Two restaurant reviews I wrote for Business Traveller Asia Pacific. Porteno in Sydney. Fantastic from start to finish. St George in Hong Kong. Not as good as I had experienced previously. Currently I am hearing great things so maybe time for a return visit. Continue reading Porcine perfection and slight disappointment
As the blog is new the content is still being developed so until I write a hotel review under Sybarite Unlimited I thought I would share a taste of the past. Two hotel reviews I wrote for Business Traveller Asia Pacific. DoubleTree by Hilton, Kuala Lumpur The Peninsula Chicago And a review of The Peninsula Shanghai’s fine-dining restaurant, just days after opening, for Foodtripper.com Continue reading Archives: Mysterious hairs to bathroom views
This article on Double Boiled Soup. was written for SCMP’s Food & Wine. Below is a recipe courtesy of Sha Tin 18, which also has the best Peking duck in Hong Kong. Sha Tin 18’s Pork and Apple Soup A summer soup. Serves 1 1 apple, sliced 200g of lean pork 4 Chinese almonds 4 apricot kernels 1/2 a honey date 400g of water Boil a … Continue reading Double Boiled Soup: history and belief in a pot
This article appeared in SCMP’s Food & Wine. A brief glimpse into the complex world of quintessential Middle Eastern spices. Middle Eastern spices Continue reading A sprinkling of Middle Eastern spice
This article appeared in SCMP’s Food & Wine. It looks at the past and present ideas on pairing wine with Cantonese cuisine. Cantonese cuisine and wine pairing part 1 and The article itself is here in part 2 Continue reading Wine & Food Pairing: Cantonese
Peruvian Cuisine is taking the culinary world by storm, including Hong Kong, with the recent opening of Chicha. This is an article I wrote for South China Morning Post about the cuisine’s signature dishes. Peru Continue reading Peruvian Cuisine in Hong Kong
I selected these restaurants to review as they are the city on a plate, from the classic to the new I had an excellent meal at them all. The article appeared in Business Traveller Asia Pacific. A few images: Images courtesy of the restaurants included and Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau. Continue reading Dining in Chicago
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