Category: food & drinks
Food paradise: home-cooked feast
My young auntie C and her husband KK invited us over to her home for lunch before our return to Europe. I vaguely remember visiting their home in the 80’s. Surprising for Hong Kong, the surrounding areas have not changed much at all. All the dishes were cooked by C and her domestic help while…
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)…
黃枝記粥麵店 Wong Chi Kee Congee & Noodle Shop
On this trip, two restaurants are worth a special mention – they are both inexpensive, reliable, open at all hours, and make an effort to produce a best-in-class dish. They are well-known locally and I am now a fan too. The first is 黃枝記粥麵店 Wong Chi Kee Congee & Noodle shop (WCK), the other is…
Rossio 盛事 @ MGM Grand, Macau
This restaurant Rossio (盛事) is located inside the MGM Grand just beyond the gambling floor. I am not sure what cuisine it serves normally. They were offering seafood buffet the night we went (Chinese New Year’s eve) – on offer were unlimited sushi, oysters, snow crab legs, shark’s fin soup, a wide selection of international dishes,…