hong kong: restaurant crush – yardbird
I ♥ Yardbird I ♥ Matt Abergel That’s about all I can add to the conversation on Yardbird and its chef. And I mean that in the creepiest most stalker-y way. The chicken-focused yakitori restaurant on Bridges Street was the first restaurant that Grace and I felt compelled to return to (willingly) on consecutive nights while on vacation. … Read more
hong kong: sushi yoshitake
Just before Christmas Grace and I treated ourselves to a meal at Sushi Yoshitake. After watching the beatific Jiro Dreams of Sushi, there was little discussion on whether or not to book a seat at the restaurant – just whether either of us would get any other Christmas presents this year. And what a gift – … Read more
hong kong: airport food, crystal jade
We rushed off to the airport before dinner and when we arrived, I was hungry. We still had some time before our flight to Singapore and since Grace’s parents were with us we opted for Crystal Jade over Popeye’s Fried Chicken (though I have been to the one in the HK airport before and it … Read more
hong kong: aberdeen marina club, dom pérignon, new years eve dinner (slideshow)
New Years Eve Dinner at the Aberdeen Marina Club Dining Room – matched with 4 bottles of Dom Pérignon, HK know how to go over the top. Festive canapes (Dom Pérignon 2002) Japanese sea urchin, cauliflower cream in lobster jelly Open ravioli past with char-grilled scallops slow-cooked vegetable Perigold black truffle and green herbs coulis … Read more
hong kong: yixin, searching for soup dumplings
I love xiao long bao and have said that they would probably be on the list of items I would request for my last supper. For a while now they have been gaining more and more notoriety here in the US and are often called “soup dumplings.” But whenever Grace hears them referred to as … Read more
hong kong: luk yu tea house
After a relatively quick 15 hour flight, I arrived to Hong Kong unexpectedly hungry. Grace had arrived a day ahead of me and warned not to eat much on the plane as her parents had planned to take us to dinner straight from the airport. Avoiding the plane food was easy, but I was still … Read more
