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HONG KONG: Cafe de Coral

Cafe de Coral (大家樂), is one of Hong Kong’s biggest fast food franchises.

Far from burgers and fries associated with fast food in North America, Cafe de Coral whips up fairly healthy meals in an astonishingly efficient manner. I’ve never had to wait more than five minutes from ordering to getting a piping hot meal [...]

HONG KONG: Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.

One of Hong Kong’s biggest tourist attractions is Victoria Peak (太平山) or simply The Peak (山頂) which is home to some of the country’s priciest properties and a stunning panorama.

You can get there by bus, mini-bus, or taxi but the most popular way is by tram on a funicular railway that was first [...]

HONG KONG: Three tiers for high tea

It costs just HK$1.70 (0.28 CAD) to take the Star Ferry between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon and reach views of the Victoria Harbour and skyline like this. That has to be one of the biggest bargains in the travelling world.

Subway stops and road tunnels have been built since the ferry opened in 1888, [...]

HONG KONG: Pop bites and Post-it notes

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 [...]

HONG KONG: Tending to the tootsies

(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 [...]

HONG KONG: Where the chicken is hot and the water is broken

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 [...]

MACAU: Portuguese tarts

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 [...]

MACAU: The madhouse at Fernando’s

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 [...]