Leglessbird leisure guide

Kushiyaki Sesson 雪村串燒

Cuisine: Japanese in Causeway Bay
My rating: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Atmosphere: 3
Price per person: HKD100-150

Address and tel.no
2/F Excelsior, 24-26 East Point Road
2890-2461

Dominic Review:
We had lunch here, it is quite full. I had curry chicken set lunch which is pretty good. Irene had oyster, scallope, eggplant and fried pepper which are all very decisious. We'll definitely come again

Irene Review:
Set lunch is of course good deal. Oyster, scallop are imported from Japan, however the sauce doesn't make them taste fresh and better. Grilled eggplant and fried pepper are too dried, lack of vegetable choice on the menu. It's not noisy and sofa seat is available.

Group casual eating, Japanese Cuisine, Causeway Bay, Daily meal ,

Modern China

Cuisine: Shanghainese in Causeway Bay
My rating: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Atmosphere: 2
Price per person: HK$ 101-150

URL/Address/telephone no.
10/F Food Forum, Times Square
2506 2525

Review: Not a bad place at all for lunch or dinner in the Causeway Bay area. Esp. for a group of co-workers working near Times Square

Group casual eating, Chinese Cuisine, Causeway Bay, Daily meal ,

da Domenico

Cuisine: Italian in Causeway Bay
My rating: 3.5
Food: 4
Service: 3
Atmosphere: 3
Price per person: HK$ 400
Address and Telephone:
Shop 10 & 12, G/F, Sunning Plaza, 8 Hoi Ping Road, Causeway Bay

Review: Although this restaurant has opened for 6 years, I don't know it exists even I go to Causeway Bay at least 3 times a week. The location is off the busy district and lunch atmosphere is relatively calm. The set lunch with 3 courses cost HK$350, but it makes me so full that I could not order dessert. We had grilled goat cheese, smoked salmon, seafood soup (no seafood in soup, only fresh taste), ox tongue and ravoili. All is up to standard.

Italian Cuisine, Causeway Bay ,

Bungee jumping of their own 情约笨猪跳

Type: Drama, South Korea 2001

Director: Dae-seung Kim

My rating: 3
Key actors/actresses:
Byung-hun Lee 李秉憲 .... Seo, In-woo
Eun-ju Lee 李恩宙 .... In, Tae-hee
Hyeon-Soo Yeo .... Lim, Hyeon-bin
Su-hyeon Hong .... Yeo, Hye-su

Story:
In 1983, a young man called In-woo was a college freshman, one day a girl who's also a fresher at the same college called Tae-hee walked and stood next to In-woo under his umbrella on a heavy rainy day and he fell in love with her on the first sight and still pursuing her and soon she fell in love with him too. And they had a wish to try bungee jumping in New Zealand. On another rainy day, they felt close to each other and in love with each other than ever and went to a lover's hotel, but out of nervousness, he couldn't do it. Soon In-woo needed to serve in the military, they promised to each other to wait for each other. She was supposed to show up at the station to say farewell before he went off to military service but she never showed. 17 years later, In-woo is married with a young baby and he is now a high school teacher, one of the boys in his class Hyeon-bin catches his attention, because Hyeon-bin seems to remind him of Tae-hee in many ways and he will say things that Tae-hee used to say to In-woo. In-woo is really confused and feels he is hopelessly drawn towards Hyeon-bin. Did Tae-hee reincarnate as the boy Hyeon-bin?

My review:
Also known as 'Beonjijeompeureul hada', this is an interesting movie and caused a lot controversy in Korea when it was released. Does love last forever and across different lifes? Is love a pure thought and doesn't matter whether it is between man/woman but now turns into man/man love? If it really is a pure thought that counts why do they need to committ sucide and hope for the best to become man/woman in their next life? In-woo and Hyeon-bin could have just continued their love as a couple (man/man).

South Korea, Drama, Rating 3 ,

Se souvenir des belles choses (Beautiful Memories)

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Se Souvenir Des Belles Choses/Beautiful Memories (buy from Amazon)
Type: Romantic, France 2002

Director: Zabou Breitman

My rating: 4
Key actors/actresses:
Isabelle Carr? .... Claire Poussin
Bernard Campan .... Philippe
Bernard Le Coq .... Prof. Christian Licht

Posted by irene
Story:
A young lady experiences the early stage of Alzheimer's and meets her lover in a house for amnesiacs.

My review:
It's a funny and touching story. Both actor and actress play really well.

France, Romantic, Movie review, Rating 4 ,

Dafang Regimen Cate 大方

Cuisine: Chinese in Taiwan
My rating: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 3
Price per person: USD 50-70

Address and tel.no
No.18-1, Sec 5, Xinyi Road, Taipei City 110 (near Building 101)
+886 2 8789 1019

Special dishes:
All very special

Dominic Review:
Friends from Taipei brought us to this place, excellent choice. It is cheaper to have lunch here than dinner, but then very hard to get a table in the evening. Everything is made in front of you at your own table. All ingredients are of top quality and are supposed to be very healthy also. They use a special type of rock salt.

Irene Review:
Interesting mix of ingredients. very fresh and delicious! The drink of chinese medicine is a bit rare. Comfortable seating both upstairs and downstairs.

Taiwan, Group casual eating, Group business dinning, Chinese Cuisine, 00 Overseas ,

Taipei Nov 2006

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We went to Taipei for a friend's wedding. This turned out to be an eating trip where we enjoyed almost non-stop delicious food: healthy cooking with rock salt, wedding banquet, Japanese cuisine in Jin Shan (after having hot spring), excellent vegetarian meal and also beef noodle.