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December 2, 2014

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Duddell’s

Heart2Heart is always so happy to try new restaurants! Dining is not always about finding the best food. For me, experiencing new spaces, appreciating unique interiors, learning a new story about the founders of the place, trying new flavors, seeing unique food presentations and discovering even just a unique container for the sauces is always exciting for me!

We tried Dudell’s at the 3rd and 4th of the Shanghai Tang store in Dudell’s street 🙂 It’s very near the Landmark building. You come from the 2nd floor of Shanghai Tang and walk up a short flight of stairs to get to the restaurant

I love the place. It’s a more modern setting serving Chinese food. There are art pieces around the place for people to appreciate and of course to purchase if interested. It’s about Art and Food at Dudell’s

I love the unique tableware in the restaurant

The food was very good. I am sure there are many others, we just do not know what dishes would probably appeal to us. But those we ordered were delicious

Crispy Eel with Sweet Chili

Crispy Chickent fillet with Minced Shrimp in Sweet Lemon Sauce

Crispy Suckling pig – prepared the same way as in Lung King Heen! We tried all the suckling pigs in all the restaurants! 🙂

Previous entry: Lung King Heen for Lunch Dimsum December 2, 2014

Roasted Duck – we had this too in almost all the places

Panfried A4 Kagoshima Wagyu Beef with Shallot – YUM!

Crispy Chicken! So tender, juicy and so tasty

Fish Mau

Barbecued pork with honey

Avocado soup for dessert! Super Yum!

More birthday buns!!! 🙂Cluck below to go to their website

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December 2, 2014

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Ramen Nagi Now Open in Greenbelt 3

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Ramen Nagi Manila Opens its 6th store today at Greenbelt 3, 2nd level!!! Congratulations Erickson and Roxanne Farillas, Winnie Go, Carissa Coscolluela, Avi Chua and Enti Coscolluela. I heard that there are three more stores to open next year!

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December 2, 2014

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Lung King Heen for Dimsum Lunch

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Two years ago, we discovered this place! It was LOVE at first bite 🙂 We never miss going here whenever we are in HK

Previous Entry: Lung King HeenFour Seasons Hotel Hong Kong September 20, 2012

Kung King Heen December 29, 2013

This is my first time to have lunch here because the past two times have been dinner. We had dimsum! YUM!

Steamed Shanghainese Dumpling with Scallop;s

Baked Bbq pork buns with pine nuts! Now my favourite bbq pork buns!!!

The ultimate Xiao Long Bao – Hairy Crab Shanghai Dumpling

Baked Whole Abalone Puff with Diced Chicken

Crispy eel with sweet wasabi sauce- YUM!

Barbecued Suckling pig – The separate the skin, remove the fat, put pancake in between! Super YUM!

Crispy Pigeon

Lung King Heen Lobster Fried rice with Seafood

Accessories for the Shanghai crab

THE BEST!!!

Ginger tea after having the crab

Complimentary desserts

Birthday buns for the birthday celebrant 🙂 There were two kinds – the flat one

And the upright one 🙂

For the birthday celebrant!

Bird’s nest dessert which was so good![email_link]

December 1, 2014

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Lei Garden

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First meal upon arrival in Hong Kong! Lei Garden at IFC mall

Previous entry: Lei Garden Hong Kong September 19, 2012

Tofu with egg

Barbecued Honey Pork

Crispy Roasted Pork – This dish runs out quickly, it’s a good thing Ryan saved two orders for us

Ham Sprinkles

Braised Superior Bird’s Nest with Ham sprinkles 🙂

Pigeon

Roast Duck

Here is our very efficient server, Ryan, who is the Captain 🙂 He is showing us the Alaskan King Crab which is still moving

YUM! They serve it three ways! I am happy with just this dish

Sauteed legs with Butter and salt

Baked Rice in Carapace. Yum the rice! It has some cheese on top

Mom has to always have a vegetable dish

Napoleon Wrasse- A very rare fish. The restaurant has to be authorised by the Hong Kong government to be able to serve this.

They gave us a fresh lemon drink which was very sour- supposedly good for digestion. Just drink it all in one shot! 🙂

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December 1, 2014

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Places to go People to See

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December 1, 2014

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Sweet Cheeks and Velvet Apple by Migs Villanueva

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Last year, one of my good friends, Bambi Reyes Javelosa, introduced me to an artist.

The artist, Migs Villanueva, was her Aunt, the sister of her Mom, Tita Edith

I was at her home and she showed me one of the works of Migs and I instantly loved it. The subject of Migs’ paintings are children. Migs told me that she started out doing abstract paintings, but she felt something was lacking. Then she started drawing children and immediately she knew this was what she wanted to do. She is the only Filipino artist that uses the subject of children in her work. This is what sets her apart from the others and brings out her unique form of expression through art.

She left the corporate life and started a career in literary arts where she won three Palanca Awards in 2002 and 2006 and two NVM Gonzales Awards in 2001 and 2002. And even if she was busy as a visual artists, she continued her fiction and was also a screenwriter. This career was further nurtured when she became a member of the Saturay Group of well respected artist Mauro Malang Santos. She is now the current President of the club.

She recently exhibited at the FilipinaZ Art and Fashion fair

Last October 15 to 19, she launched her fifth one man show at the ManilArt entitled Sweet Cheeks and Velvet Apple, exhibited under Galerie Francesca.

Migs Villanueva Sweet Cheeks and Velvet Apple ManilaArt

Migs is a mother of four and a grandmother. She told me that her only granddaughter, Rafa, was her inspiration

One of my favourite artwork in the show was that of a little boy wearing a barong. I also liked the little girls in three dimensional dresses. All the faces of the children are the same with three dots representing the eyes and the mouth. That is her signature face and it leaves the viewer to interpret the emotional state of the child in the painting.

She invites each viewer to put their own childhood experiences in her works. We become the characters in her works. And that is what it totally does to me when I look at her painting. It brings me back to my childhood. It makes me remember who were my friends and who I used to play with when I was a child. All happy memories during an innocent childhood. How soothing and calming it is to look at such artwork which is so light, so bright, so happy and so innocent.

The works are not only for a child’s bedroom but can be part of any room in the house. Migs can even commission work for you and draw your children.

Migs Villanueva exhibits under Galerie Francesca. For more information, please call them at (632 ) 570 9495, ( 632 ) 659 2667 or email galeriefrancescaSchedule for Monday

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