http://birdiegolfblog.com The Travels & Adventures of Birdie Golf Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:45:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-guest-chef-paul-liebrandt-mandarin-grill-bar-hong-kong/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-guest-chef-paul-liebrandt-mandarin-grill-bar-hong-kong/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:00:57 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=4336 Share|(Update 13 April 2012 – updated Wagyu | Tuna PL descriptions with feedback from Corton) We were excited to get a table for Paul Liebrandt’s wine pairing dinner at the Mandarin Grill + Bar. It was fully booked and we were lucky that there was a last minute cancellation. The chef-owner from the two Michelin [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-guest-chef-paul-liebrandt-mandarin-grill-bar-hong-kong/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-new-sushi-chef-okabe-san-inagiku-hong-kong/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-new-sushi-chef-okabe-san-inagiku-hong-kong/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:00:40 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=4277 Share|We headed to Inagiku at IFC, Hong Kong to try the new sushi chef, Takashi Okabe, former head sushi chef at Sushi Musashino, Hilton Tokyo, Japan. To be honest, we did not have terribly high expectations as Inagiku’s existing sushi chef was already very good.   We waited for quite a while for our first [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-new-sushi-chef-okabe-san-inagiku-hong-kong/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-the-vintage-course-3-mission-hills-resort-haikou-china/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-the-vintage-course-3-mission-hills-resort-haikou-china/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:00:57 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=4213 Share|This was the course used for the World Ladies Championship the last three days. We played the Pro-Am on Thursday, but it was in Texas Scramble format so we didn’t really play the course in its entirety. So we thought we’d might as well give it a go.   We had to catch our flight [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-the-vintage-course-3-mission-hills-resort-haikou-china/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-stone-quarry-course-7-mission-hills-resort-haikou-china/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-stone-quarry-course-7-mission-hills-resort-haikou-china/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:00:19 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=4207 Share|We weren’t very sober teeing it up on the Stone Quarry Course (course #7) at Mission Hills Resort in Haikou, China, but the 20 minute ride out (for courses 5 to 10) from the clubhouse made it a bit better. Note that the bus schedule is fixed and not very frequent so make sure you [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-stone-quarry-course-7-mission-hills-resort-haikou-china/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-molines-bistro-hunter-valley-australia/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-molines-bistro-hunter-valley-australia/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:00:01 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=4161 Share|A bit off the path of usual Hunter Valley wineries and restaurants, this small gem is next to the Tallavera Grove winery in the south, tucked up on the hillside of Mount View.   The decor is very French countryside bistro style with antique cabinets and filled with lots of interesting small decorations.   The [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-molines-bistro-hunter-valley-australia/feed/ 0