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Hong Kong: Pierre – A One Michelin Star Experience

September 13, 2010 / Glenn Lee / 2 comments

Hong Kong - Pierre - A One-Michelin Star Experience

Pierre Gagnaire.

The owner of the reknowned 3-Michelin starred restaurant in Paris has an outpost in the Mandarin Oriental hotel that I stayed in and I just knew that I definitely had to pay Pierre (which it is called) a visit.

His inventive and gastronomic cuisine definitely delighted my tasted buds while I was there for my Express Lunch; Trust me, the restaurant holds true to their word when they call it an Express Lunch; The 4 course meal took no more than 45 minutes to complete, with each course seemingly appearing right after each plate was cleared, served hot no less. Read more

Category: Cuisine: French, Hong Kong /

Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong In Room Dining

September 8, 2010 / Glenn Lee / No comments

In Room Dining at Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong

My Cathay Pacific flight (P.S. they served one of the worst omelettes unfortunately) touched down at the Hong Kong International Airport at 12pm exactly; I was starving by the time that I reached the hotel and completed all the necessary check-in procedures.

Really, that meant only one thing – it was lunch time. I needed to unpack and reply a few important emails; so I did the unthinkable: Order In-Room Dining.

On hindsight, what was I thinking – Ordering in-room dining service on an overseas trip, in Hong Kong no less. By the way, it is times like these when those daily hotel credits come into play!

Thankfully, what I had ordered did not disappoint!

Read on to see the two dishes that I ordered from the menu! Read more

Category: Cuisine: Chinese, Hong Kong, In-Room Dining /

Hotel: Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong

September 6, 2010 / Glenn Lee / No comments

Hotel Review: Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong - HungryEpicurean

Last month, I had the opportunity to escape the sweltering heat of Singapore for a short work cum leisure trip to Hong Kong! Fine, I shall delude myself no further for it was frankly not much of an escape. Hong Kong was equally as hot as Singapore for the period that I was there.

This marked my second visit to Hong Kong and having stayed in Kowloon on my previous visit (P.s. I stayed at Hotel Panaroma – which I highly recommend as well), I stayed at the vernerable Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong this time around. Most of my meetings that I had planned to attend were scheduled to be held somewhere in the Central area, which made Mandarin Oriental the most obvious choice.

Now for the foodie in me, a 2 minute walk to the Central MTR station proved to be very much useful, especially on days that I had (rather, wanted) to travel out of the Central area in the hunt for local delicacies.

Read on to see my thoughts and photographs of my stay. Read more

Category: Hong Kong, Hotels /

Hong Kong: Shui Liu Shan Desserts

July 11, 2010 / Glenn Lee / No comments

This is a way overdue blog post and it because of technical errors and other commitments but I digress.

Hong Kong is place well known for their desserts as well. Having said that, I’m going to introduce to a dessert chain that uses mango as their main ingredient. Hui Liu Shan Desserts is a chain with stores located all over Hong Kong, well known for serving their desserts made mainly from Mango. Mango puree, mango slices, mango dices, mango ice cream – every single possible way of eating mango in a nice and chilled manner, they have it covered.

Glenn and I, sat down at a busy store just opposite Time Square and had 2 desserts. Mainly the Mango with Ice Jelly and Mango with Coconut. The desserts are made to order – which means, the puree and the mangoes are freshly cute and pureed on the spot to preserve maximum freshness of the dessert.

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Category: Desserts, Hong Kong /

Hong Kong: Mak’s Noodles

June 7, 2010 / Glenn Lee / One comment

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Many websites, food blogs and even Anthony Bourdain have waxed lyrically (and I mean literally, for most of them used the exact same phrase) about the grand old-dame of noodles, Mak’s Noodles. An institution on its own right, I do have to state the obligatory note that Mak’s Noodles has their own English article on Wikipedia.

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Category: Cuisine: Chinese, Hong Kong /

Hong Kong: Four Seasons Pot Rice

May 13, 2010 / Glenn Lee / No comments

Reviews of the Best Food in Hong Kong

Our first dinner in Hong Kong brought us to Yau Ma Tei. Four Seasons Claypot Rice is an old cafe/eatery located just around the corner of the subway station. This restaurant is what you would imagine in the late 80s/early 90s – mosaic flooring, tiled walls, fold-able wooden tables, chairs and friendly aunties donning apron colored brightly with flowery prints.

Everything here is starts with a humble HKD$18, and portion-wise, you are really getting a good deal out of this. Read more