Gastropods

5 Feb 2012

Whether pressed, or shaped into pearls, the co-ordinating shades give your cheeks an instant array of colour and help play up facial features

Gosh Precious Powder Pearls (HK$90/25g...

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Perfect match

13 Mar 2011

There are many variations of sea snail in spicy wine - some have more curry notes, some more chilli and others are full of heady Chinese wine aromas. Sichuan peppercorn has a numbing sensation...

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Life at snail's pace

30 Jan 2011

If you're an attentive listener, you can hear a snail eating. It sounds like 'someone very small munching celery continuously', says Elisabeth Tova Bailey in her debut memoir, The Sound of a Wild...

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Toxic Man or just pseudo-model Chrissie Chau's No1 fan? Give the guy a break

24 Jul 2010

He has been dubbed Toxic Man. Local media have turned savage ever since Samuel Cheng Chi-yan - pseudo-model Chrissie Chau Sau-na's self-proclaimed biggest fan - went gaga over her latest racy...

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River rafter's days of plain sailing sour

1 Nov 2009

Rong Chengfa, 47, a farmer with two children, has been rafting tourists along the Yulong River, a major tributary of the Li River in Guilin, Guangxi, for 15 years. He talks about changes in his...

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Calamansi Bijoux

17 May 2009

Who created it? Hong Kong-based jewellery brand Calamansi Bijoux was founded in 2005 by sisters Caroline Caer and Agnes Caer-Piras. Caroline grew up in Africa and the Middle East and trained as a...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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New vision

A planning study has called for the Pearl River Delta to be developed into integrated city clusters. Do you think this idea, similar to San Francisco's bay area, would be feasible in the region?...

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Poisoned diner launches food safety crusade

Eight months after he fell ill from eating contaminated snails, mainland-born Taiwanese volunteer worker Yang Fangfang is still a sick man. But he is turning his misfortune into a public service...

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Tell-tale art

If you're looking for something that is one of a kind, visit designer Peter Baer's integrated atelier/showroom, in Central.

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In the Round

When it comes to choosing pearl jewellery, the world is your oyster.

Himalia Perles necklace by Cartier HK$475,000

Pearl Wings ring by Garrard HK$205,200

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Victims of raw snail dish plan class-action lawsuit

A group of patients being treated for a severe parasitic infection plan to launch a class action against the source of their illnesses: a Beijing restaurant serving a popular dish of raw...

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Warning after spicy snails leave 23 sick

Beijing authorities have urged all restaurants in the capital to stop selling raw or undercooked fresh-water animals due to concerns about parasitic diseases.

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