Pre-celebrating Father's Day Dinner @ Manchester United Restaurant Bar

Today is not the Father's Day, but I have to celebrate with my daddy in one day advance. This year my sis, Victoria, is responsible for picking the restaurant. We finally choose a thematic dinning place, Manchester United Restaurant Bar, because daddy likes to watch soccer and this is a World Cup year. Badly that my brother Nick was unable to join us because of some unexpected trouble from work and her girl friend, however, did come.

We got there at around 20:20; therefore, the 1st period of match Netherlands vs. Japan had just finished. No doubt there was full house but we didn't feel crowded. You can guess that their decoration theme is all about the Manchester United soccer team...mainly in red and black, many team members' photos hanging on the wall, menu design looks like soccer magazine and in which includes some team info, etc.

For food, we've ordered 7 Wings ($98), Manchester Combo Platter ($42), Treble Champions ($162), Potato Skins($88), Seafood Pizza ($168), Vongole Linguine($168), Crispy Fried Fillet of Chile Seabass ($238), Spain Pork Cutlet($298), Chips including homemade tomato sauce ($40) and extra order of cheese dip for chips ($8). For drink, we've ordered 3 glasses of Panache ($46 each), Mango Mania ($46), The King Cantona ($52) and Maverick ($78). I highly recommend 7 Wings, Treble Champions (3 different tastes of salmon) and Crispy Fried Fillet of Chile Seabass.

Manchester Combo Platter                                        Treble Champions

                                   
7 Wings                                                                 Vongole Linguine

 

Potato Skins                                                               Seafood Pizza

 

Crispy Fried Fillet of Chile Seabass                             Chips       

                                                 

                         

Spain Pork Culet

Ha-ha, my mommy had to drink Chinese herb tea right after the dinner and I had to drink herbal lime drink as the prevention of sore throat. Also, a funny thing happened. I brought a homemade mango cheese cake to the bar and planned to have it after dinner; somehow, I totally forgot to ask the server to bring it up to us. I just remember the cake was left at the bar when I was half way back to home. :( Of course, I had return to get it back. It wasted my time and effort.

Phone #: 2366-4880

Address: No. 32-34, Lock Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Long Time No TEA 下午茶

Just dismissed today's gathering with friend, Wing. I usually went out with her for tea. If I remember correctly, the last time I went out with her was having tea at Kowloon Hotel about a year ago. Maybe we think that we can chat longer and comfortably during tea time rather than lunch or dinner time.

Food & Drink
This time we had tea at Festival Walk's Cova. We both ordered the tea set (include a cake and a drink) which cost HK$88 plus service charge. I had mille foglie (similar to strawberry mille) and hot chocolate; Wing had chocolate mousse and hot chocolate. The drinks were too sweet and not strong enough while the mille foglie was not crispy. I don't think I would go there for tea again.

Home Visit
Following two-hour tea, Wing came to my home and visited MoMo. Wing praised MoMo for playing nicely with and not barking at her. After she shared her funny and terrible experiences of her friends' pets, I should not to be too modest to confess that MoMo is a good boy indeed.



剛剛與朋友亞Wing結束今天的聚會。 往往，我們都是相約去吃下午茶的。 若然我沒記錯的話，對上一次與她外出便是約一年前在九龍酒店吃下午茶。 或者我們覺得在吃下午茶的時侯閒談較在吃午餐或晚餐的時侯傾得更長時間和更舒適啦。

飲食篇
今次我們在又一城的Cova吃下午茶。 我們兩個叫咗兩個下午茶套餐　(包括一件蛋糕和一杯飲品) ；　每個套餐盛惠＄88港元另需加一服務費。 我叫咗件mille foglie　(類似草莓千層酥) 以及一杯熱朱古力； 亞Wing叫咗件朱古力慕士和一杯熱朱古力。 　Mille foglie不夠酥脆； 熱朱古力太甜並且不夠濃。 我唔認為我下次會再去那裡吃下午茶啦。

