Sad news for fans of upscale cha chaan teng Cantopop, which has closed its doors at L Place as it searches for a new location, but every cloud, as they say, has a silver lining – from 1 January 2012, Linguini Fini will be stepping into the fold, taking over the ground floor space. Cantopop made a name for itself by providing an upscale take on local ‘diner food’ similar to the fare found in the innumerable cha chaan tengs dotted around the city.
Sandwiched between Hollywood Road and Wellington Street, the spate of new openings on Gough Street have seen it really blossom into one of the most interesting corners of SoHo. Check out these interesting new opening that we unearthed on our most recent excursions to the little lane. Empire Expands
You could say they're going through their 'soft opening,' but Libertine on Aberdeen Street is now open for business. The concept embodies that of a Parisian bistro - an open, laid-back space (with immaculate interiors) where you can sit at the bar and have a drink, or pull up a table and tuck into specialties from the menu that include fresh oysters and prime ribeye steaks from premium American cattle. We're pretty thin on the details at the minute, but one statement that we can put out there is that the restaurant looks absolutely fantastic! They're currently open for coffee and drinks at the bar, and will start serving Set Lunches and items for the dinner menu later this week. Looking forward to giving this one a try. EDIT: Kitchen now open! Bon appétit!
XXX Gallery has forged a good reputation as a platform for artists both visual and musical and now presents ‘Unchain Consistency,’ a solo exhibition of the work of Hong Kong photographer Mandy Yeung. In the artists own words, "My photographic works are the products of my thinking process; seemingly irrelevant and yet originating from the same train of thought.
