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Hong Kong

Storing whisky in Hong Kong humidity, open and unopened

You opened a bottle around Christmas. It is August now, a third is left, and...
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Buying Guide

Choosing a whisky as a gift when recognition is the trap

You have twenty minutes and you need a bottle. Dinner at someone's flat, a wedding,...
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Buying Guide

What each step up the wine price ladder actually buys

The gap between a HK$300 bottle and a HK$600 bottle is usually easy to taste....
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Food Pairing

Siu mei is four dishes, not one, and the wine has to cope

The goose arrives chopped, skin up, plum sauce in a saucer on the side. Someone...
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Food Pairing

Steamed, fried and raw seafood want three different whites

There is a steamed garoupa in the middle of the table, a plate of prawns...
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Food Pairing

What hotpot does to your palate, and what survives it

You brought the good bottle. It is now sitting on a table with a gas...
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Food Pairing

One bottle against fifteen dim sum dishes

The trolley has been past three times, the table has har gow, siu mai, cheung...
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Buying Guide

How many bottles a table of twelve actually drinks

Twelve people have said yes, the restaurant lets you bring your own, and you are...
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Hong Kong

Serving wine at the right temperature in a Hong Kong flat

Twenty-six degrees is an ordinary indoor temperature in Hong Kong for most of the year,...
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Buying Guide

Taking wine out of Hong Kong: the limit is at the other end

Hong Kong is not the problem. Since duty on wine was removed here, the territory...
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Buying Guide

Getting wine delivered to your Hong Kong hotel room

You land in Hong Kong on Thursday, you are hosting a small dinner in your...
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Entertaining

Corkage in Hong Kong: what the fee is actually charging for

Corkage at a Chinese restaurant in Wan Chai can mean they open your bottle for...
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