Vanilla at Playground, Bangkok - December 2006
Christmas decoration and thousand layer vanilla cake (highly recommended)




818 Soi Sukhumvit 55 Sukhumvit Rd., Klongton Nue Wattana Bangkok 10110 Tel : (662)714-7888Fax : (622)714-9177

MOCA Cafe, Hanoi - June 2007

This is a western style cafe in Hanoi which serves good Vietnamese coffee and some quick dishes including sandwiches, pho and some other local dishes. It's a place for hangout if you want to spend a leisure afternoon with friends or by yourself.

Afterwards, you can stroll down the shops near Moca Cafe which has some interesting little shops but some of them are priced in expensive US prices.

This cafe is recommended in several travel books and the hotel.

Adress: 14 - 16 Nha Tho Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi
Tel: (84-4) 825 6334

* If you are interested to find out the history of pho bo (beef noodles), check out this site http://www.vietworldkitchen.com/bookshelf/articles/pho_SJM.htm. But after you look at this, you'll appreciate pho bo even more when you eat out. A genuine bowl of pho bo takes a long time to prepare!

Live is simple. Sometimes a simple bowl of udon will make you happy.
Photo taken in Tokyo, April 2007
This small noodle place is located near Shinjuku subway station. You purchase a ticket from a machine and hand it to the staff to pick up your dishes. Each bowl of noodle, whether it's udon or soba, costs around 300-400 Yen.

Photos from New York - May 2007 by H

Along Times Square on a double decker Grayline Tour Bus















Oyster Bar & Restaurant, GrandCentral Station
Here's a delicious platter of fresh cherrystone clams and oysters!!! I miss cherrystone clams!!!
















http://www.oysterbarny.com
Grand Central Station
New York, NY 10017

I spent 4 years in Boston area for my bachelor degree. During that period, one of my favorite restaurants was Legal Seafood (http://www.legalseafoods.com/). Its slogan, after more than 10 years, still sticks in my mind -- "If it's not fresh, it's not legal". It is here where I develop my love and taste in cherrystone clams. We can get cherrystone clams in Hong Kong, regardless of the price, they don't taste the same here. Oyster Bar & Restaurant may not serve the best seafood in New York City, but certainly brings back memories of my days in Boston and the cherryclams are magnificent. Even E who does not like clams too much said the cherrystone clams are very good.

Photo from La Boca: Buenos Aires, Argentina - May 2007

Perhaps the most colorful area in Buenos Aires is La Boca (the Mouth), which sits along the port. Here an assortment of brightly painted low houses made of wood and metal burst upon the eyes in a scene that could almost be from some- where in Scandinavia. The main street here is Caminito, which has an artisans and painters fair, open air tango shows, and typical Italian cantinas. - geographia

Map of Argentina: click here

Birthday Dinner at 富豪酒家

A good friend invited us for dinner last night for his birthday at this restaurant. This restaurant, owned and operated by one of the apprentices of Yeung Khun Yee who is famous for his abalone dishes and birds nest desserts.

Being our first time at this restaurant, we waited patiently for the different dishes to come: sharks fin soup in thick consomme soup, abalone with goose feet in abalone sauce, stir fried garoupa with broccoli, steamed chicken, steamed fried rice in lotus leaf and to end the meal a delicious bowl of bird's nest in coconut milk

The abalone & goose feet were tender and rich in flavour. In normal circumstances, we would have ordered a bowl of steamed rice to make sure that every drop of the sauce is not wasted. And the bird's nest was just right in terms of sweetness and density... and the thought of the million benefits that bird's nest has gives us the reason to look forward to our good friend's next year birthday dinner.


地址: 銅鑼灣駱克道454-456號桂苑地下
Tel: (852) 28936565

Dessert at Sofitel Metropole, Hanoi

After a long walk outside under the sun, there is no better place to enjoy your afternoon tea at one of the best hotels in Vietnam. Here is a dessert we ordered. - June 2007

Brunch Club & Supper

Newly opened at Sun Wai Road Causeway Bay -- a 2nd outlet after its debut at SOHO. Yet to try it out. Think it's in soft launch stage at the moment.

The snapshots of Bangkok (July 2007)

Siam Paragon Food Court





















Erawan Tearoom by Grand Hyatt (Afternoon Tea Set) only 199 Baht per person

Le Marron: A Place for Gathering with Friends

We recently tried out this upstairs private kitchen restaurant in Causeway Bay (techncially it's a proper licensed restaurant). As the restaurant divides each table or party by curtain, there are many reviews in other forums that the restaurant is very noisy. We worried about it after making the reservation. When we got there, it wasn't too bad and we could talk with our proper tone. And they have some interesting decor as well.

For food selection, instead of a set menu, Le Marron allows customers to choose different dishes from appetizers, soups, main courses etc and each dish is individually priced. The minimum charge per person is only HK$250 which is very reasonably. And wine corkage is free too.

Do give it a try, it's a place for friends gathering.

12/F, Ying Kong Mansion
2-6 Yee Wo Street
Causeway Bay
Tel: 852-2881-6622
http://http://www.marron.com.hk/