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An opened whisky bottle beside a small humidity gauge, condensation fogging a nearby windowpane — Humidity fades open whisky fast
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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An unopened whisky bottle wrapped in plain brown paper with loose ribbon, set apart from a row of identical plain boxes — A known name is not a safe gift
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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Five identical wine glasses stand in ascending height on a wooden riser, each holding a different depth of red wine — Each rung buys something specific
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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A roast goose leg, glazed char siu strips, a soy sauce chicken and cubes of crispy roast pork belly on a chopping board — Siu mei is four dishes, not one
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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A whole steamed fish on a plain plate, a dish of fried prawns, raw oysters on ice, and three glasses each holding a different white wine — One white never fits all seafood
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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A copper hotpot ring with simmering broth beside a single wine glass and bottle, chopsticks resting on a small dish — The spice decides, not the broth
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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A stack of bamboo steamers beside one wine glass and bottle, a row of empty small saucers fanned across a marble table — One wine, fifteen dim sum plates
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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Six wine bottles standing in a row beside twelve empty glasses arranged in two lines on a long table — Twelve drinkers need six bottles
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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A wine bottle sweating beside a thermometer on a small flat kitchen counter, an open refrigerator door behind — Hong Kong flats run warmer than cellars
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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A wine bottle wrapped in bubble padding inside an open suitcase beside a blank boarding pass and a small luggage scale — Your limit is where you land
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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A brass hotel corridor trolley holding a wine bottle in an ice bucket, a folded napkin and a blank key card — Hotels need the room not a name
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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A wine bottle beside a blank receipt turned face down, a wine glass, a folded white napkin and a small tray of coins — Corkage pays for service not wine
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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