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There are Chinese restaurants, and then there's Yan Toh Heen, tel: (852) 2721 1211. Located in the InterContinental Hong Kong hotel, this ultra-swanky eatery has long garnered a celebrity clientele (Cindy Crawford, Jean-Claude van Damme, Jackie Chan) and critical acclaim for its rarefied interpretations of Cantonese cuisine...
...Heen marked its 20th anniversary this year with a characteristically opulent makeover. New hand-tufted carpets, half a million crystal topaz beads and a collage by artist Olga de Amaral complement the priceless jade place settings that have been a fixture of the restaurant since it opened a discreet door in 1984. Chef Cheung Kam-chuen, the establishment's guiding light from the beginning, has also devised commemorative dishes, including the spectacular Yunnan ham and flowering chives in a black truffle glaze, and poached lobster and bird's nest in egg white. "Guests have become increasingly discerning over the past...
...somehow you could do it for hours and call it fun, but it was more than a game now. The unconscious seeds of infatuation and addiction had simultaneously heen sown...
...Senate vacancies the Democrats nominated Oren E. Long, 70, a Territorial Senator and onetime Territorial Governor, and Territorial Senator Frank Fasi, 38, who upset William H. Heen, venerable 76-year-old Territorial ex-Senator, who had come out of retirement to make the race. The Republicans nominated Businessman Hiram L. Fong, 52, and Territorial Senator Wilfred Tsukiyama...
...election, Inouye's step-down prevented a party-splitting, potentially ruinous primary battle that had been threatening since a self-declared "team" of septuagenarians set their misting sights on the Senate seats. The team: Oren E. (for Ethelbirt) Long, 70, onetime (1951-53) Governor of Hawaii; William H. Heen, 76, Chinese-American ex-president of the territorial senate (1954-58). Said Bill Heen in asserting his right to a place in the Senate: "I have given long service to the Democratic Party in Hawaii, and I have many friends in Washington." As for Danny Inouye, he had enhanced...