Month: April 2011
Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall by Kazuo Ishiguro (石黒一雄)
This book is my holiday reading for this Asian trip. We bought it in Zurich in one of our binge of buying English language books. In the beginning, I did not expect to have time in HK or Macau to sit down and read this book, but I brought it with me anyway. The day…
Louis Vuitton Maison @ One Central, Macau
We seldom visit a LV as they sell more or less the same lines of goods, but are curious to know what this luxury brand is doing to keep justifying charging those premium prices. So we wandered into this flagship “maison” which was holding an exhibition of LV’s history and craftsmanship. I took this picture…
翠華餐廳 Tsui Wah Restaurant
Tsui Wah 翠華 is the second restaurant that is worth a mention for its quality, price, and inventiveness. It is one of the best in a class of restaurants that is similar in spirit to a US diner. These restaurants serve all kinds of food, local HK style, Chinese regional, “Western”, Northeast (Japan and Korea)…