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-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-inakaya-%e7%94%b0%e8%88%8d%e5%ae%b6-hong-kong/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-inakaya-%e7%94%b0%e8%88%8d%e5%ae%b6-hong-kong/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2011 14:00:14 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=3804 Share|Having just been to Roppongi Robataya in Tokyo recently, we were a bit skeptical about the much hyped robatayaki restaurant Inakaya (田舍家) in Hong Kong. Located on the 101st floor of the International Commerce Centre in West Kowloon, at least the view would be stunning. The robatayaki room is in the far back of the [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-inakaya-%e7%94%b0%e8%88%8d%e5%ae%b6-hong-kong/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-sushi-ichi-%e9%ae%a8%e4%b8%80-tokyo/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-sushi-ichi-%e9%ae%a8%e4%b8%80-tokyo/#comments Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:00:28 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=3636 Share|Recommended by our golf buddy, we were expecting great sushi. But first, we had to find the place. For some unknown reason, our taxi stopped one block short of the restaurant and we were walking in circles looking for the place. just as we were about to give up, we popped into the Ginza Apple [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-sushi-ichi-%e9%ae%a8%e4%b8%80-tokyo/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-roppongi-robataya-tokyo/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-roppongi-robataya-tokyo/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:00:07 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=3603 Share|Hey this might be a touristy place, but the atmosphere was really great. All the staff speak pretty good English, so ordering was not a problem. Even if you’re lost in translation, you can just point at what you want grilled as everything was spread out in front of you. We arrived early (around 7:00pm) [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-roppongi-robataya-tokyo/feed/ 0