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-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-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/review-alain-soliveres-at-whisk-hong-kong/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-alain-soliveres-at-whisk-hong-kong/#comments Sat, 19 Mar 2011 14:00:03 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=3117 Share|Chef Alain Solivérès from the Taillevent restaurant in Paris visited the Whisk in the Mira Hotel, Hong Kong briefly this week. Jordi, ex-Gaddi’s sommelier, is the Head Sommelier at the Mira now so we decided to give them a visit. We didn’t go for the degustation menu as it was a bit too much. Highly [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-alain-soliveres-at-whisk-hong-kong/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/thomas-keller-experience-at-mandarin-oriental-hong-kong/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/thomas-keller-experience-at-mandarin-oriental-hong-kong/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:00:42 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=2844 Share|This was indeed a rare opportunity to enjoy the culinary delights of the great legendary chef Thomas Keller right here in Hong Kong. Since our 2007 visit to the French Laundry in Napa, Chef Keller is definitely our favorite. This was specially arranged by the Mandarin Grill to bring the team of eight from Napa’s [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/thomas-keller-experience-at-mandarin-oriental-hong-kong/feed/ 0