BLUE BUTCHER: A REVIEW
Ok so it’s Sunday but… – …Arrive and order G&T.. good news- they have fever tree + Bombay J: bad news.. tonic warm… so guy tries to chill...
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Sep 2, 20132 min read
GREASING THE PALMS OF THE MAINLAND CHINESE TOURIST
We were reading about a new website called Feels Like Home, its focus on attracting tourists from Mainland China to a bankrupt country...
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Aug 30, 20133 min read
REMEMBERING DANIEL NG
It’s been a sad day and a time for reflection: Daniel Ng, who had the huge balls to go from being an aeronautical engineer for NASA to...
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Aug 29, 20131 min read
JOYCE, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING TO PEEL FRESCO?
We like Joyce, the owner of Peel Fresco and the now closed Joyce Is Not Here. After going to Peel Fresco on Monday and last night, we...
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Aug 27, 20131 min read
KARKI SHOWS WHY HE IS THE GURU
I must applaud my friend Karki for not suffering fools gladly. An Indian couple had recently brought an elderly Chinese couple to Karki’s...
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Aug 27, 20131 min read
INSIDER: OUT FOR THE COUNT!
We only went to Insider to see our friends Paul Sapiera- a brilliant guitarist rated one of the best in Rock in the Philippines years...
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Aug 25, 20132 min read
MONKEY SEE, MONKEY DO
We were at one of the few clubs that offer ‘live’ music. Nothing wrong with that, but what gives the performers a warped sense of...
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Aug 23, 20132 min read
PEEL FRESCO GETS LATINO FRISKY
The last two visits to Peel Fresco have had me nodding off with one night featuring some truly ponderous progressive jizz and another...
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Aug 16, 20130 min read
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Aug 13, 20131 min read
GRILLED CHEESE MANIA SWEEPING THE NATION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLKHHOhg1h8 #CheeseMania #GRILLEDCHEESEMANIASWEEPINGTHENATION
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Aug 12, 20132 min read
THE ALLEY CAT’S WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Sparks flew from one side of the table recently when a certain “well-traveled” American chef who has made cameo appearances in a few...
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Aug 11, 20131 min read
THE DISTRICT COUNCILLOR WHO HAS GOT HIS PRIORITIES WRONG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGwt98AMSg0
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Aug 9, 20134 min read
THE DUMBING DOWN OF STUPID HONG KONG
There are some good points about today’s Hong Kong- I have to think what these might be- and many bad ones, one of the worst being...
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Aug 8, 20131 min read
THE GRAND HYATT IN HK IS NOT GRAND ANYMORE
Many of us have had a soft spot for the Grand Hyatt with great memories of nights at JJ’s and the Champagne Bar, events held at the Grand...
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Aug 4, 20133 min read
WHY DO SOME RESTAURANTS SUCCEED AND OTHER FLIP FLOP?
Yes, we keep hearing the mantra that the success of any bar, club or restaurant is location, location, location. But in image-conscious...
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Jul 31, 20132 min read
ONGOING RACISM GROWS IN HK
Sure, most Asians dislike other Asians and which is why this region has always been a popular dumping grounds for many useless expats...
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Jul 26, 20132 min read
THE POLITICS OF HONG KONG’S FOOD AND BEVERAGE BUSINESS
It really is a dog eat dog world out there and with huge dollops of cattiness and petty jealousies thrown in along with the usual cast of...
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Jul 25, 20132 min read
PEEL FRESCO AND THE BEST BAND IN HONG KONG
Yes, there are those days when we all get it so wrong. And so it was at Peel Fresco last night. Expecting one of our mates to be playing,...
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Jul 20, 20132 min read
BUT WHAT ABOUT BRANDON LEE
I just finished reading a very in-depth piece in the South China Morning Post about the trials and tribulations of the Bruce Lee family...
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