Friday, February 24, 2012

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Aberdeen's best fish ball shop to close

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 08:13 PM PST

by Joyce Man

If you are a Hong Kong fish ball connoisseur, you know Tse Kee. And you are probably lining up at their doors right now for one of its last bowls of fish balls.

The family-run Aberdeen fish ball joint has been dishing out the Chiu Chow snack with soup noodles for 65 years. Now, Tse Kee is counting down to its March 31 closing date.

Faced with rising fish prices and staffing problems, the eatery has decided to shut it doors rather than compromise its commitment to fresh ingredients.

"Your fish has to be fresh, it's that simple," says Tse Chan Wai-fong, the restaurant's matriarch.

Tse Kee has become an institution of Chiu Chow-style fish snacks. Fish balls, fish dumplings, deep-fried fish cakes and fish skins are all favorites of Tse Kee's regulars. 

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China's next big travel trend: U.S. TV show tours

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 06:59 PM PST

by CNNGo staff

Now that the U.S. government has started streamlining the visa process for Chinese travelers, China's fast-growing tourism market has spotted a new way to zip about the United States: travel with fewer people but more focus.

One Shanghai-based travel agency recently launched a "U.S. TV show tour" on its website, grabbing the attention of Chinese netizens and U.S. TV series addicts.

TV shows: travelers' window to the U.S.

The 10-day cross-country tour is organized by Yi Xiang Consultancy (逸香高端定制), a travel agency specializing in high-end customized outbound trips, and is scheduled to take off on April 2.

Priced at RMB 19,800 (US$3,143), the 20-strong group is set to touch down in Los Angeles, where they can do V-sign poses in and around the Nokia Theater (where the 2011 Emmy Awards were presented), take in the Grammy Museum and swing by a certain TV set to catch the crew in action (Yi Xiang has yet to reveal the name of the TV show).

The group will then head to Las Vegas for the crime lab in "CSI," which wil be followed by a visit to San Francisco's Alcatraz Island.

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10 coolest hotel minibar items

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 02:00 PM PST

by Hoishan Chan, Hiufu Wong

While the worst minibar is undoubtedly an empty minibar, there's no escaping the fact that most, even when bursting with small clinking goods, are over-priced and underwhelming.

But some are worth a lingering look, even if to partake would mean forgoing the cost of dinner that night.

These hotels have reinterpreted the minibar to provide an alternative (and sometimes very luxurious) convenience for the discerning hotel guest.

Also on CNNGo: World's 15 most expensive hotel suites

1. Bling H2O bottled water

Trump International Hotel & Tower, Chicago, United States

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Gallery: How to take stunning landscape photographs

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 08:22 AM PST

by Hark Lee

As a landscape photographer, I react to weather very differently from most people.

A beautiful sunny day in California without a cloud in the sky would probably cause me to groan, "Oh please, not again, the weather is terrible."

Yes, I am appalled by clear, sunny days.

If there are too many of them, I'm brought down to the level of chronic depression. The recent three-month long drought caused by La Niña brought me to the brink of a meltdown.

On the other hand, clouds exhilarate me. And certain kinds of foul weather.

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