Hello! Gosh, it feels like the last time I blogged was ages ago. Dear readers, I apologize. I recently moved into a new apartment, and have been spending the last few weeks working on absolutely nothing but my manuscript to meet my fast-approaching deadline. So please bear with me…there are plenty of new recipes coming [...]
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Dried Fugu and Durian Pudding
I had always been morbidly curious about fugu, the Japanese blowfish delicacy that is potentially lethal if incorrectly prepared. The scene in my head plays out like this: a renowned Tokyo insider brings me to a renowned secret hideaway for fugu prepared by a renowned chef. I am excited; I will blog about it, post [...]
From Foe to Fan
Remember the cupcake craze that hit the US all those years ago, right after Sarah Jessica Parker and Cynthia Nixon gave Magnolia Bakery the best product placement known to womankind? Suddenly, carbs were in again. (But only if they’re adorned with buttercream frosting of various pastel-sounding flavors.) My problem with Magnolia not that they charged [...]
Lan Fong Yuen – More than Great Milk Tea
I have written before about Lan Fong Yuen, the food stall in Hong Kong where pantyhose milk tea was supposedly invented. Sure, it’s crowded, gets a lot of tourists, and makes you wait just to snuggle next to strangers. But I love that they still make their milk tea the old-fashioned way, by straining it [...]
Ming Court – Michelin-Starred Dim Sum in Hong Kong
Mongkok in Kowloon is more known for its markets and red-light district than restaurants. So earning a Michelin star was a huge achievement for the 4-year-old Ming Court in Langham Place Hotel. Sure, there was some controvery last year when the first Hong Kong Michelin guide came out, over how Michelin ignored more Chinese-oriented, low-end [...]
Cantonese Casserole Love
(Braised lamb at Kuen Fat Restaurant) I ate a lot of casseroles on my last visit to Hong Kong. The weather wasn’t particularly cold, but for some reason the restaurants my relatives chose for Chinese New Year get-togethers came with a lot of casserole specials. Not that I minded. Braised meats and sauces over rice [...]
Milk Tea Addiction
I was on a sugar high during my stay in Hong Kong. I blame the milk tea. Hong Kong-style milk tea is in a class of its own, different from other forms of milk tea you’re likely to encounter. Also called pantyhose milk tea or silk stocking milk tea, it gets the signature intense, smooth [...]
Mak’s Noodles and Magnificent Egg Tarts
Compared with other business districts around the world, Hong Kong’s Central is one of the few that offer food as good as what you would find in more chowhoundish neighborhoods. (To think of all those lunches breaks in New York when I had to rely on the same halal vendor…) On this past trip I [...]
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