Showing posts with label wine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wine. Show all posts

Friday, November 5, 2010

Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2010

This was one of those rare occasions when SC and I can take a little break from taking care of our little one...
Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2010
SC and I went to check out Hong Kong Wine and Dine Festival 2010.
Despite being ridden with new parent's guilt, we had a lot of fun (I am blaming the alcohol ^_^)

The view from the venue? Breath taking!
Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2010

There was wine...
Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2010

Lots of wine.
Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2010

Wine, wine, wine.
Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2010

...and more wine.
Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2010

When there's wine, ideally, there's food!
Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2010

The hairy crab meat and roe on toast?
Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2010
Superb!
Not loving the yellow wine it's paired with tho...

There's more food...
Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2010

...some free food...
Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2010

Some sweets...
Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2010

Some cooking...
Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2010

Michelin starred chefs in action ;)
Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2010

Wine lessons...
Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2010
We could all use a little learning.

There are cool people...
Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2010

..enjoying the moment...
Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2010

Hotnesses...
Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2010

Wacky wackos...
Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2010

The classic...
Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2010

More wackiness...
Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2010

Cool bartending show...
Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2010
...don't we all wanna be able to juggle a few bottles?

Even the little ones had fun, despite not being alcohol intoxicated :D
Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2010

The young...
Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2010

The not-too-young...
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Everybody had fun.
Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2010

Getting all liquored up, sandwiched between two hotnesses...
Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2010
Does the day get any better than that?

Yeah. I got to check out Michelin Chef Pascal Nibaudeau's cooking class.
Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2010
He's kinda hot ;)

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Chinese Drunken Chicken Soup

Chinese Drunken Chicken Soup
If you've never tried this soup...
Please do.
Seriously.
It has just become my favorite Chinese soup!

It's a classic confinement tonic for women who just gave birth, but confinement or not...I love this soup! Plus, unlike other type of slow cooked soup which takes forever to make...this takes less than one hour to whip up!
Fast, easy, delicious & warming for this cooler days....perfect!

Chinese Drunken Chicken Soup
Recipe
- Half a chicken, chopped into pieces
- a handful of red dates
- wood ear fungus, soaked in water until soft and sliced thinly
- glutinous rice wine, about half a cup
- 3 cm ginger, sliced thinly
- 2-3 bowls of hot water
- vegetable oil for sauteeing, salt to season

Saute ginger and chicken in a bit of vegetable oil, add sliced wood ear fungus, add glutinous rice wine, cook for a few minutes, add 2-3 bowls of hot water, let cook for about 20 minutes, or until all the flavors merged, season with salt and serve.

A bowl of liquid gold! Slurp!