cuisines from [...]