Tag archive for ‘delicious’
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Angelos – A Slice of New York in Hangzhou
The Chateaubriand was 20 centimeters long, the whole tail end of a filet of beef. Slightly blackened on the outside, this gargantuan piece of beef cleaved open, almost poetically, to show the soft juicy pink centre…
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Fengdu Restaurant (枫都美食)
It would seem to be a serious omission that there isn’t a page on here about Fengdu Restaurant, as it is a veritable gem, nearly always open, great for after after-dinner-drinks dinner And it’s right next door to my favourite drinking establishment, Maya Bar. So time to correct that omission my first day back to [...]
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Hatsune in Hangzhou
Many say it is a long way away, difficult to find, expensive and hard to get a taxi back, but Hatsune is without a shadow of a doubt worth the effort. And while it isn’t the cheapest Japanese restaurant in town, it isn’t that far, it is easy to find, and they will happily call a cab for you while you groan under the weight of a delicious meal and finish off your saki.
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Va Bene
Va Bene on Hangzhou West Lake (西湖天地) is one of those Italian evenings you creep off to for a little spoiling. Good food, fast discrete service in a comfortable restaurant.
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Fat food, Black tie
It was the 4th Hyatt Regency Summer Ball and still the poshest date of the year in Hangzhou. Perhaps nobody else can pull it off? Our group gathered in Bellevue Bar all togged up for the first, and probably last time this year. Martinis, Maitais flowing. Bellevue makes a good drink. And a cigar for [...]
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A Bellevue
Hangzhou is decidedly short of a cocktail. There are supposed to be nearly 2 million people living within the main city area, which means there is one decent cocktail bar per million people. Can you imagine only 6 places in London to get a cocktail?? Or 15 in New York? They’d be busy. And when [...]
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Martini Madness
Sometimes a bit of hair of the dog is the only way to go on a Sunday to try to fix the excesses of the Saturday – mine was a crazy wedding – and luckily for Hangzhou there are a few places to choose from. The Hyatt Regency does a mean weekend Champagne Buffet Brunch [...]
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The Oriental Restaurant, Landisson Hotel
I really want the Oriental to be a favourite, and while it seems to have everything to make it a favourite there is something just not quite right. For sure it is worth regular visits and perhaps if I went there a little more often I might be able to pin down what is unsettling [...]
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Jamaica Cafe
Dont really know why this place is called Jamaica, it is a chain of cafe’s from Spain. And it certainly doesn’t have that Reggae thing going on. Whatever the name, Jamaica Cafe is good, and could be called just about anything. These guys really know about their coffee, or at least I think so, and [...]
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Oakwood Gym
Despite the apparent lack of good it does me I tend to spend quite a lot of time in the gym. The lack of progress has probably got something to do with diet, or better yet, the liquid diet taken on board most days, but hey, I would be a proper round guy if I [...]
By SWG
