Season of Mists

To Autumn, per Keats, is the season of mists...

But October is Springtime in Australia! Oh, cruel month!

Ablutions: economics vs governance

Does economics drive the world, or does the world drive economics?

Or is it just HK?

Or is it a chicken or egg argument?

Ablutions: HK investments

Hong Kong people don't make investments, they make gambles.

Caprice at the 4 seasons HKG

Caprice at the Four Seasons, Hong Kong, is a three star michelin restaurant! You have to be kidding! It is not even close to Senderens Paris, or La Grand'Vigne at Les Sources de Caudalie, bordeaux. And these are only two stars, granted the story behind senderens is that he renounced his 3 stars, but still was given two..... and Les Sources restaurant have their own bakery, winery and charcuterie.....

And everyone knows where i stand on Macau's only 3 star Robuchon a Galera. It's a joke! .... really. They don't know the difference between raw and processed cheeses........lol....

Spoon by Alain Ducasse HKG

If Spoon by Alain Ducasse in Hong Kong's Intercontinental is one michelin star, then this is clearly an indication of my premise that the eastern and western stars are different! I would definitely not give this restaurant a one star.....; a mention maybe, by at C$250 pp for dinner, it is definitely not even good value either... the food is at best mediocre and the opened wines ok. The breads were quite interesting and i am not a dessert fan, so.....

the problem with this world.......

India/Pakistan is the failure of the british raj.... and colonialism...; as is the precedent, the Israel/Palestinian geo politic .....; it is the same as the crusades... and the muslim christian conflict....

china is the future.....lol.....

Ablutions: St. Julian

Traditional, very tired, and just not worth it...... excited about the lobster thermador, but disappointed... and the rest... was history.....

The head chef is from the Peninsula, Hong Kong, sometime in its inglorious past, so that may explain the comments in the previous para.

Like things past its time or prime, big shame ..... esp after Andres Chiang's place.....