I don't often hang out in Notting Hill, and so it is an effort for me to head to The Ledbury for dinner. However, sometimes good food comes at a price, and the price is for me to find the time and energy to venture to Notting Hill for this 2-Michelin starred restaurant headed by young chef Brett Graham.   more »

Sometimes you make plans well in advance, but they just don't work out. It didn't even cross my mind to ...   more »

This is the first time I return to this restaurant at the Berkeley Hotel since Marcus Wareing broke away from ...   more »

It was Nathan Outlaw's restaurant in Fowey that finished off my Cornwall gourmet trip on a high last year, and so this year I have once again chosen Nathan for the grande finale of this year's SW England foodie tour....   more »

Hidden in the middle of Dartmoor, it takes a special trip to go to Gidleigh Park; but it's well ...   more »

I have wanted to go to Le Champignon Sauvage for quite a while but never found a good reason to ...   more »

I had hoped that, with Daniel Galmiche taking over from John Campbell at the Vineyard, the standard would not have ...   more »

One of the Chinese New Year snacks that I really love is the fried taro balls (芋蝦) - I ...   more »

Last week I paid another visit to Dinings, the small Japanese restaurant opened by ex-Nobu chef and tucked away on ...   more »

Away from the busy streets in Hong Kong, this restaurant is located up the hill from Sheung Wan, in the quiet street of Kau U Fong, and boasts the use of the finest ingredients and the absence of artificial stuff....   more »

Located inside the Langham Hotel, right in the middle of the bustling Tsim Sha Tsui district, you get a sense ...   more »

I'm sure that you have seen pharmaceutical advertising in doctor's offices on everything from tissues to note pads.

Well, in ...   more »

When Sammi announced that she would be releasing a gospel album after a few years' inactive period on the music ...   more »

Billed as the cheapest Michelin-starred restaurant in the world, Tim Ho Wan (2-8 Kwong Wah St., Mong Kok, Kowloon, ...   more »

Michelin has just published the 2010 Guide for Great Britain. Not too happy with some of the results but then ...   more »

I have been pinning the places around the world that I have visited so far in my life, and here's ...   more »

The Hand and Flowers is one of those restaurants that I have intended to visit for a long time and ...   more »

Recently I read an article from Dr Steve Margolin on a few tips for leading a healthy, stress-free life.... Some ...   more »

Introduction

If I have to select "10 dishes to try before you die", the famous Cherry Pork (Ying Tau Rou) ...   more »

Now it comes to the end of 2009, and also the end of the first decade of the Millenium, everyone ...   more »

"When you see the stars in the sky, will you remember her?"

Six years ago today, Anita Mui died of ...   more »

At the beginning of 2009, one wish I had was to visit sufficient Michelin-starred restaurants to make up to a ...   more »

Well-written book on the road to the understanding of prime numbers - bringing together different branches of mathematics and science. ...   more »

It's been over a year since I last updated my blog.... The problem is that I have not really spent ...   more »

Less than 2 days to go before the Beijing Olympics opens - I am not from Beijing but I share the excitement of welcoming the greatest game on earth to this city.

From what I can see on the television, Beijing has changed a lot - with all the new buildings for the Olympics, the city has made a great leap forward since I last visited in 2000.

Let's just hope that the terrorists are not going to cause any troubles there - why do some people have to mix politics with sports like this?!

Congratulations to Carina Lau and Tony Leung, two of Hong Kong's most prominent film stars, on their marriage in Bhutan. ...   more »

Up till today, I probably haven't bought any CDs in the UK for a couple of months (I can't even ...   more »

The Sichuan earthquake upset me tremendously, not just because I am Chinese. Having been to some of the places affected ...   more »

While Eurovision is usually boring and tedious, the most addictive part of the whole show is the voting... This year ...   more »

Four years ago today, Hong Kong lost one of the best and most loved singers - Anita Mui died of ...   more »

Before I visited Antarctica, I had no opinion on whaling nor a lot of the environmental issues at all. But ...   more »

One of the main beneficiaries from my past gastric reflux problem is the Innocent Drinks Company.... It was by chance ...   more »

I've been a bit quiet lately and haven't updated the blog at all - I went to Sichuan province in ...   more »

I had high expectations of Bacchus Restaurant before I even got there, as their head chef Nuno Mendes had worked ...   more »