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Listening to Sufjan Stevens, 29-year-old songwriter and rising folk darling (even Pitchfork loves him), is one such sanctuary, a slightly dark, unabashedly earnest and hopeful experience. With the delicate voice of a young man who’s just losing his world-weary reticence, Sufjan (pronounced SOOF-yan), whether in conversation or in song, perpetually sounds as if he’s making his transcendent re-entrance to a simpler place with a sweet, happy calmness...
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...
...Yan Toh 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...
While they have a core group composed of Alexander L. Pasternack ’05, Neil G. Ellingson ’05, Yan Xuan ’05, and Tim H. Wong ’05, they also have another small posse—affectionately referred to by Wong as “the Red Cross”—who fill in when needed. “This band is open to everyone,” says Pasternack...
...that weren't plot enough--and it's plenty--the script by Alan Mak and Felix Chong gives Ming a mystery-novelist wife (Sammi Cheng) and Yan a pretty shrink (Kelly Chen), an ex-girlfriend and a young daughter. At the center, though, is the wary dance of Yan and Ming, each man serving two masters, each character luring the viewer to sympathize with his charade and hope that somehow both can survive. Leung, who played the warrior-lover in Hero, and Lau, Hong Kong's top pop star and movie magnet, are terrific as smart men, ruthlessly loyal, feeling...