Past activities in 2088 (in reverse order)

December 2008		Cost per person
20^th December 2008	SPOON Cooking Class: Oysters
11th December 2008	Salon Champagne Dinner at W¡¦s Entrecôte
4^th December 2008	Michelin Guide Hong Kong Macau Count Down Event Guest: Mr. Jean-Luc Naret, Director of Michelin Guides List of Michelin Star Restaurants (with contact and address info) Peter and Sandy bought the first two the Michelin Guide Hong Kong and Macau (limited edition)
November	Month of Diamond in Kitchen and Italian Wine
29^th November 2008 (Sat)	SPOON Cooking Class: White truffle
26^th ¡V 29^th November 2008 (Wed ¡V Sat)	Peninsula Academy - Festive Flavours
27^th November 2008	The Magnificent Chefs of Macau - Chaine Dinner at IFT, Macau ¡V This is a very special event that the chefs in major hotel restaurants came together for preparing a dinner. This was a very invaluable experience.
26^th ¡V 28^th November 2008 (Wed ¡V Fri)	Hotel Expo, Macau Peter gave talks about Kopi Luwak Åe»¿ß©@°Ø (most expensive coffee in the world) and Molecular Gastronomy
21^st November 2008 (Fri)	Dom Perignon Wine Dinner at the Qube
15^th November 2008	Acker Merrall and Condit Wine Auction Krug champagne was served.
14^th November 2008 (Fri)	White Truffle and Ceretto Wine Dinner (Special rate for Fans of Chef.hk) We had a chance to hold a piece of big white truffle. We also met our old friend Mr. Feredico Ceretto. Three of us joined this. Menu for Truffle for lunch and dinner (except 14^th Nov evening)
13^th November 2008 (Thurs)	An Alsacian Wine Dinner with Mr. Hugel, Marriot. At the dinner, it was said that there were 20 bottles of the Hugel Riesling Vendange Tardive 1996 Magnum in the world. Allan and I each keeps one empty bottle.
9^th November 2008 (Sun)	Spring Moon Restaurant, Dim Sum Fund Raising lunch ($482 each, probably with discount), Peninsula Hotel Four of us joined this.
7^th ¡V 9^th November 2008 (Fri ¡V Sun)	Coffee festival 2008, AsiaWorld-Expo Free tickets available, contact me for details.
5^th ¡V 8^th November 2008 (Wed-Sat)	Wine and Gourmet 2008, Macau
October 2008
26^th October 2008 (Sun)	Gaddis Chef table dinner A very wonderful menus with three more free dishes added, one is risotto with white truffle, the other one is the white truffle sorbet which has so delicious that Chef David said that he did not know how to improve. I fully agree on that.
24^th October 2008 (Fri)	Krug Champagne dinner with Chinese Food at Lung King Heen (Às´º°a), Four Seasons Hotel (three types of Krug Champagne, i.e. the three champagnes in the highest price Krug Room menu.) It costs for $1998 (all inclusive). Three of us have joined- menu
18^th or 25^th October 2008 (Sat)	SPOON Cooking Class: French Sea bass (What I pity that I have to work and could not join this.)
19^th October 2008 (Sun)	White Truffle cooking class by Chef Fabrizio Ferrara, Macau
18^th October 2008 (Sat)	Delivery of the Lucky 8 (Hawker 750) and launch of MillionaireAsia Macau edition, Crown Hotel, Macau [Besides the ceremony of delivery of a private aeroplane, there is an auction of Hennessy Beauté du Siècle (bid starts at HK$1.6M) plus exhibition of exclusive fine watches and jewellery.] We went to the plane to tour around. The plane is so big to house "8 passengers". You may probably see articles about this in recent newspaper and magazine. We had the chance to see the US$200,000 Hennessy Beauté du Siècle. It looks so lovely in design. For each bottle each has a book of 100 drawings. One of them is authentic but the rest are copy. You need to wear gloves to read this. I was told that final bid for the Hennessy Beauté du Siècle was MOP$1,880,000.
18^th October 2008 (Sat)	Daniel Green Cooking Class, Café Causette, Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong
17^th October 2008 (Fri)	Private Unveiling of Dom Pérignon OEnotheque in the Bethanie, Pokfulam, a very old building. [This is an activity in the Dom Pérignon Œnothèque Week (from 16th October, 2008). This champagne is made in a very different way. The dress code is very special: Libertine which means 1.®ö¤l¡A©ñ¿ºªº¤H¡C 2.¡i©v±Ð¡j¦Û¥Ñ«ä·Q®a¡C3.¥jù°¨Àò±o¦Û¥Ñªº¥£Áõ¡C [Sorry that it is by invitation only.] We had a wonderful moment to participate in the Private Unveiling of Dom Pérignon Œnothèque in the Bethanie, Pokfulam, a very old building. A photo of this appears in Apple Daily today in page E5 on 18/10/2008. We should pay a visit there. For example, how about a dinner at¤¤µØ¼pÃÀ¾Ç°| plus a short visit to this lovely old building which is currently used by Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. In the event, we met a number of celebrities such as ¡§µÎ²N¡¨ plus other lovely models. However, I was more interesting to meet the Chef de Cave of Dom Pérignon
14^th October 2008 (Tue)	Spanish Wine Exhibition, Hong Kong Jockey Club, from noon to 8 p.m. A number of Wineries had some booths and there were a lot wine to try. Participants may also ask for a Peninguide to Spanish Wine 2007. This type of info is not easily found in Hong Kong.
