In an attempt to become a wine sommelier, I’ve signed up for seminars at the Chinese Cuisine Training Institute at the Hospitality Industry Training & Development Centre, which is part of the Vocational Training Council (VTC).
Our instructor is Mr. Nelson Chow, the manager (F&B Operations & Training) of the Chinese Cuisine Training Institute at the [...]
This is definitely one of my favorite restaurant in Shenzhen.
Apparently, they’re also 1 of 10 best restaurant groups in China for many years consecutively. The group has about 5-6 restaurants in Shenzhen, 1 in Macau’s StarWorld Galaxy and a few others in Southern China. The one that I usually go to (the only location I [...]
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 [...]
So before I left for Hanoi, I did a bit of research online on where I might be able to find popular / good restaurant … decent ones, of course (in the event that we can no longer handle street foods). One restaurant that consistently came out on top was Restaurant Bobby Chinn. Our “Lonely [...]
The Metropole Hotel in Hanoi has been around since 1901 and is arguably one of the finest (and oldest) buildings in Hanoi. It houses designer brands such as Bally, Cartier, Chopard, Louis Vuitton, Mont Blanc, Salvatore Ferragamo, Sergio Rossi and Hermes. I might be wrong, but the hotel might just be the ONLY shopping mall [...]
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 [...]
Chateau Lafite Rothschild 2000 at HKD 26,800?! That’s nuts! I took these pictures a while back when I was dining at Ho Choi Seafood Restaurant in Kwun Tong with my iPhone. While I was flipping through them again recently, I came across these photos and decided to share them with you.
If HKD 26,800 is a [...]
In general, I think there are 2 camps of “steak houses” in Hong Kong. There’s the “authentic steak house” such as The Steak House at InterCon, Ruth’s Chris and The Mandarin Grill, etc. Then there’s the old-school local steak restaurants, such as Boston Restaurant (?????), and a few others that serve steak on a hot [...]
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 [...]