Events and photos

Cuisine: French in Central
My rating: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 5
Price per person: HK$ 250-300
1/F, California Tower, 30-32 D'Aguilar Street
25263880

Lunch organised by Union des Fran?ais de l'Etranger
This is the menu

Le Menu du Beaujolais

Terrine de Canard et de Lapin au Foie Gras, Salades Melangees a l'Huile de Noix
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Saumon Marine a l'Aneth et Citron, Sauce au Miel et a la Moutarde

Boeuf Bourguignon au Vin Rouge, Champignons, Carottes et Pommes de Terre
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Filet de Dorade a l'Aioli et Legumes Grilles

Galette des Rois Frangipane

Still can't forget the dessert of pear last time. But Almond tarte is also good. Fun to eat and chat. Great food and wine!

Hiking 2007
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Organised by FAA, we have guest speakers from the Provence region of France to talk about the specialities of this area.

Christmas celebration lunch organised by the FAA and Hong Kong Acceuil at La Fourchette

Organised jointly by French Alumni Association and Alliance Francais. Very very nice Goose Liver (Foie Gras) and Wine.

Another party with French wine Beaujolais Nouveau, and French food at the Hong Kong Institute of Languages. Great fun!

8 & 9 | Dec | 2006 Friday and Saturday 8:00 PM HK Cultural Centre Concert Hall $250, $200, $150, $100

Ticket Sales at all URBTIX outlets
Telephone reservation: Tel. 2734 9009
Credit card booking: Tel. 2111 5999
Enquiry: Tel. 2721 1484

Artists
Osmo V?nsk? - Conductor
Trey Lee - Cello
Kathy Lam - narrator in Cantonese (8/12)
Ben Pelletier - narrator in English (9/12)

Programme
Rautavaara - Cantus Arcticus, concerto for birds and orchestra
Elgar - Cello Concerto
Beethoven - Symphony No.6 Pastorale

There were 10 of us who took on this interesting 7-hour trip, nice view, nice trees, especially in the red forest, there is plenty of wetland. We had a late lumch at around 2:30pm with chicken congee and another chicken dish, apparently free ranger chicken, and we had the tufu flower dessert.

As we were 1-hour behind schedule, we were walking in the dark during the last part of our trip which was quite exciting.

Photo album

Meeting at 11:30am at Tai Po Market KCR rail station ticket office
Please have a big breakfast before you come, as we will have a late lunch at around 2pm at 荔枝窩 Lai Chee Woo.

We'll take bus no. 95 to the Start of Bride's Pool Trail.

Route description
We start our trip at Bride's Pool Trail. After passing through several villages like Wu Kau Tang, Kau Tam Tso, and Sam A Chung which is an excellent site for watching butterflies, we reach the Yan Chau Tong Marine Park, often regarded as the "Guilin in Hong Kong". We take a break at the interesting village Lai Chi Wo, where simple lunch can be served. The place is also well known for its nearby mangrove plantation. We depart via Fan Shui Au and Kuk Po Village to Luk Keng where flocks of egret can sometimes be seen. After having late-afternoon tea at a food store we take the minubus back to Tai Po. Including lunch and afternoon tea time, the whole event takes about 7 hours.

Remarks
Bring: water (1.5 litres), some snacks (food available at Lai Chi Wo though), jacket, camera and also a torch.

Please reply by Sat 18 Nov 2006.