Society to mothers:

Parent like you don't have a job;

Work like you don't have a kid.

#momstr

Bill Gates already owns most of America's farmland. Now he wants to control the world's seed supply too. Stay vigilant. Shop small. Don't let the philanthrocapitalists win. #foodstr #farmstr

Try Kin's Kitchen in Wanchai or Pang's in Happy Valley, both good Cantonese food and/but more low key than The Chairman. I went to Kin's last week and while it's not as amazing as it was, it's still pretty good (smoke soy sauce chicken is a signature there that's still a decent choice). The Chairman isn't as hard to book now if you try to book weekend lunch, I heard.

The strange thing about Hong Kong right now - some restaurants are almost empty, others are impossible to book, and the difference in food quality is negligible. The Chairman is great, but I think it's the hype that's keeping it full.

The char siu at The Chairman just gets better and better. The outside is so perfectly caramelised, it's actually crunchy. #foodstr #HongKong

Specialty #coffee fiends, especially if you're in #Vancouver, you need to know Moving Coffee. Some of the rarest beans out there and roasted by a consummate professional and true artisan. He's not a bitcoiner yet, but if enough of you go and chat with him, he might become one! #foodstr

If only the tourism board knew about Nostr... 😂

#foodstr #hongkong - tarte tatin at The Baker and The Bottleman's upstairs bistro. Pastry offcuts from the bakery downstairs are used as the base. Love a #zerowaste dessert.

Yeah it was the consistency of thick soy milk, so good!

Geoduck congee at The Chairman, Hong Kong. Super smooth, not a grain in sight, unlike any other congee you've ever had before. This stuff is next level. (And if you've never had congee - it's rice porridge, simply rice boiled in copious amounts of water until it breaks down - considered comfort food to most Cantonese people). #foodstr

Apparently Nostr is not the place for female opinion

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So good!!

So apparently it's Mother's Day in some parts of the world (including Hong Kong) tomorrow. As a new mother, I couldn't give a sh*t.

If you really want to show your appreciation for the mothers and mother figures in your life, do these things, and not just for one day a year:

- support paid and government subsidised maternity and paternity leave of at least 14 weeks, including for self-employed people.

- de-stigmatise motherhood in the workplace. That's everything from allowing breaks and spaces for pumping, to supporting flexible schedules, to not treating pregnant women like they're a ticking timebomb

- be aware of, encourage, and campaign for support in different stages of motherhood, be it lactation consulting in the early days, to mental health, to childcare etc.

- do not expect mothers to be able to "control" their children for your convenience/pleasure

- improve baby changing rooms. My goodness I've been in some awful ones

- stop giving mothers "suggestions" on how to raise their children, unless they're asking, and ESPECIALLY if they're a stranger you're passing by on the street!

- do not call it "babysitting" when fathers are talking care of their OWN children

- we don't need flowers, we need sleep, childcare etc. (see above), and people to hold the bloody door open when we're coming through with a pram

Thanks for listening/reading. That'd be a nice gift too.

HKers are not gonna like that it's Simplified Chinese 🥲

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5am thought: Why do strangers think it's okay to talk to you when you're out in public with a dog or a baby? I'm here to say that it's not, and I sure as hell don't need your opinion on how to rear my animal/human, kthxbai.

Happy to help, I don't think I'm a "power user", but my contacts are mostly in the food/lifestyle/events space here in Hong Kong. (Although I might actually be going to Tokyo for Nostrasia...!)

Tried out Parisian chef David Toutain's new Hong Kong opening, Feuille. Mighty good, vegetable-led fare — so much research gone into local ingredients and foodways and an in-built nose to tail /root to shoots philosophy. I just hope the food stays this good after he goes back to Paris. #foodstr

I go for a grind size similar to white sugar; espresso grind you're going to over extract - more nasty bitterness and lose any nice floral notes. If the coffee is pretty freshly roasted also make sure the water isn't too hot, 85-90 degrees Celsius or so is good. Paper filter will give you a cleaner brew, less/no oil; metal cone has a bit more oil (body) and sediment, cloth I reckon it's in between the two. Depends on what you like and the profile of your beans.

This doesn't answer your question, but I've heard a lot about a "wine proxy" (non alc wine substitute) that's basically really nicely blended vinegars made for drinking, called Acid League. They don't ship outside the US so I haven't been able to try them. If you're into wine, I'd be curious to know your thoughts on them! For another non alc spirit that's not "gin", try Lyre's Italian Spritz, it's an excellent "Aperol" (best for spritzes, clearly) – the bitter flavour means it still tastes like an adult drink. Forget about Lyre's American Malt though, tastes like syrup. For beer, Mikkeller's Drink'in in the Sun is great. Unlike most non alc beers, this one isn't de-alcoholised, it's brewed like normal beer, but they choose a yeast that produces very little alcohol (it's 0.3%).