Seasons by Olivier Elzer was one fine restaurant we recently got to try in Hong Kong. It has just opened for a little more than a month but it is already busy with a lot of diners. Blame it on the fact that the head chef of the Michelin-rated L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon in Central has jumped ship to establish a resto carrying his name, at Lee Gardens in Causeway Bay. Seeing that we don't always see handsome, youthful chefs around, Olivier E is as refreshing as the name Seasons, don't you think? :) Upon entering, you immediately get a glimpse of the staff working ... Continue Reading...
Archives for July 2014
#MH17 site : “the biggest crime scene in the world”
Update: Malaysian Airlines releases passenger manifest of those onboard MH17. It also announced it will retire flight number MH17 for its Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur route. This will be replaced by MH 19 - AMS/KUL ------------------------------------ Like many others, am following with great interest the updates on MH17. Luckily, an old friend from the 1990s, former journalist Michael Bociurkiw (or BBQ, as we called him in Manila) is right there at the scene now as the spokesperson of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). I just have to ... Continue Reading...
Airline employee and Pinoy family perished in #MH17 flight
I went to work this morning shocked that another Malaysian Airlines flight perished in midair near Ukraine. This can't be true. How could another B777 from the same airline company be targetted? Are the days of flying as a safe means of transport over? A few days before, a friend intimated to me that she was still flying Malaysian airlines because the probability of another MH plane going down or meeting an accident was nil. Like 1 in 11 million. Then the MH17 shootdown happened. It makes me think that travellers are entirely helpless from being protected against ... Continue Reading...
Typhoon Glenda photos, 56 hours of no electricity & counting…
Friends and kin have been asking if my little family is fine in the aftermath of typhoon Glenda. We have been surviving with no power for three days now :) The brownout started early morning of Wednesday (along with a cut-off in water supply) and I can only believe Meralco when they say it will restored by 10 tonight. I hope so... please give us a reason to rejoice this weekend! The water has come back but 60 hours (and counting) of no electricity is just so cruel. Am still trying to figure out which was worse: Typhoon Milenyo or Glenda. I dug through my archives ... Continue Reading...
@samsungPH recipe challenge: win a Smart Oven + RT6000 ref!
We've partnered with our friends from Samsung Philippines to launch a recipe challenge which will give one reader of this blog a chance to win a Samsung Smart Oven worth at least P14,000. I've written about it in this post. But there's more. The winning recipe will be pitted with the recipes of two other participants in a cook-off end of July 2014 where a Samsung RT6000 digital inverter ref (worth at least P40,000) is at stake for the grand prize winner. The RT6000 ref is the perfect fit for the modern home maker because of its reliability, excellent cooling ... Continue Reading...
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