The first “pop-up” I remember experiencing was in 1998 when Berkeley’s Chez Panisse restaurant came cross country to Ithaca to cook in my residence hall for the creative and performing arts (Risley also happens to be the same residence Christopher Reeve and Andre Balazs lived in when they went to Cornell). The second? When Taipei’s famed dumpling shop, Din Tai Fung came to New York and cooked at the Sheraton La Guardia East Hotel. Oh, how I’m happy to live in a city where we have 2 Din Tai Fungs! (Read my other blog for restaurant favorites in Hong Kong)
After attending a workshop on carbon/water footprinting last week I can certainly appreciate a restaurant concept in Hong Kong that promotes conscious eating and food waste awareness. Harvester is a no-frills restaurant behind Western Market with soft temple music and communal seating, where you weigh what you eat and pay per 100 grams. On top of that, brown rice, soup, dessert and purified water are served free – just help yourself.
Harvester
Shop A&B, G/F
Yardley Commercial Building
New Market Street (Just behind Western Market)
Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
+852 2542 4788
On Sept 23, Umewaka Restaurant in Japan received the world record for the largest sushi roll, measuring 2m (6.5ft) unrolled, and weighing close to 6kg (13lbs). Not only is this a bit much – isn’t Japanese cuisine praised for its delicacy and proportions, but they’re claiming world records using endangered tuna. Nice work.
Oversized sushi, serving overfished (and endangered) tuna
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