When traveling to Hong Kong, many tourists find themselves in Tsim Sha Tsui located in the south of Kowloon Peninsula where Hong Kong’s glittering Victoria Harbour meets a giant world bazaar of gleaming malls, designer boutiques, and grand hotels alongside a plethora of jewelry stores, camera shops, street hawkers, small markets, and food stalls. Tsim […]
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Affordable Dining in Hong Kong – Din Tai Fung
Hong Kong has 61 Michelin star restaurants in the 2013 Hong Kong and Macau Michelin Guide. First released in 2009, about one-fifth of the total listings are of so-called simple-shop restaurants, which serve basic local fare like noodles and congee. By day, I made it my mission to seek out a few of the affordable […]
Affordable Hong Kong: Michelin Star Cheap Eats
Ho Hung Kee, a tiny hole-in-the-wall noodle shop amidst the cacophony of Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay has once again been anointed one star in the Michelin Guide 2013. All in all, Hong Kong has 61 restaurants with Michelin stars and a handful of the them afford working class locals and visitors a chance to experience […]
Hong Kong: a City of Contrasts
A week in Hong Kong is not long enough to fully experience all that this island metropolis holds within its heart, but long enough to realize the contrasts in the old and new and marvel at how they co-exist in the 21st century. Indeed a city of contrasts, the idea that they exist in perfect […]
Chinese Medicine and Radishes
I’ve been MIA for a couple of days because of some major happenings on the home front. Yesterday, after going back and forth a few times, we accepted a buyer’s offer and sold our home of 15 years – making our move to the beach a done deal. A huge inner sigh of relief was […]