家訪篇
繼兩個小時的下午茶之後，亞Wing來到我家探訪MoMo。 亞Wing還讚MoMo 乖，　因為MoMo 友善地與她玩和沒有向她吠叫。 在與她分享過她與朋友的寵物的有趣和嚇人的經歷之後， 我無需太謙虛地承認MoMo確是一個好男孩。

Make Cookies on the Day of Hoisting Typhoon Signal No. 8 八號風球焗曲奇

I turned on the tv just after waking up this morning and knew that typhoon signal no. 8 was still hoisting. What came to my mind first was to call my little cousin came over to visit me because I haven't seen her for a while and also she didn't need to go to school in such condition.

Apart from watching tv and chatting, we found a good activity to kill time. That was to make cookies. Actually, I like to use muffin mix and cookie mix to make muffins and cookies respectively because it lets me to make delicious product easily and simply. "Quaker" always is my first choice's mix; but I could not find this brand in Hong Kong so far. Therefore, I bought "Betty Crocker" as the substitution during my last last time's supermarket shopping. My comment for Betty Crocker's cookie mix is that the baked cookies were over sweet...too bad! Anyway, I had have SUCCESSfully use my mircowave/convection oven for the first time baking food not microwave food.

Before After

今早醒來後，我立即打開電視，並知道八號颱風警告信號仍然生效。 我第一件事就想到叫我的 小表妹來我家， 因為我與她已有一段時間沒見面了，而且，她亦不需要上學去。

除了看電視和聊天外，我們亦想到了另一好活動來消磨時間。 那就是做曲奇餅。 事實上，我喜歡使用鬆餅混合粉和曲奇餅混合粉來做鬆餅及做曲奇餅。 因為它讓我能容易地做出美味的鬆餅及曲奇餅。 "Quaker" 總是我的第一選擇； 但是，我在香港還是找不到這個品牌的混合粉。 因此，我在上上次逛超級市場的時候便買了 "Betty Crocker" 這牌子的曲奇餅混合粉作為代替。 我對於 "Betty Crocker" 曲奇餅混合粉的意見是過甜。 不管怎樣，我也至少成功地用我的微波焗爐第一次焗食物，而並不是微波加熱食物。

Uni Suhsi to My Friend 海膽壽司贈"余"生

This uni sushi is for my friend, Mr. Philip Yue, as I did promise to order him one. When I was on my way to the dinner gathering at Kenjo, Philip Yue called me and told me that he was not able to join us. I guessed he would like to come, but he could not due to the family matter. Therefore, I asked him what he would like to have; he thought for 3 seconds and answered me that he wanted to have uni sushi. So I ordered an extra piece of uni sushi and ate it for him...heehaw

Can I Still Live Well Without Computer?

Wow...I haven't been on-lining for a week. Although I really wanted to, I could not. It was because of the computer crash. Last Monday, my brother rode me home and visited MoMo in passing. When we got home, we minded our own business separately. I was responsible for cleaning up MoMo's pee pee and my brother was to play with MoMo and try doing the on-lining. When I was busying in that dirty work, my brother bawled "there was no signal on the computer screen." Those both matters came together almost crazed me. Actually, the computer crash hadn't occurred once, but four to five times. However, I still hoped that was not the case and calmly asked my brother to check the cable connection and restart the computer to see whether it would work again or not. Unfortunately, it didn't work and I had to accept this truth reluctantly. As on-lining is part of my life ; so I brought the computer to my uncle for fixing in that evening without any delay. It was so great that my uncle completed the fixing in just 4 days. I took my computer back in the evening of Saturday, but I hadn't done the on-lining in a whole weekend because of the tiredness from two consecutive days of Christmas shopping. Finally, I think that the days without computer were not as hard as I thought.

Esquire's 19th Anniversary 君子雜誌 19 週年

On Nov 28, I was invited to attend Esquire's 19th Anniversary Celebration which took place at Club JJ's of Grand Hyatt. The party contained mainly 3 parts: Michael Wong's (王敏德) singing performance, Marlboro Classics's fashion show, and awards giving.

