Today is one of those days where you get extremely hungry and chomp down a meal without breathing. Maybe I wasn't feeling too well or I am used to getting up at 6:30AM every morning and eating lunch at 11:30AM before the lunch crowd hits every restaurants in town. And a 7:30PM meat fest.
We visited Pizza Express in Festival Walk located on L2. I love the two logos that represent Pizza Express, one is an Art Nouveau influenced by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and one is a sans-serif post modernist influenced by the typeface Helvetica. Is it wise to have a branding the composes of two different worlds?
It does represents the food they make and serve. Pizza made in a European styled less doughy crust and minimalist topping that is pleasant to the eyes of the beholder. It looks appetizing and yet not shouting unhealthy like a Pizza Hut pizza with heavy dough and cheese. It is airy and yet functional as food should be to fill you up, but don't weight you down.
I had a set lunch with cream of mushroom soup and four seasons pizza paired with a side of salad for HKD 88.00 and a pear pie that was just baked out of the oven for an additional HKD 20.00.
The service was very good there. And I would definitely recommend this place and the little hint of purplish blue brings in a soothing lavender freshness.
WoolooMooloo (located in the Tsim Sha Tsui Centre, TST East) was just the opposite. It sounded like a chant the Aborigines would sing to welcome you to devour whole slab of meat. The decor is dark and earthy with cow hides, wood and suede all over the place. The logo is compose of dots forming each letters with an hand drawn touch to it.
With a steakhouse you have to invite more people. We were a party of 12 and somehow the guys were on one side of the long table and the gals on the other end.
Food was excellent. I ordered a rib eye 12 ounce steak grilled medium rare. And they sure know how to cook a steak without wasting it. It was juicy and red just the way a steak should be done hands down. The sides were small enough that you may order more to share with the table. I did get a starter, foie gras, duck and pear stacked in that order from top to bottom. The foie gras was slightly sheared in an honey crusted which brings out some sweetness of the liver, but not to overwhelming. The sliced duck was a smoked duck sliced and layered underneath along with sliced pears. It was a delightful starter. And we ended with a cheese platter with assorted cheese from sharp to creamy.
I think these two are great pairing for a TGIF kinda day.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Hiring a driver in Hong Kong
I posted a portion of this on geoexpat.com:
I hired a driver just to drive my kids to their schools and therapies. He started in August at HKD 12K, I have to sub him lunch at HKD 50 per day, OT is HKD 80.00 per hour and he also gets MPF Benefits which is 5% of salary. He works Monday to Saturday from 7am to 6pm with 1 hr for lunch break. In additional, he gets a double pay at the end of year, prorated since he started in August.
Language wise he speaks in Cantonese only. And I know Cantonese but not my husband nor my kids. If you need someone who speaks in English it is more. Probably at the HKD 15K to 18K range. And the driver I hired has 20 years experience in driving a mini van. We recently purchased a Velfire. And he can park in ridiculously small space without breaking a sweat!
He knows Hong Kong inside and out and where to take short cuts or detour if there is traffic ahead. And he listens to the traffic reports on radio. If he doesn't know the area, he can easily find out from friends how to get to the destination in a jiffy. I am learning the names of the road in Cantonese from him.
I hired a driver just to drive my kids to their schools and therapies. He started in August at HKD 12K, I have to sub him lunch at HKD 50 per day, OT is HKD 80.00 per hour and he also gets MPF Benefits which is 5% of salary. He works Monday to Saturday from 7am to 6pm with 1 hr for lunch break. In additional, he gets a double pay at the end of year, prorated since he started in August.
Language wise he speaks in Cantonese only. And I know Cantonese but not my husband nor my kids. If you need someone who speaks in English it is more. Probably at the HKD 15K to 18K range. And the driver I hired has 20 years experience in driving a mini van. We recently purchased a Velfire. And he can park in ridiculously small space without breaking a sweat!
He knows Hong Kong inside and out and where to take short cuts or detour if there is traffic ahead. And he listens to the traffic reports on radio. If he doesn't know the area, he can easily find out from friends how to get to the destination in a jiffy. I am learning the names of the road in Cantonese from him.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Looking for Real Chinese Men
Today when we came out from the Kowloon Tong MTR, a middle age lady was passing out flyers to passer bys and this is the casting call flyer in search of REAL CHINESE MEN. And one of my friend says are they searching for the missing link?
Quoting the ad:
For the upcoming REAL MAN TV COMMERCIAL
Are you a REAL CHINESE MAN?
ARE you confident and outgoing?
Do you love life?
Are you energetic, athletic?
Do you have an interesting hobby or special interest?
Are you a loving, attractive husband?
A caring after and dedicated family man?
Would you describe yourself as THE EVERYDAY MAN?
Do you know this man? Are you this man?
Are you / they between 30-40 years old?
If this sounds like YOU or you KNOW someone like this - then we went to hear from you!
Send in your candid photos ASAP!
With a short blurb about yourself to the email address below.
Email to casting@anniewhostore.com Tel: 852-28667948
Deadline for photo/application submission:
30th August - 18th September 2011
Please Note: Absolutely NO professional actors or models please
Willing participants must have a valid passport
Thursday, September 8, 2011
SML at Times Square
After going to a primary schools seminar, we were so hungry. It was 1:25PM when we got out. We flagged a taxi to head out to Times Square. And it was still a lunch rush at 2PM. This is Hong Kong! We settled for SML.
My hubby and I both had the set menu for HKD 88.00 with starter, main course and dessert. I can say that my niçoise salad was a joke of minimalist, I was just glad that the main course was a full bowl of lamb curry cause I was really starving by the time the dishes came out. It was really good or I was super hungry I don't really care for what I ate and what I tasted. The spice was just enough for me. Not overly spicy that I had to constantly get my glass of water refilled by the minute.
My hubby got the soup which was puree potato. He didn't really like it. So hence our non photo of the starter.
For dessert, I ordered the apple crumble with vanilla custard and hubby ordered the mango pavlova. My bowl of warm apple crumble was just right in the amount of sugar level without getting my teeth chatter with soreness. On the other hand the pavlova was beyond sweet tooth for anyone. It is basically a meringue with a crisp crust and with mango syrup drizzled on top. And this dessert has some interesting history behind it as it is named after the Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova during her visit to New Zealand in the 1926 on her world tour. A hotel chef in Wellington, New Zealand created this dish. And of course there was a clouded argument whether the dish originate from Australia prior to 1926.
My hubby and I both had the set menu for HKD 88.00 with starter, main course and dessert. I can say that my niçoise salad was a joke of minimalist, I was just glad that the main course was a full bowl of lamb curry cause I was really starving by the time the dishes came out. It was really good or I was super hungry I don't really care for what I ate and what I tasted. The spice was just enough for me. Not overly spicy that I had to constantly get my glass of water refilled by the minute.
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| Lamb curry is so so. |
My hubby got the soup which was puree potato. He didn't really like it. So hence our non photo of the starter.
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| Apple crumble and in the background mango Pavlova. |
For dessert, I ordered the apple crumble with vanilla custard and hubby ordered the mango pavlova. My bowl of warm apple crumble was just right in the amount of sugar level without getting my teeth chatter with soreness. On the other hand the pavlova was beyond sweet tooth for anyone. It is basically a meringue with a crisp crust and with mango syrup drizzled on top. And this dessert has some interesting history behind it as it is named after the Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova during her visit to New Zealand in the 1926 on her world tour. A hotel chef in Wellington, New Zealand created this dish. And of course there was a clouded argument whether the dish originate from Australia prior to 1926.
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