Italian Food and Wine
So you’ve selected your Italian main, but what kind of wine goes with it? Or perhaps you’ve spotted a great bottle, but aren’t sure what dish it would best pair with. What to do? Well, pairing is high on the menu at my upcoming food and drink discussions. It...
Jan 12 2007 - 12:00am
Hey gang, Bruce Dawson here, comin’ at ya. Well, you may have noticed from my picture that I’m currently encased in carbonite. Again, you ask? Well, the bounty hunters have been on my back once more thanks to my negative review of Nobu’s new restaurant, Nobu Lunar. But even when I...
Jan 5 2007 - 12:00am
It was a manic, frantic, panicked year for the restaurant industry with the biggest names and biggest budgets we’ve ever seen. So who emerged as the winners?
Zest
G/F, 57 Wyndham St., Central, 2526-7993.
I’m going to start with a standalone, non-hotel funded restaurant launched by a guy...
Dec 29 2006 - 12:00am
One Quick Thing
Christmas spirit? The next overpriced dump that has the balls to bill me a "service charge" for takeaway, take heed: names shall be named, for this is simply beyond the pale.
Foodies Unite
Matching wine and food, especially Italian, can be a bit of a puzzle, and you want...
Dec 29 2006 - 12:00am
Rooms With A View
RED Bar + Restaurant has a Californian-style New Year’s Eve dinner for $828 and the option of an invite to the Shanghai themed après party for $1,388 (goes on until 4am). If you only fancy the party, tickets are $700 in advance, $900 at the door. But get this –...
Dec 22 2006 - 12:00am
Let’s start the week with a pleasant Christmas tradition: mulled wine. But what is it and where can we get it? Without going to extremes let me tell you it’s similar to German Gluhwine, Italian vin brule or French vin chaud. It began when some genius added honey and spices to wine that...
Dec 22 2006 - 12:00am
Shall I bore you with a litany of Christmas promotions and hampers? I think not.
But I will tell you about a cool new place on Old Bailey Street (15 Old Bailey St., SoHo 3622-3222) called “O Sip Hah” which opened on Mon. It’s a smallish Thai restaurant but with European touches as...
Dec 15 2006 - 12:00am
When it comes to a funky holiday, the Lan Kwai Fong Entertainment group is, as usual, leading the pack with a range of innovative and unusual dinners (as well as a few traditional choices). Sleek and sexy Lux (UG/F California Tower, 30-32 D'Aguilar St., 2868-9538), under the watch of the most...
Dec 8 2006 - 12:00am
This is really cool for foodies and just anyone who gives two hoots about their health and what goes into their body: We now have our first organic market at the Gloucester Road Park in Wan Chai, next to Revenue Tower, open every Sunday. Over 15 local organic farms (did you even know we had farms...
Dec 8 2006 - 12:00am
