Mrs. Unlawyer and I first heard about Bo Innovation from watching the Hong Kong episode of Anthony Bourdain’s TV show No Reservations. What first caught our attention was its rather unusual name, unusual that is for a Fookien speaker. Even an utter novice as I am can tell that “Bo” in that language translates as [...]
The Lung King Heen restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong has, for the second year in a row, earned a three-star ranking from the Michelin guide for Hong Kong. To date, it is the only restaurant specializing in Chinese cuisine to earn that honor. While the Hong Kong version of Guide may [...]
In a previous entry I said that the Tao Yuan Restaurant along Malvar Street in Manila serves the best Hainanese chicken rice in Manila.
Now I think this eatery has a worthy competitor for the title, and it isn’t even a full-service restaurant: STV’s Hainanese Chicken.
Owned by executive-turned-restaurateur Stevie Villacin, his reputation and that of his [...]
When it comes to Sunday lunch buffets, there was a time that the Dusit Thani Manila hotel at the Ayala Center in Makati City wasn’t at the top of the list of such destinations, in the face of intense competition from the other hotels and restaurants in that city’s Central Business District.
That was the case, [...]
