January 14, 2013 – 9:53 pm
If you’ve never watching Anthony Bourdain’s shows, read his books or followed his anecdotes, you’re missing out. Live in Hong Kong or just coming through, who lays it out better than Bourdain?
Straight from the Travel Channel: Tony Spends 48 Hours in the Far East
“Anthony Bourdain finds himself on a 48-hour layover in Hong Kong in the middle of summer, but the oppressive heat doesn’t slow him down. In The Layover: Hong Kong, Tony sets out to taste as much dim sum, roasted meat and Chiu Chow cuisine as he can before heading back to Hong Kong’s airport. We’ve pulled together a selection of Tony’s best tips for a trip to Hong Kong — check them out before your next trip. Read more...
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Anthony Bourdain’s Hong Kong Travel Tips
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December 12, 2012 – 7:00 pm
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August 18, 2012 – 8:18 am
Hong Kong is obsessed with imported foods. They’re branded, overpackaged and overpriced, and their flashy supermarket displays are designed to make you feel extra special about your purchase. Of course there are other reasons people opt for imports – it’s the food scares across the border, the fear of contamination, the lack of variety in local produce, and the fact that Hong Kong simply isn’t an agriculture and food economy. As a result, “we spend 4.4% of our GDP on importing food, higher than any other country on the index,” and 95% of our food is imported. According to Todd Darling, “what if half of it was spent on innovating local agriculture?”
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Is imported always an improvement? Challenge your palates!
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While I love the romance of cooking on a lazy Sunday, the sad truth is that cooking on a workday can be more frustrating than fun. I spend more time shopping for ingredients than I care for, can spend more on groceries than I would if I ate in a restaurant, and find it’s already bedtime before all the prepping, cooking, eating and cleaning is finally over and done. The solution? Secret Ingredient.
For those of you who wish there were more hours in the day, Secret Ingredient preps all your mise-en-place, packages the ingredients with a great labeling system and delivers them straight to your door with fool proof cooking instructions. So we gave it a go. Read more...
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Home cooked meals for those with more money than time
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