Hong Kong Food and Drink
One of the joys of traveling is discovering new venues and new foods and drinks. This is the place for that kind of information, both good and bad.
The Partying Has Started - Sevens Rugby Weekend in Hong Kong
Three days until the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens.
Teams from Wales, Argentina, England, Australia, Canada, and Hong Kong are all being honored at parties in the next two days. Ranging from formal dinners at the Hong Kong Football Club (England, of course) to a beer blowout at the Cavern Bar in Lan Kwai Fong (Canada, of course) each team and their supporters will have an opportunity to celebrate before the reality of the final results.
I am unaware of any parties for the always disappointing, U.S. Eagles team. I guess I’ll have to join the Canadians at the Cavern. …
Date: March 28th, 2006 |
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Where It’s Always Half Past Ten
I recently wrote a review of my favorite pub/bar, Carnegies. So I thought I would do one of my favorite cocktail lounge, Half Past Ten. Located above Lan Kwai Fong and below Caine Rd. at 10 Glenealy St. in Central, it can be hard to find but that’s part of its charm. If you get lost looking for it, grab your cell phone and dial 2869-9089 for directions.
In fact, if we hadn’t moved to a flat around the corner from it, we would have never discovered it ourselves. We wandered in one evening after telling ourselves, many times that, “We should check this place out.” We finally did, met Flora, the hostess and server, and Paddy, the bartender, found out that Happy Hour is two for one on drinks and were hooked from then on.
Flora and Paddy at the Bar
Date: February 28th, 2006 |
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Comprehension - A Moving Target in Hong Kong
This is my week to be reminded multiple times that I am not as knowledgeable as I think I am.
Last night, I ordered Take-Away from a local restaurant. I called ahead of time to insure the order would be ready when I came to pick it up. At first the person who answered the phone assumed I wanted delivery and told me twice that I was calling the wrong number for delivery.
I finally convinced her that I wanted to pick the order up. The rest of the conversation went something like this:
Date: February 12th, 2006 |
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A Five Minute “Things to do” Guide to Hong Kong
While surfing the internet yesterday, I accessed tripso.com, a favorite site of mine, and unexpectedly found an excellent short article on things for first time tourists to do in Hong Kong. It is written by John Frenaye, a travel consultant and frequent contributor to Tripso. I’ve lived here almost 14 years and while I didn’t agree with everything he says and some of the information is slightly dated nevertheless, in the main, I found it concise and accurate. I recommend reading it even if you live here.
Feeling Hong Kong’s energy
Hong Kong is probably the most energetic city in the world. It’s got the bright lights of Vegas, the hustle of New York, the swank of Rodeo Drive and the fantasy power of Disney World all rolled into one vibrant city. It is the gateway to China, and was recently returned to China after a long history as a European trading center and British crown colony.
Date: January 19th, 2006 |
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Dining Out in Cosmopolitan Hong Kong
My wife, Pam, and I are going out for dinner tonight. Big deal, right? We now live in Central after spending over nine years in Happy Valley and the big deal is that we have such a choice of cuisines within a less than 10 minute walk from our flat. Such variety was not available in Happy Valley.
Here is a list of different types of restaurants within a 10 minute walk of the Wellington Road and Wyndham Road intersection.
Date: December 1st, 2005 |
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Breakfast at 3:00 AM in Hong Kong
The Flying Pan:
9 Old Bailey St. Central, Phone: 2140 -6333;
3rd Floor 81-85 Lockhart Rd., Wan Chai, Phone: 2528-9997.
In my younger days, after last call at whatever watering hole my friends and I were ending the evening…er, morning, we would head to the nearest open coffee shop for an early breakfast or in some cases a late supper. Unfortunately, all too often, we’d end up at Denny’s, which some of you may know is not noted for it’s delicious food so much as for its willingness to serve anything on the menu 24 hours a day, seven days a week and cheaply at that.
Flying Pan, Central
Date: March 10th, 2006 |
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Crazy Hour in Hong Kong
This week’s (Feb. 17, 2006) HK Magazine had an article titled “How To Stretch Your Miserably Small Budget.” You can download it from their site and read the article yourself.
One of the places that isn’t mentioned, unfortunately, has the best Happy Hour on Hong Kong Island, in my opinion. I’m talking about Carnegie’s, G/F Spa Building, 53-55 Lockhart Rd., Wanchai. They call it “Crazy Hour” and it runs from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM and all bar drinks and beers are HK$19 or less than US$2.50. This compared to regular prices of HK$45.00 …
Date: February 22nd, 2006 |
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Cost of Living in Hong Kong
I recently had an e mail exchange with a young woman who is thinking of moving to Hong Kong. I thought I would share the correspondence as it might help anyone who was thinking about coming to Hong Kong, either to work or play. As always what’s here is my opinion. Feel free to disagree with what I say. I’ve deleted the sender’s name to protect the innocent.
Date: January 27th, 2006 |
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Retro Hong Kong and the ’60s
My wife, Pam, and I love to spend happy hour on Friday nights at the Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd., corner Wyndham, 852-2521-752. It reminds us of San Francisco in the late 1960s, early 1970s where there were lots of places like the Fringe Club where people could experiment with drama, art, music, philosophy, etc. The club has a rooftop bar which is wonderful this time of year because it’s so wonderfully cool.
Date: December 9th, 2005 |
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