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-private-dinner-ta-pantry-hong-kong/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-private-dinner-ta-pantry-hong-kong/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:00:33 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=3859 Share|We’ve been to this small gem in Wanchai, Hong Kong back in June, but C did not come so we didn’t review it. We loved it so we had to be back, but we had to wait four months! Since they could only accommodate one table of 10 every night, they were fully booked for [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-private-dinner-ta-pantry-hong-kong/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/celebrating-1600-feed-subscribers-with-pahlmeyer/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/celebrating-1600-feed-subscribers-with-pahlmeyer/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:00:39 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=3461 Share|Celebrating the breakthrough of 1,600 feed subscribers on BirdieGolfBlog.com, we opened a nice 2005 Pahlmeyer Sonoma Coast Chardonnay. Hmmm, what will we open when we hit 2,000?]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/celebrating-1600-feed-subscribers-with-pahlmeyer/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-fa-zu-jie-%e6%b3%95%e7%a7%9f%e7%95%8c-hong-kong/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-fa-zu-jie-%e6%b3%95%e7%a7%9f%e7%95%8c-hong-kong/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:00:25 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=3249 Share|This must be the most obscure building in town. C, having worked in the Lan Kwai Fong (Hong Kong) area for more than 13 years had no idea this place existed. Even if you did know, the dark alley off the beaten track might make you think twice. But, as their owners insist, the surprise [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-fa-zu-jie-%e6%b3%95%e7%a7%9f%e7%95%8c-hong-kong/feed/ 0