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-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/review-otto-e-mezzo-8%c2%bd-hong-kong/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-otto-e-mezzo-8%c2%bd-hong-kong/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:00:52 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=1925 Share|We were delighted to hear that Umberto Bombana, the chef from Toscana at the Ritz Carlton in Hong Kong, recently opened up a new place at the Alexandra House in Central. We loved Toscana and missed it ever since the Ritz closed down in 2008. As with many new restaurants, we had to make bookings [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-otto-e-mezzo-8%c2%bd-hong-kong/feed/ 1 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-jamies-italian-canary-wharf-london-england/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-jamies-italian-canary-wharf-london-england/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:00:58 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=2122 Share|We were taken to this place by R’s university friends and it was because C is a fan of Jamie Oliver’s cookbooks. We didn’t even notice that it was Jamie’s restaurant until we saw all the cookbooks and Jamie branded merchandise lining up the walls. The philosophy behind Jamie’s Italian was to re-create fantastic, rustic [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-jamies-italian-canary-wharf-london-england/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/great-pizza-gusto-hong-kong/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/great-pizza-gusto-hong-kong/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:00:15 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=1588 Share|We planned for a casual lunch at this Italian restaurant in the new Nexxus Building in Central, Hong Kong on a nice Saturday afternoon. Didn’t plan to do a review, but had our camera close at hand for other purposes. There’s a set menu with buffet appetizers and desserts plus a choice of main courses, [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/great-pizza-gusto-hong-kong/feed/ 1 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-bistecca-hong-kong/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-bistecca-hong-kong/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:00:37 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=1069 Share|We had high expectations for Bistecca. This Italian steakhouse is located in Lan Kwai Fong, Hong Kong and the entrance was like walking into a meat freezer. There were many cuts of beef nicely displayed in a glass fridge. Inside, there’s an area like a butcher’s shop where you can buy meat to go. Unfortunately, [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-bistecca-hong-kong/feed/ 0