致敬

早前看了一個節目，關於一個麵包師傅兼老板與他的菠蘿包．他每日只睡三個鐘，心中老記掛著早上等吃麵包的顧客．
周日在籣芳園喝著奶茶．吃著西多，深深感激這班默默支撐著本土飲食文化的人，好讓我每次外遊回來，吃著熟識食物，有回家的感覺．

Joia

http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=19421&district_id=99&inputcategory=cname&inputstr=joia&amenity_id=&dishes_id=

two films

Elizabeth- the golden Age , a declaration of new woman: I am who I am
蝴蝶飛 I like its english title 'Linger' , not a typical love movie, it is more like searching for a proof of love, boyfriend & girlfriend; father & son;

慾望臨界

為寫稿交貨,我買了《信仰臨界》一書,作者古斌在基督教界迅速冒起.於是我閱讀,因為想了解誰會是他的讀者.
初步推斷,他的讀者多會是在教會附近遊走尋尋覓覓的一群,古斌的文字令這班建制以外邊緣的人找到安身立命之所,令想癲覆的人在想像中(也是一種虛擬)再次相信臨界的力量,可以擁抱"可能",甚至相信有—天成為一顆稀有又光芒萬象的鑽石,而不是只有孤獨的呼喊.
臨界勾起的力量見於漫畫式／武俠式臨界力量,如日本動漫，hero主角．如蜘蛛俠,臨界是末世悶局僅餘的想像和希望.
古的文字看得人血脈沸騰,儼如看武俠小說,招招精采,但不是毫無破綻.照單全收是思考的敵人,"carry away'時,情緒最會作怪.看他的文章,要提起精神.
古斌,在我來看,像個文化說書人，流麗地寫出”coherent rhetoric”他以文字呼喚形像,用形像刺激想像,以想像勾劃信仰,以信仰帶回希望,希望是人堅持下去的理由.一個自以為不需要希望的年代,其實最需要希望.

Books ON STAGE

In Metro (the bookstore in elements), I read two books.

1. Nigella Lawson
She is a very attractive 'cook'. She teaches people to cook and 'seduces' you with good food. 'Passion' concludes my impression of her. Mrs. Chu told me that her cookbook won her a book prize. So I read. Her cookbook is not a book compiling of receipes. She is like talking to old friends sharing her cooking experiences. She did not hid herself. She only shares with people what she likes. 'I' is the word that she constantly uses. completely subjective view of cooking. She is in the centre of the stage, together with her food.

2. Forms with fantasy-published by Page One
This trend is everywhere, the baroque, neo baroque, mystic, the reincarnation of the old is everwhere if you know what I mean by the untraditonal christmas trees that have been sold during christmas time at citysuper. (www.tordboontje.com). Fancy, fantasy decorative elements are gradually replacing the cool, chic, minimal modern form.

Modern men are too bored. Technological advances fools us thinking that miracles and breakthoughs are not more than ordinary and we simply taken them for granted. Consumers are not easy to be amazed but always desire sth that is extraoridnary. So sth that has been less seen in the last decades revive because of the longing for something unusal.

The glamour, the Theatrical, the Bling bling are there on stage. Some people called is new(no)stagia. A new form that combines nostalgia & technology & innovation. Technology enables us to reproduce and overcomes the difficulties of handicrafts. Cloning becomes a routine. The stage with not just lighting but projection and all sorts of effects is prepared for eveyone. We could re-create fantasy and materialise fantasy. Display becomes the key of life.

However, there is a danger of making nostalgia a commodity for consumption. We are not so much like collectors who collect things with history. Instead, we buy things and reconstruct the commodity's history. This history is being priviatised. We, as human being, may and may not in future share history even if we live in the same zone.

Some people would rather live in self owned fantasy or virtual fantasy (on line world). They believe that is the safe place in compared with the world they live in, which has been peceived as full of dangers and uncertainties.

The Fantasy Land we need today is not for the mass but for private. I wonder, will people become more and more lonely despite that they have neo baroque decorative boutique like apartment or so called house/home. I am not against this trend and I do appreciate the aesthetic side and the creativity behind. You will easily find those decorative goods in my house. I frequently visit Homeless funiture store and cannot help myself appreciate those designs. All I am trying to say is... we have to have awareness as always.

Chiu Chow Pak Lok

My sister treated me duck breast in Chiu Chow Pak Lok restaurant. She highly recommended it to me. I found it very juicy.

Friendlies=Fuwa Friend lies??

Who would give a name like this? FriendLies
http://news.tom.com/2006-10-16/000T/67772635.html

保暖,要食好D

冬天除左打邊爐.煲仔飯.羊腩煲之外,熱朱古力也是不二之選,買杯Leonidas$16外賣朱古力,仲可以揀白朱古力味.原味或黑朱古力味.另外,starbucks出品都不錯.
天寒地凍,朋友講起想食蛇羹同糯米飯,癮起我自已就去左蛇王芬買外賣,貴係貴D,但其味無窮.其實好耐之前,食過佢地燒鵝脾麵,個D油閃亮,仍然回味個份滿足.

