Recently, I had a fantastic self-drive holiday with my family in Hokkaido. While I was enjoying a soft-serve ice cream at a cafe in New Chitose Airport in Sapporo, a notice caught my attention. It was ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-19
Call it an ice cream war in a hot shopping mall. We can’t help scratching our head over the stories about two small ice cream stores in Dragon Centre in Sham Shui Po. First, it was Ice Cha Cha which s ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-10
... g Kong Police Force will be required to pass a set of physical tests involving exercises like high jump and running, which will effectively eliminate overweight applicants. As overweight is often asso ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-08
... mpagne on ice: protectionists and advocates of “illiberal democracy” are on the rise in many other countries. And the fact that an open bigot and habitual liar could get as many votes as Trump did in ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-02
... Rest and ice application also help reduce the swelling. If these simple treatments prove ineffective, a doctor may apply corticosteroid injections. In certain cases, a surgery may be recommended. Thi ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-28
... ogurt and ice-cream shop at the APM Shopping Mall, pleaded guility to all the charges against her, which include fraud, conspiracy to defraud and attempted fraud. The court heard earlier that Ma began ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-26
Police have arrested the driver of a tram that flipped over in Central at about midnight Thursday and injured 14 people. The 23-year-old driver, surnamed Lo, who has been at the job for about 18 month ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-06
... butions twice a year, Reuters reports. Berkshire said Buffett's salary in 2016 was US$100,000, the same amount he has received for more than a quarter century, while the cost of providing him with hom ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-20
... overed in ice and snow all year long. These could be an excellent location for ski resorts. Yet related infrastructure has been limited. As living standards improve, skiing has been catching up with t ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-26
... thinly sliced, surrounded by fresh Japanese seaweed and sea grapes and topped with ponzu sauce. Wild matsutake mushrooms fresh out of Yunnan province were made into a broth, accompanied by bean curd ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-23
... verted to ice at high altitude and fall off the plane’s surface. The Central Pollution Control Board, a government body, could not ascertain whether a sample it tested was human or bird waste, althoug ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-21
... ed up a slice of pork and slid it into his mouth. I drooled. Mother calmed herself. She turned to him and said, “Oh son, you must be very hungry now. I’ll finish cooking soon.” Mother talked to Brothe ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-19
... break the ice: Are you for Pringles or Klim? Pringles is John Tsang, so called for his signature moustache which he has kept for at least 30 years. Klim (as in the milk brand) is short for Carrie Lam ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-13
A 33-year-old man was sentenced to 22 years in jail by a Hong Kong court on Monday for attempting to send a large amount of methamphetamine through a courier delivery service. A judge pronounced the ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-13
... civil service for being efficient compared with the British civil service and those in some European countries in which he has worked. Lastly, Patten said the key to political stability is the governm ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-01
... e food choices. That’s why I decided to return to home cooking. To start with, I needed to build up food supplies at home. The nutritional value of frozen vegetables are no less than that of the fresh ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-25
... used for iced variants. If dining in, hot tea is served in thick ceramic cups that accentuate its smoothness and taste. Purists swear by porcelain for making tea taste better -- although there is no ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-18
... citing police sources. Police said the suspect is 30 to 40 years old, around 1.7 meters tall, with black hair and a skinny build. The first case happened on Nov. 2, when a 11-year-old girl was walking ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-17
... g hefty price rises – to offset higher costs for their products in the wake of the Brexit vote, the news agency said. "This must be up there with the dumbest corporate decisions of all time," Tobleron ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-09
... y or artifice that they exercise. The classic queue jumper waltzes up to the front displaying a haughty contempt for all those waiting patiently in line. Carried off with a certain élan, people assume ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-22
