November 2, 2011 – 12:30 am
When I lived in NY, I always looked forward to Restaurant Week, the semi-annual event where the city’s best restaurants offered prixe fix lunches for $25 and dinners for $35. In the days leading up to the event I would strategically line up a wish list of restaurants for every lunch and dinner, allowing myself to indulge in heavy meals I would typically avoid in such concentration. But I never did it. It was simply too much hassle, and I preferred to save the restaurants for occasions if, and when, they were fitting. Read more...
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Hong Kong’s version of restaurant week
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Tags 798, Bloggers, Festival of Restaurants, Food and Wine Month, Hong Kong, J-A-R, Just a Restaurant, Restaurant Week, Staycation, Wine, WineBuzzHK
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October 27, 2011 – 6:44 pm
It’s true, the Chinese are starting to dominate the way wine is bought and sold, and have been responsible for the hike in prices this year. Do most of them actually appreciate its subtleties? Probably not, but it certainly isn’t stopping the wealthiest from purchasing vineyards across southern France (and even altering vineyard names to have Chinese tag lines!).
I give it a few years before the likes of Christies and Sotheby’s start bringing vineyard auctions to Asia. I just wonder how long it’ll take for the guys who bought Bordeaux vineyards to realize Burgundy is where it’s at. As one aficionado said, ”Bordeaux makes you piss, Burgundy makes you f**k.” Read more...
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Chinese drink by the case and buy by the vineyard
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October 24, 2011 – 10:37 pm
Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong asked Twitter followers if they’ve had extraordinary culinary experiences pairing Chinese food with fine wines, and I couldn’t resist digging up this article about my dad from the archives.
What Wine Should I Serve With Chinese Food
Zachys Gazette, circa 1992, written by Don Zacharia, patriarch of Zachys
“When a Chinese customer recently invited me to dinner at a Chinese restaurant in Queens, my immediate reaction was, how do I get out of this one! When he described some of the wines he wanted to serve, I had a change of heart. Egg roll with Chateau Petrus! What could be bad? Read more...
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My dad pioneered wine pairing with Chinese cuisine
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