Michael Wong's (王敏德) performance. What a funny, sophisticated, and cool guy he is! He said his record would be on sale in mid of Dec in HMV.


Marlboro Classics's Fashion Show 花生騷


Photos Slide Show



Michael Man-Tak Wong (王敏德)took leave after thanking the sponsor.

Lynn Dai-Lam Hung(熊黛林) is a very tall and thin lady. I believe that most of Lynn's pictures do not flatter her.

Bosco Chung-Chak Wong (黃宗澤) looked quite sharp and has a good and equal figure.

Theresa Wing Fu (傅穎) wore a pair of very high heels. I thought her skin tone was so pale making her seemed unhealthy.
Raymond Fung Lam (林峰) gave a blue impression on me. His smiles were polite and heavy-hearted.

Stephen Chi-Wan Chan (陳志雲)

Andy Chi-On Hui (許志安) is one of my favorite singers.

Michael Kiu-Wai Miu (苗僑偉)型d定黃宗澤型d?

傳媒可以將呢張相寫成 "黃宗澤,林峰 互不瞅睬毫無交流"...LOL

Group Photo 合照

Just learnt walking's Belle

Isabelle is my beloved niece. She is cute, adorable and very precious to the families. This video was taken at the walkway outside Sutton Place Hotel on August 5, 2007 after finishing the brunch at the hotel. It was the period Isabelle learned how to walk faster. So she felt really exciting when she could run barely all the walkway long by herself without our holding. Hearing her laughter will definitely make you smile as well.

A Credit to Cova

A farewell dinner was organized on Nov 14, 2007 for a uncle and his family who came visiting HK from San Francisco. I thought I should buy a cake as our regard to them. I arrived at Cova around 7:00pm and decided to buy a cake of popular flavor. Their Mixed Fruits Cream Dome, a chiffon sponge cake topped with mixed fruits and a Cova's chocolate plate and filled with mixed fruit and whipped cream, was the one I looked for, but its topping became dry out a bit. Since I was already late for the dinner, I was obliged to ask the staff to wrap that for me and told her my comment to the topping. She was so nice that giving a suggestion of replacing the current topping with the fresh one. Besides, the original topping contained sliced mango, kiwi and strawberry, but they didn't have anymore kiwi left at that time. Therefore, she asked me if I would mind to have some blueberries instead of kiwi. Surely, I didn't mind because her service was excellent. I dare to bet that not every salesperson would provide such good services!

Cova is one of my favorite cake shop because their cakes are quite special and all of their shops are located inside the popular malls. However, the cake shop that possesses my appreciation the most is Zoe.

Crab Crab Crab

[off topic] Last Saturday, I went out with few of my old buddies for celebrating Cheuk's birthday in advance. In fact, we haven't seen each other for about seven months. During this period, something unexpected has changed and it was really surprising me! That was the guys, who were very thin before and you had never thought they could fat, were getting much fatter. To make my statements more clearly, I reiterate that they are just getting fat but not fat at all.

Back to the topic, we had Chiu Chow cuisine dinner that night and order a cold crab. The crab was quite big and fresh. Besides, it had a lot of meat & paste. It was delicious indeed, but when we were going to pay the bill, we discovered that the price of the crab took the majority of the bill's total. That was a restaurant we usually went; the last time we ordered the similar size's crab was about half year ago and the price compared with this time was around 30% lesser. Now I really believe that both paces of HK's economic and inflation are growing very fast.

Just four days later, I had another crab dinner. Instead of cold crab, this time was hairy crab. Even thought I was allergic to eating too many crabs, I still ate two of them. I had already prepared a allergy pill for the need in that night. Fortunately, nothing happened to me. haw-haw.

I sniggered because hairy crabs were the seasonal food; otherwise, two scenarios will usually occur to me...choice making battle between hairy crabs and other kinds of crabs or increasing the demand for allergy pill. LOL