Yardbird has moved to a new, much bigger home!

yardbird-hong-kong-chicken-meatballs-2 It would be fair to say that the restaurant scene in Hong Kong is heavily influenced by dining trends from around the world, trends that often make a restaurant extremely popular in the beginning, until it is replaced by theRead more

Shiba

shiba hong kong Since we moved further west to a solely residential area, Kennedy Town has become our new ‘hood and we’ve been doing our best to explore all its hidden treasures. Shiba, a cosy little kushiyaki restaurant on Smithfield, is just oneRead more

Flaming Frango

flaming-frango-hong-kong-piri-piri-chicken If there’s one thing I’ve learnt through my many dining experiences in Hong Kong, it’s that you should never judge a restaurant based on its appearance. I had walked past new Staunton Street eatery Flaming Frango a number of timesRead more

Healthy Chicken

healthy-chicken-hong-kong-burrito What do you get when you cross a rotisserie chicken shop with a burrito joint? You get Healthy Chicken, a new fast food restaurant on Wellington Street that serves – you guessed it – healthy chicken. Opened by three partnersRead more

Tramshed, London

tramshed london Cows and chickens have played a large part in my life recently, starting with Jason Black’s wonderful cookbook COW PIG CHICKEN. Needless to say, when, on a recent jaunt back to London, I heard about Tramshed, a restaurant specialising inRead more

La Rotisserie

la rotisserie hong kong   There is little more comforting to eat than a perfectly juicy roast chicken, especially if someone has gone to the trouble of roasting it for you. With a good quality roasted chook the possibilities are endless: you can haveRead more

Yardbird

screen-shot-2011-09-22-at-18-48-30   Since even before it opened, I had heard nothing but good publicity about Yardbird’s chicken yakitori. Knowing that the chef, Matt Abergel, had been poached from Zuma, I wasn’t at all surprised at what I was hearing and wasRead more