GUGU Cafe, a new cafe and restaurant at G/F, No. 19 School St, Tai Hang, Hong Kong (tel 28950019). This cafe and restaurant is the latest venture of close friends of ours Jo & Ray Chan and their daughters Jennifer and Joanne. It officially opened on 8th May 2009.
The opening event was officiated by special celebrity guest, talented and famous local singer, Miss Jade Kwan (關心妍). Other celebrities at the event were Miss Fiona Yuen (袁彩雲), former Miss Hong Kong and television actress and Metro Broadcast DJ Mr William Law (林柏希).
Jennifer is the manager and head chef of GUGU cafe. She cooks with passion and is well reflected in the quality and taste of the food she serves.
The following are some photos of the opening event and a short video with Canon EOS 5D Mark II and edited on a Macbook Pro with iMovie.
Saga(佐賀市,Saga-shi?) is the capital of Saga Prefecture, located on the island of Kyūshū, Japan. Saga was the capital of Saga Domain in the Edo period, and largest city of former Hizen Province. Saga City is located in the southeast portion of Saga Prefecture. After the 2005 merger the city became very long north to south. It now borders the Ariake Sea to the south and Fukuoka Prefecture to the southeast and north. The northern half of the city contains the Sefuri Mountains.
Saga is famous for many things including historical buildings like the Saga Castle, ceramics and delicious food like Saga wagyu beef.
Saga Castle(佐賀城,Saga-jō?) is a Japanese castle located in Saga City, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is a hiraijirō, a castle built on a plains rather than a hill or mountain, and is surrounded by a wall rather than being built above a stone base. Saga castle was home to the Nabeshima clan, daimyō of Saga Domain. It was also known as “Submerged Castle” (沈み城,Shizumi-jō?).
The is a continuation of my Japan Travelogue, which I started writing but suspended in limbo for quite awhile. The last entry that I wrote was Pigeons at Kokura, whish was my day 3 trip to Kyushu. After we left Kokura, we went back to Fukuoka at night for dinner. The restaurant we went to was Akakara 名古屋赤味噌 赤から. Their specialties were a spicy hotpot, which we did not try, grilled chicken, and Nagoya style deep fried chicken wings.
The Canon EOS 500D has arrived in Hong Kong. Currently, only the kit version with EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS is avaialble. The body only version and kit with EF-S 18-200mm IS are not available yet.
I have checked the street price at Echo Photo & Audio, and they are selling the kit with 17-55mm for HK$6,000. If you want the body alone, they are willing to take the kit lens out and just sell you the body for HK$5,4oo.
Canon Hong Kong has officially lowered the recommended retail price of the EOS 50D (official link here). I have checked the new street price at Echo Photo & Audio. The 50D body now retails for HK$7,600. The kit with EF-S 17-85mm retails for Hk$10,400 and the kit with EF-S 18-200mm retails for HK$11,800.
Hutong 胡同 is a Chinese restaurant on the 28th floor of One Peking Road. The name of the restaurant literally means narrow streets or alleys, most commonly associated with Beijing.
The decor of the restaurant has many old and traditional Chinese elements, and in the contrast to the spectacular view of modern Hong Kong outside the windows. The food is mainly Northern Chinese cuisine, although the presentation of the food has a western flavor, there is no doubt the the cooking is purely and unashamedly Chinese with no “fusion” element. It has been awarded 1 star by the Michelin guide and I fully agree with the assessment. The food are all carefully prepared, although straightly Chines, most dishes have some twist and are quite creative and original. The food portions, espcially the main dishes are generous. In general, you will not be able to eat than 1 main dish for 2 person.The service is first rate and are quite unmatched in my experience. Even most restaurants in 5 stars hotels cannot match the level of service in Hutong. This is a restaurant that I would highly recommend.
All the photos were taken in RAW with Canon EOS 5D Mark II at ISO 1600 to 6400. The RAW files were converted with Capture One Pro and then further processed with Photoshop CS4.
Although many people were disappointed that there was no new DSLR released at PMA this year and some suspected that Canon might be delaying release and lengthening the product cycle of DLSR due to the current world financial crisis, Canon has announced the new EOS 500D (called T1i in USA) today, just over one year from the EOS 450D launch last year.
It looks like Canon has put some of the features from both the 50D and 5D Mark II into the 500D. Highlights of new features including new 15MP sensor, Digic 4 processor, ISO up to 12800, 3″ VGA resolution LCD display and Full HD 1080p movie mode.
I have compiled a camera and lens street price list. The prices are mainly from recent quotes I got for readers requests on my Recommended Camera Shops in Hong Kong article. The list is therefore not comprehensive, but I will add new items and update it in time. The prices quoted were all from Echo Photo & Audio unless otherwise stated.
Please only use this price list as a guide. It is provided as a free service and to help people looking to buy cameras or lenses in Hong Kong. I am just a photographer. I am not affiliated commercially or otherwise with any camera shops. Although I will try to keep the information on this page as accurate and update as possible, I do not hold any responsibility for any inaccuracy or error on this page.