扮fans

一班姊妹去O sip hah食dinner,食物賣相好靚,甜品咖啡超正,唯一奇怪侍應話唔淮我地影太多相.食完,被邀請到Pop bites聽太極Joey唱歌,不過只趕得切聽左半首,Joey仲同我地打招呼,我地變左fans.

電影飛機餐

飛短途機,無咩戲睇.
-不能說的秘密,OK喎,有純愛feel
-Jane Austen Book Club係講讀書會如何人書互動,細膩.書卷氣.但不排除有人會覺得好悶.

Music Garden

Last Sunday I attended a music performance with yannie by SAR Philharmonic Orchestra.
One particular piece of music was so good, that it seemed to have taken me to a garden. I opened the program and found that the piece is called En los jardines de la Sierra de Cordoba (in the Gardens of the Sierra de Cordoba)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noches_en_los_Jardines_de_Espa%C3%B1a

Seeing Sunset in Tsuen Wan

Visit Airport

建築雙年展

中區警署及域多利監房作展覽場地,又免費參觀,超正!

荃灣蘭芳茶餐廳的特式餐牌

炒米.炒烏冬.炒伊面.炒米線.炒公仔面.會意粉.湯鳥冬.湯粉面.湯米線
配火腿.叉燒.牛腩.雞翼.雪菜肉絲.紅腸.全個餐牌寫滿字,但萬變不離其中.
像這樣:
叉燒炒米
火腿炒米
牛腩炒米
雞翼炒米
叉燒湯米線
火腿湯米線
牛腩湯米線
雞翼湯米線

反通脹飲食Guide

1.沙田河畔新強記鮑魚雞粥$10(花生茶錢另計,但有鮑魚兩片,不是鮑魚菇)
2.荃灣新村道蘭芳茶餐廳,什醬蝦球湯伊麵$25,五粒蝦球,爽身有蝦味,抵食(入門囗嗅到一些"陳舊味",潔癖者不宜)
3.中環奧卑利街O Sip Hah潮食Thai style法國菜,dinner tasting menu 五個courses$168+1O%(優惠期有限,下星期開始)
4.IFC比利時Leonidas朱古力熱飲外賣平價$16,優惠期到1月31號.

曼谷的破事兒

1.入境時,排隊混亂,幾個不同國籍男子打尖,目標是我們兩個中國女子及一大班來自斯里蘭卡大學舞蹈團.我們問那些男子,為何忽然站在我們旁邊,他們竟說自己也在排隊,但觀乎他們排出來的線,竟偏離直線3O度角.君子理論不成,惟有沈著氣應戰,其中有一天生打尖人見開了新櫃位,跟友轉線,被海關姐姐喝令離開,還厚顏無恥折返繼續尖隊,後來我和Nico1e被海關姐姐派到另一櫃位,唯有以加油動作鼓勵斯里蘭卡一班姊姊妹,我只知他們後來敵不過北歐後生仔,能否勝打尖人呢?我們就沒有機會看到.

2.按摩替身
這裡是先付錢,才按摩,再被帶到泰式床位.我和Nicole只隔一布幔.當我聽到按摩師在隔壁搖著油樽,我知道搞錯了,因我選油按,Nico1e選泰式,這樣掉換了,簡直笑死,但又要忍住笑,怕打擾其他人.於是我地快手快腳交換"房間",哈哈,專業按摩,但不專業的安排.

3.泰多人老點
為找一間隱世咖啡室,我們在沙塵滾滾的街來來回回,還遇上在馬路上行走向人索錢的大象隊,更向7個人以上問路,偏偏各指不同方向,個個態度誠懇,更有人叫我們坐的士,因路途很遠,還曾誤闖民居.結果也找不到,回香港,上網一查,網頁不再存在,怕已關門大吉了.

Bangkok Day 4

Hana Reflexion Herbal Thai massage ****
Black Canyon Coffee again (clam soup, chicken wings, signature fried rice, signature coffee)****
Naraya (Thai designer label)

Bangkok Day 3

Lunch: iI Cielo at 5 star Dusit Thani hotel ******
Snack: Suzette & Smoothies Bugs & Bees opened by Hong Kong people
Body Tune: massage

Bangkok Day 2

Day 2
Excellent international breakfast (Holiday Inn Silom)****
Meal (Black Canyon Coffee: chain store sells coffee in Thailand, yummy Tom Yum Kung, coffee comes with thai tea & biscuits)****
Spa (dvn)****
Shark's Fin (Bangkok Shark Fin) ****
FIsh ball at Penisual Plaza *****

Going to Bangkok with Nicole 4 days 3 nights

Day 1
Emporium Greyhound cafe, tasted famous ice tea and chicken wings*****
Chicken rice, Mango glutious rice (Siam food court)**
Dinner at Orangery (Siam Paragon)**
* star is the rating scale 1 to 6 (best of the best)

Kaya

My Singaporean friend bought me Kaya from Bakery. Immigration did not allow me carrying it to cabin. They said only special packaging of kaya was allowed. So I asked them to return one to me and let me try outside the room. I drank two mouthful and handed in the rest. What a waste!

