February 2018 – Urban Rene:ssance

Month: February 2018

February 14, 2018

Happy New Year…..

Sadly this shop on Staunton Street fell victim to yet another greedy landlord…

February 8, 2018February 14, 2018

Marilyn and the City

Building graffiti in Soho

February 4, 2018

Cacciucco (Tuscan Seafood Stew)

(from SAVEUR: Italian Comfort Food) https://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Tuscan-Seafood-Stew This is a fantastic recipe that get rave reviews from our dinner crowd. Best eaten with 1 day old home made sourdough bread (recipe to follow)…. Ingredients ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil 1 tbsp. minced parsley 1 tbsp. minced fresh sage leaves ½ tsp. red chile flakes 5 cloves […]

February 4, 2018December 17, 2019

Best stress relief song ever….

February 4, 2018

Rough night out in Lan Kwai Fong?

There still people out there that believe that LKF is a rough, drug and rat infested hang out zone for all those low-life gweilo’s. Not that we have observed any of this the past 20 years, but then again, when 10pm is past one’s bed time there is little chance to partake in all that […]

Hong Kong Vibes

Life in Hong Kong is known to be fast, crowded, hectic, loud… sometimes rude, even confusing…often stifling hot and uncomfortably humid. Yet living in this exciting and energising cauldron of activities is addictive and exhilarating… at least for most of us… The daily hustle across busy streets among imposing skyscrapers, elbowing your way through local and tourist bodies alike towards your next destination may be challenging and exhausting to the casual observer or hapless visitor, but it’s part of what makes this city unique for those who have embraced its ways and charms. Because they know that exposure to these daily urban disagreeablenesses (…jeeez…) and pressures are just fleeting, short-lived inconveniences.
Usually one finds themselves just few steps away from grabbing a cab, entering an apartment or chilling out at a cha chaan teng, club house, restaurant, luxury retailer, hotel lobby lounge or a favorite bar or simply escaping this proverbial beehive madness by putting on shades and earphones, connected to one of those devilish mobile devices playing excruciatingly loud canto pop while wriggling their way forward through the crowds. Unsurprisingly that this is the prevailing vision of this city that most casual observers can easily get comfortable with. Yet there are less obvious aspects of Hong Kong that may surprise some of the holiday visitors, traveling businessmen and newcomers… or anyone that has neither taken the time or shown the interest to get to know this place… Hong Kong is a metropolis full of truly kind, caring and superbly creative people… a city full of fantastic food outlets and restaurants and passionate, talented private chefs… a haven for hikers and wanderers to remote villages and outlying islands… full of travel fanatics and explorers, great photographers and galleries… a hotbed of arts and brilliant musical talents… and a city whose inhabitants are extremely inquisitive and curious and enjoy socializing like no other….

At urban rene:ssance we are living the CurioCity dream and will do whatever it takes to captures its culinary, musical and cultural vibes through our sparsely worded posts. We do hope you enjoy them and look forward to your comments and ideas!

Thanks for being here…