Din Tai Fung, Hong Kong

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We did not leave HK without having our Xiao Long bao at Din Tai Fung!  So we made a quick stopover at Din Tai Fung right before going to the airport just to make sure we ate there!!  

So far, we have been to Shanghai and Hong Kong…for sure wherever there is a Din Tai Fung, we will be there 🙂 

Previous Entry:  Din Tai Fung April 16 2010 

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I ordered the Black Truffle Xiao Long Bao 🙂 

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And the boys had their usual crab and pork  

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My friend, Roselyn ( Travels with a Gourmet ) , who also blogs about food just recently wrote about it too and from Singapore 

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To visit Roselyn’s blog site, Click on this:  Travels with a Gourmet 

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Taxi Driver Creativity

By | Arts and Culture, Great Inventions, Travel | 2 Comments

We only rode a taxi once and we fortunately bumped into a very interesting taxi driver….

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I saw these dancing soda cans in his taxi and I showed it to my son….and the taxi driver told us that he made them!  We were amazed!  He said that he does it during his spare time in the taxi since he spends most of his time inside the car.  

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Then he showed us in his cellphone all his other works!!!  I told him to give me his email address so I can show him my website, but he said he does not have email and does not have time because he gets home so late from work already since he has to earn a living in his cab.  I told him to make more dancing soda cans and sell them!!! 🙂  

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Environmental Levy Scheme on Plastic Shopping Bags ( HK )

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We all know about the dangers of plastic bags 

Previous Entry:  The Dangers of Plastic Bags August 6, 2008

I was shopping in Watsons and the cashier asked me if I had a bag- and since I did not bring any with me on the trip – I just said I did not have one- then I saw my bill go up by a few cents!    

I WAS SO HAPPY!  For once in my life, I was happy they were charging me for a plastic bag!  After that, I never asked for a plastic bag anymore 🙂 I think it is a good way to reinforce the need for us to use recyclable bags and not use plastic anymore….I hope our country follows suit

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Tag…

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What a nice photo to TAG in Facebook.  You might want to start tagging your friends in the squares that best describes them 🙂

( Just upload this photo on your wall or in your photo album in your facebook profile)

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Pinoys in Queensway Bridge, HK

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It was a Sunday and we were crossing Queensway Bridge to go to our restaurant for dinner…… 

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 and we saw this… In Hong Kong, Sunday is the day when the domestic workers are given a day off 

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At first i could not believe it….then I had mixed feelings- first ashamed… they built their own picnic grounds using cardboard boxes, some removed their shoes and put up their feet, and they had food which they brought with them and you could smell different kinds of smell from the food….then later on I felt pity….but then again I looked at them and they seemed to be having a good time.  I regret not talking to any of them and asking them….  

Could this be the reason why others look down on us Filipinos? Could this be the reason there are no chairs/couches in the malls to avoid circumstances like this?  Why isn’t anyone doing anything about it? 

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New Tiffany Jewelry Goes to Heart

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As the ultimate destination for gifts to celebrate every memorable occasion in life, Tiffany & Co. introduces a new design—the Tiffany Filigree Heart.

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This richly detailed pendant combines the classic heart shape with a historical jewelry design from the Tiffany archives. The motif is based on 18th century French and English jewelry that featured an expression or sentiment as an integral part of the design. In Tiffany’s version, a heart of a delicate, open design outlines a pattern of seven petals surrounding a keyhole, with an attached key. A single word—Tiffany—is entwined in the heart, with one elegantly crafted letter appearing in each of the seven petals.

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In 18 karat white or rose gold or sterling silver, the heart gleams with a beauty that is three-dimensional and as light as lace. This tender heart is also available with round brilliant diamonds or colorful gemstones that appear in the petals and correspond to the seven letters that compose “ Tiffany”: tourmaline (pink), iolite, fire opal (orange/red), fire opal (yellow), amethyst, “ neon”  tsavorite and yellow citrine.

Wrapped in the Tiffany Blue Box®, the Tiffany Filigree Heart conveys every important sentiment on any special occassion. Love, gratitude, appreciation and the wish to give a lasting mememto sparkle beautifully in this jewel of the finest quality and with a heritage both of fine design and superb Tiffany craftsmanship.

 

 

Tiffany & Co is exclusively available in Rustan’s Makati and Shangri-la.

 

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Roka, Pacific Place, HK

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Right beside Zen in Pacific Place is Roka.  It was our first time to try this place and we enjoyed it.   

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Open kitchen where they do all the grilling 

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O Toro 

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Ebi Tempura 

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Wagyu Tempura Maki – I was so curious to try this and it was really good!  

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Maitake Mushroom 

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Tori no Umeshu Miso Yaki ( chicken ) 

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Robata Beef 

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Unagi 

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Gindara 

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Lamb Skewers 

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Yakitori- chicken skewers with baby leeks 

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Grilled Pork belly  

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Prawn and black cod dumplings ( gyoza ) 

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Grilled chicken wings 

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