11^th to 16^th October 2008	Pierre Gagna ire in Hong Kong Although I did not join the meal, Pierre signed a photo album of the last cooking class for me
11^th October 2008	Oyster, Champagne and Chablis ($400 to $500 at chef.hk club), list of oysters with cost at a very special rate.
September 2008
28^th September 2008	Barolo Wine Dinner and Auction at the Grissini, hosted by Andreas Larsson who is the Best Sommelier in the World, 2007. The auction was done through satellite between Italy, Beijing and Hong Kong.
27^th September 2008	SPOON Cooking Class: Wild Mushrooms
21^st September, 2008	Peninsula Barbecue for fund raising at 7^th floor (for fund-raising). Premium food as told by the Hotel. Just less than $1000.
9^th ¡V 11^th September 2008	Restaurant and Bar Exhibition, HKCEC
6^th September 2008	©@°Ø»Û¶¯Å²§O¬¡°Êº[¸Õ¶¼ Kopi Luwak [invited to share the experience and study on Kopi Luwak.]
1^st September 2008	Masi Wine Dinner at Aspasia (Around $300 discount per person if booked through Chef.hk)
14^th ¡V 18^th August 2008	Food Expo, HKCEC
14^th ¡V 16^th August 2008	Hong Kong International Wine Fair, HKCEC
3^rd August (Sunday)	Sabatini Lunch ¡V sample menu (with 15% discount)
July 2008
26^th July 2008	ºÂ¤å¹F¤j®v¼pÃÀ¤¤¤ßªº©|¿¯国»ÚÀ\ÆU ¡u¥ò®L¶Q¦m¯ïªK®b¡v Two friends joined this.
26^th July 2008	Pierre Gagnaire cooking class ¡V This was really fun as Pierre was very nice and creative. I¡¦ve got signatures from him in books and on Aprons.
17^th July 2008	Á¿¶¼Á¿¹ (Canteen, IVE(TY))
16^th July 2008	¤uµ{®v¡B©@°Ø®v»ô»ô½×©@°Ø Coverage by the HKIE Engineers
14^th July 2008	Yin Yang Fresh HK Cuisine [Organised by Winnie]
12^th July 2008	Cheese and wine (at our home) in three parts - Lunch at the ¬u³¹©~ booked under my name (around noon) - Cheese class at my Home, Sweet home (3:00 p.m.) Sharing of Wine, truffle and coffee trip to Italy (4:15 p.m.) at my home
5^th July 2008	- Nobu cooking class
June 2008
28^th June 2008	SPOON Cooking Class: Langoustine
27^th June 2008	±oÀs¤j¶º©± (organized by Allan Kong)
25^th ¡V 28^th June 2008	Peninsula Academy - Felix (Regional American Cuisines)
21^st June 2008	Tapas Wine Tasting
2^nd ¡V 14^th June 2008	Wine, Coffee and Truffle trip to Italy A wonderful activity that we visited more than 11 wineries and tried more than 35 wines. We also went to the Caffe Florian, Harry¡¦s Bar, truffle hunting, important places of Slow Food Movement such as Eataly and University of Gastronomic Science. We had also had a wonderful dinner at the Michelin Star Restaurant in Alba which ended with a Sherry Don PX 1910. Some of these stories will be published in local magazines/books.
May 2008
31^st May 2008	SPOON Cooking Class: urchin
27^th May 2008	Alsace Wine Dinner @ China Club
22^nd May 2008	The new Spanish Cuisine Molecular Gastronomy ¡V This was one of the events that appeared in the TV program½²Äi¼Û¦Wµæ. Four chef.hk friends appeared in this TV program for a few seconds because we sat in the first row as special guests of the Secretary-General of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce.
21^st ¡V 24^th May 2008	Peninsula Academy - Spring Moon (Chinese Classics newly interpreted)
17^th May 2008	Tapas Wine Tasting
16^th May 2008	±oÀs¤j¶º©±
12^th May 2008	Lunch at Gaddis
10^th May 2008	Lunch at Petrus
April 2008
26^th April 2008	SPOON Cooking Class: White and green asparagus
March 2008
29^th March 2008	SPOON Cooking Class: Baby Lamb
27^th March 2008	Dinner at Chesa ¡V This was really fun as we could try may Swiss dishes in one evening. We left to ¤p¥, the manager to decide our menu. We have achieved Western food served in a Chinese way and having variety with minimum dishes.
26^th March 2008 to 30^th April 2008	Appreciating Italian Cuisine, a course run by the SPACE of The University of Hong Kong in the Luxe Manor Hotel.
February 2008
23^rd February 2008	SPOON Cooking Class: Black Truffle