HONG KONG: a stunning meal at Petrus, Shangri-La 8 April 2010 in FOOD, Food reviews, HOLIDAYS, Hong Kong, Uncategorized

Petrus Shangri-La Hotel (56th floor) Pacific Place, Supreme Court Rd Central Hong Kong PRICE: $$$$$ RATING: I couldn’t not give Petrus a full 5 stars, because it nailed every single thing we wanted in a fine-dining meal. Located on the 56th floor of the...
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PHO SEASON 1 April 2010 in Food reviews - Shanghai, Uncategorized

Pho Season 427 Dagu Lu Shanghai, China PRICE: ???? RATING: This review was initially made on Smart Shanghai.com and I won a 800? gift certificate for Skin City. So THANK YOU Smart Shanghai!! You are awesome 🙂 So this is a cross-post into here,...
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GRILLED FRENCH CAMEMBERT, TRUFFLE, MUSHROOM SANDWICHES... 30 March 2010 in Chris, FOOD, My recipes, Uncategorized

On Saturday morning, we made grilled French camembert, truffle and mushroom sandwiches for Chris’ birthday – yes, we seem to keep celebrating it! Promise this is the last one 😉 It was a completely random whim of mine… because we had that jar of...
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HOMEMADE TRUFFLE PASTA 29 March 2010 in Chris, FOOD, My recipes, Uncategorized

Since it was Chris’ birthday last week (hence our Banyan Tree holiday in Sanya), I’d decided to make him dinner on his actual birthday. We normally don’t really cook now, because 1) ingredients end up more expensive than just eating in a restaurant and...
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A COVERT OPERATION AT CLOSED DOOR 17 March 2010 in Food reviews - Shanghai, Uncategorized

Closed Door 808 Changle Lu, French Concession Shanghai, China PRICE: ???? RATING: We seem to just love Edurado Vargas-owned restaurants. He seems to own half of the Western restaurants in Shanghai, with more popping up each month 😉 We hit Closed Door for Sunday...
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