As Dorothy once said “There’s no place like home”. Too true, and it was wonderful to Back on the Back of the Ferry with a full turnout of the Foundation members – illiards, Lamb0, pommy_ch, oomploloompa and yours truly. It …
The Roundhouse – one of Hong Kong’s finest
Looking down Peel Street Back of the Ferry was delighted when HKBeerGuy offered a couple of tips about where to try some good beers in response to one of the recent missives from Hong Kong. Both tips were followed with …
Cochrane’s – British Beer (in) Central
It was my last night in Hong Kong and I was wending my way through Central to pay my final respects to the Roundhouse (more on that later) when I stumbled across Cochrane’s. It’s on a pedestrian part of Cochrane …
Sugar on top of the East Hotel
After being blown away by Azure, the rooftop bar on LKF Hotel, I thought it’d be hard to top. Well, another rooftop bar on another hotel has done it. To be honest, there’s an element of dead heat given the …
On the Back of the Mui Wo ferry
Got the bit between the teeth now and decided to get the ferry to Mui Wo, which is on the verdant Lantau Island. Had I put any sort of planning into my trip, I could have caught an inter-island ferry …
A marriage made in heaven
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On the Back of the Cheung Chau ferry
After 7 straight days of rain, mist, cloud and fog, Hong Kong has turned some sun. Whilst it still has to struggle through a layer of high haze, there’s some heat to it so it is sunnies on and time …
Azure Bar – rooftop heaven
Firstly apologies to those readers that subscribe to BotF by E-Mail that received the riveting update on the Under 7 Buffaloes duties for Saturday. D’oh and double d’oh. Getting to know more and more of Hong Kong on this latest …
Turning Game of Thrones Into an All-Conquering Craft Beer
via Devin Leonard at Bloomberg Businessweek | Lifestyle Brewery Ommegang got a fortuitous call two years ago from Home Box Office (TWX). The licensing guys at the pay-TV network had been enjoying the brewery’s Belgian-style ales at a bar in Manhattan, …
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The Black Bird rooftop bar makes up for Tai Po disappointment
The next five days will see this correspondent spending most of his time in a conference in central Hong Kong, so an opportunity was taken to explore an area outside the mainstream. I’d read a little about the area of …
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