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There are lots of notable things about pop bites, a combination wine bar, bakery, deli and dessert cafe. (It’s owned by the same company that runs Shui Hu Ju, several blocks away.) I felt my cool quotient rise just by stepping inside. A DJ was spinning tunes (isn’t that what the kids call it?) in [...] (Flickr photos above by photocapy, left, and xiaming, right) Foot massage businesses are everywhere in Hong Kong and China. Foot-shaped signs advertising them are on every corner and hang off every building. And as far as I could tell, no way of differentiating the legit and the illicit until you were actually at the door. Getting [...]
While we were traipsing around in Guilin, Carolynne made reservations for us at Shui Hu Ju for our meetup in Hong Kong because we all definitely wanted at least one Sichuan dinner with some kick. Shui Hu Ju (水滸居), named after a mystical mountain in a Chinese fable, is tucked into the restaurant-packed Soho district [...] When Christina invited me to go snowshoeing near Canmore and then afternoon tea at the Mount Engadine Lodge, I was envisioning a leisurely hour-long stroll, max two, followed by a cozy appointment with baked goods and a hot mug of tea. I was right on the second count at least. I should’ve known better when Christina [...] My office is very politically astute at lunch time. When Parliament got prorogued, we marked the occasion with perogies. While a lovely meal was served to U.S. President Barack Obama on his first official visit to Canada on Thursday, we knew we had to have some sort of American food for lunch. We knew it [...]
I think Portugal’s sweetest contribution to China are its custard tarts. In Chinese cuisine, there are the bright yellow egg tarts (蛋撻), which are said to be influenced by Britain, and then there are Portuguese tarts (葡撻), which are made with a bit of coconut milk and have a brown caramelized top. The Portuguese tarts [...] Fernando’s is an institution in Macau, a former Portuguese colony and now special administrative region of China. Online searches reveal excellent Portuguese food, and sometimes arrogant and inattentive staff proportionate to increasing clientele. Our visit certainly confirmed the former. And as for the latter, I’d say we got overly attentive service especially from the restaurant’s namesake [...] Like Hong Kong, Macau is a former European colony. Portugal controlled the region from the 16th century until it was transferred back to China as a special administrative region in 1999. Macau was China’s first and last European colony. Just an hour’s ferry ride away from Hong Kong, Macau is an easy getaway to a very [...] |
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