Nanciful’s Blog

Since I had a lot of positive response from my last post about smoked salted duck, I thought this would be an opportune time to blog about my other not so positive experience with duck. I was in Shanghai for work a couple years ago and my coworker, a Shanghai local, took me to one [...]

I always say Guangzhou brings out the worst in people. The air quality, the humid climate in the warmer months, the pick pockets,  the traffic, the craziness of the city just gets to  me every time I’m there. Even the most civilized person will feel compelled to push and shove their way through crowds and [...]

For the 10 years that I have been traveling to Hong Kong for work, I never had a chance to actually tour the city. It’s always hotel, convention center, fishballs stall, hotel and repeat. This past trip, a free day was presented to me and I took the opportunity to finally be a tourist. My [...]

I always end up eating at the same place every time I travel to my usual destination for business. I chalk it up to having no time and no hassle but really it’s just pure laziness. Laziness to decide where to eat and if the new place ends up being a fluke, you wanna kick [...]

It doesn’t matter where in the world I am, I am still a lover of breakfast. Hong Kong is no exception. I love going to “Tea Restaurants” for breakfast. Tea restaurants in Hong Kong offer an economical and eclectic menu consisting of both Asian dishes such as porridge and Western influenced dishes like pork chops. [...]