March 2014

Panoramic Recipe

Friday, March 28, 2014 // 0 Comments

The circular panorama is an oft-overused tool of photographic post-production. I say overused because I like to use photography to portray still life, in much the same way as [more...]

Noah

Thursday, March 27, 2014 // 0 Comments

We all know the story, and we should since it’s been around for over 4000 years, but how about the film? Well, I must say that it takes the expression “suspension [more...]

Divergent

Tuesday, March 25, 2014 // 0 Comments

File under “films with a very promising concept, but poor execution”. Based on the book of the same name, it tells the story of Beatrice “Tris” who [more...]

Sushi Shikon

Thursday, March 20, 2014 // 0 Comments

The business card of sous chef Murayama Daisaku reads: “Awarded Three Michelin Stars in Tokyo, Awarded Three Michelin Stars in Hong Kong”. Located in the most [more...]

Ricoh GR – small wonder

Wednesday, March 19, 2014 // 2 Comments

When you do anything to a high level, when you’re a professional in any capacity, you always have a backup plan. Under ideal conditions, things will go according to [more...]

Amber

Tuesday, March 11, 2014 // 0 Comments

Amber is a fossilised tree resin, it is also a colour, and in this case it is a restaurant, and a very good one at that. Located in the Landmark Mandarin hotel in Central, it [more...]

Bo Innovation

Tuesday, March 11, 2014 // 0 Comments

Bo Innovation is the latest restaurant in Hong Kong to earn a coveted third star in the Michelin guide, so naturally I had to give it a go. It’s worth mentioning at [more...]

IFLS Job Application

Monday, March 10, 2014 // 0 Comments

on the 20th of January 2014, I applied for the position of science writer at the “I F*cking Love Science”  website. It has been well over a month, and I’ve [more...]

Lung King Heen

Monday, March 10, 2014 // 1 Comment

It is a strange thing, that in Hong Kong, a city famed for its eating culture, and with something like 11,000 restaurants to choose from, there are only two restaurants to [more...]

Spoon by Alain Ducasse

Monday, March 10, 2014 // 2 Comments

Two Michelin Stars. This surprised me, not because I didn’t believe that a restaurant associated with Alain Ducasse was deserving of two stars, but because I had been [more...]