Eating
The Garth Hotel, Grantown, Scotland
It’s unusual for me to be in Scotland as a tourist, so the past few days have been an absolute delight. In the Highlands almost every bend in the road reveals another breathtaking vista, and we had the perfect weather for touring – strong winds that produced roiling clouds, localized showers and startling sunshine. We [...]
Ritz Carlton, Tosca: An unholy mess of a restaurant
Review: The poor chef at the Ritz Carlton’s Italian eatery Tosca must have been gutted when he first saw his restaurant space. Usually a chef will at least be able to rely on the decor and ambiance of his restaurant to enhance his diners’ experience, and help balance out any glitches in the food. Here [...]
Tim’s Kitchen – bothered about the sharks fin
Review: We found ourselves in Sheung Wan last night and in need of a swift bite to eat. There aren’t a whole lot of quality restaurants down and around Morrison Street, but I have been meaning to go to Tim’s Kitchen for a long while and so Cantonese it was. The original restaurant was set [...]
W1 Wending – Zhejiang comes to iSquare
A great meal, complicated by the fact that the restaurant serves shark’s fin. Review: I’m always keen to try new Chinese restaurants, and W1 is definitely very new. The original restaurant is in Ningbo, one of my favourite Chinese cities – coastal, a tasteful mix of old and new, well-planned, with friendly people and great [...]
New Chef at Liberty Group
So, there’s a new chef taken over at LPW and LEX: Vicky Cheng – a Canadian who comes with a good pedigree. He trained under the much decorated and successful Daniel Boulud (for the less gastronomically inclined, that’s Daniel from TV’s “After Hours with Daniel”). Sadly Chef Makoto Ono has returned to Winnipeg, Canada, to [...]
Liberty Private Works – Hurry before he becomes the next big thing
Update: I had an email from LPW to confirm that the kitchen will continue to operate after the Exchange Square restaurant/bar opens. Thank the lord. Review: A complete stranger felt compelled to tell me about the fabulous meal he’d had at a new chef’s table back in September 09. I was at a gallery preview [...]
Mau Kee: Would you like some insanity with your soup madam?
Review: Crikey Moses! I didn’t sleep for two nights after I ate at Mau Kee in Pui O, South Lantau. As you can probably tell, I finally had a weekend in Lantau last week, and it was after my visit to Dai Long Wan, and discovered the Island Club that my hiking partner and I [...]
Eddie’s – Still Clinging On…
Update 21.5.10:…or not. A post was seen on a Lantau community page with a lot of kitchen equipment for sale very recently from Eddie’s. Maybe it’s all over. I think a case of decent food, wrong venue, wrong location. If anyone knows get in touch. Review: Well, Eddie’s is still hanging on there in Tong [...]
The Grand Stage – Dim Sum in Sheung Wan
Review: I’ve had lunch at The Grand Stage on the 2nd floor of Western Market twice in the past couple of weeks, and I’m pretty impressed, and only have one quibble. Photo snatched from their wedding club website Food: Fairly comprehensive offering of trad Dim Sum. Beef balls, siu mei, wanton, turnip pasties, radish cakes, cha [...]
40 Gough – not quite Lot 10
Review: I’ve known that 40 Gough in NoHo has been super popular for lunch for years now, but haven’t been for ages. As I had such a good lunch at Lot 10 across the street a couple of weeks ago I thought I’d do a compare and contrast, so went for lunch at 40 a [...]