So when you buy kaya in singapore(if not from supermarket), pls ask them how to pack.

Interesting district

Boat Quay/Airport T3/Cable car

1.Boat Quay - tried Black pepper crab at boat quay seafood restaurant.
2. New terminal T3 has a large supermarket and excellent places for kaya toast. Don't miss it.
3. I took the photo of cable car at the Jewel Room, panoramic view from the ballroom's toilet.

Eat eat eat

I tried Black Pepper Crab (my boss's treat), chilli crab and creamy crab i.e. cream & butter (meeting dinner)
Chilli crab is number one, the restaurant is superb, next to Melion park. The name is Palm beach Seafood restaurant.
I did not take photos of the food, working ma!

Singapore

From 9 to 19, I visit HK airport 3 times
1. business trip to Singapore
2. vacation to Bangkok
3. mentorship program visit
picture 1-3 Not in singapore orchard hotel

齊齊粵全食

楊生楊太再約,轉戰天后清風街粵全食:黃鱔砵仔飯.人參烏龍茶.大蜆冬蔭公.古法荷葉雞,款式有新意,茶仲有好特別ge甜味,多謝楊生楊太食飯都ca11埋我.今次係我第三次食粵全食,菜式仍有變化,足見佢地有心思做菜.
番屋企途中,經過華姐清湯腩,外賣阿媽至愛牛腩,仲乘機試食左件,仍覺得大利清湯腩適合我口味D.
備註:今回無照片提供,因為有帶相機,但冇插電同咭.

Pho26

Weekend Weekly chose Pho 26 as the resturant cooking the best pho in town. I walked by and tried it.

My blueberry night and day

Maxine gave me a Franc Franc pink dotted plate as a gift for christmas /and New Year??!
That plate reminds me of blueberry.
So I made desserts this weekend.
Used another Franc Franc white plate to present the beautiful meringue (pre-packed meringue)

床上的白光

這幾天又凍又非常乾燥,我晚上翻動那張從實惠買來的薄被時,沙沙聲,並突然發出白色閃光,已出現過兩次,奇景吧!以前也試過別人按門鐘時,電符號形狀白光瞬閃,我想情況類似.然而被子引起的,份屬第一次.

巧遇

同Nicole約黎約去都夾唔到一齊去旅行ge日子,但竟然十點幾係地鐵車廂巧遇.幾奇!?

魚尾獅

魚尾獅係新城市廣場內ge新餐廳,主廚星加坡人,做星馬泰菜,我自己鍾意食娘惹菜.仲有胡椒個隻肉骨茶,印度薄餅.拉茶.叻沙.班蘭咖央多.福建炒面.海南雞飯.胡椒蟹.星洲蘿白糕等.雖然下星期去星加坡,都照同Maxine試食.海南雞夠滑.薄餅夠香,紅荳冰就唔及大家樂.服務員人手稍嫌不足,好考顧客耐性.

無厘頭購物

人有時好奇怪,明知被搵笨,都會自動獻身,好似我係鑽石山荷李活廣場生活工房貪得意買左一件極無聊ge野-溫泉蛋器,一個毫不科學又極普通ge膠盒,利用熱水焗熟蛋.

元旦日,咖啡不宜

朋友問我,如果腦袋不停有念頭侵襲,怎辦?
新一年第一日,我喝了很多咖啡,那晚我未能即時入睡,突然一陣恐懼,擔心湧至,想起零八年有很多事等著要做.於是我祈禱,上帝請不要讓我胡思亂想,就這樣慢慢睡著了.
雖然睡夢途中曾被短訊聲叫醒過,我那個朋友下午六時給的短訊,遲了8小時才傳送到,元旦恭賀足足遲到了1天,僅僅快過收信.
我後來跟同事說,元旦日,真不宜喝大多咖啡.

坐言起行

看食經時,想下廚.想起芥蘭炒牛丸,那是朋友在泉章居愛叫的菜式,晚上動手煮了一碟.

Read more, Eat More

早前預備一篇有關食的文章,A1ex及xh都好像向我提及最早寫食評的人在報館工作,我想就是這本書的作者陳夢因.

初嘗無花果

新鮮又未經烹調的原個無花果

廚師的分享

阿妹與阿媽所屬教會,除夕有佈道會,李棠師傅分享見證及得獎菜薑醋鹿筋,鹿筋很有鹿味,第一次食,感覺特別.廚師話上帝會俾佢煮野靈感,例如做了一道菜叫五餅二魚,加十二籮子.

A cake to celebrate new year

My cousin's wife Nicole is a sweet girl. She made us a bailey cheesecake on New Year Eve.
Sweet sweet!!