Omar T in HONG KONG Glossary
Fiction & Reality
Somewhat Alphabetical (R)=Real (F)=Fiction
Heylay Airbnb Experiences (R) - Omar and I highly recommend this Experience. Hong kong native Heylay is not only a delight, she takes you to some unique places that you will not find on your own. Be sure to check out Heylay's other Hong Kong experiences as well.
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Royce’s restaurant, Monterey CA (F) Omar’s family restaurant is fictional but has resemblance to the author’s former restaurant, Royce’s name was penned to honor a great Utah restaurateur, Royce Rosendaal. Who gave the author his first restaurant job.
Pajaro Street Grill (R) Deamer’s former dinner only restaurant. Founded in 1999, enjoying a twenty-year run, two blocks from “Oldtown,” Main Street, Salinas. The birthplace of Chef Omar, who has taken over the web site, psgrill.net, to keep you informed of his adventures and share a passion for food and hospitality
Omar’s Hong Kong, Mentioned Favorites
Bookstores
Bookazine Central
Books & Co. Mid-Levels
Commercial Press Bookstore Causeway Bay
Eslite Bookstore Tsim Sha Tsui & Causeway Bay
Hong Kong Book Centre Central
JP Books Wan Chai & Central
Kubrick Bookstore, Ya Ma Tei
Swindon’s Book Co, Tsim Sha Tsui
Coffee and More:
Pacific Coffee on Stewart, Multiple Locations
Shady Acres Coffee 46 Peel SOHO
Cupping Room Coffee Central, Several Locations
Ninety’s SOHO, 7 Locations
Barista Coffee and Gelato SOHO
Elephant Grounds SOHO
Kubrick Bookstore, Ya Ma Tei
Eslite Bookstore Tsim Sha Tsui & Causeway Bay
Joy’s places you will never find: As of our 2023 Publishing date, 2 out of 3 are still going strong. Discover Iron Ferries and Tell Camilla
Wan Chai Pub Crawl (Lockhart Rd.) Recommendations
Classics: Churchill’s, Devil’s Advocate, Trafalgar, White Stag and the Queen’s Victoria, as well as some more youthful stops: Coyote’s, Typhoon and Bar 109
Dim Sum Classics Mentioned:
Lin Heuing Dim Sum, Wellington Road, Central
One Dim Sum, Prince Edward
Restaurants Mentioned:
Bubba Gump’s at The Peak, what a view!
Feather & Bone Mid-Levels, Several Locations
Felix at the Peninsula Hotel Tsim Sha Tsui
Hot Pot 8鍋臭臭鍋 (銅鑼灣) 440 Jaffa, Causeway Bay
Salon de The ´de Joel, Elements, West Kowloon
Staunton’s, SOHO
Tequila Jacks Tsim Sha Tsui (A wonderful neighborhood of old international Hong Kong on the streets of Hart & Mody)