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Vida Rica @ The Mandarin-Oriental, Macau
We had drinks at Vida Rica while watching the Chinese New Year fireworks. This bar is right next to the Louis Vuitton Maison VIP salon we visited earlier during the day (see earlier post here.) One side of the bar has triple height floor-to-ceiling glass windows facing the waterfront – essentially front row seats we
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
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
