http://birdiegolfblog.com The Travels & Adventures of Birdie Golf Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:27:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-tetsuyas-sydney-australia/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-tetsuyas-sydney-australia/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:00:12 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=4045 Share|Before Pier Restaurant, Tetsuya’s was the restaurant on our must visit list for Sydney. In fact our whole Australian trip’s schedule was planned around our Tuesday dinner booking here. Arriving at the restaurant, we immediately feel the strong Japanese influence from chef / owner Tetsuya Wakuda’s roots.   The perfectly manicured Japanese garden surrounds the [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-tetsuyas-sydney-australia/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-pier-restaurant-sydney-australia/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-pier-restaurant-sydney-australia/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:00:27 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=4014 Share|It was Chinese New Year (初一) and we tried to book Tetsuya’s, but could only get a table the day after, so we tried Pier Restaurant…with no regrets. Since it was the first dinner to celebrate the Year of the Dragon, we started off with a glass of Laurent-Perrier Rosé immediately after sitting down at [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-pier-restaurant-sydney-australia/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-berowra-waters-inn-nsw-australia/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-berowra-waters-inn-nsw-australia/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:00:25 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=3977 Share|We found out about this hideaway outside Sydney while researching for places to dine during our Chinese New Year trip down under. We thank the excellent Eat Show & Tell blog’s writeup of Berowra Waters Inn that attracted us to this magnificent place.   Located north of Sydney along the Hawkesbury River, the restaurant is [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-berowra-waters-inn-nsw-australia/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-armani-aqua-hong-kong/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-armani-aqua-hong-kong/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:00:53 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=3932 Share|The reincarnation of the old Armani Café in Hong Kong is in the form of Armani / Aqua, a new collaboration with local Aqua Restaurant Group. This is the hot place to be seen now, but our Saturday lunch was noticeably more quite with only a handful of tables – definitely due to the majority [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-armani-aqua-hong-kong/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/2011-year-in-review/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/2011-year-in-review/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:33:16 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=3843 Share|The ultimate highlight in 2011 was our Hole-in-One on September 11th. That alone is enough to remember 2011 by. Nevertheless, there were other significant events worth mentioning. In February, we represented Hong Kong in the BMW Cup International World Final 2010 at the Lakes and Canyon Courses at The Blue Canyon Country Club in Phuket, [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/2011-year-in-review/feed/ 0